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Race 15 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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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 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | 42:34.610 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 04 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +2.992 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 25 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +4.104 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 41 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 24 | +4.726 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 35 | ![]() |
LCR Honda | Honda | 24 | +15.049 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 44 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +19.654 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +23.032 | 12 | 9 |
8 | 9 | ![]() |
Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 24 | +28.555 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 45 | ![]() |
Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 24 | +28.802 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 24 | +32.330 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 21 | ![]() |
Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 24 | +42.845 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 68 | ![]() |
Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 24 | +52.219 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 38 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +53.783 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 53 | ![]() |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 24 | +54.760 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 73 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +1:00.155 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 76 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | +1:04.440 | 20 | |
17 | 8 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +1:42.966 | 8 | |
18 | 7 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 23 | +1 lap | 21 | |
Ret | 99 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 50 | ![]() |
Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 19 | |
WD | 26 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | 42:45.854 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 5 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +0.386 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +5.863 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 30 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +6.090 | 7 | 13 |
5 | 11 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +16.246 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 24 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 23 | +20.404 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 54 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +20.683 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 60 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 23 | +20.760 | 16 | 8 |
9 | 23 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +24.394 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 19 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 23 | +27.113 | 17 | 6 |
11 | 97 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 23 | +30.158 | 18 | 5 |
12 | 10 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +32.283 | 26 | 4 |
13 | 55 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +32.391 | 12 | 3 |
14 | 45 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +35.348 | 24 | 2 |
15 | 32 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 23 | +35.486 | 20 | 1 |
16 | 57 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +39.558 | 21 | |
17 | 2 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +39.690 | 19 | |
18 | 14 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +45.258 | 25 | |
19 | 87 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +47.910 | 23 | |
20 | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +1:04.723 | 22 | |
21 | 63 | ![]() |
Kalex | 23 | +1:05.916 | 29 | |
22 | 84 | ![]() |
TSR | 23 | +1:26.636 | 30 | |
Ret | 27 | ![]() |
Kalex | 14 | Accident Damage | 28 | |
Ret | 49 | ![]() |
Kalex | 13 | Accident Damage | 6 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Kalex | 10 | Accident Damage | 14 | |
Ret | 73 | ![]() |
Kalex | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Kalex | 7 | Gear Shifter | 15 | |
Ret | 94 | ![]() |
Kalex | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Kalex | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 70 | ![]() |
Kalex | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
DNS | 44 | ![]() |
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]Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 33 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | 39:24.273 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 41 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +0.017 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 8 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +4.002 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 65 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +5.119 | 10 | 13 |
5 | 4 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +6.288 | 18 | 11 |
6 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +7.739 | 12 | 10 |
7 | 11 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +7.749 | 15 | 9 |
8 | 20 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +8.344 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 36 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +8.880 | 14 | 7 |
10 | 23 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +9.037 | 7 | 6 |
11 | 48 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +12.332 | 6 | 5 |
12 | 7 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +13.525 | 9 | 4 |
13 | 84 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +18.818 | 21 | 3 |
14 | 12 | ![]() |
Peugeot | 20 | +21.263 | 13 | 2 |
15 | 24 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +21.291 | 25 | 1 |
16 | 95 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +21.727 | 24 | |
17 | 42 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +34.475 | 26 | |
18 | 64 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +39.950 | 27 | |
19 | 89 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +40.177 | 22 | |
20 | 3 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +46.804 | 32 | |
21 | 77 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +49.085 | 31 | |
22 | 40 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | +52.570 | 28 | |
23 | 6 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +52.682 | 30 | |
24 | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +1:16.774 | 1 | |
25 | 58 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +1:22.102 | 20 | |
26 | 13 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +1:51.623 | 34 | |
DSQ | 76 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | (+2.654)[N 2] | 4 | |
Ret | 88 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 10 | Rider In Pain | 23 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() |
Honda | 9 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 55 | ![]() |
KTM | 4 | Accident | 29 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 3 | Accident | 33 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
Honda | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Peugeot | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
DNS | 15 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT |
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. 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 2019-08-25.