The 2016 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Danny Kent was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.
The riders' championship title was won by Ajo Motorsport rider Brad Binder, after a second-place finish at the Aragon Grand Prix gave him an unassailable lead over his title rivals with four races remaining. [1] Binder, who finished each of the first seven races on the podium, took the championship lead after the second race in Argentina, [2] and took his first Grand Prix victory at the Spanish Grand Prix – starting from 35th on the grid. [3] With four additional wins prior to Aragon, Binder was never headed in the championship thereafter to become South Africa's third world motorcycle racing champion, [4] after Kork Ballington and Jon Ekerold. [1] Binder took two further victories before the end of the season, in Australia and Valencia, en route to an eventual championship winning margin of 142 points over his next closest competitor. Compared to Binder's seven wins, no other rider was able to take more than two, with eight fellow riders taking at least one win during the 2016 season.
A fourth-place finish in Valencia sealed the runner-up position for Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini. Despite missing two races through injury and a slow start to the season, Bastianini then achieved six podium finishes in nine races, including his only win of the season in Japan. [5] Five riders were also in position to take third place at the finale; top Mahindra rider Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Navarro and a trio of rookie riders also battling for Rookie of the Year honours, Nicolò Bulega, Joan Mir and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Bagnaia was taken out of the race by Gabriel Rodrigo, with a ninth-place finish for Navarro allowing him to take third position by five points. Both riders took two victories during the season; Navarro winning in Catalonia and Aragon, [4] [6] with Bagnaia doing so at Assen and Malaysia, the first wins for Mahindra at Grand Prix level. [7] [8] Mir and Di Giannantonio battled on-track in Valencia for the top rookie position, which ultimately went to Mir, as he finished second to Di Giannatonio's fifth position. [9] Mir won the Austrian Grand Prix, [10] one of two rookies to win during 2016.
Four other riders won races during the season; the other rookie winner Khairul Idham Pawi took two wet-weather victories in Argentina and Germany, [11] becoming the first rider from Malaysia to win at World Championship level. [12] Single race wins went to Romano Fenati in Austin, [13] before a mid-season dismissal from Valentino Rossi's team, [14] Niccolò Antonelli won the season-opening race in a photo-finish in Qatar, [15] while John McPhee took his, and Peugeot's, first Grand Prix win in wet conditions at Brno. [16] With nine wins during the campaign, KTM won their fourth Moto3 constructors' title in five years, finishing 32 points clear of Honda, with six wins. All four full-season manufacturers took at least one win.
The following Grands Prix took place in 2016. [18]
A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015. [20] All teams used Dunlop tyres.
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | Romano Fenati | Livio Loi | Niccolò Antonelli | Ongetta–Rivacold | Honda | Report |
2 | Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Joan Mir | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda Team Asia | Honda | Report |
3 | Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas | Philipp Öttl | Romano Fenati | Romano Fenati | Sky Racing Team VR46 | KTM | Report |
4 | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Nicolò Bulega | Brad Binder | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
5 | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Niccolò Antonelli | Arón Canet | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
6 | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Romano Fenati | Juan Francisco Guevara | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
7 | Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Romano Fenati | Jorge Navarro | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | Report |
8 | Dutch TT | Enea Bastianini | Arón Canet | Francesco Bagnaia | Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3 | Mahindra | Report |
9 | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Enea Bastianini | Khairul Idham Pawi | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda Team Asia | Honda | Report |
10 | Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix | Joan Mir | Philipp Öttl | Joan Mir | Leopard Racing | KTM | Report |
11 | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Brad Binder | John McPhee | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | Peugeot | Report |
12 | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Francesco Bagnaia | Nicolò Bulega | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
13 | San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Andrea Locatelli | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
14 | Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix | Enea Bastianini | Juan Francisco Guevara | Jorge Navarro | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Honda | Report |
15 | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | Hiroki Ono [N 1] | Nicolò Bulega | Enea Bastianini | Gresini Racing Moto3 | Honda | Report |
16 | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Andrea Locatelli | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
17 | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix | Brad Binder | Joan Mir | Francesco Bagnaia | Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team | Mahindra | Report |
18 | Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix | Arón Canet | Brad Binder | Brad Binder | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | Report |
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KTM | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 382 |
2 | Honda | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 350 |
3 | Mahindra | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 211 |
4 | Peugeot | 24 | 7 | 16 | Ret | 19 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 55 |
FTR Honda | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | AUT | CZE | GBR | RSM | ARA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
Miguel Ângelo Falcão de Oliveira is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship for Trackhouse Racing, getting the step up from KTM Tech3, a satellite team, for whom he secured both the team's, and his, first and second win.
