The 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 5 June 2016.

The weekend was overshadowed by the death of Moto2 rider Luis Salom, as he was killed in a crash at Europcar (motorcycle Turn 12) during Free Practice 2 on Friday, approximately 25 minutes before the end of the session. For the remainder of the weekend, the track layout was altered to use the configuration used by Formula One since 2007, in order to reduce speeds in the part of the circuit where Salom's accident occurred. The altered layout included the replacement of the long sweeping corner at La Caixa with a slower hairpin and the insertion of a chicane between Europcar (the penultimate turn) and New Holland (final turn).

Further adjustments were made to the circuit by safety officials following an evaluation conducted with a group of riders on Friday evening. The changes included narrowing the chicane by two metres on the outside, creating a gravel trap in the run-off area of the chicane and making the chicane a permanent yellow flag zone during the event. Following the 2016 season, the FIM, FIA and the circuit agreed to move the chicane up by a few metres for motorcycles. This modification, which was constructed for the 2017 winter testing season, added additional run-off areas for motorcycles and ease the entrance to pit lane. However, after the first practice of the 2017 race, the chicane was deemed dangerous and was reverted to the car chicane because of concerns over the surface change between the intended motorcycle and the car chicanes. Following the removal of seating in the area and additional runoff, the chicane will be eliminated in 2018.

This event also saw the end of the controversial rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez since it began at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, when Rossi shook hands with Márquez at the parc fermé post-race. Rossi later said that the handshake was the right thing to do following Salom's death.

Pre-race Significant amounts of speculation concerning the top riders and their plans for 2017 culminated in a series of riders announcing their future teams. Marc Márquez confirmed he would partner teammate Dani Pedrosa for a further two seasons at Repsol Honda, while it was announced that Tech 3 pairing Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró would move to the new factory KTM squad.

Following Maverick Viñales's previous confirmation alongside Valentino Rossi at Yamaha, and reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's confirmed move to Ducati, the only factory seats remaining were those alongside Andrea Iannone and Sam Lowes at Suzuki and Aprilia respectively.

Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 44:37.589 5 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +2.652 1 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +6.313 3 16 4 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +24.388 6 13 5 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +29.546 12 11 6 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 25 +36.244 7 10 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25 +41.464 10 9 8 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +42.975 21 8 9 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 25 +45.337 9 7 10 43 Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 25 +49.514 19 6 11 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +46.669 4 5 12 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +55.133 18 4 13 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 25 +57.974 17 3 14 53 Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 25 +1:00.141 20 2 15 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 25 +1:00.429 15 1 16 45 Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 25 +1:16.269 11 17 68 Yonny Hernández Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 24 +1 lap 16 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 18 Electronics 13 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 16 Collision 2 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 16 Collision 8 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Engine 14 Sources:

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 23 42:31.347 1 25 2 40 Álex Rins Kalex 23 +4.180 2 20 3 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +9.313 4 16 4 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +10.777 13 13 5 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +10.961 3 11 6 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 23 +13.000 5 10 7 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 23 +17.046 12 9 8 44 Miguel Oliveira Kalex 23 +20.637 15 8 9 49 Axel Pons Kalex 23 +20.646 6 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 23 +23.163 9 6 11 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +28.145 18 5 12 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 23 +28.348 19 4 13 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 23 +34.482 17 3 14 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 23 +37.567 8 2 15 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 23 +42.998 24 1 16 32 Isaac Viñales Tech 3 23 +44.632 27 17 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +48.536 25 18 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 23 +51.046 7 19 93 Ramdan Rosli Kalex 23 +1:22.466 28 20 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 23 +1:25.462 22 21 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 22 +1 lap 26 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 15 Accident Damage 23 Ret 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 14 Engine 14 Ret 10 Luca Marini Kalex 14 Accident Damage 20 Ret 52 Danny Kent Kalex 10 Brakes 21 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 5 Radiator Leak 10 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Speed Up 2 Accident 11 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Speed Up 1 Accident 16 DNS 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex Withdrew (Teammate's fatal crash) DNS 39 Luis Salom Kalex FP2 fatal crash (Europcar)OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 22 42:18.228 3 25 2 41 Brad Binder KTM 22 +0.564 1 20 3 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 22 +0.817 5 16 4 5 Romano Fenati KTM 22 +0.925 10 13 5 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 22 +1.531 4 11 6 44 Arón Canet Honda 22 +1.581 9 10 7 20 Fabio Quartararo KTM 22 +13.605 12 9 8 36 Joan Mir KTM 22 +13.672 17 8 9 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 22 +13.753 18 7 10 84 Jakub Kornfeil Honda 22 +14.814 15 6 11 64 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 22 +14.840 13 5 12 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 22 +29.860 30 4 13 58 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 22 +32.006 21 3 14 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 22 +33.305 24 2 15 17 John McPhee Peugeot 22 +33.766 26 1 16 11 Livio Loi Honda 22 +34.986 20 17 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 22 +36.384 28 18 16 Andrea Migno KTM 22 +41.731 14 19 55 Andrea Locatelli KTM 22 +42.985 23 20 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +59.035 2 21 3 Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 22 +1:29.713 35 22 77 Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 22 +1:30.640 34 Ret 98 Karel Hanika Mahindra 21 Accident 31 Ret 37 Davide Pizzoli KTM 21 Accident 29 Ret 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 20 Accident 19 Ret 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 19 Accident 6 Ret 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 16 Accident 22 Ret 12 Albert Arenas Mahindra 13 Accident 16 Ret 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 5 Accident 7 Ret 7 Adam Norrodin Honda 5 Accident Damage 25 Ret 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 3 Accident 11 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Honda 3 Accident 8 Ret 6 María Herrera KTM 2 Accident 27 Ret 43 Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 2 Accident Damage 32 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Peugeot 0 Accident 33 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 125 2 Jorge Lorenzo 115 3 Valentino Rossi 103 4 Dani Pedrosa 82 5 Maverick Vinales 72

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 165 2 Honda 135 3 Ducati 92 4 Suzuki 78 5 Aprilia 37

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

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