2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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Flag of the Valencian Community (2x3).svg   2017 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 18 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg
Date12 November 2017
Official nameGran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana [1]
Location Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:29.897
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:31.576 on lap 4
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Yamaha
Third Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez Kalex
Time 1:35.050
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Time 1:35.628 on lap 7
Podium
First Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Third Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:38.428
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez KTM
Time 1:39.109 on lap 2
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda
Second Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir Honda
Third Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez KTM

The 2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 12 November 2017.

Contents

In the MotoGP class, Dani Pedrosa took the victory after overtaking Johann Zarco on the final lap, while Marc Márquez clinched his fourth premier class title and sixth overall with a third place finish after rival Andrea Dovizioso crashed out. The victory would prove to be Pedrosa's last in MotoGP, as well as his final podium finish.

In the Moto3 class, this was the final race for both the Peugeot and Mahindra MGP3O chassis packages, as the teams that used those bikes, CIP, Ángel Nieto Team, and Redox PrüstelGP all switched to KTM for 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
126 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 3046:08.125525
25 Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30+0.337220
393 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 30+10.861116
442 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30+13.5671013
546 Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30+13.817711
629 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30+14.516310
743 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 30+17.087129
835 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 30+17.230168
951 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 30+25.94267
1053 Flag of Spain.svg Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 30+27.020146
1138 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 30+30.835175
1225 Flag of Spain.svg Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30+35.012134
139 Flag of Italy.svg Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30+38.076153
1417 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 30+41.988182
158 Flag of Spain.svg Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 30+47.703201
1676 Flag of France.svg Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 30+47.70923
1760 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael van der Mark Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30+52.13425
Ret44 Flag of Spain.svg Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 25Accident11 [N 1]
Ret4 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25Retired9
Ret99 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 24Accident4
Ret22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22Accident24
Ret19 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 14Accident21
Ret45 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 4Accident22
Ret41 Flag of Spain.svg Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 3Accident8
Ret36 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Kallio Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 2Accident19
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

Moto2

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira KTM 2743:15.843425
221 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex 27+2.154220
341 Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM 27+4.181516
442 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 27+11.181813
573 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez Kalex 27+12.146111
655 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 27+14.5951110
730 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 27+18.44679
840 Flag of France.svg Fabio Quartararo Kalex 27+22.188168
924 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi Speed Up 27+23.592197
1077 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominique Aegerter Suter 27+23.75166
1149 Flag of Spain.svg Axel Pons Kalex 27+27.388125
1232 Flag of Spain.svg Isaac Viñales Kalex 27+29.688154
1323 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schrötter Suter 27+31.442103
1437 Flag of Spain.svg Augusto Fernández Speed Up 27+32.933212
157 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 27+33.150311
165 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Locatelli Kalex 27+34.33525 [N 2]
1751 Flag of Brazil.svg Eric Granado Kalex 27+34.73118
1827 Flag of Spain.svg Iker Lecuona Kalex 27+39.82822
1954 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini Kalex 27+39.9403
2057 Flag of Spain.svg Edgar Pons Kalex 27+42.67828
212 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jesko Raffin Kalex 27+43.27520
2287 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Remy Gardner Tech 3 27+51.99024
2310 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Marini Kalex 27+54.93126
246 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tarran Mackenzie Suter 27+1:09.49432
2589 Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 27+1:10.07029
2645 Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 27+1:33.87617
Ret97 Flag of Spain.svg Xavi Vierge Tech 3 16Accident9
Ret9 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Navarro Kalex 11Accident23
Ret11 Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Cortese Suter 8Accident13
Ret19 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Siméon Kalex 7Retired30
Ret88 Flag of Spain.svg Ricard Cardús Kalex 6Accident14
Ret62 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi Kalex 2Accident27
DNS94 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jake Dixon Suter Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
188 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Honda 2440:02.193125
236 Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir Honda 24+3.760220
342 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez KTM 24+3.877816
45 Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati Honda 24+3.9531313
533 Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini Honda 24+3.999511
658 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 24+4.9401110
7 [N 3] 10 Flag of Italy.svg Dennis Foggia KTM 24+4.735159
817 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John McPhee Honda 24+5.071228
944 Flag of Spain.svg Arón Canet Honda 24+5.21867
1039 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuki Masaki Honda 24+6.462186
1124 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 24+6.54445
1264 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bo Bendsneyder KTM 24+6.633104
1371 Flag of Japan.svg Ayumu Sasaki Honda 24+8.68773
1423 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Antonelli KTM 24+16.100142
1565 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Öttl KTM 24+16.156161
1616 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Migno KTM 24+16.26324
177 Flag of Malaysia.svg Adam Norrodin Honda 24+16.39812
1884 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 24+33.12825
1995 Flag of France.svg Jules Danilo Honda 24+33.80721
2048 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 24+34.36019
2141 Flag of Thailand.svg Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 24+34.62931
22 [N 3] 96 Flag of Italy.svg Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 24+34.40323
2375 Flag of Spain.svg Albert Arenas Mahindra 24+34.95817
2427 Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Toba Honda 24+35.73020
2514 Flag of Italy.svg Tony Arbolino Honda 24+39.33129
266 Flag of Spain.svg María Herrera KTM 24+46.20930
2711 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Livio Loi Honda 24+51.53427 [N 1]
2812 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 24+1:17.10928
294 Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 23+1 lap26
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 7Retired9
Ret19 Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 2Accident3
DNS40 Flag of South Africa.svg Darryn Binder KTM Did not start
DNS8 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Bulega KTM Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

Moto2

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli 308
2 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi 243
3 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira 241
4 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez 201
5 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia 174
6 Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Pasini 148
7 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Nakagami 137
8 Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder 125
9 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi 117
10 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hafizh Syahrin 106

Moto3

Pos.RiderPoints
1 Flag of Spain.svg Joan Mir 341
2 Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati 248
3 Flag of Spain.svg Arón Canet 199
4 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín 196
5 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Di Giannantonio 153
6 Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini 141
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John McPhee 131
8 Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Ramírez 123
9 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Migno 118
10 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Öttl 105

Notes

  1. 1 2 Pit lane start penalty.
  2. 3-place grid penalty.
  3. 1 2 1-place penalty for exceeding track limits.

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