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Race 16 of 18 races in the 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 22 October 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 93 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 40:49.772 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 46 | ![]() | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +1.799 | 7 | 20 |
3 | 25 | ![]() | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +1.826 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 5 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1.842 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 35 | ![]() | LCR Honda | Honda | 27 | +3.845 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 29 | ![]() | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +3.871 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 43 | ![]() | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +5.619 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 42 | ![]() | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +12.208 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 44 | ![]() | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +16.251 | 6 | 7 |
10 | 38 | ![]() | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 27 | +16.262 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 45 | ![]() | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +21.652 | 20 | 5 |
12 | 26 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +21.668 | 12 | 4 |
13 | 4 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +21.692 | 11 | 3 |
14 | 17 | ![]() | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 27 | +26.110 | 15 | 2 |
15 | 99 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +26.168 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 53 | ![]() | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +26.252 | 14 | |
17 | 19 | ![]() | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 27 | +36.377 | 22 | |
18 | 76 | ![]() | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 27 | +39.654 | 17 | |
19 | 22 | ![]() | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +40.400 | 23 | |
20 | 8 | ![]() | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 27 | +45.901 | 19 | |
21 | 9 | ![]() | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 27 | +48.768 | 18 | |
22 | 23 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +57.711 | 21 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
Sources: [4] [5] [6] |
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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 44 | ![]() | KTM | 25 | 39:25.920 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 41 | ![]() | KTM | 25 | +2.974 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 21 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +3.846 | 5 | 16 |
4 | 2 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +7.348 | 9 | 13 |
5 | 97 | ![]() | Tech 3 | 25 | +7.403 | 12 | 11 |
6 | 73 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +12.125 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 24 | ![]() | Speed Up | 25 | +12.217 | 15 | 9 |
8 | 77 | ![]() | Suter | 25 | +12.244 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 11 | ![]() | Suter | 25 | +12.475 | 13 | 7 |
10 | 12 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +12.605 | 10 | 6 |
11 | 49 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +12.971 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 42 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +20.887 | 17 | 4 |
13 | 62 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +28.821 | 21 | 3 |
14 | 7 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +31.214 | 19 | 2 |
15 | 87 | ![]() | Tech 3 | 25 | +34.678 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 55 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +34.911 | 23 | |
17 | 37 | ![]() | Speed Up | 25 | +35.694 | 24 | |
18 | 45 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +56.487 | 27 | |
19 | 32 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +56.528 | 25 | |
20 | 27 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +56.550 | 26 | |
21 | 89 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +57.548 | 28 | |
22 | 6 | ![]() | Suter | 25 | +1:01.191 | 29 | |
23 | 10 | ![]() | Kalex | 25 | +1:39.824 | 30 | |
Ret | 30 | ![]() | Kalex | 23 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 57 | ![]() | Kalex | 23 | Retired | 22 | |
Ret | 40 | ![]() | Kalex | 5 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 23 | ![]() | Suter | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 54 | ![]() | Kalex | 1 | Collision | 1 | |
DNS | 19 | ![]() | Kalex | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT |
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.
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded. [7]
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Pos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 272 |
2 | ![]() | 243 |
3 | ![]() | 191 |
4 | ![]() | 190 |
5 | ![]() | 150 |
6 | ![]() | 135 |
7 | ![]() | 128 |
8 | ![]() | 105 |
9 | ![]() | 90 |
10 | ![]() | 89 |
Pos. | Rider | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 296 |
2 | ![]() | 226 |
3 | ![]() | 184 |
4 | ![]() | 151 |
5 | ![]() | 146 |
6 | ![]() | 114 |
7 | ![]() | 112 |
8 | ![]() | 108 |
9 | ![]() | 107 |
10 | ![]() | 104 |
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