2016 Moto2 World Championship

• The Grand Prix of the Americas and the Argentine Grand Prix have swapped places, with Argentina hosting the second round, while the Grand Prix of the Americas hosts the third round.
• For the first time in the history of the Dutch TT, the races were held on a Sunday.[13]
• The 2016 season had seen the return of the Austrian Grand Prix to the series' schedule after 19 years of absence. The last race, which had been the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix, was held at the A1 Ring, now called the Red Bull Ring.[13]
• Having been on the calendar since 2008, the Indianapolis Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.[14]

• JiR Moto2 announced that they would withdraw from the championship at the end of the 2015 season.[43]
• Dynavolt Intact GP expanded to enter a second bike, while Italtrans Racing downgraded to a single entry in 2016.
• Leopard Racing returned to the Moto2 class after previously competing as Kiefer Racing from 2010 to 2012. The team competed on Kalex bikes, with Danny Kent and Miguel Oliveira as their riders.
• AGP Racing, who were listed on the provisional entry list, withdrew from the championship due to financial problems, leaving Federico Fuligni and Remy Gardner without rides.[44]
• IodaRacing Project SRL also withdrew from the championship.

• Luis Salom left Paginas Amarillas HP 40 at the end of the 2015 season to join Stop and Go Racing Team.
• Salom's place at Pons Racing was taken by 2015 FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship winner Edgar Pons.
• Moto3 World Champion Danny Kent returned to the Moto2 class with Leopard Racing, following a season with Tech 3 back in 2013.
• Franco Morbidelli moved to Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS, following Tito Rabat's decision to join MotoGP with Marc VDS for 2016.
• Simone Corsi left Forward Racing at the end of the 2015 season to join Speed Up Racing.
• Jonas Folger left the AGR Team to join Dynavolt Intact GP.
• Sam Lowes replaced Xavier Siméon at Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 as part of a contract-signing for a MotoGP seat with Gresini in 2017. Siméon joined the QMMF Racing Team as a result.
• Mika Kallio returned to MotoGP, after being left without a ride in Moto2. He joined KTM as a test rider for their 2017 MotoGP project.
• Miguel Oliveira moved up to the Moto2 class, joining Leopard Racing.
• Randy Krummenacher left Moto2 to join the Supersport World Championship following JiR's withdrawal from the championship.
• After competing in the second half of the 2015 season with Tech 3 as a replacement rider, Xavi Vierge moved full-time to Moto2 with the same team.
• Efrén Vázquez moved up to the Moto2 class with JPMoto Malaysia replacing Ricard Cardús. Vázquez previously competed in the intermediate class in 2007.
• Luca Marini stepped up to the Moto2 class, with the Forward Team.
• Isaac Viñales moved up to the Moto2 class with Tech 3, replacing Marcel Schrötter. Schrötter moved to the AGR Team.
• Alessandro Tonucci moved up to the Moto2 class with Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 replacing Louis Rossi.
• Ratthapark Wilairot made a full-time return to Moto2 with Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.
• Azlan Shah, who was on the provisional entry list with JPMoto Malaysia, withdrew due to financial problems.[45]

• After the Grand Prix of the Americas, Efrén Vázquez left the JPMoto Malaysia team. He was replaced by Danny Eslick in the 5th race and by Ricard Cardús in the 6th race. Before the 7th race, the JPMoto Malaysia team went bankrupt, so the team retired from the rest of the season.
• After the Italian Grand Prix, Alessandro Tonucci left the Tasca Racing Scuderia team. He was replaced by Remy Gardner for the rest of the season starting with the 7th race.[36]
• Luis Salom was killed after an accident during Friday practice at the Catalan Grand Prix. His teammate Jesko Raffin withdrew from the weekend.[46] Before the Dutch TT, the SAG Racing Team announced that they will complete the season with Raffin as the team's sole rider, with Salom's spot on the team left vacated for the rest of the season.[47]
• Dominique Aegerter got injured after the Czech Republic Grand Prix, so he was replaced by Iker Lecuona for the 12th and the 13th races. Aegerter returned for the 14th race. However, upon signing a 2017 contract with Leopard Racing, he was fired from Interwetten, bringing Lecuona back for the remaining 4 races.

