2018 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix

  2018 Thailand Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 October 2018
Official name	PTT Thailand Grand Prix[1]
Location	Chang International Circuit, Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.554 km (2.830 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:30.088 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:31.471 on lap 16 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Third Maverick Viñales Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex Time 1:36.374 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Time 1:36.924 on lap 12 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Kalex Second Luca Marini Kalex Third Miguel Oliveira KTM
Moto3
Pole position Rider Marco Bezzecchi KTM Time 1:42.235 Fastest lap Rider Dennis Foggia KTM Time 1:42.963 on lap 3 Podium First Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda Second Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda Third Dennis Foggia KTM

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.

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.

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

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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

MotoGP Pos. Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 271 2 Andrea Dovizioso 194 3 Valentino Rossi 172 4 Maverick Viñales 146 5 Jorge Lorenzo 130 6 Cal Crutchlow 128 7 Danilo Petrucci 126 8 Johann Zarco 123 9 Andrea Iannone 113 10 Álex Rins 102

Moto2 Pos. Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 259 2 Miguel Oliveira 231 3 Brad Binder 157 4 Lorenzo Baldassarri 132 5 Álex Márquez 126 6 Joan Mir 124 7 Marcel Schrötter 118 8 Mattia Pasini 113 9 Fabio Quartararo 111 10 Luca Marini 104

Moto3 Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 204 2 Marco Bezzecchi 178 3 Fabio Di Giannantonio 175 4 Enea Bastianini 133 5 Arón Canet 118 6 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 111 7 Gabriel Rodrigo 108 8 Jakub Kornfeil 102 9 Marcos Ramírez 86 10 Andrea Migno 76