# 2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 23 October 2016.
This race marked 2006 MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden's final start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing before succumbing to his injuries after a cycling accident on 22 May 2017. Hayden was replacing Dani Pedrosa for this race.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 27 | 40:48.543 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +4.218 | 15 | 20 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 27 | +5.309 | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | 04 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +9.157 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +14.299 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 27 | +20.125 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 27 | +28.369 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +28.781 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 27 | +28.792 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +28.815 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +31.809 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +47.734 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 27 | +47.749 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 27 | +54.311 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Mike Jones | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 27 | +55.875 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 27 | +1:06.395 | 21 | |
| 17 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +1:22.604 | 7 | |
| Ret | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 22 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 9 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 76 | Loris Baz | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 0 | Electronics | 20 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 25 | 39:15.891 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 25 | +0.010 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 25 | +0.530 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 25 | +3.081 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 25 | +3.815 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 25 | +11.087 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 25 | +13.291 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 25 | +16.411 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 25 | +17.650 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 25 | +17.665 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 25 | +17.762 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 25 | +17.796 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 25 | +31.575 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 25 | +34.670 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 25 | +40.454 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 25 | +47.707 | 17 | |
| 17 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 25 | +1:34.470 | 26 | |
| 18 | 93 | Ramdan Rosli | Kalex | 24 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 20 | Alessandro Nocco | Kalex | 23 | Tyre | 27 | |
| Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 22 | Accident Damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 22 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 13 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 9 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 27 | Iker Lecuona | Kalex | 9 | Accident | 24 | |
| Ret | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 6 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
| DNS | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
* Álex Márquez withdrew from the race after injuries to his wrist and back suffered in a crash during warm-up.
* Isaac Viñales suffered a shoulder injury in a crash during qualifying.

### Moto3

The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged after 5 laps due to accident and was later restarted for 10 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 10 | 16:22.009 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 10 | +5.937 | 14 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 10 | +9.594 | 20 | 16 |
| 4 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 10 | +9.642 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 10 | +9.680 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 10 | +9.750 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | Mahindra | 10 | +9.996 | 29 | 9 |
| 8 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 10 | +10.115 | 28 | 8 |
| 9 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 10 | +10.142 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 10 | +10.358 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 10 | +10.447 | 26 | 5 |
| 12 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 10 | +10.569 | 34 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 10 | +10.682 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 10 | +10.979 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 10 | +13.763 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 12 | Albert Arenas | Peugeot | 10 | +13.821 | 24 | |
| 17 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 10 | +28.297 | 31 | |
| 18 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | 10 | +42.036 | 30 | |
| 19 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | KTM | 10 | +50.454 | 27 | |
| 20 | 14 | Matt Barton | FTR Honda | 10 | +1:23.446 | 33 | |
| Ret | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 9 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 9 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 8 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 0 | Did not restart | 2 | |
| Ret | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 0 | Did not restart | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | Peugeot | 0 | Did not restart | 7 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 0 | Did not restart | 9 | |
| Ret | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 0 | Did not restart | 12 | |
| Ret | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 0 | Did not restart | 16 | |
| Ret | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 0 | Did not restart | 18 | |
| Ret | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 0 | Did not restart | 19 | |
| Ret | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 0 | Did not restart | 21 | |
| Ret | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 0 | Did not restart | 22 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 273 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 216 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 192 |
| 4 | Maverick Vinales | 181 |
| 5 | Dani Pedrosa | 155 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 341 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 308 |
| 3 | Ducati | 220 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 187 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 86 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.