# 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 5 June 2016.
The weekend was overshadowed by the death of Moto2 rider Luis Salom, as he was killed in a crash at Europcar (motorcycle Turn 12) during Free Practice 2 on Friday, approximately 25 minutes before the end of the session. For the remainder of the weekend, the track layout was altered to use the configuration used by Formula One since 2007, in order to reduce speeds in the part of the circuit where Salom's accident occurred. The altered layout included the replacement of the long sweeping corner at La Caixa with a slower hairpin and the insertion of a chicane between Europcar (the penultimate turn) and New Holland (final turn).
Further adjustments were made to the circuit by safety officials following an evaluation conducted with a group of riders on Friday evening. The changes included narrowing the chicane by two metres on the outside, creating a gravel trap in the run-off area of the chicane and making the chicane a permanent yellow flag zone during the event. Following the 2016 season, the FIM, FIA and the circuit agreed to move the chicane up by a few metres for motorcycles. This modification, which was constructed for the 2017 winter testing season, added additional run-off areas for motorcycles and ease the entrance to pit lane. However, after the first practice of the 2017 race, the chicane was deemed dangerous and was reverted to the car chicane because of concerns over the surface change between the intended motorcycle and the car chicanes. Following the removal of seating in the area and additional runoff, the chicane will be eliminated in 2018.
This event also saw the end of the controversial rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez since it began at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix, when Rossi shook hands with Márquez at the parc fermé post-race. Rossi later said that the handshake was the right thing to do following Salom's death.

## Pre-race

Significant amounts of speculation concerning the top riders and their plans for 2017 culminated in a series of riders announcing their future teams. Marc Márquez confirmed he would partner teammate Dani Pedrosa for a further two seasons at Repsol Honda, while it was announced that Tech 3 pairing Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró would move to the new factory KTM squad.
Following Maverick Viñales's previous confirmation alongside Valentino Rossi at Yamaha, and reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's confirmed move to Ducati, the only factory seats remaining were those alongside Andrea Iannone and Sam Lowes at Suzuki and Aprilia respectively.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | 44:37.589 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +2.652 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +6.313 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +24.388 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +29.546 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 25 | +36.244 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +41.464 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +42.975 | 21 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 25 | +45.337 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 43 | Jack Miller | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 25 | +49.514 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 25 | +46.669 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +55.133 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 25 | +57.974 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 53 | Tito Rabat | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 25 | +1:00.141 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +1:00.429 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 45 | Scott Redding | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 25 | +1:16.269 | 11 | |
| 17 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 24 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| Ret | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 18 | Electronics | 13 | |
| Ret | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 16 | Collision | 2 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 16 | Collision | 8 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 6 | Engine | 14 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 23 | 42:31.347 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 23 | +4.180 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +9.313 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +10.777 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | +10.961 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 23 | +13.000 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 23 | +17.046 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Kalex | 23 | +20.637 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 23 | +20.646 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 23 | +23.163 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 23 | +28.145 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 23 | +28.348 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 23 | +34.482 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 23 | +37.567 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 23 | +42.998 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Tech 3 | 23 | +44.632 | 27 | |
| 17 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 23 | +48.536 | 25 | |
| 18 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 23 | +51.046 | 7 | |
| 19 | 93 | Ramdan Rosli | Kalex | 23 | +1:22.466 | 28 | |
| 20 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 23 | +1:25.462 | 22 | |
| 21 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 22 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Kalex | 15 | Accident Damage | 23 | |
| Ret | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 14 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 14 | Accident Damage | 20 | |
| Ret | 52 | Danny Kent | Kalex | 10 | Brakes | 21 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 5 | Radiator Leak | 10 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 2 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Speed Up | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
| DNS | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | | Withdrew (Teammate's fatal crash) | | |
| DNS | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | | FP2 fatal crash (Europcar) | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 22 | 42:18.228 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 22 | +0.564 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 22 | +0.817 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 22 | +0.925 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 22 | +1.531 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Arón Canet | Honda | 22 | +1.581 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | KTM | 22 | +13.605 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Joan Mir | KTM | 22 | +13.672 | 17 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 22 | +13.753 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Honda | 22 | +14.814 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | KTM | 22 | +14.840 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 22 | +29.860 | 30 | 4 |
| 13 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | KTM | 22 | +32.006 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 22 | +33.305 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | John McPhee | Peugeot | 22 | +33.766 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 22 | +34.986 | 20 | |
| 17 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 22 | +36.384 | 28 | |
| 18 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 22 | +41.731 | 14 | |
| 19 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | KTM | 22 | +42.985 | 23 | |
| 20 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 22 | +59.035 | 2 | |
| 21 | 3 | Fabio Spiranelli | Mahindra | 22 | +1:29.713 | 35 | |
| 22 | 77 | Lorenzo Petrarca | Mahindra | 22 | +1:30.640 | 34 | |
| Ret | 98 | Karel Hanika | Mahindra | 21 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 37 | Davide Pizzoli | KTM | 21 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 19 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 20 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Honda | 19 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 16 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 12 | Albert Arenas | Mahindra | 13 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 5 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 5 | Accident Damage | 25 | |
| Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 3 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 3 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 6 | María Herrera | KTM | 2 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 43 | Stefano Valtulini | Mahindra | 2 | Accident Damage | 32 | |
| Ret | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Peugeot | 0 | Accident | 33 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Marc Marquez | 125 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 115 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 103 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 82 |
| 5 | Maverick Vinales | 72 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 165 |
| 2 | Honda | 135 |
| 3 | Ducati | 92 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 78 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 37 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.