2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2016 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 September 2016
Official name	Octo British Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.900 km (3.666 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Cal Crutchlow	Honda
Time	2:19.265
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki
Time	2:02.339 on lap 2
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki
Second	Cal Crutchlow	Honda
Third	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes	Kalex
Time	2:26.740
Fastest lap
Rider	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Time	2:08.365 on lap 6
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Second	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex
Third	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra
Time	2:33.642
Fastest lap
Rider	Nicolò Bulega	KTM
Time	2:15.336 on lap 17
Podium
First	Brad Binder	KTM
Second	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra
Third	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM

The 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 September 2016. Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since Moto2 Malaysia 2014. This race marks Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	19	39:03.559	3	25
2	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	19	+3.480	1	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	19	+4.063	2	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	19	+5.992	5	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	19	+6.381	4	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	19	+12.303	10	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	19	+16.672[N 1]	11	9
8	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	19	+19.432	9	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	19	+25.618	14	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	19	+32.084	19	6
11	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	19	+36.131	20	5
12	50	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	19	+39.130	6	4
13	22	Alex Lowes	Yamaha	19	+40.143	16	3
14	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	19	+41.356	18	2
15	53	Esteve Rabat	Honda	19	+41.943[N 2]	21	1
16	43	Jack Miller	Honda	19	+47.610	12
17	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	19	+1:56.177	7
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	13	Accident	8
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	2	Accident	17
DNS	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	0	Did not restart	13
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	0	Did not restart	15
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	18	38:49.473	10	25
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	18	+0.856	6	20
3	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	18	+1.179	11	16
4	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	18	+1.359	5	13
5	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	18	+1.970	3	11
6	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	18	+5.292	8	10
7	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	18	+7.962	19	9
8	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	18	+8.421	9	8
9	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	18	+8.556	27	7
10	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	18	+13.740	25	6
11	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	18	+15.381	23	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	18	+16.089	14	4
13	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	18	+16.564	17	3
14	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	18	+22.155	13	2
15	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	18	+22.190	12	1
16	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	18	+27.892	22
17	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	18	+29.045	18
18	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	18	+29.195	28
19	27	Iker Lecuona	Kalex	18	+31.565	26
20	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	18	+31.722	21
21	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	18	+32.701	1
22	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	18	+35.232[N 3]	2
23	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	18	+38.296	20
24	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	18	+38.716	24
25	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	18	+44.146	4
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	17	Engine	16
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	11	Lost Drive	15
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	0	Accident	7
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	17	38:39.142	4	25
2	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	17	+0.183	1	20
3	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	17	+0.336	8	16
4	62	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	17	+0.787	34	13
5	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	17	+0.802	9	11
6	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	17	+0.883	25	10
7	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	17	+1.016	2	9
8	44	Arón Canet	Honda	17	+1.409	12	8
9	36	Joan Mir	KTM	17	+1.193[N 4]	5	7
10	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	17	+1.624	7	6
11	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	17	+2.400	14	5
12	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	17	+8.585	23	4
13	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	17	+12.807	6	3
14	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	17	+12.839	11	2
15	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	17	+12.885	15	1
16	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	17	+13.174	28
17	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	17	+13.216	17
18	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	17	+13.326	10
19	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	17	+16.963	19
20	11	Livio Loi	Honda	17	+32.397	22
21	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	17	+39.125	27
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	17	+39.140	16
23	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	17	+39.257	24
24	53	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	17	+39.414	35
25	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	17	+39.516	29
26	6	María Herrera	KTM	17	+39.714	13
27	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	17	+51.679	33
28	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	17	+1:09.870	30
29	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	17	+1:32.740	20
DSQ	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	17	(+0.920)[N 5]	3
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	15	Accident	18
Ret	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	15	Accident Damage	31
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	Mahindra	14	Mechanical	26
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	5	Lost Power	21
Ret	12	Albert Arenas	Peugeot	0	Electronics	32
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 210 2 Valentino Rossi 160 3 Jorge Lorenzo 146 4 Maverick Vinales 125 5 Dani Pedrosa 120 6 Andrea Iannone 96 7 Andrea Dovizioso 89 8 Cal Crutchlow 86 9 Pol Espargaro 81 10 Hector Barbera 78 11 Eugene Laverty 67 12 Aleix Espargaro 60 13 Scott Redding 54 14 Danilo Petrucci 45 15 Jack Miller 42 Notes ↑ 1-second penalty. ↑ 0.5-second penalty. ↑ 30-second penalty. ↑ 1-position penalty. ↑ Disqualified due to a technical infringement. References ↑ "Silverstone MotoGP: Vinales takes first Suzuki victory since 2007". motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.  External links "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 21 August 2016.  Previous race: 2016 Czech Republic Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2016 season Next race: 2016 San Marino Grand Prix Previous race: 2015 British Grand Prix British motorcycle Grand Prix Next race: 2017 British Grand Prix