The 2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the nineteenth and final round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 18 November 2018.
In the Moto3 race, Red Bull KTM Ajo wildcard Can Öncü made history by winning on his debut, becoming the youngest ever Grand Prix winner at the age of 15 years, 115 days.
In the MotoGP class, no Yamaha or Honda rider finished on the podium for the first time since the 2007 San Marino Grand Prix.
In the Moto2 class, this was the final race for the Honda CBR600RR inline-4 engine package and also the final race for the Tech 3 Mistral 610 and Suter MMX2 chassis packages that débuted at the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix, since a new 765cc (46.7 cu in) inline-3 engine supplied by Triumph Motorcycles was introduced and Tech 3 and Forward Racing switched manufacturers to KTM and MV Agusta respectively in 2019.
Classification MotoGP The race, scheduled to be run for 27 laps, was red-flagged after 13 full laps, as heavy rain had caused multiple riders to crash and racing conditions were deemed too dangerous. For the restart, the race distance was 14 laps. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 14 24:03.408 3 25 2 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 14 +2.750 2 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14 +7.406 6 16 4 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 14 +8.647 12 13 5 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 +13.351 9 11 6 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 14 +32.288 14 10 7 5 Johann Zarco Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 14 +32.806 11 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14 +33.111 22 8 9 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda Castrol Honda 14 +36.376 20 7 10 55 Hafizh Syahrin Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 14 +37.198 21 6 11 45 Scott Redding Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 14 +44.326 24 5 12 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Team Ducati 14 +46.146 13 4 13 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 14 +52.809 16 3 14 17 Karel Abraham Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 14 +1:10.628 18 2 15 81 Jordi Torres Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 14 +1:16.739 23 1 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Ángel Nieto Team Ducati 7 Accident 19 Ret 25 Maverick Viñales Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Did not restart 1 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Alma Pramac Racing Ducati Did not restart 4 Ret 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda Did not restart 5 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki Did not restart 7 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia Did not restart 8 Ret 43 Jack Miller Alma Pramac Racing Ducati Did not restart 10 Ret 21 Franco Morbidelli EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda Did not restart 15 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda Did not restart 17 DNS 10 Xavier Siméon Reale Avintia Racing Ducati Did not start Sources:
Xavier Siméon was declared unfit to start the race following two crashes in practice.
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 25 45:07.639 10 25 2 27 Iker Lecuona KTM 25 +13.201 21 20 3 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 25 +22.175 16 16 4 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 25 +28.892 14 13 5 87 Remy Gardner Tech 3 25 +30.106 17 11 6 20 Fabio Quartararo Speed Up 25 +32.126 9 10 7 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +33.086 3 9 8 40 Augusto Fernández Kalex 25 +33.950 8 8 9 5 Andrea Locatelli Kalex 25 +35.707 18 7 10 24 Simone Corsi Kalex 25 +37.019 13 6 11 77 Dominique Aegerter KTM 25 +43.844 24 5 12 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 25 +45.871 20 4 13 4 Steven Odendaal NTS 25 +49.113 22 3 14 42 Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 25 +53.288 4 2 15 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 25 +1:08.712 12 1 16 32 Isaac Viñales Suter 25 +1:25.666 28 17 18 Xavi Cardelús Kalex 25 +1:32.166 29 18 95 Jules Danilo Kalex 25 +1:47.502 30 19 21 Federico Fuligni Kalex 24 +1 lap 27 20 3 Lukas Tulovic Suter 24 +1 lap 31 Ret 66 Niki Tuuli Kalex 19 Accident Damage 25 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 13 Accident Damage 2 Ret 16 Joe Roberts NTS 8 Accident 19 Ret 70 Tommaso Marcon Speed Up 7 Accident 26 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Kalex 5 Accident 23 Ret 41 Brad Binder KTM 3 Accident 11 Ret 22 Sam Lowes KTM 3 Accident 6 Ret 89 Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 2 Accident 15 Ret 10 Luca Marini Kalex 0 Accident 1 Ret 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 0 Accident 5 Ret 36 Joan Mir Kalex 0 Accident 7 DNS 14 Héctor Garzó Tech 3 Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 61 Can Öncü KTM 23 43:06.370 4 25 2 88 Jorge Martín Honda 23 +4.071 13 20 3 17 John McPhee KTM 23 +6.130 3 16 4 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 23 +12.897 15 13 5 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 23 +14.735 14 11 6 5 Jaume Masiá KTM 23 +21.984 16 10 7 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 +26.641 25 9 8 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 23 +30.758 2 8 9 42 Marcos Ramírez KTM 23 +33.411 7 7 10 31 Celestino Vietti KTM 23 +39.008 23 6 11 71 Ayumu Sasaki Honda 23 +42.332 24 5 12 81 Stefano Nepa KTM 23 +48.931 28 4 13 25 Raúl Fernández KTM 23 +54.434 10 3 14 16 Andrea Migno KTM 23 +54.585 27 2 15 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 23 +56.424 8 1 16 22 Kazuki Masaki KTM 23 +57.222 22 17 19 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 23 +1:00.541 29 18 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Honda 23 +1:35.093 20 19 40 Darryn Binder KTM 22 +1 lap 19 20 12 Marco Bezzecchi KTM 22 +1 lap 6 Ret 77 Vicente Pérez KTM 21 Accident 12 Ret 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 15 Handling 26 Ret 14 Tony Arbolino Honda 11 Accident 1 Ret 26 Izam Ikmal Honda 7 Accident 30 Ret 75 Albert Arenas KTM 6 Accident 9 Ret 27 Kaito Toba Honda 4 Accident 21 Ret 10 Dennis Foggia KTM 1 Accident 17 Ret 44 Arón Canet Honda 0 Accident 5 Ret 72 Alonso López Honda 0 Accident 11 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 0 Accident 18 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates the World Champions.
MotoGP Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 321 2 Andrea Dovizioso 245 3 Valentino Rossi 198 4 Maverick Viñales 193 5 Álex Rins 169 6 Johann Zarco 158 7 Cal Crutchlow 148 8 Danilo Petrucci 144 1 9 Jorge Lorenzo 134 1 10 Andrea Iannone 133
Moto2 Rider Points 1 Francesco Bagnaia 306 2 Miguel Oliveira 297 3 Brad Binder 201 1 4 Álex Márquez 173 1 5 Lorenzo Baldassarri 162 6 Joan Mir 155 7 Luca Marini 147 8 Marcel Schrötter 147 2 9 Mattia Pasini 141 10 Fabio Quartararo 138
Moto3 Rider Points 1 Jorge Martín 260 1 2 Fabio Di Giannantonio 218 1 3 Marco Bezzecchi 214 4 Enea Bastianini 177 5 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 151 6 Arón Canet 128 7 Gabriel Rodrigo 116 8 Jakub Kornfeil 116 9 Albert Arenas 107 10 Marcos Ramírez 102
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