2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 16 October 2016.

MotoGP race report In the MotoGP class, both factory Yamaha riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2011 British Grand Prix.

Classification MotoGP With Andrea Iannone still recovering from the injuries sustained at Misano, he was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Héctor Barberá. Australian Superbike rider Mike Jones made his MotoGP debut filling in for Barbera at Avintia Racing.

Dani Pedrosa suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during Friday practice and was replaced by Honda test rider Hiroshi Aoyama for the rest of the weekend.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 42:34.610 2 25 2 04 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 24 +2.992 4 20 3 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 +4.104 7 16 4 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 24 +4.726 6 13 5 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 24 +15.049 5 11 6 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +19.654 9 10 7 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 24 +23.032 12 9 8 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 24 +28.555 10 8 9 45 Scott Redding Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 24 +28.802 11 7 10 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 24 +32.330 13 6 11 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 +42.845 16 5 12 68 Yonny Hernández Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 24 +52.219 17 4 13 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +53.783 15 3 14 53 Tito Rabat Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 24 +54.760 18 2 15 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +1:00.155 22 1 16 76 Loris Baz Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +1:04.440 20 17 8 Héctor Barberá Ducati Team Ducati 24 +1:42.966 8 18 7 Mike Jones Avintia Racing Ducati 23 +1 lap 21 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 Accident 3 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 6 Accident 1 Ret 43 Jack Miller Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 6 Accident 14 Ret 50 Eugene Laverty Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 2 Accident 19 WD 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda Withdrew Sources:

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 42:45.854 2 25 2 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 23 +0.386 1 20 3 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +5.863 3 16 4 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +6.090 7 13 5 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 23 +16.246 5 11 6 24 Simone Corsi Speed Up 23 +20.404 13 10 7 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 23 +20.683 10 9 8 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 23 +20.760 16 8 9 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 23 +24.394 11 7 10 19 Xavier Siméon Speed Up 23 +27.113 17 6 11 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 23 +30.158 18 5 12 10 Luca Marini Kalex 23 +32.283 26 4 13 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +32.391 12 3 14 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 23 +35.348 24 2 15 32 Isaac Viñales Tech 3 23 +35.486 20 1 16 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +39.558 21 17 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 23 +39.690 19 18 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Kalex 23 +45.258 25 19 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 23 +47.910 23 20 40 Álex Rins Kalex 23 +1:04.723 22 21 63 Naomichi Uramoto Kalex 23 +1:05.916 29 22 84 Taro Sekiguchi TSR 23 +1:26.636 30 Ret 27 Iker Lecuona Kalex 14 Accident Damage 28 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 13 Accident Damage 6 Ret 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 Accident Damage 14 Ret 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 7 Accident 8 Ret 52 Danny Kent Kalex 7 Gear Shifter 15 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 4 Accident 9 Ret 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 1 Accident 4 Ret 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 1 Accident 27 DNS 44 Miguel Oliveira Kalex Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Miguel Oliveira withdrew after the first practice session due to effects of the broken collarbone suffered at Aragon GP.

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 20 39:24.273 3 25 2 41 Brad Binder KTM 20 +0.017 2 20 3 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 20 +4.002 5 16 4 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 20 +5.119 10 13 5 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 20 +6.288 18 11 6 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 20 +7.739 12 10 7 11 Livio Loi Honda 20 +7.749 15 9 8 20 Fabio Quartararo KTM 20 +8.344 8 8 9 36 Joan Mir KTM 20 +8.880 14 7 10 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 20 +9.037 7 6 11 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 20 +12.332 6 5 12 7 Adam Norrodin Honda 20 +13.525 9 4 13 84 Jakub Kornfeil Honda 20 +18.818 21 3 14 12 Albert Arenas Peugeot 20 +21.263 13 2 15 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 20 +21.291 25 1 16 95 Jules Danilo Honda 20 +21.727 24 17 42 Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 20 +34.475 26 18 64 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 20 +39.950 27 19 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 20 +40.177 22 20 3 Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 20 +46.804 32 21 77 Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 20 +49.085 31 22 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 20 +52.570 28 23 6 María Herrera KTM 20 +52.682 30 24 16 Andrea Migno KTM 20 +1:16.774 1 25 58 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 20 +1:22.102 20 26 13 Shizuka Okazaki Honda 20 +1:51.623 34 Ret 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 10 Rider In Pain 23 Ret 44 Arón Canet Honda 9 Accident 17 Ret 55 Andrea Locatelli KTM 4 Accident 29 Ret 43 Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 3 Accident 33 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 0 Accident 11 Ret 17 John McPhee Peugeot 0 Accident 16 Ret 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 0 Accident 19 DSQ 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 20 (+2.654) 4 DNS 15 Rei Sato Honda Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

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

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 273 2 Valentino Rossi 196 3 Jorge Lorenzo 182 4 Maverick Vinales 165 5 Dani Pedrosa 155

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 316 2 Yamaha 288 3 Ducati 207 4 Suzuki 171 5 Aprilia 81

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

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