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Marc Márquez won his third MotoGP world title, and fifth world title overall, by winning the Japanese Grand Prix.

The 2016 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

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Jorge Lorenzo was the defending world champion, having secured his third MotoGP title and fifth overall Championship title at the 2015 Valencian Community Grand Prix.[1]

The riders' championship title was won for the third time by Marc Márquez, after his fifth victory of the season at the Japanese Grand Prix has given him an unassailable lead over his title rivals Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi – who both crashed out at Motegi – with three races remaining.[2][3] Márquez's title marked a return to the top step for Honda after a difficult 2015 campaign for its factory team. Márquez ultimately won the championship by 49 points.

Reigning champion Lorenzo won three of the first six races to lead the title race, but very poor wet weather form during wet races in mid-season curtailed his title bid along with no wins in the dry until the season-ending race in Valencia. Rossi has been the most consistent title challenger, yet he has crashed out of three races up until Márquez's decisive victory in Japan. The Yamaha team has suffered a severe win drought from June onwards, going eight races without a win before Márquez has clinched the title. The drought reached ten races before Lorenzo's Valencian triumph, in his final race for the manufacturer before his move to Ducati in 2017. Rossi has clinched the runner-up position by 16 points from Lorenzo, while their performances earned Yamaha the teams' championship, although Honda won the manufacturers' championship. The only rookie in this season was Tito Rabat – who clinched the rookie of the year award. LCR Honda rider, Cal Crutchlow, achieved the top independent rider award; winning races at Brno and Phillip Island and finished in 7th place in the championship with 141 points. Ducati and Suzuki both have won at least one race during the season, with Ducati's first win marking the first non Yamaha or Honda win for six years.

The 2016 season saw numerous records in regards to race winners. Cal Crutchlow, Jack Miller, Andrea Iannone and Maverick Viñales each won their first races in the premier class, the first time that four new winners had emerged in a MotoGP season. Between the Italian Grand Prix in May and the San Marino Grand Prix in September, eight riders – Lorenzo, Rossi, Miller, Márquez, Iannone, Crutchlow, Viñales and Dani Pedrosa – won in eight successive races, surpassing the previous record of seven, between the 1999 Imola Grand Prix and the 2000 South African Grand Prix. With a win for Andrea Dovizioso in Malaysia further adding to the tally, the total of nine winners was also a record for a single premier class season,[4] surpassing the previous record of eight in the 2000 season.[5] This season also marked the first non-factory teams to win a race since the 2006 season, with wins for Marc VDS from Miller (at the Dutch TT) and for LCR from Crutchlow (at the Czech and Australian Grands Prix).

Calendar

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The following Grands Prix took place in 2016:[6][7][8]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 20 March ‡ Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 3 April Argentina Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3 10 April United States Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4 24 April Spain Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5 8 May France Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6 22 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7 5 June Catalonia Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 26 June Netherlands Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 17 July Germany GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10 14 August Austria NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
11 21 August Czech Republic HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno
12 4 September United Kingdom Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 11 September San Marino Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 25 September Aragon Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15 16 October Japan Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 23 October Australia Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17 30 October Malaysia Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18 13 November Valencian Community Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race

Calendar changes

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Teams and riders

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A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.[10]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Italy Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP 6 Germany Stefan Bradl[11] All
19 Spain Álvaro Bautista[12] All
Italy Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP16 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso[13] All
29 Italy Andrea Iannone[12] 1–14, 17–18[a]
51 Italy Michele Pirro[15] 13–14[a]
8 Spain Héctor Barberá[16] 15–16
51 Italy Michele Pirro[17] 6, 10
Italy Octo Pramac Yakhnich[18] Desmosedici GP15 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 1, 5–18
51 Italy Michele Pirro[19] 2–4
45 United Kingdom Scott Redding[20] All
Spain Avintia Racing Desmosedici GP14 8 Spain Héctor Barberá[12] 1–14, 17–18
7 Australia Mike Jones[16] 15–16
76 France Loris Baz[21] 1–6, 9–12, 14–18
51 Italy Michele Pirro[22] 7–8
12 Spain Javier Forés[23] 13
Spain Aspar Team MotoGP
Spain Pull & Bear Aspar Team 		50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty[12] All
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández[24] All
Japan Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa[25] 1–15, 18[b]
73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama[26][27] 15[b]
7 17
69 United States Nicky Hayden[28] 16
93 Spain Marc Márquez[29] All
Monaco LCR Honda 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow[30] All
Belgium Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 43 Australia Jack Miller[31] 1–10, 12–13, 15–18
69 United States Nicky Hayden[32] 14
53 Spain Tito Rabat[33] All
Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing[34] KTM RC16 36 Finland Mika Kallio[35] 18
Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR 25 Spain Maverick Viñales[12] All
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró[12] All
Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi[36] All
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo[37] All
Japan Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing 21 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga[38] 15
France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith[12] 1–11, 15–18
22 United Kingdom Alex Lowes[39] 12–14
44 Spain Pol Espargaró[40] All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
Notes
  1. ^ a b Andrea Iannone competed in Friday practice sessions at Misano and Aragón, before being replaced by Michele Pirro. At Misano, Pirro initially competed as a wildcard,[14] but was officially designated as a rider replacement.[15]
  2. ^ a b Dani Pedrosa competed in Friday practice sessions at Motegi, before crashing heavily and fracturing a collarbone. He was replaced by Hiroshi Aoyama for the remainder of the weekend.

