2016 Moto3 World Championship

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The 2016 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Danny Kent was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.

Brad Binder was the 2016 Moto3 Champion.

The riders' championship title was won by Ajo Motorsport rider Brad Binder, after a second-place finish at the Aragon Grand Prix gave him an unassailable lead over his title rivals with four races remaining.[1] Binder, who finished each of the first seven races on the podium, took the championship lead after the second race in Argentina,[2] and took his first Grand Prix victory at the Spanish Grand Prix – starting from 35th on the grid.[3] With four additional wins prior to Aragon, Binder was never headed in the championship thereafter to become South Africa's third world motorcycle racing champion,[4] after Kork Ballington and Jon Ekerold.[1] Binder took two further victories before the end of the season, in Australia and Valencia, en route to an eventual championship winning margin of 142 points over his next closest competitor. Compared to Binder's seven wins, no other rider was able to take more than two, with eight fellow riders taking at least one win during the 2016 season.

A fourth-place finish in Valencia sealed the runner-up position for Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini. Despite missing two races through injury and a slow start to the season, Bastianini then achieved six podium finishes in nine races, including his only win of the season in Japan.[5] Five riders were also in position to take third place at the finale; top Mahindra rider Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Navarro and a trio of rookie riders also battling for Rookie of the Year honours, Nicolò Bulega, Joan Mir and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Bagnaia was taken out of the race by Gabriel Rodrigo, with a ninth-place finish for Navarro allowing him to take third position by five points. Both riders took two victories during the season; Navarro winning in Catalonia and Aragon,[4][6] with Bagnaia doing so at Assen and Malaysia, the first wins for Mahindra at Grand Prix level.[7][8] Mir and Di Giannantonio battled on-track in Valencia for the top rookie position, which ultimately went to Mir, as he finished second to Di Giannatonio's fifth position.[9] Mir won the Austrian Grand Prix,[10] one of two rookies to win during 2016.

Four other riders won races during the season; the other rookie winner Khairul Idham Pawi took two wet-weather victories in Argentina and Germany,[11] becoming the first rider from Malaysia to win at World Championship level.[12] Single race wins went to Romano Fenati in Austin,[13] before a mid-season dismissal from Valentino Rossi's team,[14] Niccolò Antonelli won the season-opening race in a photo-finish in Qatar,[15] while John McPhee took his, and Peugeot's, first Grand Prix win in wet conditions at Brno.[16] With nine wins during the campaign, KTM won their fourth Moto3 constructors' title in five years, finishing 32 points clear of Honda, with six wins. All four full-season manufacturers took at least one win.

Changes for 2016 edit

  • French oil and gas giants company Total was selected to become official fuel supplier of Moto2 and Moto3 beginning from 2016 onwards, replacing Eni after five seasons as a fuel supplier of Moto2 and Moto3.[17]

Calendar edit

The following Grands Prix took place in 2016.[18]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 20 March ‡   Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 3 April   Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3 10 April   Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4 24 April   Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5 8 May   Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6 22 May   Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7 5 June   Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 26 June   Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 17 July   GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10 14 August   NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
11 21 August   HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno
12 4 September   Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 11 September   Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 25 September   Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15 16 October   Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 23 October   Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17 30 October   Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18 13 November   Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race

