2018 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 7 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | PTT Thailand Grand Prix[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 7 October 2018.
Classification
[edit]MotoGP
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 |  Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 26 | 39:55.722 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 26 | +0.115 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 26 | +0.270 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 26 | +1.564 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 |  Johann Zarco | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 26 | +2.747 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 42 | Álex Rins | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 26 | +3.023 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda | 26 | +6.520 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 26 | +6.691 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 26 | +9.944 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 43 |  Jack Miller | Alma Pramac Racing | Ducati | 26 | +11.077 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 26 | +15.488 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 26 | +17.691 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 26 | +21.413 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 26 | +22.802 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 26 | +23.628 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 26 | +23.804 | 23 | |
| 17 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Ángel Nieto Team | Ducati | 26 | +32.507 | 17 | |
| 18 | 10 |  Xavier Siméon | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 26 | +37.216 | 20 | |
| 19 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Reale Avintia Racing | Ducati | 26 | +39.204 | 21 | |
| 20 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 26 | +39.421 | 22 | |
| 21 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM | 26 | +53.388 | 19 | |
| 22 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | LCR Honda Idemitsu | Honda | 24 | +2 laps | 14 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 18 | Accident | 7 | |
| DNS | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati Team | Ducati | Did not start | |||
| Sources: [1][2][3] | ||||||||
- Jorge Lorenzo withdrew from the event following a crash in practice.
Moto2
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | Francesco Bagnaia | Kalex | 24 | 39:00.009 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 24 | +1.512 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 24 | +1.651 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 |  Brad Binder | KTM | 24 | +1.808 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Speed Up | 24 | +6.260 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Kalex | 24 | +11.784 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 27 | Iker Lecuona | KTM | 24 | +15.290 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 24 | +16.903 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | Andrea Locatelli | Kalex | 24 | +18.608 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 24 | +21.181 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 24 | +22.021 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Tech 3 | 24 | +23.957 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 16 |  Joe Roberts | NTS | 24 | +24.668 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 64 |  Bo Bendsneyder | Tech 3 | 24 | +26.302 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 66 |  Niki Tuuli | Kalex | 24 | +26.817 | 28 | 1 |
| 16 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | KTM | 24 | +30.758 | 14 | |
| 17 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Kalex | 24 | +34.782 | 17 | |
| 18 | 99 |  Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 24 | +38.315 | 26 | |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Speed Up | 24 | +40.294 | 25 | |
| 20 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Kalex | 24 | +40.845 | 30 | |
| 21 | 89 | Khairul Idham Pawi | Kalex | 24 | +41.349 | 24 | |
| 22 | 18 |  Xavi Cardelús | Kalex | 24 | +43.908 | 29 | |
| 23 | 4 | Steven Odendaal | NTS | 24 | +57.257 | 21 | |
| 24 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Suter | 24 | +59.207 | 31 | |
| 25 | 21 | Federico Fuligni | Kalex | 24 | +59.383 | 32 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | KTM | 23 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 10 | Accident Damage | 1 | |
| Ret | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 6 | Accident Damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Suter | 1 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 40 | Augusto Fernández | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 23 |  Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Mir | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
[edit]| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Honda | 22 | 38:10.789 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Honda | 22 | +0.135 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Dennis Foggia | KTM | 22 | +0.466 | 25 | 16 |
| 4 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Honda | 22 | +0.980 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 |  Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 22 | +1.084 | 20 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Vicente Pérez | KTM | 22 | +1.232 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega | KTM | 22 | +1.312 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 42 | Marcos Ramírez | KTM | 22 | +1.440 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Honda | 22 | +1.643 | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 22 | +1.718 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 22 | +3.386 | 28 | 5 |
| 12 | 27 | Kaito Toba | Honda | 22 | +3.613 | 26 | 4 |
| 13 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 22 | +4.130 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Honda | 22 | +4.319 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Adam Norrodin | Honda | 22 | +4.657 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 9 | Apiwat Wongthananon | KTM | 22 | +4.802 | 15 | |
| 17 | 5 | Jaume Masiá | KTM | 22 | +4.884 | 2 | |
| 18 | 52 | Jeremy Alcoba | Honda | 22 | +23.915 | 29 | |
| 19 | 81 | Stefano Nepa | KTM | 22 | +23.964 | 27 | |
| 20 | 22 | Kazuki Masaki | KTM | 22 | +59.390 | 3 | |
| NC | 12 | Marco Bezzecchi | KTM | 22 | +1:13.285[N 1] | 1 | |
| Ret | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 21 | Collision | 8 | |
| Ret | 17 | John McPhee | KTM | 20 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 41 | Nakarin Atiratphuvapat | Honda | 19 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 71 | Ayumu Sasaki | Honda | 13 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 75 | Albert Arenas | KTM | 6 | Collision Damage | 17 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 4 | Collision | 5 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Honda | 4 | Collision | 14 | |
| Ret | 40 | Darryn Binder | KTM | 3 | Collision | 6 | |
| Ret | 72 | Alonso López | Honda | 3 | Accident | 30 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
Championship standings after the race
[edit] MotoGP[edit]
| Moto2[edit]
| Moto3[edit]
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Not classified due to finishing the race through pits.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2018 Thailand MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "PTT THAILAND GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "PTT THAILAND GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2018" (PDFC). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 20 November 2018.