2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 30 October 2016.

## Classification

### MotoGP

The race, originally scheduled for 20 laps, was shortened to 19 laps after the start was delayed by 20 minutes due to torrential rain.

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 19 | 42:27.333 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +3.115 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +11.924 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 19 | +19.916 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 76 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 19 | +21.353 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | +22.932 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 19 | +25.829 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +32.746 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | +33.704 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +34.280 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +36.480 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 19 | +36.638 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | +36.897 | 7 | 3 |
| 14 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | +45.609 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +49.779 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +52.665 | 17 | |
| 17 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 19 | +52.784 | 16 | |
| 18 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +54.891 | 21 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 12 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 11 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 11 | Front Tyre Wear | 20 | |
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## Moto2 race report

In the Moto2 class, Johann Zarco successfully defended the Moto2 title, thus becoming the first Moto2 rider to win two Moto2 title and the first since Jorge Lorenzo in 2007 to win a back-to-back intermediate class title.

### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 19 | 45:51.036 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 19 | +3.256 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 19 | +3.689 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 19 | +21.428 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 19 | +24.700 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 19 | +26.184 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 19 | +28.177 | 21 | 9 |
| 8 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 19 | +28.855 | 25 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 19 | +29.247 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 19 | +29.969 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 19 | +30.866 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 93 | Ramdan Rosli | Kalex | 19 | +31.260 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 19 | +31.793 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 19 | +34.697 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 19 | +46.669 | 7 | 1 |
| 16 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 19 | +49.126 | 27 | |
| 17 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 19 | +49.293 | 15 | |
| 18 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 19 | +51.610 | 24 | |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 19 | +54.949 | 18 | |
| 20 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 19 | +55.461 | 22 | |
| 21 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 19 | +1:08.613 | 20 | |
| 22 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 19 | +1:16.574 | 17 | |
| 23 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 19 | +1:25.838 | 8 | |
| 24 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 19 | +2:01.635 | 26 | |
| Ret | 20 | Alessandro Nocco | Kalex | 12 | Accident Damage | 16 | |
| Ret | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 5 | Rear Tyre | 28 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 13 | |
| WD | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | | Withdrew | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

* Julian Simon withdrew from the event after suffering a broken vertebrae in a crash during Friday free practice.

### Moto3

The race, originally scheduled for 18 laps, was red-flagged on lap 15 after Maria Herrera crashed into the back of Livio Loi in Turn 15. Since two thirds of the original distance required to award full points was completed, the race was not restarted. Maria Herrera was not classified in the final results since she failed to recover her bike into pit-lane within five minutes of the race being red-flagged (as required by the rules).

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 13 | 29:29.351 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 13 | +7.108 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 13 | +7.253 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 13 | +8.469 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 13 | +12.414 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Mahindra | 13 | +12.706 | 27 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 13 | +13.387 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 13 | +13.506 | 20 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 13 | +14.445 | 23 | 7 |
| 10 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 13 | +38.777 | 30 | 6 |
| 11 | 38 | Hafiq Azmi | Peugeot | 13 | +45.827 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 13 | +48.899 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 13 | +49.648 | 29 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 13 | +49.842 | 28 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 13 | +1:15.163 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | KTM | 12 | +1 lap | 4 | |
| 17 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 10 | +3 laps | 1 | |
| NC | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 13 | +13.793 | 31 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 6 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 5 | Accident Damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 12 | Albert Arenas | Peugeot | 3 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 2 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 2 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 2 | Accident Damage | 25 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 1 | Accident Damage | 13 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 0 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 0 | Collision | 12 | |
| Ret | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 0 | Collision | 17 | |
| Ret | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 0 | Collision | 18 | |
| Ret | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 0 | Collision | 21 | |
| DNS | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

* Hiroki Ono withdrew from the event following a concussion suffered in a crash during qualifying.
* Fabio Spiranelli was injured in a scooter crash during a track familiarisation run on Thursday prior to the race and withdrew from the event after the opening Friday practice session.

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 278 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 236 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 208 |
| 4 | Maverick Vinales | 191 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 162 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 349 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 328 |
| 3 | Ducati | 245 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 197 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 95 |

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