2016 MotoGP season - GarrySA where you at fella?

So the 2016 season started the weekend just gone. I didn't watch the race and therefore I'll just post the results from Qatar.

Doha, Sunday, March 20, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 167.1 42'28.452
2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 167.0 +2.019
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 167.0 +2.287
4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 167.0 +2.387
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.2 +14.083
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 166.1 +15.423
7 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.9 +18.629
8 8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.9 +18.652
9 7 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 165.8 +21.160
10 6 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 165.6 +24.435
11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 164.8 +35.847
12 4 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 164.5 +41.756
13 3 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 164.4 +41.932
14 2 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 164.4 +41.982
15 1 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 163.6 +54.953
Not Classified
6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 163.5 11 Laps
76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 164.0 14 Laps
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 165.0 16 Laps
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 165.7 17 Laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 156.8 21 Laps

Also the major news from the weekend was Bradley Smith will leave the Tech3 Yamaha team and join the factory KTM team for 2017-18.

An interesting start to the season,three different makes on the podium. One thing was evident the Ducatis seemed to have the edge on top speed.It's too early to predict a winner but Lorenzo seems to be back to winning form,even when he lost the lead to Iannone he soon fought for and won it back. Rossi was only off the podium once last season but already he has equalled that. Is he going to be able to hack it with these up and coming youngsters? only time will tell.Pedrosa will improve as the season goes on.If Stoner had decided to make a comeback on the Ducati, how would he have fared?

Termas de Río Hondo, Sunday, April 03, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 168.4 34'13.628
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 167.8 +7.679
3 16 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 166.2 +28.100
4 13 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 165.5 +36.542
5 11 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 165.5 +36.711
6 10 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 165.4 +37.245
7 9 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 165.1 +41.353
8 8 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.4 +50.709
9 7 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 164.4 +50.983
10 6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 163.6 +1'01.388
11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 163.0 +1'08.868
12 4 51 Michele PIRRO ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 162.2 +1'18.987
13 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 161.1 +1'33.419
Not Classified
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 167.8 1 Lap
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 164.2 1 Lap
25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 167.5 3 Laps
45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 165.2 5 Laps
76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 161.7 8 Laps
99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 167.9 15 Laps
43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 166.8 17 Laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP

Result from Sunday's Argentine Grand Prix.

Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez powered to victory for his 50th Grand Prix victory. Yamaha's Valentino Rossi was second. And Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa inherited third after both factory Ducati's crashed into each other on the final lap. Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo crashed out.

Marc Marquez leads the championship standings at this earlier stage

You'll have to start watching the races Jermaine.Argentina was quite an eventful meeting,first Lorenzo came to grief and was unable to continue, then one corner from the finish Rossi and Pedrosa were gifted podium places when the Ducati team were taken out by a mistake from Iannone robbing them of a certain second and third result. Rossi and Marquez were pretty evenly matched until the change over then Marquez definitely had the upper hand and powered away to win comfortably.

rapidringsroad wrote:You'll have to start watching the races Jermaine.Argentina was quite an eventful meeting,first Lorenzo came to grief and was unable to continue, then one corner from the finish Rossi and Pedrosa were gifted podium places when the Ducati team were taken out by a mistake from Iannone robbing them of a certain second and third result. Rossi and Marquez were pretty evenly matched until the change over then Marquez definitely had the upper hand and powered away to win comfortably.

Tell me about it fella, I moved to the UK and I didn't realise that the BBC/Eurosport don't show the races anymore

So the weekend just gone was round 3 of the 2016 World championship at the Grand Prix of the Americas(CoTA).

Marc Marquez continued his love affair with Texas as he claimed his fourth consecutive pole and race win, as of 2016 Marquez has won every race in Texas 2013-16. Jorge Lorenzo was second. Andrea Iannone, under massive pressure after taking out his teammate in the previous round rounded of the podium, in a race that could've saved his Ducati career. Valentino Rossi crashed out from second place early on. Whilst Andrea Dovizioso's luck showed on signs of improving after he was poleaxed by Dani Pedrosa on lap 2.

There's big rumors that Ducati are desperately trying to get Casey Stoner to return for 2017, should the brilliant Australian decline, Ducati have tabled a massive offer for Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo.

