# 2016 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 3 April 2016.

## Classification
### MotoGP

Due to tyre safety concerns, the race distance was shortened from 25 to 20 laps with a compulsory mid-race bike change.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | 34:13.628 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +7.679 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +28.100 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 20 | +36.542 | 17 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +36.711 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +37.245 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +41.353 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +50.709 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +50.983 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:01.388 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +1:08.868 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 20 | +1:18.987 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +1:33.419 | 5 | 3 |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 19 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 19 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 17 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 15 | Power Loss | 14 | |
| Ret | 76 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 12 | Rear Tyre Vibration | 13 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 21 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 23 | 40:57.806 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 23 | +1.347 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 23 | +2.754 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 23 | +6.101 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 23 | +17.384 | 19 | 11 |
| 6 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +17.484 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | +26.411 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 23 | +31.016 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +31.403 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 23 | +31.816 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 23 | +32.329 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 23 | +40.968 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 23 | +47.883 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 23 | +56.027 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 23 | +58.278 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 23 | +58.437 | 8 | |
| 17 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 23 | +58.615 | 21 | |
| 18 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 23 | +59.245 | 22 | |
| 19 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 23 | +59.535 | 24 | |
| 20 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 23 | +59.878 | 13 | |
| 21 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 23 | +1:00.406 | 18 | |
| 22 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 23 | +1:09.254 | 26 | |
| 23 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 23 | +1:14.825 | 25 | |
| 24 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 23 | +1:16.792 | 27 | |
| 25 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 23 | +1:41.530 | 5 | |
| 26 | 8 | Efrén Vázquez | Suter | 22 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 27 | 33 | Alessandro Tonucci | Kalex | 22 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 12 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 1 | Accident Damage | 15 | |
| DNS | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | | Illness (Hepatitis A) | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 21 | 41:35.452 | 7 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 21 | +26.170 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 21 | +30.060 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 21 | +30.339 | 20 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 21 | +30.506 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 21 | +30.736 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | John McPhee | Peugeot | 21 | +32.493 | 28 | 9 |
| 8 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 21 | +40.596 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 21 | +45.667 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 21 | +45.893 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 21 | +46.173 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 21 | +51.434 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 21 | +57.893 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 21 | +1:05.983 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 21 | +1:08.426 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 21 | +1:10.165 | 10 | |
| 17 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 21 | +1:11.664 | 6 | |
| 18 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 21 | +1:11.791 | 4 | |
| 19 | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 21 | +1:12.151 | 18 | |
| 20 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 21 | +1:12.270 | 2 | |
| 21 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Peugeot | 21 | +1:12.382 | 22 | |
| 22 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 21 | +1:12.522 | 26 | |
| 23 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 21 | +1:18.884 | 24 | |
| 24 | 98 | Karel Hanika | Mahindra | 21 | +1:25.115 | 32 | |
| 25 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 21 | +1:31.975 | 23 | |
| 26 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 21 | +1:38.400 | 21 | |
| 27 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 21 | +1:38.784 | 27 | |
| 28 | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 21 | +1:39.051 | 33 | |
| 29 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 21 | +1:44.035 | 15 | |
| 30 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 20 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 31 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 20 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 32 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | 20 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| Ret | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 18 | Accident | 13 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 41 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 33 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 27 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 25 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 23 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 45 |
| 2 | Honda | 41 |
| 3 | Ducati | 33 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 15 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 12 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.