2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	Catalan
Flag:	Catalonia
Official Name:	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Location:	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain
Course Mi:	2.875
Course Km:	4.627
Race No:	7
Season No:	19
Date:	17 June
Year:	2018
Pole Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Pole Time Motogp:	1:38.680
Fast Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Fast Time Motogp:	1:40.021 on lap 9
First Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
First Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Second Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
Third Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Yamaha
Pole Rider Moto2:	Fabio Quartararo
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	FRA
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Pole Time Moto2:	1:43.474
Fast Rider Moto2:	Fabio Quartararo
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	FRA
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Fast Time Moto2:	1:43.956 on lap 14
First Rider Moto2:	Fabio Quartararo
First Rider Moto2 Country:	FRA
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Speed Up
Second Rider Moto2:	Miguel Oliveira
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	PRT
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	KTM
Third Rider Moto2:	Álex Márquez
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	ESP
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Enea Bastianini
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	1:48.806
Fast Rider Moto3:	Jaume Masiá
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Fast Time Moto3:	1:49.005 on lap 4
First Rider Moto3:	Enea Bastianini
First Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Moto3:	Marco Bezzecchi
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM
Third Rider Moto3:	Gabriel Rodrigo
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ARG
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM

The 2018 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 17 June 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	40:13.566	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+4.479	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+6.098	7	16
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	24	+9.805	10	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+10.640	11	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+10.798	4	10
7	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+13.432	8	9
8	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+15.055	6	8
9	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	24	+22.057	22	7
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	24	+24.141	5	6
11	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+36.560	18	5
12	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+38.229	20	4
13	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	24	+1:21.526	21	3
14	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	21	+3 laps	17	2
Ret	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	20	Accident	14
Ret	53	Tito Rabat	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	18	Fire	9
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	17	Mechanical	13
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	13	Collision	16
Ret	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	13	Collision	12
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	11	Electrics	15
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	8	Accident	3
Ret	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	7	Accident	26
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	4	Accident	19
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	3	Accident	24
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	2	Accident	25
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	0	Accident	23
Sources: ^[4] ^[5]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	22	38:22.059	1	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	22	+2.492	17	20
3	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	22	+3.485	2	16
4	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	22	+4.398	3	13
5	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	22	+4.687	7	11
6	41	Brad Binder	KTM	22	+7.637	5	10
7	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	22	+7.724	10	9
8	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	22	+10.611	4	8
9	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	22	+13.909	9	7
10	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	22	+15.124	14	6
11	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	22	+15.983	16	5
12	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	22	+16.405	11	4
13	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	22	+18.995	12	3
14	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	22	+20.241	20	2
15	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	22	+20.409	23	1
16	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	22	+24.538	18
17	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	22	+27.609	13
18	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	22	+28.226	25
19	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	22	+28.640	22
20	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	22	+29.217	24
21	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	22	+30.295	27
22	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	22	+37.600	28
23	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	22	+38.649	33
24	30	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Honda	22	+44.604	30
25	51	Eric Granado	Suter	22	+49.491	32
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Kalex	18	Accident Damage	21
Ret	13	Romano Fenati	Kalex	16	Handling	15
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	14	Accident	6
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	12	Accident	8
Ret	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	12	Retired	34
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	7	Accident Damage	19
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	0	Accident	26
Ret	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex	0	Accident	29
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	0	Accident	31
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	21	38:36.883	1	25
2	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	21	+0.167	9	20
3	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	21	+0.170	8	16
4	17	John McPhee	KTM	21	+0.257	7	13
5	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	21	+0.639	3	11
6	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	21	+6.801	6	10
7	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	21	+6.872	13	9
8	72	Alonso López	Honda	21	+6.600	27	8
9	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	21	+7.315	25	7
10	25	Raúl Fernández	KTM	21	+7.507	15	6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	21	+7.638	14	5
12	76	Makar Yurchenko	KTM	21	+8.263	23	4
13	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	21	+15.256	21	3
14	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	21	+26.621	26	2
15	11	Livio Loi	KTM	21	+28.559	28	1
16	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	21	+32.980	18
17	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	19	+2 laps	10
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	17	Collision	17
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	17	Collision	16
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	15	Collision	5
Ret	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	15	Collision	12
Ret	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	15	Collision	19
Ret	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	15	Rider In Pain	22
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	15	Accident Damage	4
Ret	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	14	Accident Damage	24
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	8	Accident	2
Ret	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	4	Accident	11
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	0	Accident	20
DNS	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM		Did not start
DNS	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Niccolò Antonelli suffered a dislocated shoulder in crash during practice and was declared unfit to start the race.

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	115
2	Valentino Rossi	88
3	Maverick Viñales	77
4	Johann Zarco	73
5	Danilo Petrucci	71
6	Cal Crutchlow	69
7	Jorge Lorenzo	66
8	Andrea Dovizioso	66
9	Andrea Iannone	66
10	Jack Miller	49

Moto2

	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	119
2	Miguel Oliveira	118
3	Álex Márquez	94
4	Lorenzo Baldassarri	93
5	Xavi Vierge	70
6	Joan Mir	64
7	Mattia Pasini	58
8	Brad Binder	57
9	Marcel Schrötter	50
10	Fabio Quartararo	45

Moto3

	Rider	Points
1	Marco Bezzecchi	103
2	Fabio Di Giannantonio	84
3	Jorge Martín	80
4	Enea Bastianini	68
5	Arón Canet	61
6	Gabriel Rodrigo	57
7	Andrea Migno	56
8	Niccolò Antonelli	44
9	Jakub Kornfeil	41
10	Marcos Ramírez	38

Notes and References

Web site: 2018 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 18 June 2018. Motorsportmagazine.com. 19 November 2018.
Web site: 2018 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. www.progcovers.com.
Web site: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. www.progcovers.com.
Web site: GRAN PREMI MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. Motogp.com. 19 November 2018. 1 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201001113844/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2018/CAT/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: GRAN PREMI MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. PDF. Motogp.com. 19 November 2018.