MotoGP World Championship

2016 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 18

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Marc Marquez	298	—	5	12
2	Valentino Rossi	249	−49	2	10
3	Jorge Lorenzo	233	−65	4	10
4	Maverick Viñales	202	−96	1	4
5	Andrea Dovizioso	171	−127	1	5
6	Daniel Pedrosa	155	−143	1	3
7	Cal Crutchlow	141	−157	2	4
8	Pol Espargaro	134	−164	0	0
9	Andrea Iannone	112	−186	1	4
10	Hector Barbera	102	−196	0	0
11	Aleix Espargaro	93	−205	0	0
12	Alvaro Bautista	82	−216	0	0
13	Eugene Laverty	77	−221	0	0
14	Danilo Petrucci	75	−223	0	0
15	Scott Redding	74	−224	0	1
16	Stefan Bradl	63	−235	0	0
17	Bradley Smith	62	−236	0	0
18	Jack Miller	57	−241	1	1
19	Michele Pirro	36	−262	0	0
20	Loris Baz	35	−263	0	0
21	Tito Rabat	29	−269	0	0
22	Yonny Hernandez	20	−278	0	0
23	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	5	−293	0	0
24	Alex Lowes	3	−295	0	0
25	Mike Jones	1	−297	0	0
26	Nicky Hayden	1	−297	0	0
27	Hiroshi Aoyama	1	−297	0	0
28	Mika Kallio	0	−298	0	0
29	Xavi Fores	0	−298	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	20.03	Jorge Lorenzo
2	Argentine Grand Prix	03.04	Marc Marquez
3	Grand Prix of the Americas	10.04	Marc Marquez
4	Spanish Grand Prix	24.04	Valentino Rossi
5	French Grand Prix	08.05	Jorge Lorenzo
6	Italian Grand Prix	22.05	Jorge Lorenzo
7	Catalan Grand Prix	05.06	Valentino Rossi
8	Dutch TT	26.06	Jack Miller
9	German Grand Prix	17.07	Marc Marquez
10	Austrian Grand Prix	14.08	Andrea Iannone
11	Czech Grand Prix	21.08	Cal Crutchlow
12	British Grand Prix	04.09	Maverick Viñales
13	San Marino Grand Prix	11.09	Daniel Pedrosa
14	Aragon Grand Prix	25.09	Marc Marquez
15	Japanese Grand Prix	16.10	Marc Marquez
16	Australian Grand Prix	23.10	Cal Crutchlow
17	Malaysian Grand Prix	30.10	Andrea Dovizioso
18	Valencia Grand Prix	13.11	Jorge Lorenzo

0.67

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.79

56%

Pole wins

historical avg. 37%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.6

20%

Retirements

historical avg. 19%

Over 18 races this season. The higher the grid ↔ result correlation, the more predictable the year.

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Valentino Rossi – Jorge Lorenzo	9–8	0–0	9–9	249–233
Repsol Honda Team	Marc Marquez – Daniel Pedrosa	13–2	0–0	14–1	298–155
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Maverick Viñales – Aleix Espargaro	16–2	0–0	13–5	202–93
Ducati Team	Andrea Dovizioso – Andrea Iannone	6–7	0–0	7–7	171–112
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Pol Espargaro – Bradley Smith	12–3	0–0	11–4	134–62
OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Danilo Petrucci – Scott Redding	10–4	0–0	10–5	75–74
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Alvaro Bautista – Stefan Bradl	10–7	0–0	9–9	82–63
Avintia Racing	Hector Barbera – Loris Baz	10–3	0–0	12–3	102–35
Aspar Team MotoGP	Eugene Laverty – Yonny Hernandez	13–4	0–0	10–8	77–20
Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Jack Miller – Tito Rabat	8–3	0–0	13–3	57–29

Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.