2016 MotoGP season

The 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Jorge Lorenzo had been the defending world champion, having secured his third MotoGP title and fifth overall Championship title at the 2015 Valencian Community Grand Prix.[1]

2016 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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2016 Moto2 season
2016 Moto3 season
Marc Márquez has won his third MotoGP world title, and fifth world title overall, by winning the Japanese Grand Prix. His victory has given him an unassailable lead with three races remaining.

The riders' championship title was won for the third time by Marc Márquez, after his fifth victory of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix has given him an unassailable lead over his title rivals Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi – who both crashed out at Motegi – with three races remaining.[2][3] Márquez's title marked a return to the top step for Honda after a difficult 2015 campaign for its factory team. Márquez ultimately won the championship by 49 points.

Reigning champion Lorenzo won three of the first six races to lead the title race, but very poor wet weather form during wet races in mid-season curtailed his title bid along with no wins in the dry until the season-ending race in Valencia. Rossi has been the most consistent title challenger, yet he has crashed out of three races up until Márquez's decisive victory in Japan. The Yamaha team has suffered a severe win drought from June onwards, going eight races without a win before Márquez has clinched the title. The drought reached ten races before Lorenzo's Valencian triumph, in his final race for the manufacturer before his move to Ducati in 2017. Rossi has clinched the runner-up position by 16 points from Lorenzo, while their performances earned Yamaha the teams' championship, although Honda won the manufacturers' championship. The only rookie in this season was Tito Rabat – who clinched the rookie of the year award. LCR Honda rider, Cal Crutchlow, achieved the top independent rider award; winning races at Brno and Phillip Island and finished in 7th place in the championship with 141 points. Ducati and Suzuki both have won at least one race during the season, with Ducati's first win marking the first non Yamaha or Honda win for six years.

The 2016 season had seen numerous records in regards to race winners. Cal Crutchlow, Jack Miller, Andrea Iannone and Maverick Viñales have won their first races in the premier class, the first time that four new winners had emerged in a MotoGP season. Between the Italian Grand Prix in May and the San Marino Grand Prix in September, eight riders – Lorenzo, Rossi, Miller, Márquez, Iannone, Crutchlow, Viñales and Dani Pedrosa – have won in eight successive races, surpassing the previous record of seven, between the 1999 Imola Grand Prix and the 2000 South African Grand Prix. With a win for Andrea Dovizioso in Malaysia further adding to the tally, the total of nine winners was also a record for a single premier class season,[4] surpassing the previous record of eight in the 2000 season.[5] This season also marked the first non-factory teams to win a race since the 2006 season, including Miller (in Dutch TT) and Crutchlow.

2016 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2016:[6][7][8]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 20 March ‡ Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit
2 3 April Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo
3 10 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas
4 24 April Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez
5 8 May Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit
6 22 May Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit
7 5 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
8 26 June Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen
9 17 July GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring
10 14 August NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring
11 21 August HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky[9] Brno Circuit
12 4 September Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit
13 11 September Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
14 25 September Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón Motorland Aragón
15 16 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi
16 23 October Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit
17 30 October Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
18 13 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo
‡ = Night race

Calendar changes

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.[11]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP16 04 Andrea Dovizioso[12] All
8 Héctor Barberá[13] 15–16
29 Andrea Iannone[14] 1–12, 17–18[lower-alpha 1]
51 Michele Pirro[17] 6, 10
51 Michele Pirro[16] 13–14[lower-alpha 1]
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini       Aprilia Aprilia RS-GP 6 Stefan Bradl[18] All
19 Álvaro Bautista[14] All
Avintia Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14[14] 7 Mike Jones[13] 15–16
8 Héctor Barberá[14] 1–14, 17–18
12 Javier Forés[19] 13
51 Michele Pirro[20] 7–8
76 Loris Baz[21] 1–6, 9–12, 14–18
Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[22][23] 17
73 15[lower-alpha 2]
26 Dani Pedrosa[24] 1–15, 18[lower-alpha 2]
69 Nicky Hayden[25] 16
93 Marc Márquez[26] All
Octo Pramac Yakhnich[27] Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP15[14] 9 Danilo Petrucci[14] 1, 5–18
45 Scott Redding[28] All
51 Michele Pirro[29] 2–4
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP
Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing Team		 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[30] 15
46 Valentino Rossi[31]         All
99 Jorge Lorenzo[32] All
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 22 Alex Lowes[33] 12–14
38 Bradley Smith[14] 1–11, 15–18
44 Pol Espargaró[34] All
Team Suzuki Ecstar       Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 25 Maverick Viñales[14] All
41 Aleix Espargaró[14] All
LCR Honda Honda Honda RC213V 35 Cal Crutchlow[35] All
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing[36] KTM KTM RC16 36 Mika Kallio[37] 18
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS       Honda Honda RC213V 43 Jack Miller[38] 1–10, 12–13, 15–18
53 Esteve Rabat[39] All
69 Nicky Hayden[40] 14
Aspar Team MotoGP
Pull & Bear Aspar Team		 Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14[14] 50 Eugene Laverty[14] All
68 Yonny Hernández[41]       All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
Notes
  1. Andrea Iannone competed in Friday practice sessions at Misano and Aragón, before being replaced by Michele Pirro. At Misano, Pirro initially competed as a wildcard,[15] but was officially designated as a rider replacement.[16]
  2. Dani Pedrosa competed in Friday practice sessions at Motegi, before crashing heavily and fracturing a collarbone. He was replaced by Hiroshi Aoyama for the remainder of the weekend.