Brad Binder is a South African Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He is most-known for winning the 2016 Moto3 World Championship. In November 2019 he was confirmed as Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider in MotoGP class for the 2020 season, replacing Johann Zarco who had abandoned his factory ride earlier during that year.
The 2014 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Maverick Viñales was the reigning series champion, but did not contest the season as he moved to the series' intermediate class, Moto2.
The 2015 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Álex Márquez was the reigning series champion but he did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2. Danny Kent became Great Britain's first Grand Prix motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, by winning the championship at the final race of the season in Valencia. Leopard Racing rider Kent started the season with wins at three of the first four races and his lowest finish in the first half of the season was fourth, leading the championship by 66 points at the mid-season break. He only visited the podium once in the second half of the season – a victory at Silverstone – as Enea Bastianini and latterly, Miguel Oliveira started to cut into his advantage. Oliveira trailed Kent by 110 points with 6 races remaining, but finished with 4 wins and 2 seconds in those races, and took the championship race to the final event as he became the closest challenger to Kent. Ultimately, Kent's ninth-place finish in Valencia gave him the championship by six points over Oliveira; both riders finished with six wins each, as Oliveira became Portugal's first motorcycle Grand Prix race-winner. Bastianini finished third in the championship, fifty-three points behind Kent; he won one race during the season, at Misano.
The 2015 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc VDS Racing Team rider Tito Rabat started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in 2014.
The 2016 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The season was marred by the death of Luis Salom during a free practice session, at the Catalan Grand Prix.
Fabio Alain Quartararo, nicknamed El Diablo, is a French Grand Prix motorcycle rider racing in MotoGP for Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team. Having won the 2021 MotoGP World Championship, he is the first French World Champion in the premier class' history.
The VR46 Racing Team is a motorcycle racing team owned by Valentino Rossi and based in Tavullia. The team enters Grand Prix motorcycle racing in the MotoGP category with Ducati motorcycles chassis, under the name Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team. The team manager is the former road racer Pablo Nieto.
The 2017 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 2017 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 2018 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Franco Morbidelli was the reigning series champion, but he did not defend his title as he moved to the MotoGP class.
The 2018 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Joan Mir was the reigning series champion, but he did not defend his title as he joined Moto2.
The 2019 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 71st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 2019 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 71st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Francesco Bagnaia was the reigning series champion but he was unable to defend his title as he joined the series' premier class, the MotoGP.
The 2020 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 72nd F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The 2013 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The riders' championship title was won by Team Calvo rider Maverick Viñales and runner up by Álex Rins from Estrella Galicia 0,0.
Pedro Acosta Sánchez is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing in MotoGP for the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 team. Acosta took his maiden win in only his second Moto3 race at the 2021 Doha motorcycle Grand Prix after starting from the pitlane for irresponsible riding in free practice. In the same season, he won the 2021 Moto3 World Championship becoming the first rookie champion since Loris Capirossi in 1990, and the second youngest ever champion, just one day older than Capirossi was at the time of winning. In 2023, Acosta won the Moto2 world championship with 2 races to go. Acosta is also a champion of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, having won the title in 2020.
The 2022 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 74th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Fabio Quartararo came into the season as the defending World Champion. Ducati secured the constructors' championship, with the factory Ducati Lenovo Team securing the teams' championship and factory rider Francesco Bagnaia achieving the riders' championship. In total, seven different riders and five manufacturers won Grands Prix during the season. As the only manufacturer without a victory, the season saw Honda finish in last place of the manufacturers' standings for the first time in the modern MotoGP era.
The 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2022 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on 6 March 2022.
The 2023 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 75th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing. The season saw the introduction of sprints on Saturdays, a short-form race of approximately half the length of the main event, in addition to the traditional Grand Prix event on Sundays.
Pawi's win came in just his third appearance and was Malaysia's first ever win.