2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 12 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 4 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Octo British Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Cal Crutchlow
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Honda | |
| Time | 2:19.265 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Maverick Viñales
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Suzuki | |
| Time | 2:02.339 on lap 2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Maverick Viñales
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Suzuki | |
| Second |
Cal Crutchlow
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Honda | |
| Third |
 Valentino Rossi
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Yamaha | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Sam Lowes
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Kalex | |
| Time | 2:26.740 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Time | 2:08.365 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Franco Morbidelli
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Kalex | |
| Third |
 Takaaki Nakagami
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | |
| Time | 2:33.642 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Nicolò Bulega
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:15.336 on lap 17 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Brad Binder
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KTM | |
| Second |
Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | |
| Third |
 Bo Bendsneyder
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KTM | |
The 2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 4 September 2016. Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since Moto2 Malaysia 2014. This race marks Suzuki's first victory since the 2007 French Grand Prix.
The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involving Loris Baz and Pol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.
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