All the bikes used Michelin tyres.

Team changes

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Rider changes

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Rule changes

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  • Starting in 2016, Michelin has become the series' official tyre supplier following Bridgestone's withdrawal from the category.[43] Dorna have also agreed a rule change to the 2016 regulations to increase the wheel size from 16.5 inches to 17 inches (similar to Moto2 and Moto3).[44]
  • The previous Factory and Open classes will be merged: every bike must adopt the unified electronic package (ECU and software).[45] Each rider will be able to use up to seven engines in a season, albeit with frozen specifications, and the maximum fuel tank capacity will be 22 litres.[46] Factories without a dry win between 2013 and 2015 will still be allowed to use 12 engines with free development, but in case of a determined number of podiums or wins scored during 2016 the factory will lose these benefits for the next season.[46] Similarly, any manufacturer not scoring a single podium in 2016 will gain those concessions in 2017.

Results and standings

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Grands Prix

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Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Report
1 Qatar Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report
2 Argentina Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
3 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
4 Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Italy Valentino Rossi Italy Valentino Rossi Italy Valentino Rossi Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report
5 France French motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Italy Valentino Rossi Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report
6 Italy Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Italy Valentino Rossi Italy Andrea Iannone Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report
7 Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez Spain Maverick Viñales Italy Valentino Rossi Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report
8 Netherlands Dutch TT Italy Andrea Dovizioso Italy Danilo Petrucci Australia Jack Miller Belgium Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Japan Honda Report
9 Germany German motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Spain Marc Márquez Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
10 Austria Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Italy Andrea Iannone Italy Andrea Iannone Italy Andrea Iannone Italy Ducati Team Italy Ducati Report
11 Czech Republic Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monaco LCR Honda Japan Honda Report
12 United Kingdom British motorcycle Grand Prix United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Spain Maverick Viñales Spain Maverick Viñales Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar Japan Suzuki Report
13 San Marino San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
14 Aragon Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
15 Japan Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Italy Valentino Rossi Spain Marc Márquez Spain Marc Márquez Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
16 Australia Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Marc Márquez United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monaco LCR Honda Japan Honda Report
17 Malaysia Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Italy Andrea Dovizioso Italy Andrea Dovizioso Italy Andrea Dovizioso Italy Ducati Team Italy Ducati Report
18 Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Japan Yamaha Report

Riders' standings

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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike Team QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts
1 Spain Marc Márquez Honda Repsol Honda Team 3 1 1 3 13 2 2 2 1 5 3 4 4 1 1 Ret 11 2 298
2 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 4 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 4 2 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 4 249
3 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 10 15 3 17 8 3 2 Ret 6 3 1 233
4 Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar 6 Ret 4 6 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 202
5 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati Team 2 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 3 2 Ret 6 6 11 2 4 1 7 171
6 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda Repsol Honda Team 5 3 Ret 4 4 4 3 12 6 7 12 5 1 6 WD Ret 155
7 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda LCR Honda Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141
8 Spain Pol Espargaró Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 7 6 7 8 5 15 5 4 Ret 10 13 DNS 9 8 6 5 9 6 134
9 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Ducati Team Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 1 8 Ret WD WD Ret 3 112
10 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati Avintia Racing 9 5 9 10 8 12 11 6 9 DSQ 5 14 13 13 4 11 102
Ducati Team 17 Ret
11 Spain Aleix Espargaró Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar 11 11 5 5 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 4 Ret 13 8 93
12 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 13 10 11 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 16 10 10 9 7 12 7 10 82
13 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Ducati Pull & Bear Aspar Team 12 4 12 9 11 13 13 7 11 18 6 12 14 14 Ret 14 12 16 77
14 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati Octo Pramac Yakhnich DNS 7 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 11 17 8 9 10 12 75
15 United Kingdom Scott Redding Ducati Octo Pramac Yakhnich 10 Ret 6 19 Ret Ret 16 3 4 8 15 17 15 19 9 7 15 14 74
16 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Ret 7 10 14 10 14 12 8 DNS 19 14 Ret 12 10 10 11 17 13 63
17 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 8 8 17 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 13 9 Ret 13 8 14 9 62
18 Australia Jack Miller Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret Ret 10 1 7 DNS 16 DNS Ret 10 8 15 57
19 Italy Michele Pirro Ducati Octo Pramac Yakhnich 12 8 16 36
Ducati Team 10 12 7 12
Avintia Racing 15 Ret
20 France Loris Baz Ducati Avintia Racing Ret Ret 15 13 12 Ret 17 13 4 DNS 18 16 Ret 5 18 35
21 Spain Tito Rabat Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 15 9 13 18 Ret DNS 14 11 16 14 10 15 17 Ret 14 16 18 17 29
22 Colombia Yonny Hernández Ducati Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 16 17 Ret 18 17 11 11 16 16 12 13 Ret Ret 20
23 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing 11 5
24 United Kingdom Alex Lowes Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 13 Ret DNS 3
25 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Repsol Honda Team 15 16 1
26 United States Nicky Hayden Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 15 1
Repsol Honda Team 17
27 Australia Mike Jones Ducati Avintia Racing 18 15 1
Finland Mika Kallio KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Ret 0
Spain Javier Forés Ducati Avintia Racing Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike Team QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap
Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

