The 2016 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the third round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on April 10, 2016.
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| Race 3 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 10 April 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit of the Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Classification
editMotoGP
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 93 |  Marc Márquez
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | 43:57.945 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo
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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 21 | +6.107 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 29 |  Andrea Iannone
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 21 | +10.947 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 | Maverick Viñales
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Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 21 | +18.422 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró
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Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 21 | +20.711 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 |  Scott Redding
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Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 21 | +28.961 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 44 | Pol Espargaró
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +32.112 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 51 | Michele Pirro
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Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 21 | +32.757 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá
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Avintia Racing | Ducati | 21 | +34.592 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl
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Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 21 | +40.211 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista
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Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 21 | +45.423 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 |  Eugene Laverty
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Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 21 | +47.127 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Tito Rabat
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Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 21 | +47.426 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández
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Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 21 | +51.190 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 76 |  Loris Baz
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Avintia Racing | Ducati | 21 | +1:12.929 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow
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LCR Honda | Honda | 21 | +1:19.252 | 5 | |
| 17 | 38 | Bradley Smith
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +1:28.036 | 11 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 11 | Accident Damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi
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Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 43 |  Jack Miller
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Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | Did not start | |||
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Moto2
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 40 | Álex Rins
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Kalex | 19 | 41:22.174 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 22 | Sam Lowes
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Kalex | 19 | +2.091 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco
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Kalex | 19 | +7.737 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 77 |  Dominique Aegerter
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Kalex | 19 | +8.646 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger
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Kalex | 19 | +8.791 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Simone Corsi
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Speed Up | 19 | +11.083 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | 19 | +11.278 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 |  Xavier Siméon
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Speed Up | 19 | +17.933 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 60 | Julián Simón
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Speed Up | 19 | +18.718 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter
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Kalex | 19 | +19.408 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Álex Márquez
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Kalex | 19 | +22.173 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese
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Kalex | 19 | +23.898 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 39 | Luis Salom
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Kalex | 19 | +25.395 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli
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Kalex | 19 | +26.883 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami
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Kalex | 19 | +27.598 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin
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Kalex | 19 | +29.341 | 17 | |
| 17 | 54 | Mattia Pasini
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Kalex | 19 | +30.197 | 19 | |
| 18 | 32 | Isaac Viñales
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Tech 3 | 19 | +36.863 | 25 | |
| 19 | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot
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Kalex | 19 | +38.383 | 24 | |
| 20 | 97 | Xavi Vierge
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Tech 3 | 19 | +38.437 | 23 | |
| 21 | 2 | Jesko Raffin
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Kalex | 19 | +45.206 | 26 | |
| 22 | 49 | Axel Pons
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Kalex | 19 | +47.688 | 15 | |
| 23 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri
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Kalex | 19 | +53.873 | 12 | |
| 24 | 33 | Alessandro Tonucci
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Kalex | 19 | +1:11.159 | 28 | |
| Ret | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira
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Kalex | 11 | Accident Damage | 20 | |
| Ret | 52 | Danny Kent
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Kalex | 5 | Clutch | 16 | |
| Ret | 70 | Robin Mulhauser
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Kalex | 3 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Marini
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Kalex | 3 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 8 | Efrén Vázquez
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Suter | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 5 | Romano Fenati
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KTM | 18 | 41:14.868 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Jorge Navarro
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Honda | 18 | +6.612 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 |  Brad Binder
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KTM | 18 | +10.535 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Philipp Öttl
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KTM | 18 | +10.975 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli
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KTM | 18 | +13.845 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 33 | Enea Bastianini
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Honda | 18 | +14.123 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 44 | Arón Canet
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Honda | 18 | +16.309 | 22 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Livio Loi
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Honda | 18 | +21.841 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 95 | Jules Danilo
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Honda | 18 | +22.004 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega
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KTM | 18 | +22.351 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 84 |  Jakub Kornfeil
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Honda | 18 | +22.714 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara
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KTM | 18 | +22.764 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo
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KTM | 18 | +26.024 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | 18 | +28.161 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Andrea Migno
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KTM | 18 | +28.259 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Alexis Masbou
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Peugeot | 18 | +39.223 | 15 | |
| 17 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio
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Honda | 18 | +39.348 | 31 | |
| 18 | 19 |  Gabriel Rodrigo
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KTM | 18 | +39.739 | 24 | |
| 19 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki
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Mahindra | 18 | +40.160 | 13 | |
| 20 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi
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Honda | 18 | +48.107 | 32 | |
| 21 | 17 | John McPhee
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Peugeot | 18 | +48.334 | 17 | |
| 22 | 64 |  Bo Bendsneyder
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KTM | 18 | +48.442 | 23 | |
| 23 | 6 | María Herrera
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KTM | 18 | +1:15.871 | 25 | |
| 24 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca
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Mahindra | 18 | +1:16.043 | 28 | |
| 25 | 76 | Hiroki Ono
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Honda | 18 | +1:19.441 | 16 | |
| 26 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli
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Mahindra | 18 | +1:45.929 | 33 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli
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Honda | 16 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 98 | Karel Hanika
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Mahindra | 11 | Accident Damage | 19 | |
| Ret | 43 | Stefano Valtulini
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Mahindra | 9 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín
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Mahindra | 7 | Accident Damage | 20 | |
| Ret | 40 | Darryn Binder
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Mahindra | 5 | Collision Damage | 29 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir
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KTM | 4 | Collision Damage | 27 | |
| Ret | 7 | Adam Norrodin
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Honda | 1 | Accident | 6 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[7]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2016 Americas MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2016 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
- ^ "2016 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2016". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2016. Retrieved 2019-08-27.