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2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Date
  
16 October 2016

Time
  
1:43.954

Rider
  
Valentino Rossi

2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Official name
  
Motul Grand Prix of Japan

Location
  
Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan

Course
  
Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)

The 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 16 October 2016. In the MotoGP class, both factory Yamaha riders crashed out of the race, thus marking their first double retirement since the 2011 British Grand Prix.

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MotoGP

With Andrea Iannone still recovering from the injuries sustained at Misano, he was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Héctor Barberá. Australian Superbike rider Mike Jones made his MotoGP debut filling in for Barbera at Avintia Racing.

Dani Pedrosa suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during Friday practice and was replaced by Honda test rider Hiroshi Aoyama for the rest of the weekend.

Moto2

  • Miguel Oliveira withdrew after the first practice session due to effects of the broken collarbone suffered at Aragon GP.

    • MotoGP

    References

    2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Wikipedia
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