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Johann Zarco Kalex 12 1 3 5 24 1 1 2 1 1 11 22 4 8 2 12 1 1 276 2 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 1 7 7 6 3 4 5 Ret Ret 4 DNS 1 6 4 1 1 6 2 234 3 Álex Rins Kalex 8 4 1 3 1 7 2 6 Ret 3 2 7 2 6 20 Ret 14 5 214 4 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 7 25 14 4 4 8 11 3 Ret 2 8 2 5 3 3 2 2 3 213 5 Sam Lowes Kalex 9 2 2 1 6 3 6 4 Ret Ret 3 21 Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 175 6 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 9 15 7 5 9 3 1 11 7 Ret 3 3 5 4 5 21 6 169 7 Jonas Folger Kalex Ret 3 5 2 Ret 15 7 10 2 26 1 5 8 10 Ret 6 3 8 167 8 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex DNS 13 23 17 17 2 14 5 5 8 16 6 1 7 Ret 4 4 14 127 9 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 4 6 16 11 8 5 4 Ret 7 21 6 4 7 14 13 Ret 5 15 118 10 Simone Corsi Speed Up 3 20 6 Ret 2 12 Ret 7 Ret Ret 19 8 Ret 9 6 7 11 11 103 11 Mattia Pasini Kalex 16 10 17 12 16 Ret 12 19 4 13 4 9 16 12 7 Ret 23 7 72 12 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 5 5 4 8 13 10 Ret 9 10 10 17 22 71 13 Álex Márquez Kalex Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 16 18 8 Ret 6 5 25 10 2 Ret DNS 7 Ret 69 14 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 17 11 10 Ret 14 18 10 13 Ret 5 18 11 11 15 9 9 20 10 64 15 Sandro Cortese Kalex 15 Ret 12 Ret DNS 11 Ret 12 15 11 23 12 9 13 5 3 17 Ret 61 16 Axel Pons Kalex Ret 8 22 Ret 7 6 9 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret 16 Ret 8 Ret Ret 55 17 Xavier Siméon Speed Up Ret 12 8 10 11 DNS Ret 11 Ret 23 15 16 Ret 11 10 11 15 16 46 18 Julián Simón Speed Up Ret 19 9 DNS Ret 17 13 16 3 15 13 14 Ret 21 8 Ret DNS 23 40 19 Luis Salom† Kalex 2 15 13 9 10 Ret DNS† 37 20 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 Ret 14 20 Ret 15 Ret 20 17 Ret 16 12 13 12 17 11 10 8 12 37 21 Miguel Oliveira Kalex 11 21 Ret Ret 9 13 8 15 Ret 14 9 Ret 17 DNS DNS 13 36 22 Danny Kent Kalex 6 16 Ret Ret 19 14 Ret 14 DNS 12 7 15 Ret 29 Ret Ret 18 9 35 23 Luca Marini Kalex 10 18 Ret 16 12 Ret Ret Ret 6 17 Ret Ret 13 25 12 16 9 22 34 24 Isaac Viñales Tech 3 19 24 18 13 20 24 16 21 9 18 14 Ret Ret 28 15 DNS 10 Ret 19 25 Jesko Raffin Kalex 18 23 21 14 23 26 DNS 18 8 24 24 17 15 20 17 13 16 17 14 26 Remy Gardner Kalex 15 20 12 19 21 20 19 19 19 Ret 13 18 8 27 Anthony West Suter 10 6 28 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 13 17 19 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret 22 25 18 14 26 18 15 24 20 6 29 Ramdan Rosli Kalex 19 18 12 4 30 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 22 Ret 15 18 21 21 22 13 25 22 24 20 27 Ret 17 Ret 21 4 31 Edgar Pons Kalex Ret DNS DNS 23 17 23 14 20 20 23 Ret 24 16 14 19 19 4 32 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 23 14 2 33 Federico Fuligni Kalex 18 20 18 Ret 0 34 Steven Odendaal Kalex 18 0 35 Alessandro Tonucci Kalex 21 27 24 19 22 25 0 36 Iker Lecuona Kalex 19 21 Ret Ret 22 24 0 37 Ricard Cardús Suter 19 0 38 Naomichi Uramoto Kalex 21 0 39 Efrén Vázquez Suter 22 26 DNS 0 40 Taro Sekiguchi TSR 22 0 41 Danny Eslick Suter 25 0 Alessandro Nocco Kalex Ret Ret 0 Hugo Clere TransFIORmers Ret 0 Alan Techer NTS Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie † – Rider deceased

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	450
2	Speed Up	3	12	6	10	2	12	13	7	3	15	13	8	Ret	9	6	7	11	11	136
3	Tech 3	19	14	18	13	15	24	16	17	9	16	12	13	12	17	11	10	8	12	47
4	Suter	22	26	DNS		25	19					10								6
	TSR															22				0
	TransFIORmers																		Ret	0
	NTS														Ret					0
Pos	Constructor	QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts