2016 Dutch TT

The 2016 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 26 June 2016.

  2016 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 June 2016
Official name	Motul TT Assen[1][2][3]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:45.246 Fastest lap Rider Danilo Petrucci Ducati Time 1:48.339 on lap 8 (first part) Podium First Jack Miller Honda Second Marc Márquez Honda Third Scott Redding Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Thomas Lüthi Kalex Time 1:37.954 Fastest lap Rider Takaaki Nakagami Kalex Time 1:38.055 on lap 13 Podium First Takaaki Nakagami Kalex Second Johann Zarco Kalex Third Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Enea Bastianini Honda Time 1:42.463 Fastest lap Rider Arón Canet Honda Time 1:42.778 on lap 3 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra Second Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Third Andrea Migno KTM

Race report

MotoGP

It was the first Dutch TT held on Sunday, instead of the traditional Saturday date for the race. Geert Timmer chicane was altered removing the artificial turf and replacing it with higher kerbing.[4] This race marked the first MotoGP class race since the 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix won by a non-factory team and the first race since the 2013 Americas Grand Prix in which all classes won by a new winner. Yamaha's podium streak record was ended for the first time since 2014 Dutch TT. It was also the 250th MotoGP race.

Moto2

Nakagami's win in Moto2 was the first for a Japanese rider in any GP class since Yuki Takahashi in the 2010 Catalan Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

The race, scheduled to be run for 26 laps, was red-flagged after 14 full laps due to heavy rain and was later restarted over 12 laps.[5] The race resulted in Jack Miller winning his maiden premier class victory.[6] In the second part of the race, Valentino Rossi led and was pulling away before crashing out on the back end of the circuit.[6] This in turn allowed Marc Márquez to make major championship gains by acquiring 20 points for finishing second behind Miller.[6] This was a major turning point in the championship as Márquez would go on to claim his third title. Reigning champion Jorge Lorenzo's title defense derailed further following his Barcelona crash, as he struggled in the harsh conditions and ended up in 10th.[6] Lorenzo remained ahead of Rossi in the standings, but slipped further behind Márquez. Scott Redding completed the podium in a rare double-rostrum for privateer teams.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	43	Jack Miller	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	12	22:17.447	18	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+1.991	4	20
3	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	12	+5.906	3	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	12	+9.812	7	13
5	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	12	+17.835	21	11
6	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	12	+18.692	12	10
7	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Ducati	12	+22.605	16	9
8	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	12	+23.603	17	8
9	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	12	+26.148	11	7
10	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	12	+27.604	10	6
11	53	Esteve Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	12	+1:21.830	19	5
12	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	12	+1:54.369	15	4
13	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	9	+3 laps	13	3
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	11	Accident	14
Ret	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Team	Ducati	5	Accident	20
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	2	Accident	2
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	2	Accident	8
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	1	Accident	1
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	1	Electronics	9
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	0	Accident	5
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar MotoGP Team	Ducati	0	Did not restart	6
Sources: [7][8][9]

Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 24 laps, was stopped early due to rain.[10]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	21	34:33.948	6	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	21	+2.435	2	20
3	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	21	+5.670	5	16
4	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	21	+7.069	4	13
5	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	21	+7.883	10	11
6	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	21	+9.215	8	10
7	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	21	+9.482	16	9
8	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	21	+15.004	13	8
9	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	21	+15.227	3	7
10	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	21	+15.404	9	6
11	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	21	+16.374	14	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	21	+16.567	7	4
13	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	21	+24.770	17	3
14	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	21	+25.017	18	2
15	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	21	+25.542	11	1
16	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	21	+25.729	15
17	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	21	+34.115	25
18	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	21	+34.180	23
19	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	21	+34.764	12
20	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	21	+41.438	26
21	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	21	+42.058	24
22	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	21	+48.683	22
23	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	21	+56.096	27
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	18	Accident	1
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	17	Accident Damage	21
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	14	Handling	20
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	4	Accident Damage	19
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Jorge Martín was replaced by Albert Arenas after the two Friday practice sessions.[11]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	22	38:11.535	10	25
2	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	22	+0.039	9	20
3	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+0.018[N 1]	2	16
4	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	22	+0.084	4	13
5	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	22	+0.136	13	11
6	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	22	+0.161	14	10
7	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	22	+0.826	3	9
8	36	Joan Mir	KTM	22	+0.839	21	8
9	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	22	+1.023	7	7
10	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	22	+1.038	12	6
11	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	22	+1.153	15	5
12	41	Brad Binder	KTM	22	+12.169	5	4
13	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	22	+15.641	23	3
14	6	María Herrera	KTM	22	+18.518	22	2
15	11	Livio Loi	Honda	22	+18.549	18	1
16	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	22	+18.602	20
17	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	22	+36.919	19
18	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra	22	+41.562	27
19	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	22	+41.647	29
20	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	22	+54.639	31
21	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	22	+55.295	30
22	22	Danny Webb	Mahindra	22	+1:04.271	32
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	Accident	1
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	18	Accident	17
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	12	Accident	26
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	12	Accident	24
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	7	Accident Damage	6
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	6	Accident	16
Ret	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	1	Accident	11
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	1	Accident	8
Ret	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	1	Accident	28
Ret	12	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	0	Accident	25
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[12]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 145 2 Jorge Lorenzo 121 3 Valentino Rossi 103 4 Dani Pedrosa 86 5 Maverick Viñales 79

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 178 2 Honda 160 3 Ducati 108 4 Suzuki 85 5 Aprilia 45

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

Notes

1. 1-position penalty.

References

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