2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix

2016 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the; 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 September 2016
Official name	Octo British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.900 km (3.666 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Cal Crutchlow
Time	2:19.265
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales
Time	2:02.339 on lap 2
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales
Second	Cal Crutchlow
Third	Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes
Time	2:26.740
Fastest lap
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	2:08.365 on lap 6
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi
Second	Franco Morbidelli
Third	Takaaki Nakagami
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia
Time	2:33.642
Fastest lap
Rider	Nicolò Bulega
Time	2:15.336 on lap 17
Podium
First	Brad Binder
Second	Francesco Bagnaia
Third	Bo Bendsneyder

The 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 September 2016.

MotoGP race report

Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since the 2014 Malaysian Moto2 round. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.^[4]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	19	39:03.559	3	25
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	19	+3.480	1	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	19	+4.063	2	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	19	+5.992	5	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	19	+6.381	4	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	19	+12.303	10	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	19	+16.672^{[N 1]}	11	9
8	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	19	+19.432	9	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	19	+25.618	14	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	19	+32.084	19	6
11	68	Yonny Hernández	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	19	+36.131	20	5
12	50	Eugene Laverty	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	19	+39.130	6	4
13	22	Alex Lowes	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	19	+40.143	16	3
14	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	19	+41.356	18	2
15	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	19	+41.943^{[N 2]}	21	1
16	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	19	+47.610	12
17	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	19	+1:56.177	7
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	13	Accident	8
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	2	Accident	17
DNS	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	0	Did not restart	13
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	0	Did not restart	15
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	18	38:49.473	10	25
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	18	+0.856	6	20
3	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	18	+1.179	11	16
4	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	18	+1.359	5	13
5	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	18	+1.970	3	11
6	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	18	+5.292	8	10
7	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	18	+7.962	19	9
8	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	18	+8.421	9	8
9	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	18	+8.556	27	7
10	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	18	+13.740	25	6
11	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	+15.381	23	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	18	+16.089	14	4
13	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	18	+16.564	17	3
14	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	18	+22.155	13	2
15	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	18	+22.190	12	1
16	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	18	+27.892	22
17	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	18	+29.045	18
18	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	18	+29.195	28
19	27	Iker Lecuona	Kalex	18	+31.565	26
20	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	18	+31.722	21
21	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	18	+32.701	1
22	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	18	+35.232^{[N 3]}	2
23	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	18	+38.296	20
24	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	18	+38.716	24
25	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	18	+44.146	4
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	17	Engine	16
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	11	Lost Drive	15
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	0	Accident	7
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	17	38:39.142	4	25
2	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	17	+0.183	1	20
3	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	17	+0.336	8	16
4	62	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	17	+0.787	34	13
5	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	17	+0.802	9	11
6	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	17	+0.883	25	10
7	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	17	+1.016	2	9
8	44	Arón Canet	Honda	17	+1.409	12	8
9	36	Joan Mir	KTM	17	+1.193^{[N 4]}	5	7
10	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	17	+1.624	7	6
11	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	17	+2.400	14	5
12	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	17	+8.585	23	4
13	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	17	+12.807	6	3
14	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	17	+12.839	11	2
15	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	17	+12.885	15	1
16	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	17	+13.174	28
17	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	17	+13.216	17
18	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	17	+13.326	10
19	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	17	+16.963	19
20	11	Livio Loi	Honda	17	+32.397	22
21	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	17	+39.125	27
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	17	+39.140	16
23	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	17	+39.257	24
24	53	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	17	+39.414	35
25	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	17	+39.516	29
26	6	María Herrera	KTM	17	+39.714	13
27	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	17	+51.679	33
28	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	17	+1:09.870	30
29	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	17	+1:32.740	20
DSQ	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	17	(+0.920)^{[N 5]}	3
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	15	Accident	18
Ret	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	15	Accident Damage	31
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Mahindra	14	Mechanical	26
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	5	Lost Power	21
Ret	12	Albert Arenas	Peugeot	0	Electronics	32
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Marquez	210
2	Valentino Rossi	160
3	Jorge Lorenzo	146
4	Maverick Vinales	125
5	Dani Pedrosa	120

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	241
2	Yamaha	238
3	Ducati	172
4	Suzuki	131
5	Aprilia	59

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

Notes

^ 1-second penalty.
^ 0.5-second penalty.
^ 30-second penalty.
^ 1-position penalty.
^ Disqualified due to a technical infringement.

References

^ "2016 British 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.
^ "Programme covers". Progcovers.com.
^ "Silverstone MotoGP: Vinales takes first Suzuki victory since 2007". Motorsport.com. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
^ "2016 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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[5] 1-second penalty.

[6] 0.5-second penalty.

[10] 30-second penalty.

[11] 1-position penalty.

[12] Disqualified due to a technical infringement.

[1] "2016 British 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] "Programme covers". Progcovers.com.

[4] "Silverstone MotoGP: Vinales takes first Suzuki victory since 2007". Motorsport.com. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.

[7] "2016 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[8] "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[9] "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[13] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

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