2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 30 October 2016.

  2016 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 October 2016
Official name	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 2:11.485 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 2:11.950 on lap 12 Podium First Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha Third Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Kalex Time 2:18.621 Fastest lap Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 2:21.475 on lap 19 Podium First Johann Zarco Kalex Second Franco Morbidelli Kalex Third Jonas Folger Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Brad Binder KTM Time 2:26.268 Fastest lap Rider Joan Mir KTM Time 2:14.201 on lap 2 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra Second Jakub Kornfeil Honda Third Bo Bendsneyder KTM

Classification

MotoGP

The race, originally scheduled for 20 laps, was shortened to 19 laps after the start was delayed by 20 minutes due to torrential rain.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	19	42:27.333	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	19	+3.115	2	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	19	+11.924	3	16
4	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	19	+19.916	12	13
5	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	19	+21.353	10	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	19	+22.932	8	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	19	+25.829	9	9
8	43	Jack Miller	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	19	+32.746	14	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	19	+33.704	11	7
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	19	+34.280	15	6
11	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	19	+36.480	4	5
12	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Ducati	19	+36.638	19	4
13	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	19	+36.897	7	3
14	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	19	+45.609	13	2
15	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	19	+49.779	18	1
16	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	19	+52.665	17
17	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	19	+52.784	16
18	53	Esteve Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	19	+54.891	21
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	12	Accident	6
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	11	Accident	5
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar MotoGP Team	Ducati	11	Front Tyre Wear	20
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 race report

In the Moto2 class, Johann Zarco successfully defended the Moto2 title, thus becoming the first Moto2 rider to win two Moto2 title and the first since Jorge Lorenzo in 2007 to win a back-to-back intermediate class title.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	19	45:51.036	1	25
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	19	+3.256	2	20
3	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	19	+3.689	4	16
4	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	19	+21.428	6	13
5	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	19	+24.700	14	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	19	+26.184	5	10
7	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	19	+28.177	21	9
8	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	19	+28.855	25	8
9	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	19	+29.247	11	7
10	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	19	+29.969	19	6
11	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	19	+30.866	10	5
12	93	Ramdan Rosli	Kalex	19	+31.260	12	4
13	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	19	+31.793	9	3
14	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	19	+34.697	23	2
15	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	19	+46.669	7	1
16	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	19	+49.126	27
17	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	19	+49.293	15
18	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	19	+51.610	24
19	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	19	+54.949	18
20	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	19	+55.461	22
21	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	19	+1:08.613	20
22	27	Iker Lecuona	Kalex	19	+1:16.574	17
23	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	19	+1:25.838	8
24	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	19	+2:01.635	26
Ret	20	Alessandro Nocco	Kalex	12	Accident Damage	16
Ret	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	5	Rear Tyre	28
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	1	Accident	3
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	1	Accident	13
WD	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up		Withdrew
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

• Julian Simon withdrew from the event after suffering a broken vertebrae in a crash during Friday free practice.

Moto3

The race, originally scheduled for 18 laps, was red-flagged on lap 15 after Maria Herrera crashed into the back of Livio Loi in Turn 15. Since two thirds of the original distance required to award full points was completed, the race was not restarted. Maria Herrera was not classified in the final results since she failed to recover her bike into pit-lane within five minutes of the race being red-flagged (as required by the rules).

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	13	29:29.351	3	25
2	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	13	+7.108	15	20
3	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	13	+7.253	7	16
4	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	13	+8.469	9	13
5	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	13	+12.414	11	11
6	42	Marcos Ramírez	Mahindra	13	+12.706	27	10
7	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	13	+13.387	5	9
8	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	13	+13.506	20	8
9	11	Livio Loi	Honda	13	+14.445	23	7
10	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	13	+38.777	30	6
11	38	Hafiq Azmi	Peugeot	13	+45.827	22	5
12	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	13	+48.899	6	4
13	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	13	+49.648	29	3
14	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	13	+49.842	28	2
15	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	13	+1:15.163	19	1
16	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	12	+1 lap	4
17	41	Brad Binder	KTM	10	+3 laps	1
NC	6	María Herrera	KTM	13	+13.793	31
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	6	Accident	24
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	5	Accident Damage	2
Ret	12	Albert Arenas	Peugeot	3	Accident	26
Ret	36	Joan Mir	KTM	2	Accident	14
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	2	Accident	16
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	2	Accident Damage	25
Ret	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	1	Accident Damage	13
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	0	Accident	8
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	0	Accident	10
Ret	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	0	Accident	12
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	0	Accident	17
Ret	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	0	Accident	18
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	0	Accident	21
DNS	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda		Did not start
DNS	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

• Hiroki Ono withdrew from the event following a concussion suffered in a crash during qualifying.
• Fabio Spiranelli was injured in a scooter crash during a track familiarisation run on Thursday prior to the race and withdrew from the event after the opening Friday practice session.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 278 2 Valentino Rossi 236 3 Jorge Lorenzo 208 4 Maverick Vinales 191 5 Andrea Dovizioso 162

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 349 2 Yamaha 328 3 Ducati 245 4 Suzuki 197 5 Aprilia 95

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

References

1. "2016 Malaysian 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. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sepang International Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
4. "2016 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
5. "SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
6. "SHELL MALAYSIA MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2016" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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