2016 French motorcycle Grand Prix

2016 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the; 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 May 2016
Official name	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.185 km (2.600 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:31.975
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:33.293 on lap 4
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Maverick Viñales
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	1:36.847
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Rins
Time	1:37.297 on lap 4
Podium
First	Álex Rins
Second	Simone Corsi
Third	Thomas Lüthi
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Niccolò Antonelli
Time	1:42.756
Fastest lap
Rider	Arón Canet
Time	1:42.923 on lap 11
Podium
First	Brad Binder
Second	Romano Fenati
Third	Jorge Navarro

Last updated April 25, 2023

The 2016 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 8 May 2016.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	28	43:51.290	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	28	+10.654	7	20
3	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	28	+14.177	8	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+18.719	11	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+24.931	4	11
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	28	+32.921	12	10
7	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	28	+38.251	10	9
8	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	28	+38.504	13	8
9	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	28	+48.536	19	7
10	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	28	+54.502	17	6
11	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	28	+1:02.677	16	5
12	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	28	+1:07.658	21	4
13	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+1 lap	2	3
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	19	Accident	6
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	17	Accident	18
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	15	Accident	5
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	11	Accident Damage	3
Ret	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	7	Accident	20
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	6	Accident	9
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	6	Accident	15
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	5	Mechanical	14
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	26	42:27.312	2	25
2	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	26	+1.802	3	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	26	+4.608	1	16
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	26	+9.148	5	13
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	26	+9.828	6	11
6	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	26	+10.626	9	10
7	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	26	+25.477	11	9
8	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	26	+25.961	17	8
9	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	26	+29.481	14	7
10	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	26	+29.368^{[N 1]}	18	6
11	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	26	+29.573	20	5
12	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	26	+29.773	10	4
13	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	26	+30.183	13	3
14	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	26	+30.244	12	2
15	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	26	+36.538	22	1
16	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	26	+38.602	19
17	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	26	+44.911	7
18	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	26	+45.297	25
19	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	26	+45.755	21
20	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	26	+50.278	23
21	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	26	+55.773	24
22	33	Alessandro Tonucci	Kalex	26	+1:01.790	26
23	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	26	+1:02.201	27
24	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	26	+1:02.484	4
25	69	Danny Eslick	Suter	26	+1:39.502	28
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	13	Accident	16
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	7	Accident	15
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	1	Accident	8
DNS	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex		Did not start (Knee Injury)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	24	41:31.041	2	25
2	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	24	+0.099	5	20
3	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	24	+0.387	4	16
4	44	Arón Canet	Honda	24	+1.354	3	13
5	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	24	+7.147	6	11
6	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	24	+7.616	8	10
7	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	24	+8.016	17	9
8	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	24	+8.457	1	8
9	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	24	+9.850	10	7
10	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	24	+9.926	14	6
11	11	Livio Loi	Honda	24	+12.293	11	5
12	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	24	+13.738	19	4
13	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	24	+13.511^{[N 1]}	7	3
14	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	24	+13.907	9	2
15	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	24	+14.382	12	1
16	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	24	+20.915	21
17	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	24	+21.229	13
18	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	24	+24.091	23
19	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	24	+38.782	15
20	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	24	+38.852	25
21	6	María Herrera	KTM	24	+38.986	33
22	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	24	+54.550	27
23	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	24	+1:03.526	31
24	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	24	+1:03.593	29
25	36	Joan Mir	KTM	24	+1:05.491	24
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	23	Accident	20
Ret	99	Enzo Boulom	KTM	16	Accident	32
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	15	Accident	16
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	10	Accident Damage	22
Ret	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	3	Accident	18
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	2	Accident Damage	26
Ret	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	0	Accident	28
Ret	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	0	Accident	30
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	90
2	Marc Marquez	85
3	Valentino Rossi	78
4	Dani Pedrosa	53
5	Maverick Vinales	49

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	115
2	Honda	95
3	Ducati	67
4	Suzuki	55
5	Aprilia	27

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

Notes

1 2 Demoted one position for exceeding track limits.

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References

↑ "2016 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
↑ "2016 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
↑ "MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
↑ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
↑ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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[penalty-5] 1 2 Demoted one position for exceeding track limits.

[1] "2016 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.

[2] "2016 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

[3] "MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

[4] "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

[6] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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