2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 October 2016
Official name	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.448 km (2.764 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:30.189
Fastest lap
Rider	Cal Crutchlow
Time	1:29.494 on lap 8
Podium
First	Cal Crutchlow
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Maverick Viñales
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	1:33.992
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Morbidelli
Time	1:33.414 on lap 2
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Franco Morbidelli
Third	Sandro Cortese
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Brad Binder
Time	1:37.696
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Locatelli
Time	1:37.335 on lap 5 (first part)
Podium
First	Brad Binder
Second	Andrea Locatelli
Third	Arón Canet

The 2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the

Phillip Island

on 23 October 2016.

This race marked 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden's final start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing before succumbing to his injuries after a cycling accident on 22 May 2017. Hayden was replacing Dani Pedrosa for this race.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	27	40:48.543	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+4.218	15	20
3	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+5.309	13	16
4	04	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+9.157	9	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+14.299	3	11
6	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+20.125	12	10
7	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	27	+28.369	11	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+28.781	14	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	27	+28.792	6	7
10	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+28.815	5	6
11	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+31.809	8	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+47.734	18	4
13	68	Yonny Hernández	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	27	+47.749	17	3
14	50	Eugene Laverty	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	27	+54.311	16	2
15	7	Mike Jones	Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	+55.875	19	1
16	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+1:06.395	21
17	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+1:22.604	7
Ret	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	Accident	10
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	Accident	4
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	9	Accident	1
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	0	Electronics	20
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	39:15.891	1	25
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	25	+0.010	9	20
3	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	25	+0.530	4	16
4	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+3.081	8	13
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	25	+3.815	12	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	25	+11.087	6	10
7	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	25	+13.291	13	9
8	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	25	+16.411	18	8
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+17.650	11	7
10	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	25	+17.665	7	6
11	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	25	+17.762	20	5
12	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	25	+17.796	10	4
13	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	25	+31.575	5	3
14	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	25	+34.670	23	2
15	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	25	+40.454	16	1
16	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	25	+47.707	17
17	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	25	+1:34.470	26
18	93	Ramdan Rosli	Kalex	24	+1 lap	25
Ret	20	Alessandro Nocco	Kalex	23	Tyre	27
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	22	Accident Damage	2
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	22	Accident	21
Ret	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	13	Accident	22
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	9	Accident	14
Ret	27	Iker Lecuona	Kalex	9	Accident	24
Ret	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	6	Accident	15
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	2	Accident	3
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	0	Accident	19
DNS	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex		Did not start
DNS	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Álex Márquez withdrew from the race after injuries to his wrist and back suffered in a crash during warm-up.
Isaac Viñales suffered a shoulder injury in a crash during qualifying.

Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged after 5 laps due to accident and was later restarted for 10 laps.^[7]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	10	16:22.009	1	25
2	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	10	+5.937	14	20
3	44	Arón Canet	Honda	10	+9.594	20	16
4	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	10	+9.642	6	13
5	11	Livio Loi	Honda	10	+9.680	4	11
6	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	10	+9.750	8	10
7	42	Marcos Ramírez	Mahindra	10	+9.996	29	9
8	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	10	+10.115	28	8
9	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	10	+10.142	15	7
10	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	10	+10.358	10	6
11	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	10	+10.447	26	5
12	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	10	+10.569	34	4
13	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	10	+10.682	23	3
14	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	10	+10.979	25	2
15	6	María Herrera	KTM	10	+13.763	13	1
16	12	Albert Arenas	Peugeot	10	+13.821	24
17	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	10	+28.297	31
18	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	10	+42.036	30
19	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	10	+50.454	27
20	14	Matt Barton	FTR Honda	10	+1:23.446	33
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	9	Accident	3
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	9	Accident	11
Ret	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	8	Accident	32
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	0	Accident	17
Ret	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	0	Did not restart	2
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	0	Did not restart	5
Ret	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	0	Did not restart	7
Ret	36	Joan Mir	KTM	0	Did not restart	9
Ret	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	0	Did not restart	12
Ret	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	0	Did not restart	16
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	0	Did not restart	18
Ret	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	0	Did not restart	19
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	0	Did not restart	21
Ret	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	0	Did not restart	22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Marquez	273
2	Valentino Rossi	216
3	Jorge Lorenzo	192
4	Maverick Vinales	181
5	Dani Pedrosa	155

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	341
2	Yamaha	308
3	Ducati	220
4	Suzuki	187
5	Aprilia	86

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "2016 Australian 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. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
^ "2016 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
^ "Australian Moto3: Binder wins crash-affected race at Phillip Island". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

Previous race: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix	2016 season	Next race: 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
Previous race: 2015 Australian Grand Prix	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2017 Australian Grand Prix

[1] "2016 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportsmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[3] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.

[4] "2016 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[5] "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[6] "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

[7] "Australian Moto3: Binder wins crash-affected race at Phillip Island". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

[8] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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