Calendar changes edit

Teams and riders edit

A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.[20] All teams used Dunlop tyres.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
  CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 3   Fabio Spiranelli[21] 1–17
24   Tatsuki Suzuki[21] All
99   Enzo Boulom[22] 18
  Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 4   Fabio Di Giannantonio[20] All
33   Enea Bastianini[20] 1–4, 6–16, 18
71   Ayumu Sasaki[23] 17
  Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5   Romano Fenati[24] 1–10
8   Nicolò Bulega[24] All
16   Andrea Migno[24] All
48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta[14] 12–18
  MH6 Laglisse
  MH6 Team
KTM KTM RC250GP 6   María Herrera[25] 1–17
31   Raúl Fernández[22] 18
  Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda[26] Honda NSF250RW 7   Adam Norrodin[27] All
84   Jakub Kornfeil[27] All
  Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 09   Jorge Navarro[28] 1–7, 9–18
44   Arón Canet[28] All
48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta[29] 8
  Peugeot MC Saxoprint
  KRM-RZT
Peugeot[30] Peugeot MGP3O 10   Alexis Masbou[31] 1–9
12   Albert Arenas[32] 10–18
17   John McPhee[33] 1–16
38   Hafiq Azmi[34] 17
63   Vicente Pérez[22] 18
KTM KTM RC250GP 97   Maximilian Kappler[35] 9
  RW Racing GP Honda Honda NSF250RW 11   Livio Loi[20] All
  MRW Mahindra Aspar Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12   Albert Arenas[36] 4, 7
  Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3
  Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team
Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12   Albert Arenas[37] 8[a]
21   Francesco Bagnaia[38] All
88   Jorge Martín[39] All[a]
  UQ & Teluru Kohara RT Honda TSR3 Honda 13   Shizuka Okazaki[40] 15
  Suus Honda FTR Honda FTR M316 14   Matt Barton[41] 16
  41 Planning IodaRacing Japan Honda TSR3 Honda 15   Rei Sato[40] 15
  Motomex Team Worldwide Race
  Platinum Bay Real Estate
Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 18   Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego[42] 14
22   Danny Webb[43] 8–9
40   Darryn Binder[20] All
42   Marcos Ramírez[44] 10–18
98   Karel Hanika[20] 1–7
  RBA Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 19   Gabriel Rodrigo[45] All
58   Juan Francisco Guevara[45] All
  Leopard Racing KTM[46] KTM RC250GP 20   Fabio Quartararo[47] All
36   Joan Mir[48] All
55   Andrea Locatelli[49] All
  Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Honda NSF250RW 23   Niccolò Antonelli[50] All
95   Jules Danilo[20] All
  GA Competition KTM KTM RC250GP 26   Daniel Sáez[22] 18
  Freudenberg Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 27   Tim Georgi[35] 9
98   Karel Hanika[51] 11, 18
  Procercasa - 42 Motorsport KTM KTM RC250GP 37   Davide Pizzoli[36] 4–7
99   Enzo Boulom[36] 4–5
  Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 41   Brad Binder[52] All
64   Bo Bendsneyder[53] All
  3570 Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 43   Stefano Valtulini[20] All
77   Lorenzo Petrarca[54] All
  Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta[55] 6
65   Philipp Öttl[20] 1–5, 7–18
  Mahindra Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 53   Marco Bezzecchi[56] 10, 12
62   Stefano Manzi[56] 10, 12–13
  Minimoto Portomaggiore Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 71   Alex Fabbri[57] 13
  Honda Team Asia Honda Honda NSF250RW 76   Hiroki Ono[20] 1–7, 9–18
89   Khairul Idham Pawi[20] All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes edit

Notes
  1. ^ a b Jorge Martín competed in Friday practice sessions at Assen, before being replaced by Albert Arenas.

