2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2016 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 October 2016
Official name	Michelin Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.763 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:30.189
Fastest lap
Rider	Cal Crutchlow	Honda
Time	1:29.494 on lap 8
Podium
First	Cal Crutchlow	Honda
Second	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Third	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Time	1:33.992
Fastest lap
Rider	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex
Time	1:33.414 on lap 2
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Second	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex
Third	Sandro Cortese	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Brad Binder	KTM
Time	1:37.696
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Locatelli	KTM
Time	1:37.335 on lap 5 (first part)
Podium
First	Brad Binder	KTM
Second	Andrea Locatelli	KTM
Third	Arón Canet	Honda

The 2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 23 October 2016.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	27	40:48.543	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	27	+4.218	15	20
3	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	27	+5.309	13	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	27	+9.157	9	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	27	+14.299	3	11
6	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	27	+20.125	12	10
7	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	27	+28.369	11	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	27	+28.781	14	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	27	+28.792	6	7
10	43	Jack Miller	Honda	27	+28.815	5	6
11	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	27	+31.809	8	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+47.734	18	4
13	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	27	+47.749	17	3
14	50	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	27	+54.311	16	2
15	7	Mike Jones	Ducati	27	+55.875	19	1
16	53	Esteve Rabat	Honda	27	+1:06.395	21
17	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	27	+1:22.604	7
Ret	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	24	Accident	10
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	22	Accident	4
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	9	Accident	1
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	0	Electronics	20
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

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.^[1]

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
DNS	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	0	Did not restart	2
DNS	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	0	Did not restart	5
DNS	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	0	Did not restart	7
DNS	36	Joan Mir	KTM	0	Did not restart	9
DNS	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	0	Did not restart	12
DNS	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	0	Did not restart	16
DNS	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	0	Did not restart	18
DNS	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	0	Did not restart	19
DNS	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	0	Did not restart	21
DNS	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	0	Did not restart	22
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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 6 Cal Crutchlow 141 7 Andrea Dovizioso 137 8 Pol Espargaro 117 9 Andrea Iannone 96 10 Hector Barbera 84 11 Aleix Espargaro 82 12 Eugene Laverty 73 13 Scott Redding 71 14 Álvaro Bautista 67 15 Danilo Petrucci 65 References ↑ "Australian Moto3: Binder wins crash-affected race at Phillip Island". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.  External links "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 9 October 2016.  Previous race: 2016 Japanese Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2016 season Next race: 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix Previous race: 2015 Australian Grand Prix Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Next race: 2017 Australian Grand Prix