Austin, Sunday, April 10, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.9 43'57.945
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.6 +6.107
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 157.3 +10.947
4 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.8 +18.422
5 11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.7 +20.711
6 10 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 156.2 +28.961
7 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 156.0 +32.112
8 8 51 Michele PIRRO ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 156.0 +32.757
9 7 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 155.9 +34.592
10 6 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 155.6 +40.211
11 5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 155.3 +45.423
12 4 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 155.2 +47.127
13 3 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 155.2 +47.426
14 2 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 154.9 +51.190
15 1 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 153.7 +1'12.929
16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 153.3 +1'19.252
17 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 152.8 +1'28.036
Not Classified
26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 148.0 10 Laps
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 157.8 15 Laps
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 156.2 19 Laps

Championship Standings:
Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 66
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 45
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 33
4 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 28
5 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 27
6 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 25
7 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 23
8 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 23
9 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 21
10 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 21
11 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 16
12 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 16
13 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 16
14 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 15
15 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 14
16 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 12
17 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 11
18 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 2
19 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 2
20 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 1
21 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR

Jermaine2015 wrote:

rapidringsroad wrote:You'll have to start watching the races Jermaine.Argentina was quite an eventful meeting,first Lorenzo came to grief and was unable to continue, then one corner from the finish Rossi and Pedrosa were gifted podium places when the Ducati team were taken out by a mistake from Iannone robbing them of a certain second and third result. Rossi and Marquez were pretty evenly matched until the change over then Marquez definitely had the upper hand and powered away to win comfortably.

Tell me about it fella, I moved to the UK and I didn't realise that the BBC/Eurosport don't show the races anymore

They are on BT Sport full races & Highlights on ITV4 6pm Tuesday

Fernando wrote:

Jermaine2015 wrote:

rapidringsroad wrote:You'll have to start watching the races Jermaine.Argentina was quite an eventful meeting,first Lorenzo came to grief and was unable to continue, then one corner from the finish Rossi and Pedrosa were gifted podium places when the Ducati team were taken out by a mistake from Iannone robbing them of a certain second and third result. Rossi and Marquez were pretty evenly matched until the change over then Marquez definitely had the upper hand and powered away to win comfortably.

Tell me about it fella, I moved to the UK and I didn't realise that the BBC/Eurosport don't show the races anymore

They are on BT Sport full races & Highlights on ITV4 6pm Tuesday

Cheers mate

Jorge Lorenzo joins Ducati for 2017.

Incredible decision by Jorge Lorenzo to ditch the factory Yamaha team for the factory Ducati team. Whilst Ducati have made huge strides forward, the bike still needs an aggressive riding style eg Dovizioso and Iannone. Lorenzo are all his skill isn't an aggressive rider.

I guess Yahama will be looking over Pol Espargaro(who's always been contracted to Yamaha) or the Suzuki whiz kid Maverick Vinales.

Apparently Yamaha are talking to Vinales who has conveniently got a new manager. Stoner has been doing a lot of Ducati testing so id assume Ducati pretty confident for next year.

Fernando wrote:Apparently Yamaha are talking to Vinales who has conveniently got a new manager. Stoner has been doing a lot of Ducati testing so id assume Ducati pretty confident for next year.

Would be incredibly harsh on both Dovizioso and Iannone if both are sacked. Both are very good riders. If King Casey returns and can return to the form and speed he had during his peak, he'll destroy Lorenzo.

Personally i can see Pedrosa coming to the end of his stay at Honda he's been very poor the last couple of season so Dovi could go there. I imagine there will be some tech3 rides and Vinales' Suzuki ride up for grabs.

Can't see Dovizioso going back to Repsol anytime soon considering they sacked him a few ago despite beating Pedrosa in the championship standings. Also Dovizioso can consider himself harshly treated as he had a firm offer from Yamaha in 2013 to partner Lorenzo, but Rossi took he seat when he quit Ducati.

It's tragic that the magnificent and wonderful Marco Simoncelli is no longer with us, as he would've been at Repsol going wheel to wheel with Marquez.

Should Repsol ditch Pedrosa(he had a firm offer from Suzuki with a considerable large wage packet) I'd like to see someone like Jack Miller on a factory Honda. The boy has serious talent.

Well it appears Marc Marquez has been contacted by Ducati & denied Yamaha links...That would be highly interesting...as his contract ends at Honda this year i believe.

