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| Race 19 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 18 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran PremioMotul de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the nineteenth and final round of the2018 MotoGP season. It was held at theCircuit Ricardo Tormo inValencia on 18 November 2018.
In the Moto3 race,Red Bull KTM Ajo wildcardCan Öncü made history by winning on his debut, becoming the youngest ever Grand Prix winner at the age of 15 years, 115 days.[4]
In the MotoGP class, no Yamaha or Honda rider finished on the podium for the first time since the2007 San Marino Grand Prix.
In the Moto2 class, this was the final race for theHonda CBR600RR inline-4 engine package and also the final race for theTech 3 Mistral 610 andSuter MMX2 chassis packages that débuted at the2010 Qatar Grand Prix, since a new 765cc (46.7 cu in) inline-3 engine supplied byTriumph Motorcycles was introduced and Tech 3 andForward Racing switched manufacturers toKTM andMV Agusta respectively in2019.
The race, scheduled to be run for 27 laps, was red-flagged after 13 full laps, as heavy rain had caused multiple riders to crash and racing conditions were deemed too dangerous. For the restart, the race distance was 14 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 4 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 14 | 24:03.408 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 42 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 14 | +2.750 | 2 | 20 | |
| 3 | 44 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 14 | +7.406 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 51 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 14 | +8.647 | 12 | 13 | |
| 5 | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 14 | +13.351 | 9 | 11 | |
| 6 | 30 | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 14 | +32.288 | 14 | 10 | |
| 7 | 5 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 14 | +32.806 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | 38 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 14 | +33.111 | 22 | 8 | |
| 9 | 6 | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 14 | +36.376 | 20 | 7 | |
| 10 | 55 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 14 | +37.198 | 21 | 6 | |
| 11 | 45 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 14 | +44.326 | 24 | 5 | |
| 12 | 99 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 14 | +46.146 | 13 | 4 | |
| 13 | 46 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 14 | +52.809 | 16 | 3 | |
| 14 | 17 | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 14 | +1:10.628 | 18 | 2 | |
| 15 | 81 | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 14 | +1:16.739 | 23 | 1 | |
| Ret | 19 | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 7 | Accident | 19 | ||
| Ret | 25 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | Did not restart | 1 | |||
| Ret | 9 | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | Did not restart | 4 | |||
| Ret | 93 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Did not restart | 5 | |||
| Ret | 29 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | Did not restart | 7 | |||
| Ret | 41 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | Did not restart | 8 | |||
| Ret | 43 | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | Did not restart | 10 | |||
| Ret | 21 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | Did not restart | 15 | |||
| Ret | 12 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | Did not restart | 17 | |||
| DNS | 10 | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | Did not start | ||||
| Sources:[1][5][6] | ||||||||
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