2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2016 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 March 2016
Official name	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	1:54.543
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	1:54.927 on lap 20
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Second	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati
Third	Marc Márquez	Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Jonas Folger	Kalex
Time	1:59.052
Fastest lap
Rider	Sam Lowes	Kalex
Time	1:59.421 on lap 20
Podium
First	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Second	Luis Salom	Kalex
Third	Simone Corsi	Speed Up
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Romano Fenati	KTM
Time	2:06.131
Fastest lap
Rider	Livio Loi	Honda
Time	2:06.171 on lap 8
Podium
First	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda
Second	Brad Binder	KTM
Third	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra

The 2016 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Doha on 20 March 2016.

This event would be the last podium for Spanish Moto2 rider, Luis Salom; who finished in second place, before his death in 3 June 2016 at the 2016 Catalan Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	22	42:28.452	1	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	22	+2.019	6	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	22	+2.287	2	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	22	+2.387	5	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	22	+14.083	7	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	22	+15.423	3	10
7	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	22	+18.629	9	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	22	+18.652	11	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	22	+21.160	8	7
10	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	22	+24.435	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	22	+35.847	15	5
12	50	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	22	+41.756	14	4
13	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	22	+41.932	17	3
14	43	Jack Miller	Honda	22	+41.982	18	2
15	53	Esteve Rabat	Honda	22	+54.953	19	1
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	11	Accident	20
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	8	Accident	16
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	6	Accident	10
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	5	Accident	4
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	1	Engine Sensor	13
DNS	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	20	40:14.293	9	25
2	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	20	+9.610	17	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	20	+9.665	13	16
4	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	20	+13.558	15	13
5	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	20	+16.064	14	11
6	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	20	+16.114	10	10
7	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	20	+20.047[N 1]	5	9
8	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	20	+20.170	3	8
9	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	20	+22.019	2	7
10	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	20	+24.249	25	6
11	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	20	+24.254	21	5
12	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	20	+24.570	4	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	20	+25.664	22	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	20	+26.992	8	2
15	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	20	+29.736[N 1]	6	1
16	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	20	+30.404	18
17	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	20	+38.446	7
18	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	20	+46.363	24
19	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	20	+46.543	26
20	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	20	+1:18.323	27
21	33	Alessandro Tonucci	Kalex	20	+1:25.002	28
22	8	Efrén Vázquez	Suter	20	+1:39.572	29
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	16	Retirement	11
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	15	Accident	19
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	14	Accident Damage	20
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	6	Accident	12
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	2	Accident	1
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	1	Accident	23
Ret	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	1	Accident	16
DNS	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	18	38:12.161	7	25
2	41	Brad Binder	KTM	18	+0.007	6	20
3	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	18	+0.148	12	16
4	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	18	+0.435	1	13
5	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	+0.606	8	11
6	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	18	+0.625	13	10
7	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	18	+0.674	4	9
8	11	Livio Loi	Honda	18	+1.710	2	8
9	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	18	+8.611	9	7
10	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	18	+10.947	16	6
11	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	18	+12.379	22	5
12	36	Joan Mir	KTM	18	+12.380	10	4
13	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	18	+12.401	3	3
14	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	18	+12.726	11	2
15	44	Arón Canet	Honda	18	+12.784	5	1
16	6	María Herrera	KTM	18	+12.939	24
17	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+17.152	19
18	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	18	+17.367	29
19	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	18	+17.451	18
20	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	18	+17.519	27
21	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	18	+17.566	20
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	18	+17.608	17
23	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	18	+31.939	26
24	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	18	+31.949	21
25	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	18	+32.120	15
26	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	18	+32.333	28
27	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	18	+32.547	30
28	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	18	+32.812	25
29	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	18	+34.584	31
30	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	18	+59.105	23
31	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	18	+59.109	33
32	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	18	+1:34.948	32
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	17	Power Loss	14
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 25 2 Andrea Dovizioso 20 3 Marc Marquez 16 4 Valentino Rossi 13 5 Dani Pedrosa 11 6 Maverick Vinales 10 7 Pol Espargaro 9 8 Bradley Smith 8 9 Hector Barbera 7 10 Scott Redding 6 11 Aleix Espargaro 5 12 Eugene Laverty 4 13 Alvaro Bautista 3 14 Jack Miller 2 15 Esteve Rabat 1 Notes 1 2 20-second penalty for jump start. References "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 13 March 2016.  Previous race: 2015 Valencian Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2016 season Next race: 2016 Argentine Grand Prix Previous race: 2015 Qatar Grand Prix Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Next race: 2017 Qatar Grand Prix