The 2016 MXGP of Thailand was the second round of the 2016 FIM Motocross World Championship season. It was held at the Suphan Buri track in Suphan Buri Province on 5–6 March 2016 and included the second rounds of the 2016 MXGP and MX2 world championships. The Suphan Buri Motorsport Land facility made its debut as a host of an MXGP event.
Entry lists The entry lists for the 2016 MXGP of Thailand were announced on 23 February 2016.
Entry list
MXGP entry list No. Rider Team Manufacturer 7 Tanel Leok KTM 8 Ben Townley Team Suzuki World MXGP Suzuki 12 Max Nagl Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 17 Jose Butron Marchetti Racing KTM KTM 21 Gautier Paulin Team HRC Honda 22 Kevin Strijbos Team Suzuki World MXGP Suzuki 23 Christophe Charlier Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 24 Shaun Simpson Wilvo Virus Performance KTM KTM 25 Clement Desalle Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 31 Alex Snow JK Racing Yamaha Yamaha 32 Milko Potisek Tip Top MP32 Racing Yamaha 77 Alessandro Lupino Team Assomotor Honda Honda 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Monster Energy Yamaha Yamaha 92 Valentin Guillod Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 100 Tommy Searle Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 171 Thanarat Penjan Kawasaki 222 Tony Cairoli Red Bull KTM KTM 243 Tim Gajser Honda Gariboldi Honda 259 Glenn Coldenhoff Red Bull KTM KTM 400 Kei Yamamoto Team Assomotor Honda Honda 461 Romain Febvre Monster Energy Yamaha Yamaha 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Team HRC Honda
MX2 entry list No. Rider Team Manufacturer 4 Dylan Ferrandis Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 6 Benoit Paturel Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki Kawasaki 28 Ben Hallgren Yamaha 29 Henry Jacobi JTech Honda Honda 41 Pauls Jonass Red Bull KTM KTM 46 Davy Pootjes1 Red Bull KTM KTM 52 Shota Ueda Kawasaki 59 Aleksandr Tonkov Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 64 Thomas Covington Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 71 Damon Graulus JTech Honda Honda 76 Jaturong Jomjaturong Suzuki 84 Jeffrey Herlings Red Bull KTM KTM 88 Frederik van der Vlist Team HNR GPR PROMO Kawasaki 91 Jeremy Seewer Team Suzuki World MX2 Suzuki 93 Phanuphong Somsawat Kawasaki 95 Roberts Justs HSF Logistics Motorsport Team KTM 97 Michael Ivanov Marchetti Racing Team KTM 99 Max Anstie Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Husqvarna 101 Jorge Zaragoza Honda Gariboldi Honda 152 Petar Petrov Monster Energy Kawasaki Kawasaki 161 Alvin Östlund Wilvo Standing Construct Yamaha Yamaha 172 Brent van Doninck Kemea Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha 174 Alfie Smith2 JK Racing Yamaha Yamaha 189 Brian Bogers HSF Logistics Motorsport KTM 251 Jens Getteman Motocross Marketing KTM KTM 321 Samuele Bernardini TM Factory Racing Team TM 500 Nozomu Yasuhara Yamaha 811 Adam Sterry3 Wilvo Virus Performance KTM KTM 888 Jian Hao Xu Kawasaki 919 Ben Watson Hitachi Construction KTM KTM
1 Davy Pootjes did not ride due to a broken collarbone sustained at the MXGP of Qatar.
2 Alfie Smith did not ride after separating the ACL in his shoulder at the MXGP of Qatar.
3 Adam Sterry did not ride due to a broken wrist sustained at the MXGP of Qatar.
MXGP
MXGP Practice Times
Free Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 1:41.868 2 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 1:41.926 +0.058 3 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 1:42.365 +0.497 4 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 1:42.415 +0.547 5 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 1:43.111 +1.243 6 243 Tim Gajser Honda 1:43.497 +1.629 7 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 1:43.571 +1.703 8 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 1:43.691 +1.823 9 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 1:43.723 +1.855 10 17 Jose Butron KTM 1:44.103 +2.235 11 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 1:44.147 +2.279 12 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 1:44.881 +3.013 13 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 1:45.625 +3.756 14 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 1:45.862 +3.994 15 25 Clement Desalle1 Kawasaki 1:45.923 +4.055 16 7 Tanel Leok KTM 1:46.036 +4.168 17 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 1:46.113 +4.245 18 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 1:46.495 +4.627 19 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 1:46.757 +4.889 20 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 1:48.306 +6.438 21 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 1:48.848 +6.980 22 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 1:58.504 +16.636 23 171 Thanarat Penjan Kawasaki 2:16.374 +34.506
