2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  2016 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 June 2016
Official name	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.655[N 1] km (2.892 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:43.589
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki
Time	1:45.971 on lap 5
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Second	Marc Márquez	Honda
Third	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Time	1:49.179
Fastest lap
Rider	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Time	1:49.968 on lap 2
Podium
First	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Second	Álex Rins	Kalex
Third	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Brad Binder	KTM
Time	1:54.024
Fastest lap
Rider	Romano Fenati	KTM
Time	1:54.145 on lap 8
Podium
First	Jorge Navarro	Honda
Second	Brad Binder	KTM
Third	Enea Bastianini	Honda

The 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 5 June 2016.

Moto2 rider Luis Salom was killed in a crash at Europcar (motorcycle Turn 12) during Free Practice 2 on Friday, approximately 25 minutes before the end of the session.^[1] For the remainder of the weekend, the track layout was altered to use the configuration used by Formula One since 2007, in order to reduce speeds in the part of the circuit where Salom's accident occurred. The altered layout included the replacement of the long sweeping corner at La Caixa with a slower hairpin and the insertion of a chicane between Europcar (the penultimate turn) and New Holland (final turn).^[2]

Further adjustments were made to the circuit by safety officials following an evaluation conducted with a group of riders on Friday evening. The changes included narrowing the chicane by two metres on the outside, creating a gravel trap in the run-off area of the chicane and making the chicane a permanent yellow flag zone during the event.

This event also saw the end of the controversial rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez as Rossi handshakes with Márquez at the parc ferme post-race. Rossi would later said that the handshake was the right thing to do following Salom's death.^[3]

Pre-race

Significant amounts of speculation concerning the top riders and their plans for 2017 culminated in a series of riders confirming their future teams. Marc Márquez confirmed he would partner teammate Dani Pedrosa for a further two seasons at Repsol Honda, while it was announced that Tech 3 pairing Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró would move to the new factory KTM squad.

Following Maverick Viñales' previous confirmation alongside Valentino Rossi at Yamaha, and reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's confirmed move to Ducati, the only factory seats remaining were those alongside Andrea Iannone and Sam Lowes at Suzuki and Aprilia respectively.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	25	44:37.589	5	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	25	+2.652	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	25	+6.313	3	16
4	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	25	+24.388	6	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	25	+29.546	12	11
6	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	25	+36.244	7	10
7	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	25	+41.464	10	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	+42.975	21	8
9	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	25	+45.337	9	7
10	43	Jack Miller	Honda	25	+49.514	19	6
11	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	25	+46.669[N 2]	4	5
12	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	25	+55.133	18	4
13	50	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	25	+57.974	17	3
14	53	Esteve Rabat	Honda	25	+1:00.141	20	2
15	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	25	+1:00.429	15	1
16	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	25	+1:16.269	11
17	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	24	+1 lap	16
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	18	Electronics	13
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	16	Collision	2
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	16	Collision	8
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	6	Engine	14
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	23	42:31.347	1	25
2	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	23	+4.180	2	20
3	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	23	+9.313	4	16
4	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	23	+10.777	13	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	23	+10.961	3	11
6	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	23	+13.000	5	10
7	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	23	+17.046	12	9
8	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	23	+20.637	15	8
9	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	23	+20.646	6	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+23.163	9	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	23	+28.145	18	5
12	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	23	+28.348	19	4
13	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	23	+34.482	17	3
14	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	23	+37.567	8	2
15	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	23	+42.998	24	1
16	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	23	+44.632	27
17	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	23	+48.536	25
18	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	23	+51.046	7
19	93	Ramdan Rosli	Kalex	23	+1:22.466	28
20	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	23	+1:25.462	22
21	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	22	+1 lap	26
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	15	Accident Damage	23
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	14	Engine	14
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	14	Accident Damage	20
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	10	Brakes	21
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	5	Radiator Leak	10
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	2	Accident	11
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	1	Accident	16
DNS	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex		Withdrew (Teammate's fatal crash)
DNS	39	Luis Salom	Kalex		FP2 fatal crash (Europcar)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	22	42:18.228	3	25
2	41	Brad Binder	KTM	22	+0.564	1	20
3	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	22	+0.817	5	16
4	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	22	+0.925	10	13
5	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	22	+1.531	4	11
6	44	Arón Canet	Honda	22	+1.581	9	10
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	22	+13.605	12	9
8	36	Joan Mir	KTM	22	+13.672	17	8
9	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	22	+13.753	18	7
10	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	22	+14.814	15	6
11	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	22	+14.840	13	5
12	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	22	+29.860	30	4
13	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	22	+32.006	21	3
14	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	22	+33.305	24	2
15	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	22	+33.766	26	1
16	11	Livio Loi	Honda	22	+34.986	20
17	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	22	+36.384	28
18	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+41.731	14
19	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	22	+42.985	23
20	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	22	+59.035	2
21	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	22	+1:29.713	35
22	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	22	+1:30.640	34
Ret	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	21	Accident	31
Ret	37	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	21	Accident	29
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	20	Accident	19
Ret	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	19	Accident	6
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	16	Accident	22
Ret	12	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	13	Accident	16
Ret	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	5	Accident	7
Ret	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	5	Accident Damage	25
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	3	Accident	11
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	3	Accident	8
Ret	6	María Herrera	KTM	2	Accident	27
Ret	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	2	Accident Damage	32
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	0	Accident	33
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 125 2 Jorge Lorenzo 115 3 Valentino Rossi 103 4 Dani Pedrosa 82 5 Maverick Vinales 72 6 Pol Espargaro 59 7 Aleix Espargaro 49 8 Hector Barbera 48 9 Andrea Dovizioso 43 10 Andrea Iannone 41 11 Eugene Laverty 39 12 Bradley Smith 29 13 Stefan Bradl 29 14 Alvaro Bautista 29 15 Danilo Petrucci 24 Notes ↑ 4.727 km (2.937 mi) for Friday practice sessions. ↑ 1-position penalty. References ↑ "Statement – Luis Salom". motogp.com. Dorna Sports SL. 3 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.  ↑ "Catalulnya MotoGP to use F1 layout following Salom tragedy". Crash.net. Crash.net. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.  ↑ "Rossi: Marquez handshake "right thing to do" after Salom's death". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.  "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 23 May 2016.  Previous race: 2016 Italian Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2016 season Next race: 2016 Dutch TT Previous race: 2015 Catalan Grand Prix Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Next race: 2017 Catalan Grand Prix