2016 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Mugello Circuit in Scarperia on 22 May 2016. The MotoGP race was settled by a mere 0.019 seconds as Jorge Lorenzo pulled out of Marc Márquez' slipstream on the final straight on the final lap after a dramatic duel between the two, whilst polesitter Valentino Rossi lost a chance at challenging for a home win due to an engine failure.^[4] This race marks Rossi's first bike failure since the 2007 San Marino Grand Prix.

  2016 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 May 2016
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[1][2][3]
Location	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Yamaha Time 1:46.504 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Iannone Ducati Time 1:47.687 on lap 23 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Second Marc Márquez Honda Third Andrea Iannone Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:51.965 Fastest lap Rider Thomas Lüthi Kalex Time 1:52.718 on lap 3 (first part) Podium First Johann Zarco Kalex Second Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Third Sam Lowes Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Romano Fenati KTM Time 1:57.289 Fastest lap Rider Juan Francisco Guevara KTM Time 1:58.009 on lap 3 Podium First Brad Binder KTM Second Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Third Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra

This race was the last race for Luis Salom before he was fatally injured after an accident during practice session at the following Grand Prix in Barcelona.

In the Moto3 class, Fabio Di Giannantonio took his first podium in what was just his 7th start.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	23	41:36.535	5	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+0.019	4	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	23	+4.742	3	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+4.910	7	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	23	+6.256	13	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	23	+8.670	2	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	23	+13.340	8	9
8	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	23	+14.598	9	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	23	+18.643	6	7
10	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Team	Ducati	23	+22.298	11	6
11	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	23	+27.936	16	5
12	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	23	+35.712	15	4
13	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	23	+38.032	18	3
14	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	23	+40.094	20	2
15	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	23	+59.811	14	1
16	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	23	+1:04.397	12
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	8	Engine	1
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	8	Electronics	10
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	0	Accident	17
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0	Accident	19
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	0	Accident	21
DNS	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda		Did not start
Sources: [5][6][7]

• Tito Rabat crashed in Free Practice 3 and suffered a broken collarbone.

Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 21 laps, was red-flagged after Xavi Vierge crashed causing damage to an airfence and was later restarted over 10 laps.^[8]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	10	18:59.391	6	25
2	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	10	+0.030	3	20
3	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	10	+1.096	1	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	10	+1.215	7	13
5	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	10	+1.653	15	11
6	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	10	+2.110	4	10
7	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	10	+5.649	9	9
8	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	10	+6.249	13	8
9	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	10	+6.280	2	7
10	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	10	+6.322	12	6
11	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	10	+6.720	11	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	10	+7.659	8	4
13	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	10	+7.718	21	3
14	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	10	+7.745	18	2
15	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	10	+8.046	17	1
16	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	10	+9.300	14
17	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	10	+10.410	20
18	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	10	+11.585	5
19	88	Ricard Cardús	Suter	10	+11.654	25
20	42	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	10	+14.739	28
21	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	10	+15.089	24
22	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	10	+15.098	23
23	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	10	+21.012	27
24	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	10	+21.734	26
25	33	Alessandro Tonucci	Kalex	10	+30.005	30
26	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	10	+50.423	31
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	8	Accident	16
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	1	Accident	22
DNS	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	0	Did not restart	19
DNS	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	0	Did not restart	10
DNS	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	0	Did not restart	29
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	20	39:49.382	4	25
2	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	20	+0.038	16	20
3	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	20	+0.069	8	16
4	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	20	+0.075	21	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	20	+0.077	18	11
6	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	20	+1.037	11	10
7	36	Joan Mir	KTM	20	+1.532	10	9
8	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	20	+1.538	7	8
9	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	20	+1.567	29	7
10	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	20	+1.762	2	6
11	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	20	+1.791	25	5
12	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	20	+1.792	6	4
13	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	20	+1.933	24	3
14	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	20	+2.011	14	2
15	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	KTM	20	+2.041	13	1
16	11	Livio Loi	Honda	20	+2.391	22
17	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	20	+2.434	15
18	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	20	+2.577	12
19	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	20	+2.775	20
20	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	20	+4.289	19
21	6	María Herrera	KTM	20	+4.916	33
22	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	20	+34.654	30
23	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	20	+34.692	27
24	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	20	+34.739	28
25	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	20	+42.628	32
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	19	Accident	9
Ret	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	19	Accident	3
Ret	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	19	Accident	31
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	13	Accident	17
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	11	Accident	5
Ret	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	9	Broken Chain	1
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	7	Accident	23
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	3	Retirement	26
DNS	37	Davide Pizzoli	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

• Davide Pizzoli withdrew after Free Practice 2 with a recurring ankle injury.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 115 2 Marc Marquez 105 3 Valentino Rossi 78 4 Dani Pedrosa 66 5 Maverick Viñales 59

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 140 2 Honda 115 3 Ducati 83 4 Suzuki 65 5 Aprilia 29

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