2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2017 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 22 October 2017.

Australia  2017 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 October 2017
Official nameMichelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:28.386
Fastest lap
Rider France Johann Zarco Yamaha
Time 1:29.572 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Spain Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex
Time 1:33.300
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 1:33.864 on lap 24
Podium
First Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Third Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Time 1:37.030
Fastest lap
Rider Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM
Time 1:37.898 on lap 7
Podium
First Spain Joan Mir Honda
Second Belgium Livio Loi Honda
Third Spain Jorge Martín Honda
Marc Márquez, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93   Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 40:49.772 1 25
2 46   Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +1.799 7 20
3 25   Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +1.826 2 16
4 5   Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1.842 3 13
5 35   Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 27 +3.845 10 11
6 29   Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +3.871 4 10
7 43   Jack Miller EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +5.619 5 9
8 42   Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +12.208 13 8
9 44   Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +16.251 6 7
10 38   Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +16.262 9 6
11 45   Scott Redding Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +21.652 20 5
12 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +21.668 12 4
13 4   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +21.692 11 3
14 17   Karel Abraham Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27 +26.110 15 2
15 99   Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 27 +26.168 16 1
16 53   Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +26.252 14
17 19   Álvaro Bautista Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 27 +36.377 22
18 76   Loris Baz Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +39.654 17
19 22   Sam Lowes Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +40.400 23
20 8   Héctor Barberá Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +45.901 19
21 9   Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +48.768 18
22 23   Broc Parkes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +57.711 21
Ret 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 7 Accident 8
Sources:[4][5][6]

Moto2 race report

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Miguel Oliveira took his first victory in the Moto2 class and became the first Portuguese rider to win in the intermediate class. KTM took their first victory in Moto2, the first in the intermediate class since the 250cc 2008 British Grand Prix; this ended Kalex winning streak, which had started at the 2015 Argentine Grand Prix.

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44   Miguel Oliveira KTM 25 39:25.920 3 25
2 41   Brad Binder KTM 25 +2.974 4 20
3 21   Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 +3.846 5 16
4 2   Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +7.348 9 13
5 97   Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25 +7.403 12 11
6 73   Álex Márquez Kalex 25 +12.125 6 10
7 24   Simone Corsi Speed Up 25 +12.217 15 9
8 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 25 +12.244 8 8
9 11   Sandro Cortese Suter 25 +12.475 13 7
10 12   Thomas Lüthi Kalex 25 +12.605 10 6
11 49   Axel Pons Kalex 25 +12.971 14 5
12 42   Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25 +20.887 17 4
13 62   Stefano Manzi Kalex 25 +28.821 21 3
14 7   Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 25 +31.214 19 2
15 87   Remy Gardner Tech 3 25 +34.678 16 1
16 55   Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 25 +34.911 23
17 37   Augusto Fernández Speed Up 25 +35.694 24
18 45   Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +56.487 27
19 32   Isaac Viñales Kalex 25 +56.528 25
20 27   Iker Lecuona Kalex 25 +56.550 26
21 89   Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 25 +57.548 28
22 6   Tarran Mackenzie Suter 25 +1:01.191 29
23 10   Luca Marini Kalex 25 +1:39.824 30
Ret 30   Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 Accident 7
Ret 57   Edgar Pons Kalex 23 Retired 22
Ret 40   Fabio Quartararo Kalex 5 Accident 20
Ret 5   Andrea Locatelli Kalex 2 Accident 11
Ret 9   Jorge Navarro Kalex 2 Accident 18
Ret 23   Marcel Schrötter Suter 1 Accident 2
Ret 54   Mattia Pasini Kalex 1 Collision 1
DNS 19   Xavier Siméon Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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The race, scheduled to be run for 23 laps, was red-flagged on lap 16 due to a rain shower that fell on certain parts of the track. As the race already went through two-thirds of race distance, the race was stopped and the final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap and full points were awarded.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36   Joan Mir Honda 15 24:51.490 3 25
2 11   Livio Loi Honda 15 +0.351 21 20
3 88   Jorge Martín Honda 15 +0.359 1 16
4 19   Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 15 +0.388 2 13
5 33   Enea Bastianini Honda 15 +0.408 9 11
6 5   Romano Fenati Honda 15 +0.808 5 10
7 71   Ayumu Sasaki Honda 15 +0.834 17 9
8 7   Adam Norrodin Honda 15 +1.291 22 8
9 24   Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15 +3.648 10 7
10 48   Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 15 +4.005 14 6
11 8   Nicolò Bulega KTM 15 +4.036 23 5
12 84   Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 15 +4.085 20 4
13 65   Philipp Öttl KTM 15 +4.251 13 3
14 16   Andrea Migno KTM 15 +6.004 26 2
15 96   Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 15 +6.540 7 1
16 64   Bo Bendsneyder KTM 15 +19.418 19
17 41   Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 15 +25.293 28
18 14   Tony Arbolino Honda 15 +40.800 24
19 6   María Herrera Mahindra 15 +40.858 27
20 27   Kaito Toba Honda 15 +43.698 30
21 42   Marcos Ramírez KTM 15 +1:38.853 16
22 70   Tom Toparis KTM 14 +1 lap 31
23 58   Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 14 +1 lap 4
24 40   Darryn Binder KTM 12 +3 laps 18
NC 44   Arón Canet Honda 10 +5 laps 8
Ret 4   Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 9 Accident 29
Ret 12   Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 7 Accident 12
Ret 95   Jules Danilo Honda 5 Accident 6
Ret 21   Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 4 Accident 11
Ret 23   Niccolò Antonelli KTM 1 Accident 15
Ret 17   John McPhee Honda 0 Accident 25
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

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MotoGP

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Moto2

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Franco Morbidelli 272
2   Thomas Lüthi 243
3   Miguel Oliveira 191
4   Álex Márquez 190
5   Francesco Bagnaia 150
6   Mattia Pasini 135
7   Takaaki Nakagami 128
8   Simone Corsi 105
9   Xavi Vierge 90
10   Brad Binder 89

Moto3

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Pos. Rider Points
1   Joan Mir 296
2   Romano Fenati 226
3   Arón Canet 184
4   Jorge Martín 151
5   Fabio Di Giannantonio 146
6   Enea Bastianini 114
7   John McPhee 112
8   Andrea Migno 108
9   Marcos Ramírez 107
10   Philipp Öttl 104

References

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  1. ^ "2017 Australian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2017 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "2017 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  5. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2017". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  6. ^ "MICHELIN AUSTRALIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2017" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-27.


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