Team changes

Rider changes

Rider's helmet changes

Rule changes
  • Starting in 2016, Michelin has become the series' official tyre supplier following Bridgestone's withdrawal from the category.[44] Dorna have also agreed a rule change to the 2016 regulations to increase the wheel size from 16.5 inches to 17 inches (similar to Moto2 and Moto3).[45]
  • The previous Factory and Open classes will be merged: every bike must adopt the unified electronic package (ECU and software).[46] Each rider will be able to use up to seven engines in a season, albeit with frozen specifications, and the maximum fuel tank capacity will be 22 litres.[47] Factories without a dry win between 2013 and 2015 will still be allowed to use 12 engines with free development, but in case of a determined number of podiums or wins scored during 2016 the factory will lose these benefits for the next season.[47] Similarly, any manufacturer not scoring a single podium in 2016 will gain those concessions in 2017.

2016 Grand Prix season results
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning constructor Report
1 20 March ‡ Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Losail Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
2 3 April Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Termas de Río Hondo Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Honda Report
3 10 April Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Honda Report
4 24 April Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jerez Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi Yamaha Report
5 8 May French motorcycle Grand Prix Le Mans Jorge Lorenzo Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
6 22 May Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Mugello Valentino Rossi Andrea Iannone Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
7 5 June Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalunya Marc Márquez Maverick Viñales Valentino Rossi Yamaha Report
8 26 June Dutch TT Assen Andrea Dovizioso Danilo Petrucci Jack Miller Honda Report
9 17 July German motorcycle Grand Prix Sachsenring Marc Márquez Cal Crutchlow Marc Márquez Honda Report
10 14 August Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Red Bull Ring Andrea Iannone Andrea Iannone Andrea Iannone Ducati Report
11 21 August Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Brno Circuit Marc Márquez Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow Honda Report
12 4 September British motorcycle Grand Prix Silverstone Cal Crutchlow Maverick Viñales Maverick Viñales Suzuki Report
13 11 September San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix Misano Jorge Lorenzo Dani Pedrosa Dani Pedrosa Honda Report
14 25 September Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Motorland Aragón Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Honda Report
15 16 October Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Motegi Valentino Rossi Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Honda Report
16 23 October Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit Marc Márquez Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow Honda Report
17 30 October Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang Andrea Dovizioso Andrea Dovizioso Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Report
18 13 November Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencia Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Report
‡ = Night race

