2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 16 October 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Motul Grand Prix of Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi, , Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Valentino Rossi
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:43.954 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:45.576 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Second |
Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Third |
Maverick Viñales
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Suzuki | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Johann Zarco
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:49.961 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Franco Morbidelli
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:50.788 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Johann Zarco
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Kalex | |
| Third |
Franco Morbidelli
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Hiroki Ono
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:56.443 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Nicolò Bulega
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KTM | |
| Time | 1:57.218 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Enea Bastianini
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Honda | |
| Second |
 Brad Binder
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KTM | |
| Third |
Nicolò Bulega
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KTM | |
The 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in on 16 October 2016. In the MotoGP class, both factory Yamaha riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2011 British Grand Prix.
With Andrea Iannone still recovering from the injuries sustained at Misano, he was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Héctor Barberá. Australian Superbike rider Mike Jones made his MotoGP debut filling in for Barbera at Avintia Racing.
Dani Pedrosa suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during Friday practice and was replaced by Honda test rider Hiroshi Aoyama for the rest of the weekend.
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