2016 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

  2016 Grand Prix of the Americas

Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 10, 2016
Official name	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [1] [2] [3]
Location	Circuit of the Americas
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 2:03.188 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 2:04.682 on lap 11 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Third Andrea Iannone Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Álex Rins Kalex Time 2:08.850 Fastest lap Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 2:09.994 on lap 2 Podium First Álex Rins Kalex Second Sam Lowes Kalex Third Johann Zarco Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Philipp Öttl KTM Time 2:18.398 Fastest lap Rider Romano Fenati KTM Time 2:16.842 on lap 6 Podium First Romano Fenati KTM Second Jorge Navarro Honda Third Brad Binder KTM

The 2016 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on April 10, 2016.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	43:57.945	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	21	+6.107	2	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	21	+10.947	7	16
4	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	21	+18.422	4	13
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	21	+20.711	9	11
6	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	21	+28.961	10	10
7	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+32.112	13	9
8	51	Michele Pirro	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	21	+32.757	17	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	21	+34.592	14	7
10	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	21	+40.211	16	6
11	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	21	+45.423	19	5
12	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	21	+47.127	15	4
13	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	21	+47.426	20	3
14	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	21	+51.190	18	2
15	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	21	+1:12.929	12	1
16	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	21	+1:19.252	5
17	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+1:28.036	11
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	Accident Damage	8
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	6	Accident	6
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2	Accident	3
DNS	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda		Did not start
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Marc Márquez, holding his first-place trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	19	41:22.174	1	25
2	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	19	+2.091	3	20
3	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	19	+7.737	2	16
4	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	19	+8.646	4	13
5	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	19	+8.791	7	11
6	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	19	+11.083	8	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	19	+11.278	5	9
8	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	19	+17.933	18	8
9	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	19	+18.718	11	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	19	+19.408	13	6
11	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	19	+22.173	21	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	19	+23.898	10	4
13	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	19	+25.395	14	3
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	19	+26.883	9	2
15	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	19	+27.598	6	1
16	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	19	+29.341	17
17	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	19	+30.197	19
18	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	19	+36.863	25
19	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	19	+38.383	24
20	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	19	+38.437	23
21	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	19	+45.206	26
22	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	19	+47.688	15
23	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	19	+53.873	12
24	33	Alessandro Tonucci	Kalex	19	+1:11.159	28
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	11	Accident Damage	20
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	5	Clutch	16
Ret	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	3	Accident	27
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	3	Accident	22
DNS	8	Efrén Vázquez	Suter		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	18	41:14.868	5	25
2	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	18	+6.612	2	20
3	41	Brad Binder	KTM	18	+10.535	12	16
4	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	18	+10.975	1	13
5	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	18	+13.845	7	11
6	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	+14.123	3	10
7	44	Arón Canet	Honda	18	+16.309	22	9
8	11	Livio Loi	Honda	18	+21.841	10	8
9	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	18	+22.004	8	7
10	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	18	+22.351	11	6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	18	+22.714	4	5
12	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	18	+22.764	14	4
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	18	+26.024	9	3
14	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	18	+28.161	18	2
15	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+28.259	21	1
16	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	18	+39.223	15
17	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	18	+39.348	31
18	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	18	+39.739	24
19	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	18	+40.160	13
20	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	18	+48.107	32
21	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	18	+48.334	17
22	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	18	+48.442	23
23	6	María Herrera	KTM	18	+1:15.871	25
24	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	18	+1:16.043	28
25	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	18	+1:19.441	16
26	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	18	+1:45.929	33
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	16	Accident	30
Ret	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	11	Accident Damage	19
Ret	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	9	Retirement	26
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	7	Accident Damage	20
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	5	Collision Damage	29
Ret	36	Joan Mir	KTM	4	Collision Damage	27
Ret	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	1	Accident	6
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded. ^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 66 2 Jorge Lorenzo 45 3 Valentino Rossi 33 4 Pol Espargaro 28 5 Dani Pedrosa 27

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 66 2 Yamaha 65 3 Ducati 49 4 Suzuki 28 5 Aprilia 18

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

References

1. "2016 Americas MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
4. "2016 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
5. "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
6. "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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