Riders' standings
Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 ARG
 AME
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GER
 AUT
 CZE
 GBR
 RSM
 ARA
 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 Pts
1 Marc Márquez Honda 3 1 1 3 13 2 2 2 1 5 3 4 4 1 1 Ret 11 2 298
2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 4 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 4 2 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 4 249
3 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 10 15 3 17 8 3 2 Ret 6 3 1 233
4 Maverick Viñales Suzuki 6 Ret 4 6 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 202
5 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 3 2 Ret 6 6 11 2 4 1 7 171
6 Dani Pedrosa Honda 5 3 Ret 4 4 4 3 12 6 7 12 5 1 6 DNS Ret 155
7 Cal Crutchlow Honda Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141
8 Pol Espargaró Yamaha 7 6 7 8 5 15 5 4 Ret 10 13 DNS 9 8 6 5 9 6 134
9 Andrea Iannone Ducati Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 1 8 Ret DNS WD Ret 3 112
10 Héctor Barberá Ducati 9 5 9 10 8 12 11 6 9 DSQ 5 14 13 13 17 Ret 4 11 102
11 Aleix Espargaró Suzuki 11 11 5 5 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 4 Ret 13 8 93
12 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 13 10 11 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 16 10 10 9 7 12 7 10 82
13 Eugene Laverty Ducati 12 4 12 9 11 13 13 7 11 18 6 12 14 14 Ret 14 12 16 77
14 Danilo Petrucci Ducati DNS 7 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 11 17 8 9 10 12 75
15 Scott Redding Ducati 10 Ret 6 19 Ret Ret 16 3 4 8 15 17 15 19 9 7 15 14 74
16 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Ret 7 10 14 10 14 12 8 DNS 19 14 Ret 12 10 10 11 17 13 63
17 Bradley Smith Yamaha 8 8 17 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 13 9 Ret 13 8 14 9 62
18 Jack Miller Honda 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret Ret 10 1 7 DNS 16 DNS Ret 10 8 15 57
19 Michele Pirro Ducati 12 8 16 10 15 Ret 12 7 12 36
20 Loris Baz Ducati Ret Ret 15 13 12 Ret 17 13 4 DNS 18 16 Ret 5 18 35
21 Esteve Rabat Honda 15 9 13 18 Ret DNS 14 11 16 14 10 15 17 Ret 14 16 18 17 29
22 Yonny Hernández Ducati Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 16 17 Ret 18 17 11 11 16 16 12 13 Ret Ret 20
23 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 11 5
24 Alex Lowes Yamaha 13 Ret DNS 3
25 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 15 16 1
26 Nicky Hayden Honda 15 17 1
27 Mike Jones Ducati 18 15 1
Mika Kallio KTM Ret 0
Javier Forés Ducati Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 ARG
 AME
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GER
 AUT
 CZE
 GBR
 RSM
 ARA
 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings
Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Each constructor gets 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 Honda 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 2 369
2 Yamaha 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 8 3 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 1 353
3 Ducati 2 4 3 7 7 3 7 3 3 1 4 6 6 11 2 4 1 3 261
4 Suzuki 6 11 4 5 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 208
5 Aprilia 13 7 10 14 9 14 8 8 10 16 14 10 10 9 7 11 7 10 101
KTM Ret 0
Pos Constructor QAT
 ARG
 AME
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GER
 AUT
 CZE
 GBR
 RSM
 ARA
 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 Pts

Teams' standings
Pos Team Bike
No.		 QAT
 ARG
 AME
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GER
 AUT
 CZE
 GBR
 RSM
 ARA
 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 Pts
1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 46 4 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 4 2 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 4 482
99 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 10 15 3 17 8 3 2 Ret 6 3 1
2 Repsol Honda Team 7 16 454
26 5 3 Ret 4 4 4 3 12 6 7 12 5 1 6 DNS Ret
69 17
73 15
93 3 1 1 3 13 2 2 2 1 5 3 4 4 1 1 Ret 11 2
3 Ducati Team 04 2 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 3 2 Ret 6 6 11 2 4 1 7 296
8 17 Ret
29 Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 1 8 Ret DNS WD Ret 3
51 10 12 7 12
4 Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 25 6 Ret 4 6 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 295
41 11 11 5 5 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 4 Ret 13 8
5 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 22 13 Ret DNS 199
38 8 8 17 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 13 9 Ret 13 8 14 9
44 7 6 7 8 5 15 5 4 Ret 10 13 DNS 9 8 6 5 9 6
6 Octo Pramac Yakhnich 9 DNS 7 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 11 17 8 9 10 12 161
45 10 Ret 6 19 Ret Ret 16 3 4 8 15 17 15 19 9 7 15 14
51 12 8 16
7 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 6 Ret 7 10 14 10 14 12 8 DNS 19 14 Ret 12 10 10 11 17 13 145
19 13 10 11 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 16 10 10 9 7 12 7 10
8 LCR Honda 35 Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141
9 Avintia Racing 7 18 15 139
8 9 5 9 10 8 12 11 6 9 DSQ 5 14 13 13 4 11
12 Ret
51 15 Ret
76 Ret Ret 15 13 12 Ret 17 13 4 DNS 18 16 Ret 5 18
10 Aspar Team MotoGP 50 12 4 12 9 11 13 13 7 11 18 6 12 14 14 Ret 14 12 16 97
68 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 16 17 Ret 18 17 11 11 16 16 12 13 Ret Ret
11 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 43 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret Ret 10 1 7 DNS 16 DNS Ret 10 8 15 87
53 15 9 13 18 Ret DNS 14 11 16 14 10 15 17 Ret 14 16 18 17
69 15
Pos Team Bike
No.		 QAT
 ARG
 AME
 ESP
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 NED
 GER
 AUT
 CZE
 GBR
 RSM
 ARA
 JPN
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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