2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 15 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 16 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Motul Grand Prix of Japan[1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Twin Ring Motegi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 16 October 2016.
MotoGP race report
[edit ]In the MotoGP class, both factory Yamaha riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2011 British Grand Prix.
Classification
[edit ]MotoGP
[edit ]With Andrea Iannone still recovering from the injuries sustained at Misano, he was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Héctor Barberá. Australian Superbike rider Mike Jones made his MotoGP debut filling in for Barbera at Avintia Racing.[4]
Dani Pedrosa suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during Friday practice and was replaced by Honda test rider Hiroshi Aoyama for the rest of the weekend.[5]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 93 | Spain Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | 42:34.610 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 04 | Italy Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +2.992 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 25 | Spain Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +4.104 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 41 | Spain Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +4.726 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 35 | United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 24 | +15.049 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 44 | Spain Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +19.654 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 19 | Spain Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +23.032 | 12 | 9 |
8 | 9 | Italy Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 24 | +28.555 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 45 | United Kingdom Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 24 | +28.802 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 6 | Germany Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +32.330 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 21 | Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 24 | +42.845 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 68 | Colombia Yonny Hernández | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 24 | +52.219 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 38 | United Kingdom Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +53.783 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 53 | Spain Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 24 | +54.760 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 73 | Japan Hiroshi Aoyama | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +1:00.155 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 76 | France Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | +1:04.440 | 20 | |
17 | 8 | Spain Héctor Barberá | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +1:42.966 | 8 | |
18 | 7 | Australia Mike Jones | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 23 | +1 lap | 21 | |
Ret | 99 | Spain Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 46 | Italy Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 43 | Australia Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 50 | Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 19 | |
WD | 26 | Spain Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Withdrew | |||
Sources: [6] [7] [8] |
Moto2
[edit ]Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | Switzerland Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | 42:45.854 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 5 | France Johann Zarco | Kalex | 23 | +0.386 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 21 | Italy Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 23 | +5.863 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 30 | Japan Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +6.090 | 7 | 13 |
5 | 11 | Germany Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 23 | +16.246 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 24 | Italy Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 23 | +20.404 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 54 | Italy Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 23 | +20.683 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 60 | Spain Julián Simón | Speed Up | 23 | +20.760 | 16 | 8 |
9 | 23 | Germany Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 23 | +24.394 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 19 | Belgium Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 23 | +27.113 | 17 | 6 |
11 | 97 | Spain Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 23 | +30.158 | 18 | 5 |
12 | 10 | Italy Luca Marini | Kalex | 23 | +32.283 | 26 | 4 |
13 | 55 | Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +32.391 | 12 | 3 |
14 | 45 | Japan Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 23 | +35.348 | 24 | 2 |
15 | 32 | Spain Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 23 | +35.486 | 20 | 1 |
16 | 57 | Spain Edgar Pons | Kalex | 23 | +39.558 | 21 | |
17 | 2 | Switzerland Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 23 | +39.690 | 19 | |
18 | 14 | Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 23 | +45.258 | 25 | |
19 | 87 | Australia Remy Gardner | Kalex | 23 | +47.910 | 23 | |
20 | 40 | Spain Álex Rins | Kalex | 23 | +1:04.723 | 22 | |
21 | 63 | Japan Naomichi Uramoto | Kalex | 23 | +1:05.916 | 29 | |
22 | 84 | Japan Taro Sekiguchi | TSR | 23 | +1:26.636 | 30 | |
Ret | 27 | Spain Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 14 | Accident Damage | 28 | |
Ret | 49 | Spain Axel Pons | Kalex | 13 | Accident Damage | 6 | |
Ret | 7 | Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 10 | Accident Damage | 14 | |
Ret | 73 | Spain Álex Márquez | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 52 | United Kingdom Danny Kent | Kalex | 7 | Gear Shifter | 15 | |
Ret | 94 | Germany Jonas Folger | Kalex | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 22 | United Kingdom Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 70 | Switzerland Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
DNS | 44 | Portugal Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT |
- Miguel Oliveira withdrew after the first practice session due to effects of the broken collarbone suffered at Aragon GP.
Moto3
[edit ]Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
[edit ]Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[9]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
[edit ]- ^ Hiroki Ono, who set the fastest time in qualifying, received a grid penalty which promoted Andrea Migno to the pole position grid slot.
- ^ Disqualified due to a technical infringement.
References
[edit ]- ^ "2016 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "Hector Barbera to replace Andrea Iannone at Motegi, Mike Jones in at Avintia". GrandPrixTimes.com. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Aoyama replaces injured Pedrosa for Japan GP". uk.reuters.com. Reuters. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 18, 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "2016 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "MOTUL GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019年08月25日.
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