Jerez de la Frontera, Sunday, April 24, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.5 45'28.834
2 20 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 157.4 +2.386
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 157.1 +7.087
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 156.9 +10.351
5 11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.7 +14.143
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.5 +16.772
7 9 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 156.0 +26.277
8 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 155.7 +30.750
9 7 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 155.7 +32.325
10 6 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 155.6 +32.624
11 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 155.3 +38.497
12 4 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 155.2 +39.669
13 3 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 154.9 +45.227
14 2 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 154.8 +47.886
15 1 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 154.8 +47.988
16 51 Michele PIRRO ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 154.7 +49.414
17 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 154.7 +49.513
18 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 154.5 +53.334
19 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 153.8 +1'05.555
Not Classified
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 155.7 18 Laps
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 153.9 22 Laps
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 25º| Humidity: 37%| Ground: 40º
Records:

Pole Lap: Valentino ROSSI 1'38.736 161.2 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 3 Valentino ROSSI 1'40.090 159.0 Km/h

Life in the old dog yet as the Doctor Valentino Rossi dominated the Spanish GP in Jerez. Rossi rolled back the years and showed he's still in the hunt for that elusive 10th world championship.

Yamaha have made Rossi a clear number 1 rider since Lorenzo's announcement to join Ducati.

Poor old Dovizioso suffered his fourth consecutive DNF.

MotoGP World Standing 2016PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 82
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 65
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 58
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 40
5 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 36
6 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 33
7 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 32
8 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 31
9 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 28
10 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 25
11 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 23
12 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 20
13 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 17
14 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 16
15 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 14
16 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 12
17 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 11
18 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 5
19 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 4
20 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 3
21 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 2

I watched the race which was pretty uneventful. After half a lap Rossi had got in front of Lorenzo who was followed by Marquez and Pedrosa and that's how it stayed for the whole race with nobody looking like they would get past the rider in front.A faultless display from Rossi.Are Yamaha helping Rossi more than Lorenzo now that he has signed up with Ducati? only time will tell.It was obvious he wasn't going to catch Rossi and the Ducati team showed no sign of being a threat,but the season has only just started.

MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
MotoGP Race Classification 2016
Le Mans, Sunday, May 08, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 160.3 43'51.290
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 159.6 +10.654
3 16 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 159.4 +14.177
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 159.1 +18.719
5 11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 158.8 +24.931
6 10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 158.3 +32.921
7 9 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 158.0 +38.251
8 8 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 158.0 +38.504
9 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 157.4 +48.536
10 6 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 157.0 +54.502
11 5 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 156.5 +1'02.677
12 4 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 156.3 +1'07.658
13 3 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 152.4 1 Lap
Not Classified
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 158.8 9 Laps
43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 157.4 11 Laps
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 159.7 13 Laps
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 153.9 17 Laps
53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 155.7 21 Laps
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 157.5 22 Laps
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 156.5 22 Laps
45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 156.8 23 Laps
Weather Conditions:

 |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 22º| Humidity: 40%|   Ground: 35º
Records:

Pole Lap: Jorge LORENZO 1'31.975 163.8 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 4 Valentino ROSSI 1'33.293 161.4 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2015 Valentino ROSSI 1'32.879 162.2 Km/h
Best Lap: 2016 Jorge LORENZO

Jorge Lorenzo absolutely dominated the whole weekend at Le Mans and cruised to a very easy victory. Behind him they was all sort of carnage. Both factory Ducati's crashed out and both dovizioso and Iannone are likely to be looking for a new team in 2017. Marc Marquez also dropped it but still managed to get back into the points. Perhaps more significantly Suzuki made the podium with youngster Maverick Vinales registering his first podium in the premier class.

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MotoGP World Standing 2016PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 90
2 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 85
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 78
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 53
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 49
6 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 47
7 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 42
8 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 39
9 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 33
10 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 25
11 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 23
12 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 23
13 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 21
14 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 20
15 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 16
16 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 12
17 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 11
18 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 9
19 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 8
20 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 5
21 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 3
22 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 2

Interesting subplot came out of Le Mans that Maverick Vinales rejected a move to the factory Yamaha team, instead favouring remaining at Suzuki.

Reports in Spain suggest Yamaha have signed Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa.

Ducati have lost their patience with both Dovi and Iannone with the consistent crashes. Reports claims Danilo Petrucci will partner Lorenzo. Petrucci was mighty impressive in Le Mans securing eighth despite racing with a broken right hand.

Vinales joins Yamaha
Pedrosa stays at Honda until 2018.

