2016 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

  2016 Argentine Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 April 2016
Official name	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina
Location	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.806 km (2.986 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:39.411
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:40.243 on lap 12
Podium
First	Marc Márquez	Honda
Second	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Third	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes	Kalex
Time	1:43.347
Fastest lap
Rider	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Time	1:44.345 on lap 23
Podium
First	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Second	Sam Lowes	Kalex
Third	Jonas Folger	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Brad Binder	KTM
Time	1:49.767
Fastest lap
Rider	Joan Mir	KTM
Time	1:56.365 on lap 21
Podium
First	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda
Second	Jorge Navarro	Honda
Third	Brad Binder	KTM

The 2016 Argentine 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.^[1]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	20	34:13.628	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	20	+7.679	2	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	20	+28.100	4	16
4	50	Eugene Laverty	Ducati	20	+36.542	17	13
5	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	20	+36.711	8	11
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	20	+37.245	10	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	+41.353	16	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	20	+50.709	12	8
9	53	Esteve Rabat	Honda	20	+50.983	19	7
10	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	20	+1:01.388	20	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	20	+1:08.868	11	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati	20	+1:18.987	18	4
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	20	+1:33.419	5	3
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	19	Accident	6
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	19	Accident	9
Ret	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	17	Accident	7
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	15	Power Loss	14
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	12	Rear Tyre Vibration	13
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	5	Accident	3
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Honda	3	Accident	15
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	2	Accident	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Marquez 41 2 Valentino Rossi 33 3 Dani Pedrosa 27 4 Jorge Lorenzo 25 5 Andrea Dovizioso 23 6 Pol Espargaro 19 7 Hector Barbera 18 8 Eugene Laverty 17 9 Bradley Smith 16 10 Maverick Vinales 10 11 Aleix Espargaro 10 12 Stefan Bradl 9 13 Alvaro Bautista 9 14 Esteve Rabat 8 15 Scott Redding 6 References ↑ "Marc Marquez the victor in Argentina". mcnews.com.au. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.  External links "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 28 March 2016.  Previous race: 2016 Qatar Grand Prix FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2016 season Next race: 2016 Grand Prix of the Americas Previous race: 2015 Argentine Grand Prix Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix Next race: 2017 Argentine Grand Prix