The 2016 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Mugello Circuit in Scarperia on 22 May 2016. The MotoGP race was settled by a mere 0.019 seconds as Jorge Lorenzo pulled out of Marc Márquez' slipstream on the final straight on the final lap after a dramatic duel between the two, whilst polesitter Valentino Rossi lost a chance at challenging for a home win due to an engine failure. This race marks Rossi's first bike failure since the 2007 San Marino Grand Prix.
This race was the last race for Luis Salom before he was fatally injured after an accident during practice session at the following Grand Prix in Barcelona.
In the Moto3 class, Fabio Di Giannantonio took his first podium in what was just his 7th start.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23 41:36.535 5 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +0.019 4 20 3 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 23 +4.742 3 16 4 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +4.910 7 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 23 +6.256 13 11 6 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 +8.670 2 10 7 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +13.340 8 9 8 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 23 +14.598 9 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 23 +18.643 6 7 10 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 23 +22.298 11 6 11 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 23 +27.936 16 5 12 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 23 +35.712 15 4 13 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 23 +38.032 18 3 14 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 23 +40.094 20 2 15 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 +59.811 14 1 16 68 Yonny Hernández Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 23 +1:04.397 12 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 8 Engine 1 Ret 45 Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 8 Electronics 10 Ret 43 Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 0 Accident 17 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0 Accident 19 Ret 76 Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Accident 21 DNS 53 Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda Did not start Sources:
Tito Rabat crashed in Free Practice 3 and suffered a broken collarbone.
Moto2 The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was red-flagged after Xavi Vierge crashed causing damage to an airfence and was later restarted over 10 laps.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 10 18:59.391 6 25 2 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 +0.030 3 20 3 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 10 +1.096 1 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 10 +1.215 7 13 5 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 10 +1.653 15 11 6 49 Axel Pons Kalex 10 +2.110 4 10 7 40 Álex Rins Kalex 10 +5.649 9 9 8 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 10 +6.249 13 8 9 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 10 +6.280 2 7 10 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 10 +6.322 12 6 11 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 10 +6.720 11 5 12 24 Simone Corsi Speed Up 10 +7.659 8 4 13 44 Miguel Oliveira Kalex 10 +7.718 21 3 14 52 Danny Kent Kalex 10 +7.745 18 2 15 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 10 +8.046 17 1 16 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 10 +9.300 14 17 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 10 +10.410 20 18 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 10 +11.585 5 19 88 Ricard Cardús Suter 10 +11.654 25 20 42 Federico Fuligni Kalex 10 +14.739 28 21 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 10 +15.089 24 22 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 10 +15.098 23 23 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 10 +21.012 27 24 32 Isaac Viñales Tech 3 10 +21.734 26 25 33 Alessandro Tonucci Kalex 10 +30.005 30 26 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 10 +50.423 31 Ret 39 Luis Salom Kalex 8 Accident 16 Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 1 Accident 22 DNS 19 Xavier Siméon Speed Up 0 Did not restart 19 DNS 10 Luca Marini Kalex 0 Did not restart 10 DNS 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 0 Did not restart 29OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 41 Brad Binder KTM 20 39:49.382 4 25 2 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 20 +0.038 16 20 3 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 20 +0.069 8 16 4 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 20 +0.075 21 13 5 20 Fabio Quartararo KTM 20 +0.077 18 11 6 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 20 +1.037 11 10 7 36 Joan Mir KTM 20 +1.532 10 9 8 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 20 +1.538 7 8 9 58 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 20 +1.567 29 7 10 16 Andrea Migno KTM 20 +1.762 2 6 11 95 Jules Danilo Honda 20 +1.791 25 5 12 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 20 +1.792 6 4 13 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 20 +1.933 24 3 14 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 20 +2.011 14 2 15 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 20 +2.041 13 1 16 11 Livio Loi Honda 20 +2.391 22 17 84 Jakub Kornfeil Honda 20 +2.434 15 18 64 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 20 +2.577 12 19 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 20 +2.775 20 20 98 Karel Hanika Mahindra 20 +4.289 19 21 6 María Herrera KTM 20 +4.916 33 22 7 Adam Norrodin Honda 20 +34.654 30 23 17 John McPhee Peugeot 20 +34.692 27 24 43 Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 20 +34.739 28 25 77 Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 20 +42.628 32 Ret 44 Arón Canet Honda 19 Accident 9 Ret 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 19 Accident 3 Ret 3 Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 19 Accident 31 Ret 55 Andrea Locatelli KTM 13 Accident 17 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 11 Accident 5 Ret 5 Romano Fenati KTM 9 Broken Chain 1 Ret 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 7 Accident 23 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Peugeot 3 Retirement 26 DNS 37 Davide Pizzoli KTM Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Davide Pizzoli withdrew after Free Practice 2 with a recurring ankle injury.
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 115 2 Marc Marquez 105 3 Valentino Rossi 78 4 Dani Pedrosa 66 5 Maverick Viñales 59
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 140 2 Honda 115 3 Ducati 83 4 Suzuki 65 5 Aprilia 29
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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