Results and standings edit

Grands Prix edit

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Report
1   Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix   Romano Fenati   Livio Loi   Niccolò Antonelli   Ongetta–Rivacold   Honda Report
2   Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Joan Mir   Khairul Idham Pawi   Honda Team Asia   Honda Report
3   Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas   Philipp Öttl   Romano Fenati   Romano Fenati   Sky Racing Team VR46   KTM Report
4   Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix   Nicolò Bulega   Brad Binder   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
5   French motorcycle Grand Prix   Niccolò Antonelli   Arón Canet   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
6   Italian motorcycle Grand Prix   Romano Fenati   Juan Francisco Guevara   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
7   Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Romano Fenati   Jorge Navarro   Estrella Galicia 0,0   Honda Report
8   Dutch TT   Enea Bastianini   Arón Canet   Francesco Bagnaia   Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3   Mahindra Report
9   German motorcycle Grand Prix   Enea Bastianini   Khairul Idham Pawi   Khairul Idham Pawi   Honda Team Asia   Honda Report
10   Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix   Joan Mir   Philipp Öttl   Joan Mir   Leopard Racing   KTM Report
11   Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Brad Binder   John McPhee   Peugeot MC Saxoprint   Peugeot Report
12   British motorcycle Grand Prix   Francesco Bagnaia   Nicolò Bulega   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
13   San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Andrea Locatelli   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
14   Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix   Enea Bastianini   Juan Francisco Guevara   Jorge Navarro   Estrella Galicia 0,0   Honda Report
15   Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix   Hiroki Ono[N 1]   Nicolò Bulega   Enea Bastianini   Gresini Racing Moto3   Honda Report
16   Australian motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Andrea Locatelli   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
17   Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix   Brad Binder   Joan Mir   Francesco Bagnaia   Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team   Mahindra Report
18   Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix   Arón Canet   Brad Binder   Brad Binder   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report

