# 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 September 2016.

## MotoGP race report

Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since the 2014 Malaysian Moto2 round. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.

## Classification
### MotoGP

The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | 39:03.559 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 19 | +3.480 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +4.063 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +5.992 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +6.381 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 19 | +12.303 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | +16.672 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +19.432 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +25.618 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 19 | +32.084 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 19 | +36.131 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 19 | +39.130 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Alex Lowes | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | +40.143 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 19 | +41.356 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +41.943 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +47.610 | 12 | |
| 17 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +1:56.177 | 7 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 17 | |
| DNS | 76 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 0 | Did not restart | 13 | |
| DNS | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Did not restart | 15 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 18 | 38:49.473 | 10 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 18 | +0.856 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 18 | +1.179 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 18 | +1.359 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 18 | +1.970 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 18 | +5.292 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 18 | +7.962 | 19 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 18 | +8.421 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 18 | +8.556 | 27 | 7 |
| 10 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 18 | +13.740 | 25 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 18 | +15.381 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 18 | +16.089 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 18 | +16.564 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 18 | +22.155 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 18 | +22.190 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 18 | +27.892 | 22 | |
| 17 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 18 | +29.045 | 18 | |
| 18 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 18 | +29.195 | 28 | |
| 19 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 18 | +31.565 | 26 | |
| 20 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 18 | +31.722 | 21 | |
| 21 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 18 | +32.701 | 1 | |
| 22 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 18 | +35.232 | 2 | |
| 23 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 18 | +38.296 | 20 | |
| 24 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 18 | +38.716 | 24 | |
| 25 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 18 | +44.146 | 4 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 17 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 11 | Lost Drive | 15 | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 0 | Accident | 7 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 17 | 38:39.142 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 17 | +0.183 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 17 | +0.336 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | 17 | +0.787 | 34 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 17 | +0.802 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 17 | +0.883 | 25 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 17 | +1.016 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 17 | +1.409 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 17 | +1.193 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 17 | +1.624 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 17 | +2.400 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 17 | +8.585 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 17 | +12.807 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 17 | +12.839 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 17 | +12.885 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 17 | +13.174 | 28 | |
| 17 | 17 | John McPhee | Peugeot | 17 | +13.216 | 17 | |
| 18 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | KTM | 17 | +13.326 | 10 | |
| 19 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 17 | +16.963 | 19 | |
| 20 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 17 | +32.397 | 22 | |
| 21 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 17 | +39.125 | 27 | |
| 22 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 17 | +39.140 | 16 | |
| 23 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 17 | +39.257 | 24 | |
| 24 | 53 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 17 | +39.414 | 35 | |
| 25 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 17 | +39.516 | 29 | |
| 26 | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 17 | +39.714 | 13 | |
| 27 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | 17 | +51.679 | 33 | |
| 28 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 17 | +1:09.870 | 30 | |
| 29 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 17 | +1:32.740 | 20 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 15 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 15 | Accident Damage | 31 | |
| Ret | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Mahindra | 14 | Mechanical | 26 | |
| Ret | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 5 | Lost Power | 21 | |
| Ret | 12 | Albert Arenas | Peugeot | 0 | Electronics | 32 | |
| DSQ | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 17 | (+0.920) | 3 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 210 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 160 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 146 |
| 4 | Maverick Vinales | 125 |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 120 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 241 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 238 |
| 3 | Ducati | 172 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 131 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 59 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.