2016 MotoGP season
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The 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Jorge Lorenzo will start the season as the defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall Championship title at the 2015 Valencian Community Grand Prix.
Contents
Calendar
The following Grands Prix are officially scheduled to take place in 2016.[1]
Calendar changes
- The 2016 season will see the return of the Austrian Grand Prix to the series' schedule after 19 years absence. The race will be held at the Red Bull Ring, which was the venue of the last Austrian Grand Prix, when the track was called A1 Ring.[1]
- Having been on the calendar since 2008, the Indianapolis round has been discontinued.[3]
- For the first time in the history of the Dutch TT, the races will be held on a Sunday.[1]
Teams and riders
A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.[4]
Team changes
- Marc VDS Racing expanded to enter a second bike.
- After entering two bikes in 2015, Team LCR reverted to a single entry in 2016.
- The Aspar Racing Team ended their association with Honda and returned to Ducati; the team used Ducatis in 2010 and 2011.
- Forward Racing left MotoGP, as they announced a new partnership with MV Agusta in the Superbike World Championship and Supersport World Championship, in 2016.[22]
- AB Motoracing left MotoGP as Karel Abraham moved to the Superbike World Championship.
- Ioda Racing announced that they would leave MotoGP and compete in the Superbike World Championship.[23]
Rider changes
- Esteve Rabat, the 2014 Moto2 World Champion, made his MotoGP debut with Marc VDS Racing, the team he won the Moto2 title with.
- Yonny Hernández did not have his contract with Pramac Racing renewed, and moved to Aspar Racing to replace Nicky Hayden, who left MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship.
- Having competed in MotoGP since 2011, Karel Abraham switched to the Superbike World Championship.
- Loris Baz moved to Avintia Racing to replace Mike Di Meglio.
- Scott Redding left Marc VDS Racing at the end of the 2015 season to join Pramac Racing. His place was taken by Jack Miller.
Rule changes
- Starting in 2016, Michelin will become the series' official tyre supplier following Bridgestone's withdrawal from the category.[24] Dorna have also agreed a rule change to the 2016 regulations to increase the wheel size from 16.5 inches to 17 inches (similar to Moto2 and Moto3).[25]
- The previous Factory and Open classes will be merged: every bike must adopt the unified electronic package (ECU and software).[26] Each rider will be able to use up to seven engines in a season, albeit with frozen specifications, and the maximum fuel tank capacity will be 22 litres.[27] Factories without a dry win between 2013 and 2015 will still be allowed to use 12 engines with free development, but in case of a determined number of podiums or wins scored during 2016 the factory will lose these benefits for the next season.[27] Similarly, any manufacturer not scoring a single podium in 2016 will gain those concessions in 2017.
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning constructor | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | Jorge Lorenzo | Jorge Lorenzo | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | Report |
2 | Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix | Marc Márquez | Marc Márquez | Marc Márquez | Honda | Report |
3 | Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas | Marc Márquez | Marc Márquez | Marc Márquez | Honda | Report |
4 | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Valentino Rossi | Valentino Rossi | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | Report |
5 | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Jorge Lorenzo | Valentino Rossi | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | Report |
6 | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Valentino Rossi | Andrea Iannone | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | Report |
Riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|
Bold – Pole |
Manufacturers' standings
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
ARG |
AME |
ESP |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
AUT |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yamaha | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 140 | ||||||||||||
2 | Honda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 115 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ducati | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 83 | ||||||||||||
4 | Suzuki | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Aprilia | 13 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 29 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
ARG |
AME |
ESP |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
AUT |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
Pts |
Teams' standings
|
Bold – Pole |
References
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