MotoGP World Championship

2018 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 18

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Marc Marquez	321	—	9	14
2	Andrea Dovizioso	245	−76	4	9
3	Valentino Rossi	198	−123	0	5
4	Maverick Viñales	193	−128	1	5
5	Alex Rins	169	−152	0	5
6	Johann Zarco	158	−163	0	3
7	Cal Crutchlow	148	−173	1	3
8	Danilo Petrucci	144	−177	0	1
9	Jorge Lorenzo	134	−187	3	4
10	Andrea Iannone	133	−188	0	4
11	Daniel Pedrosa	117	−204	0	0
12	Alvaro Bautista	105	−216	0	0
13	Jack Miller	91	−230	0	0
14	Pol Espargaro	51	−270	0	1
15	Franco Morbidelli	50	−271	0	0
16	Hafizh Syahrin	46	−275	0	0
17	Aleix Espargaro	44	−277	0	0
18	Bradley Smith	38	−283	0	0
19	Tito Rabat	35	−286	0	0
20	Takaaki Nakagami	33	−288	0	0
21	Scott Redding	20	−301	0	0
22	Michele Pirro	14	−307	0	0
23	Karel Abraham	12	−309	0	0
24	Stefan Bradl	10	−311	0	0
25	Mika Kallio	6	−315	0	0
26	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	2	−319	0	0
27	Jordi Torres	1	−320	0	0
28	Xavier Simeon	1	−320	0	0
29	Sylvain Guintoli	0	−321	0	0
30	Mike Jones	0	−321	0	0
31	Christophe Ponsson	0	−321	0	0
32	Thomas Luthi	0	−321	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	18.03	Andrea Dovizioso
2	Argentine Grand Prix	08.04	Cal Crutchlow
3	Grand Prix of the Americas	22.04	Marc Marquez
4	Spanish Grand Prix	06.05	Marc Marquez
5	French Grand Prix	20.05	Marc Marquez
6	Italian Grand Prix	03.06	Jorge Lorenzo
7	Catalan Grand Prix	17.06	Jorge Lorenzo
8	Dutch TT	01.07	Marc Marquez
9	German Grand Prix	15.07	Marc Marquez
10	Czech Grand Prix	05.08	Andrea Dovizioso
11	Austrian Grand Prix	12.08	Jorge Lorenzo
12	British Grand Prix	26.08
13	San Marino Grand Prix	09.09	Andrea Dovizioso
14	Aragon Grand Prix	23.09	Marc Marquez
15	Thailand Grand Prix	07.10	Marc Marquez
16	Japanese Grand Prix	21.10	Marc Marquez
17	Australian Grand Prix	28.10	Maverick Viñales
18	Malaysian Grand Prix	04.11	Marc Marquez
19	Valencia Grand Prix	18.11	Andrea Dovizioso

0.79

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.78

28%

Pole wins

historical avg. 39%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.9

19%

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
Repsol Honda Team	Marc Marquez – Daniel Pedrosa	16–1	0–0	17–2	321–117
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Valentino Rossi – Maverick Viñales	11–7	0–0	7–12	198–193
Ducati Team	Andrea Dovizioso – Jorge Lorenzo	8–5	0–0	7–8	245–134
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Alex Rins – Andrea Iannone	9–9	0–0	6–13	169–133
Alma Pramac Racing	Danilo Petrucci – Jack Miller	12–5	0–0	14–5	144–91
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Johann Zarco – Hafizh Syahrin	16–1	0–0	19–0	158–46
Angel Nieto Team	Alvaro Bautista – Karel Abraham	15–3	0–0	14–5	105–12
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Pol Espargaro – Bradley Smith	8–7	0–0	7–9	51–38
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aleix Espargaro – Scott Redding	11–5	0–0	17–2	44–20
EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Franco Morbidelli – Thomas Luthi	14–1	0–0	15–3	50–0
Reale Avintia Racing	Tito Rabat – Xavier Simeon	8–2	0–0	11–1	35–1

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.

Bike	Top speed max km/h	Top speed median km/h	Beats the grid
DUCATI	356.5	306.2	−0.55
HONDA	350.9	303.5	−0.24
YAMAHA	350.8	304.7	+0.38
SUZUKI	350.0	304.8	+0.49
KTM	349.5	303.1	+0.16
APRILIA	346.2	302.9	−0.21

Top speed: the bike separates the brands. Beats the grid: average positions gained versus what the grid says.