I'm failing to see the logic behind Yamaha still having Pol Espagaro under contract when they sign Vinales to replace Lorenzo

Slight tangent but MotoGP legend and 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden won a world superbike race this weekend just gone. It's staggering to think it was a decade ago when the Kentucky Kid last won a race. I'm personally delighted for Nicky as he was pretty much unceremoniously turfed out of MotoGP. As a world champion he deserved more respect.

Andrea Dovizioso has been confirmed by the factory Ducati team as Jorge Lorenzo's team mate for 2017 & 2018.

Andrea Iannone will join the factory Suzuki team for 2017-18. Could end up a good move as Suzuki seem to be making real progress with their bike.

Valentino Rossi storms to pole position at Mugello. His first pole at his home race since 2008, also the last time he won the home race.

Best race of the season at Mugello especially the last lap. A pity Rossi's bike blew up early on, he and Lorenzo were having a great battle. Instead it was left to Marquez to provide the fireworks which he did in spades passing Lorenzo on the last corner only for Lorenzo to make an almighty effort and cross the line a wheel in front with Iannone completing the podium. Great stuff still anyone's title.

Mugello, Sunday, May 22, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 173.9 41'36.535
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 173.9 +0.019
3 16 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 173.6 +4.742
4 13 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 173.6 +4.910
5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 173.5 +6.256
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 173.3 +8.670
7 9 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 173.0 +13.340
8 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 172.9 +14.598
9 7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 172.6 +18.643
10 6 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 172.4 +22.298
11 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 172.0 +27.936
12 4 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 171.5 +35.712
13 3 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 171.3 +38.032
14 2 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 171.2 +40.094
15 1 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 169.8 +59.811
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 169.5 +1'04.397
Not Classified
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 173.2 15 Laps
45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 171.8 15 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 0 Lap
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0 Lap
76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Lap
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 26º| Humidity: 40%| Ground: 48º
Records:

Pole Lap: Valentino ROSSI 1'46.504 177.2 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 23 Andrea IANNONE 1'47.687 175.3 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2013 Marc MARQUEZ 1'47.639 175.4 Km/h
Best Lap: 2015 Andrea IANNONE 1'46.489 177.3 Km/h

MotoGP World Standing 2016PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 115
2 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 105
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 78
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 66
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 59
6 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 49
7 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 48
8 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 43
9 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 41
10 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 36
11 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 34
12 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 29
13 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 25
14 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 21
15 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 18
16 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 17
17 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 16
18 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 11
19 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 10
20 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 8
21 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 3
22 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 2

Agree with RapidRingsRoad but far the best race of 2016. Desperately disappointing for Valentino Rossi to suffer an engine failure at his home race, but on a side note Yamaha suffered to M1 engine failures within the weekend(Lorenzo suffered one during warm up) when has that ever happened before?

The Lorenzo-Marquez last lap duel was fantastic and I thought Marquez had snared the win, but Lorenzo showed the champions class.

Great result for Andrea Iannone, what better way to stick one up to the team that sacks you, get on the podium ahead of Dovi.

Tragic news from the Catalan GP Moto2 rider Luis Salom has passed away after a severe crash. Salom was a former runner up in Moto3. Salom had nine career wins at the time of his passing. RIP

GRAN PREMI MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA
MotoGP Race Classification 2016
Barcelona, Sunday, June 05, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 156.4 44'37.589
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 156.3 +2.652
3 16 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 156.0 +6.313
4 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 155.0 +24.388
5 11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 154.7 +29.546
6 10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 154.3 +36.244
7 9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 154.0 +41.464
8 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 153.9 +42.975
9 7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 153.8 +45.337
10 6 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 153.6 +49.514
11 5 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 153.7 +46.669
12 4 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 153.3 +55.133
13 3 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 153.1 +57.974
14 2 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 153.0 +1'00.141
15 1 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Avintia Racing Ducati 153.0 +1'00.429
16 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 152.1 +1'16.269
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 149.1 1 Lap
Not Classified
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 152.7 7 Laps
99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 155.9 9 Laps
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 155.8 9 Laps
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 145.6 19 Laps
Weather Conditions:

|   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 27º| Humidity: 44%|   Ground: 48º
Records:

Pole Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'43.589 161.7 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 5 Maverick VIÑALES 1'45.971 158.1 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2016 Maverick VIÑALES 1'45.971 158.1 Km/h
Best Lap: 2016 Marc MARQUEZ

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Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 125
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 115
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 103
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 82
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 72
6 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 59
7 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 49
8 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 48
9 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 43
10 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 41
11 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 39
12 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 29
13 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 29
14 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 29
15 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 24
16 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 20
17 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 19
18 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 16
19 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 13
20 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 8
21 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 8
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 3


Valentino Rossi won the Catalan GP after a fantastic duel with Marc Marquez in Barcelona. It was a fitting race in the memory of the late Luis Salom. Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa rounded off the podium positions.

