2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2016 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the; 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 April 2016
Official name	Gran Premio Red Bull de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:38.736
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:40.090 on lap 3
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Marc Márquez
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes
Time	1:42.408
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Rins
Time	1:42.979 on lap 3
Podium
First	Sam Lowes
Second	Jonas Folger
Third	Álex Rins
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Nicolò Bulega
Time	1:46.223
Fastest lap
Rider	Brad Binder
Time	1:46.922 on lap 4
Podium
First	Brad Binder
Second	Nicolò Bulega
Third	Francesco Bagnaia

The 2016 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera on 24 April 2016.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	45:28.834	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+2.386	2	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+7.087	3	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+10.351	7	13
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+14.143	6	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+16.772	5	10
7	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+26.277	11	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+30.750	8	8
9	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	27	+32.325	15	7
10	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	+32.624	9	6
11	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	27	+38.497	10	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+39.669	14	4
13	76	Loris Baz	Avintia Racing	Ducati	27	+45.227	12	3
14	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+47.886	18	2
15	68	Yonny Hernández	Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	27	+47.988	16	1
16	51	Michele Pirro	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	27	+49.414	20
17	43	Jack Miller	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+49.513	19
18	53	Tito Rabat	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+53.334	21
19	45	Scott Redding	Octo Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	27	+1:05.555	17
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	9	Water Pump	4
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	5	Accident	13
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	26	44:58.624	1	25
2	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	26	+2.480	2	20
3	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	26	+8.113	7	16
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	26	+10.659	4	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	26	+14.594	15	11
6	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	26	+16.019	5	10
7	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	26	+16.352	12	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	26	+18.433	18	8
9	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	26	+21.502	10	7
10	19	Xavier Siméon	Speed Up	26	+31.300	19	6
11	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	26	+35.980	22	5
12	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	26	+37.348	25	4
13	32	Isaac Viñales	Tech 3	26	+37.454	23	3
14	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	26	+48.923	24	2
15	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	26	+55.832	27	1
16	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	26	+1:01.795	11
17	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	26	+1:09.465	6
18	42	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	26	+1:10.201	28
19	33	Alessandro Tonucci	Kalex	26	+1:10.642	26
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Kalex	20	Accident	14
Ret	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	11	Accident	13
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Kalex	5	Accident Damage	16
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	5	Retirement	17
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	4	Accident	3
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	2	Accident	9
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Speed Up	1	Accident Damage	8
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Kalex	0	Accident	20
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	0	Accident	21
DNS	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up		Did not start
DNS	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Brad Binder	KTM	23	41:29.882	35	25
2	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	23	+3.336	1	20
3	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	23	+3.441	3	16
4	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	23	+3.513	2	13
5	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Honda	23	+13.728	9	11
6	36	Joan Mir	KTM	23	+13.933	6	10
7	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	23	+13.993	8	9
8	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	23	+14.052	5	8
9	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	23	+14.409	14	7
10	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	23	+14.588	12	6
11	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+14.874	16	5
12	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	KTM	23	+30.317	7	4
13	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	23	+30.668	22	3
14	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Honda	23	+35.746	23	2
15	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	23	+35.783	20	1
16	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	23	+35.907	27
17	11	Livio Loi	Honda	23	+36.085	19
18	12	Albert Arenas	Mahindra	23	+36.307	15
19	6	María Herrera	KTM	23	+45.591	32
20	37	Davide Pizzoli	KTM	23	+50.768	28
21	64	Bo Bendsneyder	KTM	23	+53.795	17
22	99	Enzo Boulom	KTM	23	+53.985	34
23	3	Fabio Spiranelli	Mahindra	23	+1:22.026	33
Ret	4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	22	Accident	21
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	16	Retirement	30
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Peugeot	16	Retirement	29
Ret	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	11	Accident	4
Ret	17	John McPhee	Peugeot	8	Accident	24
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	KTM	6	Accident Damage	11
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	5	Accident	10
Ret	98	Karel Hanika	Mahindra	2	Accident	25
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	2	Accident	18
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	KTM	2	Accident	26
Ret	77	Lorenzo Petrarca	Mahindra	2	Accident	31
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	0	Collision	13
DNS	43	Stefano Valtulini	Mahindra		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[7]

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