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| Date | 26 June 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Motul TT Assen [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | TT Circuit Assen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 26 June 2016.
It was the first Dutch TT held on Sunday, instead of the traditional Saturday date for the race. Geert Timmer chicane was altered removing the artificial turf and replacing it with higher kerbing. [4] This race marked the first MotoGP class race since the 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix won by a non-factory team and the first race since the 2013 Americas Grand Prix in which all classes won by a new winner. Yamaha's podium streak record was ended for the first time since 2014 Dutch TT. It was also the 250th MotoGP race.
Nakagami's win in Moto2 was the first for a Japanese rider in any GP class since Yuki Takahashi in the 2010 Catalan Grand Prix.
The race, scheduled to be run for 26 laps, was red-flagged after 14 full laps due to heavy rain and was later restarted over 12 laps. [5] The race resulted in Jack Miller winning his maiden premier class victory. [6] In the second part of the race, Valentino Rossi led and was pulling away before crashing out on the back end of the circuit. [6] This in turn allowed Marc Márquez to make major championship gains by acquiring 20 points for finishing second behind Miller. [6] This was a major turning point in the championship as Márquez would go on to claim his third title. Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's title defense derailed further following his Barcelona crash, as he struggled in the harsh conditions and ended up in 10th. [6] Lorenzo remained ahead of Rossi in the standings, but slipped further behind Márquez. Scott Redding completed the podium in a rare double-rostrum for privateer teams.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 43 |  Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 12 | 22:17.447 | 18 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 |  Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | +1.991 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 45 |  Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 12 | +5.906 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 12 | +9.812 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 |  Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 12 | +17.835 | 21 | 11 |
| 6 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 12 | +18.692 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 50 |  Eugene Laverty | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 12 | +22.605 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 12 | +23.603 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 12 | +26.148 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 12 | +27.604 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 12 | +1:21.830 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | +1:54.369 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 9 | +3 laps | 13 | 3 |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 2 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 1 | Electronics | 9 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 68 |  Yonny Hernández | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 0 | Did not restart | 6 | |
| Sources: [7] [8] [9] | ||||||||
The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was stopped early due to rain. [10]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 21 | 34:33.948 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 |  Johann Zarco | Kalex | 21 | +2.435 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 21 | +5.670 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 21 | +7.069 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 21 | +7.883 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 21 | +9.215 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 21 | +9.482 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 21 | +15.004 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 |  Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 21 | +15.227 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 21 | +15.404 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 |  Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 21 | +16.374 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 21 | +16.567 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 21 | +24.770 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 21 | +25.017 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 21 | +25.542 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 21 | +25.729 | 15 | |
| 17 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 21 | +34.115 | 25 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 21 | +34.180 | 23 | |
| 19 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 21 | +34.764 | 12 | |
| 20 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 21 | +41.438 | 26 | |
| 21 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 21 | +42.058 | 24 | |
| 22 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 21 | +48.683 | 22 | |
| 23 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 21 | +56.096 | 27 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 18 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 17 | Accident Damage | 21 | |
| Ret | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 14 | Handling | 20 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 4 | Accident Damage | 19 | |
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Jorge Martín was replaced by Albert Arenas after the two Friday practice sessions. [11]
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded. [12]
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The Dutch Tourist Trophy, also known as the TT Assen, and also sometimes known as the Dutch Motorcycle Grand Prix, is an annual Dutch motorsport event established in 1925 for road racing motorcycles held on the TT Circuit Assen, also known as the ‘Cathedral of Speed'. The event attained world championship status in 1949 when it was sanctioned by the FIM as part of the inaugural Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship season, making it the oldest event on the MotoGP calendar. The venue holds the record for being the only circuit to have hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix event every year since the series was created in 1949, with the exception of 2020 when the race was cancelled due to the outbreak of COVID-19. The races were traditionally held on the last Saturday of June however, from 2016 onwards it has been held on Sunday of the last weekend of June, bringing it in line with all other MotoGP races. The event is due to take place at the TT Circuit Assen until at least 2026.
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