1 Clement Desalle is riding the grand prix with a broken arm that he sustained at a pre-season race.
MXGP Timed Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 1:39.047 2 243 Tim Gajser Honda 1:39.169 +0.122 3 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 1:40.211 +1.164 4 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 1:40.412 +1.365 5 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 1:40.768 +1.721 6 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 1:40.778 +1.731 7 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 1:41.030 +1.983 8 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 1:41.239 +2.192 9 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 1:41.276 +2.229 10 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 1:41.311 +2.264 11 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 1:41.676 +2.629 12 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 1:41.719 +2.672 13 7 Tanel Leok KTM 1:41.859 +2.812 14 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 1:41.979 +2.932 15 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 1:42.093 +3.046 16 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 1:42.201 +3.154 17 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 1:42.957 +3.910 18 17 Jose Butron KTM 1:43.122 +4.075 19 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 1:43.782 +4.735 20 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 1:45.533 +6.506 21 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 1:50.942 +11.895 22 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 1:54.561 +15.514 23 171 Thanarat Penjan Kawasaki 2:02.966 +23.919
MXGP Qualifying Race
Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap 1 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 13 2 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 13 +3.512 3 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 13 +5.459 4 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 13 +13.490 5 243 Tim Gajser Honda 13 +20.501 6 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 13 +25.259 7 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 13 +29.967 8 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 13 +35.794 9 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 13 +37.280 10 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 13 +38.030 11 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 13 +45.703 12 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 13 +50.283 13 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 13 +52.650 14 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 13 +1:09.673 15 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 13 +1:21.723 16 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 13 +1:35.505 17 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 12 +1 Lap 18 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 12 +1 Lap 19 171 Thanarat Penjan Kawasaki 10 +3 Laps 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 6 Retired 17 Jose Butron KTM 5 Retired 7 Tanel Leok KTM 3 Retired 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 1 Retired
MXGP Races
Race 1 Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap Points 1 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 19 25 2 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 19 +2.775 22 3 243 Tim Gajser Honda 19 +5.871 20 4 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 19 +18.040 18 5 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 19 +21.958 16 6 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 19 +33.173 15 7 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 19 +36.125 14 8 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 19 +47.200 13 9 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 19 +51.008 12 10 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 19 +59.191 11 11 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 19 +1:02.840 10 12 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 19 +1:05.143 9 13 17 Jose Butron KTM 19 +1:13.586 8 14 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 19 +1:16.599 7 15 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 19 +1:24.528 6 16 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 19 +1:30.705 5 17 7 Tanel Leok KTM 18 +1 Lap 4 18 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 18 +1 Lap 3 19 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 18 +1 Lap 2 20 171 Thanarat Penjan Honda 16 +3 Laps 1 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 14 Retired 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 14 Retired 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 8 Retired
