2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

United Kingdom  2016 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the
2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 September 2016
Official nameOcto British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSilverstone Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.900 km (3.666 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Time 2:19.265
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki
Time 2:02.339 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki
Second United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex
Time 2:26.740
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 2:08.365 on lap 6
Podium
First Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Second Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Third Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra
Time 2:33.642
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM
Time 2:15.336 on lap 17
Podium
First South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Second Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra
Third Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM

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 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 19 39:03.559 3 25
2 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 19 +3.480 1 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 +4.063 2 16
4 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 19 +5.992 5 13
5 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 19 +6.381 4 11
6 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 19 +12.303 10 10
7 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 19 +16.672[N 1] 11 9
8 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 +19.432 9 8
9 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 19 +25.618 14 7
10 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 19 +32.084 19 6
11 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 19 +36.131 20 5
12 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 19 +39.130 6 4
13 22 United Kingdom Alex Lowes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 19 +40.143 16 3
14 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 19 +41.356 18 2
15 53 Spain Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 19 +41.943[N 2] 21 1
16 43 Australia Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 19 +47.610 12
17 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 19 +1:56.177 7
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 13 Accident 8
Ret 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 2 Accident 17
DNS 76 France Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Did not restart 13
DNS 44 Spain 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 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 18 38:49.473 10 25
2 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 18 +0.856 6 20
3 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 18 +1.179 11 16
4 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 18 +1.359 5 13
5 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 18 +1.970 3 11
6 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +5.292 8 10
7 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 18 +7.962 19 9
8 24 Italy Simone Corsi Speed Up 18 +8.421 9 8
9 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 +8.556 27 7
10 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 18 +13.740 25 6
11 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Kalex 18 +15.381 23 5
12 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 18 +16.089 14 4
13 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 18 +16.564 17 3
14 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 18 +22.155 13 2
15 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Kalex 18 +22.190 12 1
16 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Speed Up 18 +27.892 22
17 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 18 +29.045 18
18 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 18 +29.195 28
19 27 Spain Iker Lecuona Kalex 18 +31.565 26
20 87 Australia Remy Gardner Kalex 18 +31.722 21
21 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Kalex 18 +32.701 1
22 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 +35.232[N 3] 2
23 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 18 +38.296 20
24 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 18 +38.716 24
25 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +44.146 4
Ret 10 Italy Luca Marini Kalex 17 Engine 16
Ret 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Kalex 11 Lost Drive 15
Ret 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Tech 3 0 Accident 7
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 17 38:39.142 4 25
2 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 17 +0.183 1 20
3 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM 17 +0.336 8 16
4 62 Italy Stefano Manzi Mahindra 17 +0.787 34 13
5 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 17 +0.802 9 11
6 4 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 17 +0.883 25 10
7 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 17 +1.016 2 9
8 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 17 +1.409 12 8
9 36 Spain Joan Mir KTM 17 +1.193[N 4] 5 7
10 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 17 +1.624 7 6
11 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 17 +2.400 14 5
12 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 17 +8.585 23 4
13 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 17 +12.807 6 3
14 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli KTM 17 +12.839 11 2
15 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Honda 17 +12.885 15 1
16 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 17 +13.174 28
17 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Peugeot 17 +13.216 17
18 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 17 +13.326 10
19 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 17 +16.963 19
20 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 17 +32.397 22
21 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 17 +39.125 27
22 89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 17 +39.140 16
23 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 17 +39.257 24
24 53 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 17 +39.414 35
25 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 17 +39.516 29
26 6 Spain María Herrera KTM 17 +39.714 13
27 3 Italy Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 17 +51.679 33
28 77 Italy Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 17 +1:09.870 30
29 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 17 +1:32.740 20
DSQ 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 17 (+0.920)[N 5] 3
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 15 Accident 18
Ret 43 Italy Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 15 Accident Damage 31
Ret 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 14 Mechanical 26
Ret 20 France Fabio Quartararo KTM 5 Lost Power 21
Ret 12 Spain 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]

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

Notes
  1. 1-second penalty.
  2. 0.5-second penalty.
  3. 30-second penalty.
  4. 1-position penalty.
  5. Disqualified due to a technical infringement.

References
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  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.
  5. "2016 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. "OCTO BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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