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Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts
1 Japan Honda 3 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 2 369
2 Japan Yamaha 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 8 3 2 3 2 2 6 2 2 1 353
3 Italy Ducati 2 4 3 7 7 3 7 3 3 1 4 6 6 11 2 4 1 3 261
4 Japan Suzuki 6 11 4 5 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 208
5 Italy Aprilia 13 7 10 14 9 14 8 8 10 16 14 10 10 9 7 11 7 10 101
Austria KTM Ret 0
Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts

Teams' standings

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The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.

Pos Team Bike
No. 		QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts
1 Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 46 4 2 Ret 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 8 4 2 3 2 3 Ret 2 2 4 482
99 1 Ret 2 2 1 1 Ret 10 15 3 17 8 3 2 Ret 6 3 1
2 Japan Repsol Honda Team 7 16 454
26 5 3 Ret 4 4 4 3 12 6 7 12 5 1 6 WD Ret
69 17
73 15
93 3 1 1 3 13 2 2 2 1 5 3 4 4 1 1 Ret 11 2
3 Italy Ducati Team 04 2 13 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 Ret 3 2 Ret 6 6 11 2 4 1 7 296
8 17 Ret
29 Ret Ret 3 7 Ret 3 Ret 5 5 1 8 Ret WD WD Ret 3
51 7 12
4 Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar 25 6 Ret 4 6 3 6 4 9 12 6 9 1 5 4 3 3 6 5 295
41 11 11 5 5 6 9 Ret Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 4 Ret 13 8
5 France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 22 13 Ret DNS 199
38 8 8 17 12 Ret 7 Ret 13 13 9 Ret 13 8 14 9
44 7 6 7 8 5 15 5 4 Ret 10 13 DNS 9 8 6 5 9 6
6 Italy Octo Pramac Yakhnich 9 DNS 7 8 9 Ret Ret 11 7 9 11 17 8 9 10 12 161
45 10 Ret 6 19 Ret Ret 16 3 4 8 15 17 15 19 9 7 15 14
51 12 8 16
7 Italy Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 6 Ret 7 10 14 10 14 12 8 DNS 19 14 Ret 12 10 10 11 17 13 145
19 13 10 11 Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 10 16 16 10 10 9 7 12 7 10
8 Monaco LCR Honda 35 Ret Ret 16 11 Ret 11 6 Ret 2 15 1 2 8 5 5 1 Ret Ret 141
9 Spain Avintia Racing 7 18 15 139
8 9 5 9 10 8 12 11 6 9 DSQ 5 14 13 13 4 11
12 Ret
51 15 Ret
76 Ret Ret 15 13 12 Ret 17 13 4 DNS 18 16 Ret 5 18
10 Spain Pull & Bear Aspar Team 50 12 4 12 9 11 13 13 7 11 18 6 12 14 14 Ret 14 12 16 97
68 Ret Ret 14 15 Ret 16 17 Ret 18 17 11 11 16 16 12 13 Ret Ret
11 Belgium Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 43 14 Ret DNS 17 Ret Ret 10 1 7 DNS 16 DNS Ret 10 8 15 87
53 15 9 13 18 Ret DNS 14 11 16 14 10 15 17 Ret 14 16 18 17
69 15
Pos Team Bike
No. 		QAT
Qatar 		ARG
Argentina 		AME
United States 		SPA
Spain 		FRA
France 		ITA
Italy 		CAT
Catalonia 		NED
Netherlands 		GER
Germany 		AUT
Austria 		CZE
Czech Republic 		GBR
United Kingdom 		RSM
San Marino 		ARA
Aragon 		JPN
Japan 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		VAL
Valencian Community 		Pts

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