2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Flag of Australia (converted).svg   2017 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Date22 October 2017
Official name Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] [3]
Location Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:28.386
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:29.572 on lap 2
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Honda
Second Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Flag of Spain.svg Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini Kalex
Time 1:33.300
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:33.864 on lap 24
Podium
First Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM
Third Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:37.030
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Rodrigo KTM
Time 1:37.898 on lap 7
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir Honda
Second Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Livio Loi Honda
Third Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda

The 2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 22 October 2017.

Contents

Marc Marquez, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race. Marc Marquez 2017 Phillip Island 4.jpg
Marc Márquez, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
193 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 2740:49.772125
246 Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27+1.799720
325 Flag of Spain.svg Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27+1.826216
45 Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27+1.842313
535 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 27+3.8451011
629 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27+3.871410
743 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27+5.61959
842 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27+12.208138
944 Flag of Spain.svg Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27+16.25167
1038 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27+16.26296
1145 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 27+21.652205
1226 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27+21.668124
134 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27+21.692113
1417 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27+26.110152
1599 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 27+26.168161
1653 Flag of Spain.svg Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27+26.25214
1719 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27+36.37722
1876 Flag of France.svg Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27+39.65417
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27+40.40023
208 Flag of Spain.svg Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27+45.90119
219 Flag of Italy.svg Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 27+48.76818
2223 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broc Parkes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27+57.71121
Ret41 Flag of Spain.svg Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 7Accident8
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Moto2 race report

Miguel Oliveira took his first victory in the Moto2 class and became the first Portuguese rider to win in the intermediate class. KTM took their first victory in Moto2, the first in the intermediate class since the 250cc 2008 British Grand Prix; this ended Kalex winning streak, which had started at the 2015 Argentine Grand Prix.

Moto2

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira KTM 2539:25.920325
241 Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM 25+2.974420
321 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25+3.846516
42 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jesko Raffin Kalex 25+7.348913
597 Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25+7.4031211
673 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez Kalex 25+12.125610
724 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi Speed Up 25+12.217159
877 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominique Aegerter Suter 25+12.24488
911 Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Cortese Suter 25+12.475137
1012 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25+12.605106
1149 Flag of Spain.svg Axel Pons Kalex 25+12.971145
1242 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25+20.887174
1362 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi Kalex 25+28.821213
147 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25+31.214192
1587 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Remy Gardner Tech 3 25+34.678161
1655 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 25+34.91123
1737 Flag of Spain.svg Augusto Fernández Speed Up 25+35.69424
1845 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25+56.48727
1932 Flag of Spain.svg Isaac Viñales Kalex 25+56.52825
2027 Flag of Spain.svg Iker Lecuona Kalex 25+56.55026
2189 Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 25+57.54828
226 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tarran Mackenzie Suter 25+1:01.19129
2310 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Marini Kalex 25+1:39.82430
Ret30 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23Accident7
Ret57 Flag of Spain.svg Edgar Pons Kalex 23Retired22
Ret40 Flag of France.svg Fabio Quartararo Kalex 5Accident20
Ret5 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Locatelli Kalex 2Accident11
Ret9 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Navarro Kalex 2Accident18
Ret23 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schrötter Suter 1Accident2
Ret54 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini Kalex 1Collision1
DNS19 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Siméon Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged on lap 16 due to a rain shower that fell on certain parts of the track. As the race already went through two-thirds of race distance, the race was stopped and the final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap and full points were awarded.

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
136 Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir Honda 1524:51.490325
211 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Livio Loi Honda 15+0.3512120
388 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda 15+0.359116
419 Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 15+0.388213
533 Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini Honda 15+0.408911
65 Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati Honda 15+0.808510
771 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumu Sasaki Honda 15+0.834179
87 Flag of Malaysia.svg Adam Norrodin Honda 15+1.291228
924 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15+3.648107
1048 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 15+4.005146
118 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Bulega KTM 15+4.036235
1284 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 15+4.085204
1365 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Öttl KTM 15+4.251133
1416 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Migno KTM 15+6.004262
1596 Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 15+6.54071
1664 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bo Bendsneyder KTM 15+19.41819
1741 Flag of Thailand.svg Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 15+25.29328
1814 Flag of Italy.svg Tony Arbolino Honda 15+40.80024
196 Flag of Spain.svg María Herrera Mahindra 15+40.85827
2027 Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Toba Honda 15+43.69830
2142 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez KTM 15+1:38.85316
2270 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tom Toparis KTM 14+1 lap31
2358 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 14+1 lap4
2440 Flag of South Africa.svg Darryn Binder KTM 12+3 laps18
NC44 Flag of Spain.svg Arón Canet Honda 10+5 laps8
Ret4 Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 9Accident29
Ret12 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 7Accident12
Ret95 Flag of France.svg Jules Danilo Honda 5Accident6
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 4Accident11
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Antonelli KTM 1Accident15
Ret17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John McPhee Honda 0Accident25
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

Moto2

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli 272
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi 243
3 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira 191
4 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez 190
5 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia 150
6 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini 135
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Nakagami 128
8 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 105
9 Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Vierge 90
10 Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder 89

Moto3

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir 296
2 Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati 226
3 Flag of Spain.svg Arón Canet 184
4 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín 151
5 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Di Giannantonio 146
6 Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini 114
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John McPhee 112
8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Migno 108
9 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez 107
10 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Öttl 104

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