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

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.

Marc Márquez, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

MotoGP

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

Moto2 race report

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

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

Moto3

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 Spain Joan Mir Honda 15 24:51.490 3 25
2 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 15 +0.351 21 20
3 88 Spain Jorge Martín Honda 15 +0.359 1 16
4 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 15 +0.388 2 13
5 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 15 +0.408 9 11
6 5 Italy Romano Fenati Honda 15 +0.808 5 10
7 71 Japan Ayumu Sasaki Honda 15 +0.834 17 9
8 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin Honda 15 +1.291 22 8
9 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15 +3.648 10 7
10 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 15 +4.005 14 6
11 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 15 +4.036 23 5
12 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 15 +4.085 20 4
13 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 15 +4.251 13 3
14 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 15 +6.004 26 2
15 96 Italy Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 15 +6.540 7 1
16 64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder KTM 15 +19.418 19
17 41 Thailand Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 15 +25.293 28
18 14 Italy Tony Arbolino Honda 15 +40.800 24
19 6 Spain María Herrera Mahindra 15 +40.858 27
20 27 Japan Kaito Toba Honda 15 +43.698 30
21 42 Spain Marcos Ramírez KTM 15 +1:38.853 16
22 70 Australia Tom Toparis KTM 14 +1 lap 31
23 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara KTM 14 +1 lap 4
24 40 South Africa Darryn Binder KTM 12 +3 laps 18
NC 44 Spain Arón Canet Honda 10 +5 laps 8
Ret 4 Finland Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot 9 Accident 29
Ret 12 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 7 Accident 12
Ret 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 5 Accident 6
Ret 21 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 4 Accident 11
Ret 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli KTM 1 Accident 15
Ret 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 0 Accident 25
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

Moto2

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

Moto3

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

References

  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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