It wasn't such a good race for reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo after he was torpedoed by Andrea Iannone and both men failed to finish.

Marc Marquez has now taken over at the top of the standings and Valentino Rossi is back within a race win of the top spot.

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MotoGP Race Classification 2016
Assen, Sunday, June 26, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 146.7 22'17.447
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 146.4 +1.991
3 16 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 146.0 +5.906
4 13 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 145.6 +9.812
5 11 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 144.7 +17.835
6 10 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 144.6 +18.692
7 9 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 144.2 +22.605
8 8 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 144.1 +23.603
9 7 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 143.8 +26.148
10 6 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 143.7 +27.604
11 5 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 138.2 +1'21.830
12 4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 135.1 +1'54.369
13 3 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 104.0 3 Laps
Not Classified
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 144.5 1 Lap
51 Michele PIRRO ITA Avintia Racing Ducati 142.0 7 Laps
46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 145.1 10 Laps
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 136.8 10 Laps
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 140.8 11 Laps
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 138.8 11 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 0 Lap
Not Starting
68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 0 Lap
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Wet| Air: 15º| Humidity: 93%| Ground: 19º
Records:

Pole Lap: Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1'45.246 155.3 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 8 Danilo PETRUCCI 1'48.339 150.9 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2015 Marc MARQUEZ 1'33.617 174.6 Km/h
Best Lap: 2015 Valentino ROSSI 1'32.627 176.5 Km/h


An incredible race at Assen saw Australian Jack Miller win his first race in the premier class. In weather in can only describe as Biblical, youngster Miller showed what he has to offer in the future. A fearless ride from that Aussie when all the big names where struggling or crashing out.

The race was of two halves as the heavy rain forced a stoppage after 14 laps. Once the rain eased up the riders came back for a 12 lap sprint.

It was a bad day for the Italians in the field as Petrucci, Dovi and Rossi all crashed out whilst in the lead of various points of the race. Marquez seemed to be master of the conditions until he was passed by Miller 8 laps from the end. Marquez was happy to secure second and consolidate his lead in the championship. It was another poor day in the rain for Lorenzo as he finished down in tenth.

This race could be the point at the end of the season where it's won and lost. Marquez looks like the man to beat.

Nice to see a new name one the top spot of the podium and one from this end of the world as well.Well done Jack Miller and all those who managed to finish in those horrendous conditions.

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Sachsenring, Sunday, July 17, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 140.4 47'03.239
2 20 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 139.9 +9.857
3 16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 139.8 +11.613
4 13 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 139.8 +11.992
5 11 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 139.3 +22.755
6 10 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 139.1 +25.920
7 9 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 139.1 +26.043
8 8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 139.1 +26.449
9 7 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 139.1 +26.614
10 6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 138.8 +31.274
11 5 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 138.4 +41.208
12 4 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 138.3 +42.158
13 3 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 137.3 +1'03.129
14 2 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 137.2 +1'06.091
15 1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 136.6 +1'17.694
16 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 133.5 1 Lap
17 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 128.3 2 Laps
18 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 125.1 3 Laps
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44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 137.5 13 Laps
9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 126.4 18 Laps
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Wet| Air: 21º| Humidity: 86%| Ground: 24º
Records:

Pole Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'21.160 162.8 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 30 Cal CRUTCHLOW 1'25.019 155.4 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2015 Marc MARQUEZ 1'21.530 162.0 Km/h
Best Lap: 2015 Marc MARQUEZ 1'20.336 164.5 Km/h

Marc Marquez might be making the deceive move in the championship has he stormed home to register his 7th consecutive victory in the German GP(125cc 2010, Moto2 2011-12 and MotoGP 2013-16). Once again the Spanish superstar was in a class of his own.

Cal Crutchlow and Scott Redding completed the podium as Yamaha suffered a woeful race. In Lorenzo's case a dreadful weekend.

