2018 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2018 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 19 races in the; 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 May 2018
Official name	Gran Premio Red Bull de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Cal Crutchlow
Time	1:37.653
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:39.159 on lap 16
Podium
First	Marc Márquez
Second	Johann Zarco
Third	Andrea Iannone
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Time	1:41.925
Fastest lap
Rider	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Time	1:42.480 on lap 5
Podium
First	Lorenzo Baldassarri
Second	Miguel Oliveira
Third	Francesco Bagnaia
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:46.193
Fastest lap
Rider	Alonso López
Time	1:46.730 on lap 2
Podium
First	Philipp Öttl
Second	Marco Bezzecchi
Third	Marcos Ramírez

The 2018 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto in Jerez de la Frontera on 6 May 2018.

Classification edit

MotoGP edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	41:39.678	5	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+5.241	3	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+8.214	7	16
4	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+8.617	9	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+8.743	10	11
6	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	25	+9.768	12	10
7	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+13.543	11	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	25	+14.076	20	8
9	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	25	+16.822	15	7
10	36	Mika Kallio	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+19.405	19	6
11	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+21.149	16	5
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	25	+21.174	14	4
13	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+21.765	21	3
14	53	Tito Rabat	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	25	+22.103	17	2
15	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+36.755	25	1
16	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+41.861	22
17	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	25	+49.241	24
18	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	24	+1 lap	23
Ret	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	17	Collision	4
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	17	Collision	8
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	17	Collision	2
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	16	Accident Damage	1
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	11	Accident	18
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	5	Accident	6
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0	Pneumatics	13
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Moto2 edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	23	39:33.889	1	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	23	+2.851	14	20
3	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	23	+6.250	3	16
4	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	23	+6.953	7	13
5	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	23	+10.138	10	11
6	41	Brad Binder	KTM	23	+11.731	5	10
7	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+18.138	20^{[N 1]}	9
8	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	23	+18.677	8	8
9	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	23	+20.743	18	7
10	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	23	+20.787	17	6
11	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	23	+23.202	6	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	23	+23.419	13	4
13	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	23	+26.132	16	3
14	40	Héctor Barberá	Kalex	23	+26.951	15	2
15	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	23	+27.121	19	1
16	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	23	+27.377	23
17	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	23	+33.193	4
18	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	23	+33.834	25
19	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	23	+44.651	21
20	3	Lukas Tulovic	KTM	23	+49.048	24
21	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	23	+50.333	32
22	18	Xavi Cardelús	Kalex	23	+53.016	31
23	14	Héctor Garzó	Tech 3	23	+59.489	30
24	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	22	+1 lap	29
Ret	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	21	Accident Damage	26
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	18	Accident	27
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	10	Accident	2
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	10	Accident	11
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Kalex	9	Accident	33
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	8	Handling	22
Ret	13	Romano Fenati	Kalex	6	Accident	9
Ret	51	Eric Granado	Suter	2	Accident Damage	28
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	0	Accident	12
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	22	39:39.799	2	25
2	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	22	+0.059	5	20
3	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	22	+3.733	17	16
4^{[N 2]}	72	Alonso López	Honda	22	+3.515	6	13
5	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	22	+3.958	25	11
6	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	22	+4.000	9	10
7	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	22	+4.033	3	9
8	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	22	+4.161	15	8
9	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	22	+4.171	10	7
10	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	22	+4.216	20	6
11^{[N 2]}	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	22	+4.176	4	5
12	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	22	+4.264	23	4
13	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+8.166	18^{[N 3]}	3
14	76	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	22	+8.382	12	2
15	32	Ai Ogura	Honda	22	+27.297	19	1
16	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	22	+27.346	29^{[N 3]}
17	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	22	+27.574	22
18	11	Livio Loi	KTM	22	+27.599	26
19	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	22	+27.795	27
20	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	22	+37.042	13
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	Collision	7
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	18	Collision	21
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	18	Collision	1
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	18	Collision	14
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	13	Rear Tyre	24
Ret	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	0	Collision Damage	8
Ret	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	0	Collision	11
Ret	17	John McPhee	KTM	0	Collision Damage	16
Ret	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	0	Retired	28^{[N 3]}
DNS	40	Darryn Binder	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Darryn Binder suffered a dislocated shoulder in a crash during qualifying and was declared unfit to start the race.

Championship standings after the race edit

MotoGP edit

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	70
2	Johann Zarco	58
3	Maverick Viñales	50
4	Andrea Iannone	47
5	Andrea Dovizioso	46
6	Valentino Rossi	40
7	Cal Crutchlow	38
8	Jack Miller	36
9	Danilo Petrucci	34
10	Tito Rabat	24

Moto2 edit

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	73
2	Lorenzo Baldassarri	64
3	Miguel Oliveira	63
4	Mattia Pasini	58
5	Álex Márquez	47
6	Xavi Vierge	41
7	Joan Mir	32
8	Brad Binder	30
9	Marcel Schrötter	24
10	Iker Lecuona	23

Moto3 edit

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Marco Bezzecchi	63
2	Jorge Martín	55
3	Arón Canet	48
4	Fabio Di Giannantonio	46
5	Philipp Öttl	35
6	Enea Bastianini	33
7	Gabriel Rodrigo	28
8	Niccolò Antonelli	26
9	Jakub Kornfeil	26
10	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	25

Notes edit

^ 3-place grid penalty.
^ ^a ^b 1-place penalty for exceeding track limits.
^ ^a ^b ^c 12-place grid penalty.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "2018 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ "GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
^ "GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

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[3p-4] 3-place grid penalty.

[1p-5] 1-place penalty for exceeding track limits.

[12p-6] 12-place grid penalty.

[motorsportmagazine.com-1] "2018 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[2] "GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[3] "GRAN PREMIO RED BULL DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDF). Motogp.com. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

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