May 8, 2016
MotoGP 2016 Championship standings after Le Mans
MotoGP 2016 Championship standings after Le Mans
VICTORY has seen Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo fly to the top of the Championship standings whilst Marc Marquez crashes out of contention.
Lorenzo now heads up the Championships standings with 90-points as he takes advantage of Marquez’s crash. Rossi remains in third, but is only 12-points adrift of his Movistar Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo.
After his first MotoGP podium finish, Maverick Viñales is up to fifth with 49-points and only 4-points behind Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa.
Pol Espargaro once again finished top Independent Team rider and is currently in sixth whilst his older brother Aleix is seventh.
The MotoGP World Championship now heads to Mugello – Rossi’s home round.
Pos.RiderBikeNationPoints
| 1 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | SPA | 90 |
| 2 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | SPA | 85 |
| 3 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | ITA | 78 |
| 4 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 53 |
| 5 | Maverick VIÑALES | Suzuki | SPA | 49 |
| 6 | Pol ESPARGARO | Yamaha | SPA | 47 |
| 7 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Suzuki | SPA | 42 |
| 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | SPA | 39 |
| 9 | Eugene LAVERTY | Ducati | IRL | 33 |
| 10 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | ITA | 25 |
| 11 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | ITA | 23 |
| 12 | Stefan BRADL | Aprilia | GER | 23 |
| 13 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Aprilia | SPA | 21 |
| 14 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | GBR | 20 |
| 15 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | GBR | 16 |
| 16 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati | ITA | 12 |
| 17 | Tito RABAT | Honda | SPA | 11 |
| 18 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | ITA | 9 |
| 19 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | FRA | 8 |
| 20 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Honda | GBR | 5 |
| 21 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | COL | 3 |
| 22 | Jack MILLER | Honda | AUS | 2 |
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