MotoGP World Standing 2016PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 170
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 122
3 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 111
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 96
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 83
6 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 72
7 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 65
8 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 63
9 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 59
10 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 53
11 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 51
12 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 45
13 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 42
14 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 40
15 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 37
16 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 35
17 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 35
18 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 24
19 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 19
20 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 18
21 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 8
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 3

Marquez is almost two race wins clear of Lorenzo.

Scott Redding just failed to get on the podium as Dovi managed to get past him metres from the finish. Good thinking from Marquez's crew to fit slicks and brilliant riding from Marquez to get another top spot on the podium. Only halfway through the season though and any thing can happen.

rapidringsroad wrote:Scott Redding just failed to get on the podium as Dovi managed to get past him metres from the finish. Good thinking from Marquez's crew to fit slicks and brilliant riding from Marquez to get another top spot on the podium. Only halfway through the season though and any thing can happen.

My stream literraly cut just as Dovi/Redding cross the finish line. On the graph it had Redding head

Aside from Marquez domination, was a decent race

Ducati's five and a half year wait to get back on to the top step of the podium is finally over. Andrea Iannone won his maiden MotoGP race as he lead home a Ducati 1-2 at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. I wonder if Ducati are regretting sacking Crazy Joe...

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MotoGP Race Classification 2016
Spielberg, Sunday, August 14, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 182.4 39'46.255
2 20 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 182.3 +0.938
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 182.1 +3.389
4 13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 182.1 +3.815
5 11 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 181.5 +11.813
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 181.3 +14.341
7 9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 181.1 +17.063
8 8 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 180.1 +29.437
9 7 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 180.1 +29.785
10 6 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 179.6 +37.094
11 5 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 179.4 +39.765
12 4 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 179.4 +39.766
13 3 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 179.0 +44.284
14 2 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 179.0 +45.004
15 1 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 177.6 +1'03.246
16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 177.0 +1'12.448
17 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 176.8 +1'14.517
18 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 175.3 +1'36.510
19 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 171.0 1 Lap
Not Classified
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 175.3 4 Laps
8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Lap
Weather Conditions:

 |   Track Condition: Dry|   Air: 27º| Humidity: 38%|   Ground: 46º
Records:

Pole Lap: Andrea IANNONE 1'23.142 186.9 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 24 Andrea IANNONE 1'24.561 183.8 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2016 Andrea IANNONE 1'24.561 183.8 Km/h
Best Lap: 2016 Andrea IANNONE 1'23.142 186.9 Km/h

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MotoGP Race Classification 2016
Brno, Sunday, August 21, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 149.3 47'44.290
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 149.0 +7.298
3 16 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 148.8 +9.587
4 13 76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 148.7 +12.558
5 11 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 148.7 +13.093
6 10 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 148.6 +13.812
7 9 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 148.1 +23.414
8 8 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 148.1 +24.562
9 7 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 148.1 +24.581
10 6 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 147.4 +37.131
11 5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 147.3 +39.911
12 4 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 147.2 +41.097
13 3 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 147.1 +43.202
14 2 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 147.0 +45.687
15 1 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 146.2 +1'02.201
16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 145.3 +1'18.841
17 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 142.3 1 Lap
Not Classified
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 135.8 7 Laps
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 140.3 8 Laps
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 148.6 9 Laps
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Wet| Air: 17º| Humidity: 100%| Ground: 18º
Records:

Pole Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'54.596 169.7 Km/h
Fastest Lap: Lap: 9 Cal CRUTCHLOW 2'08.216 151.7 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2014 Dani PEDROSA 1'56.027 167.6 Km/h
Best Lap: 2016 Marc MARQUEZ 1'54.596 169.7 Km/h

Great Britain's 35 year itch is finally over after Cal Crutchlow powered to victory at a damp Brno at the Czech GP. It was the first victory by a Brit in the premier class since the legendary Barry Sheene won the Swedish GP back in 1981. I for one am delighted for Crutchlow, he's suffered a lot of back luck and should've been on a factory bike along time ago. With this victory he could one day secure a seat at Repsol Honda. Valentino Rossi battled back to secure second and championship leader Marc Marquez charged through the pack to limit his losses with third place. Ducati and Andrea Iannone looked set to win back to back races until his tyres ran out of grip on a drying track. Most concerning will be the dreadful performance of reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo, it's no secret that he doesn't fancy racing in the wet. But today showed him up big time as he finished 17th and a lap down after pitting twice. All good and well winning from pole position, but as a real world champion you've got to show some balls during the difficult times - Lorenzo never does...

