2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2017 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

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. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | 46:08.125 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +0.337 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +10.861 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 30 | +13.567 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 30 | +13.817 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 30 | +14.516 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 43 | Jack Miller | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 30 | +17.087 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 30 | +17.230 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +25.942 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 53 | Tito Rabat | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 30 | +27.020 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 30 | +30.835 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 30 | +35.012 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +38.076 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 30 | +41.988 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 30 | +47.703 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 76 | Loris Baz | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 30 | +47.709 | 23 | |
| 17 | 60 | Michael van der Mark | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +52.134 | 25 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 25 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | Retired | 9 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Pull&Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 14 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 4 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 2 | Accident | 19 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 27 | 43:15.843 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 27 | +2.154 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 27 | +4.181 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 27 | +11.181 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 27 | +12.146 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 27 | +14.595 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 27 | +18.446 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 40 | Fabio Quartararo | Kalex | 27 | +22.188 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 27 | +23.592 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 27 | +23.751 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 27 | +27.388 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Kalex | 27 | +29.688 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Suter | 27 | +31.442 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 37 | Augusto Fernández | Speed Up | 27 | +32.933 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 27 | +33.150 | 31 | 1 |
| 16 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 27 | +34.335 | 25 | |
| 17 | 51 | Eric Granado | Kalex | 27 | +34.731 | 18 | |
| 18 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 27 | +39.828 | 22 | |
| 19 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 27 | +39.940 | 3 | |
| 20 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 27 | +42.678 | 28 | |
| 21 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 27 | +43.275 | 20 | |
| 22 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 27 | +51.990 | 24 | |
| 23 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 27 | +54.931 | 26 | |
| 24 | 6 | Tarran Mackenzie | Suter | 27 | +1:09.494 | 32 | |
| 25 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 27 | +1:10.070 | 29 | |
| 26 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 27 | +1:33.876 | 17 | |
| Ret | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 16 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 11 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Suter | 8 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 7 | Retired | 30 | |
| Ret | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Kalex | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 27 | |
| DNS | 94 | Jake Dixon | Suter | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 24 | 40:02.193 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 36 | Joan Mir | Honda | 24 | +3.760 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 24 | +3.877 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Romano Fenati | Honda | 24 | +3.953 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 24 | +3.999 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 24 | +4.940 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 10 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 24 | +4.735 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 24 | +5.071 | 22 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 24 | +5.218 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 39 | Kazuki Masaki | Honda | 24 | +6.462 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 24 | +6.544 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 24 | +6.633 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 24 | +8.687 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | KTM | 24 | +16.100 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 24 | +16.156 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 24 | +16.263 | 24 | |
| 17 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 24 | +16.398 | 12 | |
| 18 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Peugeot | 24 | +33.128 | 25 | |
| 19 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 24 | +33.807 | 21 | |
| 20 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Mahindra | 24 | +34.360 | 19 | |
| 21 | 41 | Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 24 | +34.629 | 31 | |
| 22 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 24 | +34.403 | 23 | |
| 23 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Mahindra | 24 | +34.958 | 17 | |
| 24 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 24 | +35.730 | 20 | |
| 25 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 24 | +39.331 | 29 | |
| 26 | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 24 | +46.209 | 30 | |
| 27 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 24 | +51.534 | 27 | |
| 28 | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 24 | +1:17.109 | 28 | |
| 29 | 4 | Patrik Pulkkinen | Peugeot | 23 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 7 | Retired | 9 | |
| Ret | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 2 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 8 | 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.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marc Márquez | 298 |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 261 |
| 3 | Maverick Viñales | 230 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 210 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | 208 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 357 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 321 |
| 3 | Ducati | 310 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 100 |
| 5 | KTM | 69 |

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

### Moto2

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Franco Morbidelli | 308 |
| 2 | Thomas Lüthi | 243 |
| 3 | Miguel Oliveira | 241 |
| 4 | Álex Márquez | 201 |
| 5 | Francesco Bagnaia | 174 |
| 6 | Mattia Pasini | 148 |
| 7 | Takaaki Nakagami | 137 |
| 8 | Brad Binder | 125 |
| 9 | Simone Corsi | 117 |
| 10 | Hafizh Syahrin | 106 |

### Moto3

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Joan Mir | 341 |
| 2 | Romano Fenati | 248 |
| 3 | Arón Canet | 199 |
| 4 | Jorge Martín | 196 |
| 5 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | 153 |
| 6 | Enea Bastianini | 141 |
| 7 | John McPhee | 131 |
| 8 | Marcos Ramírez | 123 |
| 9 | Andrea Migno | 118 |
| 10 | Philipp Öttl | 105 |
