2018 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

  2018 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 19 of 19 races in the 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 November 2018
Official name	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Yamaha Time 1:31.312 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:41.863 on lap 6 Podium First Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Second Álex Rins Suzuki Third Pol Espargaró KTM
Moto2
Pole position Rider Luca Marini Kalex Time 1:35.777 Fastest lap Rider Álex Márquez Kalex Time 1:47.089 on lap 13 Podium First Miguel Oliveira KTM Second Iker Lecuona KTM Third Álex Márquez Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Tony Arbolino Honda Time 1:46.773 Fastest lap Rider Tony Arbolino Honda Time 1:51.172 on lap 8 Podium First Can Öncü KTM Second Jorge Martín Honda Third John McPhee KTM

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.^[4]

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.