Race 2 Position Driver Constructor Laps Time Gap Points 1 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 19 25 2 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 19 +6.038 22 3 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 19 +7.876 20 4 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 19 +10.723 18 5 243 Tim Gajser Honda 19 +20.508 16 6 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 19 +23.325 15 7 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 19 +32.355 14 8 17 Jose Butron KTM 19 +36.229 13 9 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 19 +38.176 12 10 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 19 +41.132 11 11 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 19 +43.047 10 12 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 19 +47.932 9 13 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 19 +50.244 8 14 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 19 +56.903 7 15 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 19 +1:04.770 6 16 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 19 +1:12.194 5 17 7 Tanel Leok KTM 19 +1:42.623 4 18 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 19 +2:03.034 3 19 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 18 +1 Lap 2 20 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 18 +1 Lap 1 21 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 18 +1 Lap 22 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 17 +2 Laps 23 171 Thanarat Penjan Honda 14 +5 Laps
MXGP of Thailand Overall Position Driver Constructor Race 1 Race 2 Points 1 461 Romain Febvre Yamaha 25 25 50 2 243 Tim Gajser Honda 20 16 36 3 89 Jeremy van Horebeek Yamaha 16 18 34 4 777 Evgeny Bobryshev Honda 18 14 32 5 222 Tony Cairoli KTM 22 9 31 6 24 Shaun Simpson KTM 12 15 37 7 21 Gautier Paulin Honda 14 12 26 8 22 Kevin Strijbos Suzuki 13 10 23 9 8 Ben Townley Suzuki 0 22 22 10 100 Tommy Searle Kawasaki 15 7 22 11 17 Jose Butron KTM 8 13 21 12 92 Valentin Guillod Yamaha 10 11 21 13 12 Max Nagl Husqvarna 0 20 20 14 23 Christophe Charlier Husqvarna 11 5 16 15 77 Alessandro Lupino Honda 7 8 15 16 32 Milko Potisek Yamaha 9 6 15 17 7 Tanel Leok KTM 4 4 8 18 259 Glenn Coldenhoff KTM 6 2 8 19 400 Kei Yamamoto Honda 3 3 6 20 25 Clement Desalle Kawasaki 5 1 6 21 31 Alex Snow Yamaha 2 0 2 22 171 Thanarat Penjan Honda 1 0 1 131 Chaiyan Romphan Yamaha 0 0
MX2
MX2 Practice Times
Free Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 84 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1:44.821 2 4 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki 1:45.085 +0.264 3 41 Pauls Jonass KTM 1:46.237 +1.416 4 91 Jeremy Seewer Suzuki 1:47.118 +2.297 5 59 Aleksandr Tonkov Yamaha 1:47.327 +2.506 6 172 Brent van Donninck Yamaha 1:47.382 +2.561 7 152 Petar Petrov Kawasaki 1:47.911 +3.090 8 64 Thomas Covington Husqvarna 1:47.977 +3.156 9 6 Benoit Paturel Yamaha 1:48.025 +3.204 10 189 Brian Bogers KTM 1:48.137 +3.316 11 95 Roberts Justs KTM 1:48.736 +3.915 12 99 Max Anstie Husqvarna 1:48.939 +4.118 13 71 Damon Graulus Honda 1:49.027 +4.206 14 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Kawasaki 1:49.484 +4.663 15 251 Jens Getteman KTM 1:50.576 +5.755 16 97 Michael Ivanov KTM 1:50.632 +5.811 17 101 Jorge Zaragoza Honda 1:50.744 +5.923 18 161 Alvin Östlund Yamaha 1:51.033 +6.212 19 919 Ben Watson Husqvarna 1:51.054 +6.233 20 132 Karel Kutsar KTM 1:51.122 +6.301 21 321 Samuele Bernardini TM 1:51.249 +6.428 22 88 Freek van der Vlist Kawasaki 1:51.636 +6.815 23 29 Henry Jacobi Honda 1:53.616 +8.795 24 500 Nozomu Yasuhara Yamaha 1:58.866 +14.045 25 28 Ben Hallgren Yamaha 2:01.881 +17.060 26 93 Phanuphong Somsawat Kawasaki 2:02.296 +17.475 27 52 Shota Ueda Kawasaki 2:04.565 +19.744 28 76 Jaturong Jomjaturong Suzuki 2:11.306 +26.485 29 888 Jian Hao Xu Kawasaki 2:16.843 +32.022
MX2 Timed Practice Position Driver Constructor Time Time Gap 1 4 Dylan Ferrandis Kawasaki 1:42.491 2 84 Jeffrey Herlings KTM 1:42.544 +0.053 3 41 Pauls Jonass KTM 1:42.881 +0.390 4 59 Aleksandr Tonkov Yamaha 1:43.532 +1.041 5 91 Jeremy Seewer Suzuki 1:43.680 +1.189 6 152 Petar Petrov Kawasaki 1:43.899 +1.408 7 6 Benoit Paturel Yamaha 1:44.030 +1.539 8 189 Brian Bogers KTM 1:44.062 +1.571 9 99 Max Anstie Husqvarna 1:44.079 +1.588 10 95 Roberts Justs KTM 1:44.526 +2.035 11 64 Thomas Covington Husqvarna 1:44.624 +2.133 12 161 Alvin Östlund Yamaha 1:44.659 +2.168 13 321 Samuele Bernardini TM 1:44.730 +2.239 14 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov Kawasaki 1:44.735 +2.244 15 172 Brent van Donninck Yamaha 1:45.266 +2.775 16 101 Jorge Zaragoza Honda 1:45.648 +3.157 17 88 Freek van der Vlist Kawasaki 1:46.404 +3.913 18 71 Damon Graulus Honda 1:46.661 +4.170 19 919 Ben Watson Husqvarna 1:46.855 +4.364 20 29 Henry Jacobi Honda 1:47.215 +4.724 21 251 Jens Getteman KTM 1:47.317 +4.826 22 97 Michael Ivanov KTM 1:47.437 +4.946 23 132 Karel Kutsar KTM 1:49.476 +6.985 24 500 Nozomu Yasuhara Yamaha 1:52.358 +9.867 25 93 Phanuphong Somsawat Kawasaki 1:56.415 +13.923 26 28 Ben Hallgren Yamaha 1:56.579 +14.088 27 52 Shota Ueda Kawasaki 1:56.839 +14.348 28 76 Jaturong Jomjaturong Suzuki 2:05.970 +23.479 29 888 Jian Hao Xu Kawasaki 2:16.089 +33.598
MX2 Qualifying Race