Notable mentions go to Avintia Racing duo Loris Baz and Hector Barbera with a 4th and 5th place finish respectively on the satellite Ducati's.


MotoGP World Standing 2016PDF

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 197
2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 144
3 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 138
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 109
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 100
6 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 96
7 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 81
8 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 79
9 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 76
10 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 66
11 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 63
12 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 54
13 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 51
14 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 42
15 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 42
16 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 39
17 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 38
18 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 35
19 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 26
20 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 24
21 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 23
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 8

Marc Marquez is 53 points clear of Valentino Rossi and excluding injury or multiple bike failures he will be champion.

Good to see new faces on the podium,Crutchlow well deserved his first top spot.I know some riders don't perform as well in the wet but Lorenzo can't expect to hang on to the title if he can't handle the wet track. I remember the late John Hartle rubbing his hands together when it started to rain while the riders were on the starting grid he was a master in the rain.With the next round round at Silverstone it's at least 50 50 chance of it being wet so don't expect Lorenzo to do well.The new steady Marquez is going to take some catching even though Hondas aren't the fastest bikes on the track anymore.

The brilliant Cal Crutchlow stormed to a sensational pole position at the British GP, the masterful Brit was near enough a half second faster than Valentino Rossi. If Crutchlow doesn't get a factory Honda ride within the new 12 months it would be very disappointing. I feel Crutchlow has a world championship within him in the correct machinery.

Silverstone, Sunday, September 04, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 172.1 39'03.559
2 20 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 171.9 +3.480
3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 171.9 +4.063
4 13 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 171.7 +5.992
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 171.7 +6.381
6 10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 171.3 +12.303
7 9 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 171.0 +16.672
8 8 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 170.7 +19.432
9 7 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 170.3 +25.618
10 6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 169.8 +32.084
11 5 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 169.5 +36.131
12 4 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 169.3 +39.130
13 3 22 Alex LOWES GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 169.2 +40.143
14 2 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 169.2 +41.356
15 1 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 169.2 +41.943
16 43 Jack MILLER AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 168.7 +47.610
17 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 164.0 +1'56.177
Not Classified
29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 171.9 6 Laps
6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 167.0 17 Laps
Not Starting
76 Loris BAZ FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 0 Lap
44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Lap


MotoGP World Standing 2016

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 210
2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 160
3 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 146
4 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 125
5 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 120
6 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 96
7 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 89
8 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 86
9 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 81
10 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 78
11 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 67
12 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 60
13 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 54
14 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 45
15 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 42
16 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 42
17 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 41
18 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 39
19 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 27
20 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 24
21 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 23
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 13
23 Alex LOWES Yamaha GBR 3

Maverick Vinales powered to his maiden MotoGP victory at a wet Silverstone. Vinales was imperious and sealed Suzuki's first victory in the premier class since 2007. Cal Crutchlow continued his excellent form was a superb second place. Yahama's Valentino Rossi completed the podium after a thrilling battle with Marc Marquez. In another disappointing showing reigning world champion came home 8th, the rain exposing him yet again.

With 6 rounds to go, Marquez leads Rossi by 2 race wins(50 points).

It was a dry race Jermaine so Lorenzo can't blame the weather.Vinales was just to fast for the rest and once in front was never troubled.Crutchlow was brilliant and deserved his spot on the podium.The Maniac did his usual thing and slid off whilst in second spot and Marquez lost his chance of a podium finish when he left the track for the second time in the race.

rapidringsroad wrote:It was a dry race Jermaine so Lorenzo can't blame the weather.Vinales was just to fast for the rest and once in front was never troubled.Crutchlow was brilliant and deserved his spot on the podium.The Maniac did his usual thing and slid off whilst in second spot and Marquez lost his chance of a podium finish when he left the track for the second time in the race.