Riders' standings edit

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 
ARG
 
AME
 
SPA
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
CAT
 
NED
 
GER
 
AUT
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
AUS
 
MAL
 
VAL
 
Pts
1   Brad Binder KTM 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 12 8 2 Ret 1 1 2 2 1 17 1 319
2   Enea Bastianini Honda 5 17 6 8 12 3 Ret 3 3 4 7 2 3 1 Ret 4 177
3   Jorge Navarro Honda 7 2 2 4 3 Ret 1 7 Ret 10 Ret Ret 1 Ret Ret Ret 9 150
4   Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 3 23 14 3 12 3 Ret 1 10 11 Ret 2 21 16 6 Ret 1 Ret 145
5   Joan Mir KTM 12 5 Ret 6 25 7 8 8 Ret 1 8 9 3 5 9 Ret Ret 2 144
6   Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 26 25 17 Ret 17 2 9 2 5 8 3 6 10 4 5 Ret 15 5 134
7   Nicolò Bulega KTM 6 18 10 2 5 8 5 7 Ret 9 9 5 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 17 129
8   Jakub Kornfeil Honda 10 9 11 5 9 17 10 13 4 19 6 15 5 Ret 13 Ret 2 7 112
9   Andrea Locatelli KTM 21 4 5 Ret 10 Ret 19 Ret 2 13 Ret 14 6 17 Ret 2 5 20 96
10   Romano Fenati KTM 4 20 1 7 2 Ret 4 4 18 DNS 93
11   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 1 10 Ret Ret 8 4 20 5 DNS 18 5 DSQ 11 14 10 Ret 12 16 91
12   Philipp Öttl KTM 9 15 4 10 Ret 17 11 17 5 15 12 8 10 4 14 Ret 8 85
13   Fabio Quartararo KTM 13 13 13 Ret 6 5 7 Ret 23 4 21 Ret 18 12 8 12 4 14 83
14   Bo Bendsneyder KTM 14 22 22 21 16 18 11 9 12 7 7 3 Ret 15 18 10 3 13 78
15   Arón Canet Honda 15 Ret 7 Ret 4 Ret 6 Ret 15 21 Ret 8 7 7 Ret 3 Ret 19 76
16   Jorge Martín Mahindra Ret 8 Ret Ret 18 14 Ret DNS Ret 6 2 10 DNS 6 Ret 6 Ret 10 72
17   Andrea Migno KTM 17 29 15 11 7 10 18 3 Ret 25 12 29 15 11 24 Ret Ret 3 63
18   Livio Loi Honda 8 16 8 17 11 16 16 15 14 10 14 20 13 18 7 5 9 15 63
19   Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 22 1 20 14 14 Ret Ret Ret 1 27 Ret 22 22 22 19 Ret 8 25 62
20   Jules Danilo Honda 11 26 9 9 Ret 11 Ret 6 9 16 11 13 14 19 16 9 Ret 26 58
21   Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 25 12 12 12 13 9 13 Ret Ret 12 23 16 12 9 25 Ret Ret 6 50
22   John McPhee Peugeot 27 7 21 Ret 20 23 15 16 6 24 1 17 20 13 Ret Ret 48
23   Hiroki Ono Honda 18 6 25 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 15 20 19 9 20 DSQ 8 DNS 21 36
24   Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 19 19 18 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 31
25   Darryn Binder Mahindra 23 30 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 17 Ret 17 Ret 21 Ret 26 22 4 10 12 27
26   Marcos Ramírez Mahindra 26 18 Ret Ret 27 17 7 6 Ret 19
27   Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 28 27 19 15 15 19 14 Ret 11 Ret 13 25 Ret 21 15 13 Ret 18 16
28   Adam Norrodin Honda 20 11 Ret 16 Ret 22 Ret 19 Ret 23 Ret 23 23 23 12 11 Ret 27 14
29   Stefano Manzi Mahindra 20 4 16 13
30   Lorenzo Dalla Porta KTM 15 18 17 25 11 19 16 Ret 12
Honda 10
31   María Herrera KTM 16 14 23 19 21 21 Ret 14 DNS 14 19 26 Ret 28 23 15 NC 7
32   Raúl Fernández KTM 11 5
33   Hafiq Azmi Peugeot 11 5
34   Stefano Valtulini Mahindra 29 28 Ret DNS 22 24 Ret 18 20 28 Ret Ret 26 Ret Ret Ret 13 31 3
35   Albert Arenas Mahindra 18 Ret Ret 2
Peugeot 22 Ret Ret 19 24 14 16 Ret 24
36   Lorenzo Petrarca Mahindra 31 31 24 Ret 24 25 22 20 Ret 30 24 28 24 29 21 17 14 28 2
37   Alexis Masbou Peugeot 24 21 16 Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 16 0
38   Karel Hanika Mahindra 30 24 Ret Ret Ret 20 Ret 0
KTM 16 22
39   Fabio Spiranelli Mahindra 32 32 26 23 23 Ret 21 21 DNS 29 22 27 25 Ret 20 18 DNS 0
40   Maximilian Kappler KTM 19 0
41   Matt Barton FTR Honda 20 0
42   Davide Pizzoli KTM 20 DNS DNS Ret 0
43   Tim Georgi KTM 21 0
44   Danny Webb Mahindra 22 22 0
45   Enzo Boulom KTM 22 Ret 0
Mahindra 30
46   Vicente Pérez Peugeot 23 0
47   Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra Ret 24 0
48   Shizuka Okazaki Honda 26 0
49   Daniel Sáez KTM 29 0
50   Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego Mahindra 30 0
  Ayumu Sasaki Honda Ret 0
  Alex Fabbri Mahindra Ret 0
  Rei Sato Honda DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 
ARG
 
AME
 
SPA
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
CAT
 
NED
 
GER
 
AUT
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
AUS
 
MAL
 
VAL
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings edit

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos Manufacturer QAT
 
ARG
 
AME
 
SPA
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
CAT
 
NED
 
GER
 
AUT
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
AUS
 
MAL
 
VAL
 
Pts
1   KTM 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 7 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 382
2   Honda 1 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 1 3 3 6 2 1 1 3 2 4 350
3   Mahindra 3 8 14 3 12 3 12 1 10 6 2 2 16 6 6 4 1 10 211
4   Peugeot 24 7 16 Ret 19 23 15 16 6 22 1 17 19 13 14 16 11 23 55
  FTR Honda 20 0
Pos Manufacturer QAT
 
ARG
 
AME
 
SPA
 
FRA
 
ITA
 
CAT
 
NED
 
GER
 
AUT
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
AUS
 
MAL
 
VAL
 
Pts

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hiroki Ono, who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty for a riding infringement during free practice. Andrea Migno started the race from pole position, although Ono was still credited with pole position.[58]

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