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| Race 12 of 18 races in the 2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 4 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Octo British Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Silverstone Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2016 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the2016 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at theSilverstone Circuit inSilverstone on 4 September 2016.
Maverick Viñales took his first victory in MotoGP and the first since the 2014 Malaysian Moto2 round. This race marked Suzuki's first victory since the2007 French Grand Prix.
The race was red-flagged on the first lap due to an accident involvingLoris Baz andPol Espargaró; for the subsequent restart, the race distance was shortened from 20 to 19 laps.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 25 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | 39:03.559 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 35 | LCR Honda | Honda | 19 | +3.480 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | 46 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +4.063 | 2 | 16 | |
| 4 | 93 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +5.992 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 19 | +6.381 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | 4 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 19 | +12.303 | 10 | 10 | |
| 7 | 41 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 19 | +16.672[N 1] | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | 99 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 19 | +19.432 | 9 | 8 | |
| 9 | 9 | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +25.618 | 14 | 7 | |
| 10 | 19 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 19 | +32.084 | 19 | 6 | |
| 11 | 68 | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 19 | +36.131 | 20 | 5 | |
| 12 | 50 | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 19 | +39.130 | 6 | 4 | |
| 13 | 22 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | +40.143 | 16 | 3 | |
| 14 | 8 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 19 | +41.356 | 18 | 2 | |
| 15 | 53 | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +41.943[N 2] | 21 | 1 | |
| 16 | 43 | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 19 | +47.610 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 45 | Octo Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 19 | +1:56.177 | 7 | ||
| Ret | 29 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | Accident | 8 | ||
| Ret | 6 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 17 | ||
| DNS | 76 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 0 | Did not restart | 13 | ||
| DNS | 44 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Did not restart | 15 | ||
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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.[8]
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