I was coming off a massive bender, and the vision was pretty impaired I think the bartender was a little peed off with me and was humouring me

Weekend just passed was the San Marino GP at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. Before I get on the race details, in my opinion the most important event of this weekend was the official retiring of Marco Simoncelli's iconic #58. Fitting it was at the charming Italian's home circuit. I still can't believe he's been gone for nearly 4 years now

Misano Adriatico, Sunday, September 11, 2016

Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time/Gap
1 25 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 162.3 43'43.524
2 20 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 162.1 +2.837
3 16 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 162.1 +4.359
4 13 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 161.7 +9.569
5 11 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 161.4 +15.467
6 10 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 161.1 +19.676
7 9 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 160.9 +22.936
8 8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 160.7 +25.702
9 7 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 160.7 +27.155
10 6 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 160.2 +33.968
11 5 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 159.9 +39.206
12 4 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 159.9 +39.967
13 3 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 159.7 +42.997
14 2 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 159.3 +49.450
15 1 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Yakhnich Ducati 159.0 +54.879
16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati 158.4 +1'05.072
17 53 Tito RABAT SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 131.3 5 Laps
Not Classified
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 160.4 11 Laps
12 Javier FORES SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 155.8 13 Laps
22 Alex LOWES GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 157.9 21 Laps


Dani Pedrosa rolled back the years with a storming ride to secure his first win of the season. Pedrosa remains the enigma that on his day he is peerless yet his confidence is brittle and his slumps are alarmingly bad. Valentino Rossi secured second place at his home circuit and his out going teammate Jorge Lorenzo came home third(Lorenzo had set the lap record during qualifying). Championship leader Marc Marquez came home fourth but wasn't ever in contention.

MotoGP World Standing after Misano

Pos. Rider Bike Nation Points
1 Marc MARQUEZ Honda SPA 223
2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha ITA 180
3 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha SPA 162
4 Dani PEDROSA Honda SPA 145
5 Maverick VIÑALES Suzuki SPA 136
6 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati ITA 99
7 Andrea IANNONE Ducati ITA 96
8 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda GBR 93
9 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha SPA 89
10 Hector BARBERA Ducati SPA 81
11 Eugene LAVERTY Ducati IRL 69
12 Aleix ESPARGARO Suzuki SPA 60
13 Scott REDDING Ducati GBR 55
14 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati ITA 50
15 Alvaro BAUTISTA Aprilia SPA 47
16 Stefan BRADL Aprilia GER 43
17 Jack MILLER Honda AUS 42
18 Bradley SMITH Yamaha GBR 42
19 Michele PIRRO Ducati ITA 32
20 Tito RABAT Honda SPA 27
21 Loris BAZ Ducati FRA 24
22 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati COL 13
23 Alex LOWES Yamaha GBR 3
24 Javier FORES SPA

With 5 races remaining Marc Marquez has a 43 point lead. The interesting part of that is that Honda's bike development isn't really yielding much improvement any more and Yamaha have the fastest bike. But without a Marquez DNF, the chasing pack have no hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtxeiHwIaK8

Rossi-Lorenzo feud will never end...the look on Pedrosa's face

Great win for Dani Pedrosa,I enjoyed his aggressive pass of Rossi and his face at the interviews after was classic "what am I doing here listening to those two prattling on,I won the race so get over it".No mention of Iannone at all,was he injured after his fall the week before or have Ducati tired of his falling off and stopped providing a bike for him?

Marquez must now be odds on to take the title after his latest win in Spain. He didn't do it the easy way after an early mistake dropped him back to 5th after he took chances before his tyres had warmed up but fought his way back passing the Vinales and the two Yamaha riders in the process. Lorenzo won the Yamaha battle which leaves Marquez 52 points in front so he can have two DNFs and still lead by two points.Pedrosa had a bit of trouble with grip and only managed a 6th spot from starting from 7th on the grid.Japan and Malaysia next month but it doesn't look like it's going to go to the wire unlike last year.

This championship win will be a different type of victory for Marc Marquez. in 2013 he was the young exciting speed freak. 2014 he basically destroyed all comers. Now in 2016 Marquez's consistency has won him the championship. All the marks of a truly great, multi dimensional rider.

Marc Marquez is now officially champion after rossi/lorenzo crashed out of the race in Japan.

2017 likely to be Valentino Rossi's final opportunity to land that elusive 10th world championship. Yamaha undoubtedly have the fastest bike at present and with Lorenzo off to Ducati that's one rival out of the way. Marquez unquestionably the favourite but Rossi is the best bet to beat the Spanish sensation

Dani Pedrosa suffered a broken shoulder in Motegi and as such missed the Japanese GP and also missing this weekends Australian GP at Philip Island. Former MotoGP champion Nicky Hayden will ride the second Honda in Australia. Delighted to see the #69 back on a Repsol