The 2016 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Danny Kent was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.

The riders' championship title was won by Ajo Motorsport rider Brad Binder, after a second-place finish at the Aragon Grand Prix gave him an unassailable lead over his title rivals with four races remaining.^[1] Binder, who finished each of the first seven races on the podium, took the championship lead after the second race in Argentina,^[2] and took his first Grand Prix victory at the Spanish Grand Prix – starting from 35th on the grid.^[3] With four additional wins prior to Aragon, Binder was never headed in the championship thereafter to become South Africa's third world motorcycle racing champion,^[4] after Kork Ballington and Jon Ekerold.^[1] Binder took two further victories before the end of the season, in Australia and Valencia, en route to an eventual championship winning margin of 142 points over his next closest competitor. Compared to Binder's seven wins, no other rider was able to take more than two, with eight fellow riders taking at least one win during the 2016 season.

A fourth-place finish in Valencia sealed the runner-up position for Gresini Racing's Enea Bastianini. Despite missing two races through injury and a slow start to the season, Bastianini then achieved six podium finishes in nine races, including his only win of the season in Japan.^[5] Five riders were also in position to take third place at the finale; top Mahindra rider Francesco Bagnaia, Jorge Navarro and a trio of rookie riders also battling for Rookie of the Year honours, Nicolò Bulega, Joan Mir and Fabio Di Giannantonio. Bagnaia was taken out of the race by Gabriel Rodrigo, with a ninth-place finish for Navarro allowing him to take third position by five points. Both riders took two victories during the season; Navarro winning in Catalonia and Aragon,^[4][6] with Bagnaia doing so at Assen and Malaysia, the first wins for Mahindra at Grand Prix level.^[7][8] Mir and Di Giannantonio battled on-track in Valencia for the top rookie position, which ultimately went to Mir, as he finished second to Di Giannatonio's fifth position.^[9] Mir won the Austrian Grand Prix,^[10] one of two rookies to win during 2016.

Four other riders won races during the season; the other rookie winner Khairul Idham Pawi took two wet-weather victories in Argentina and Germany,^[11] becoming the first rider from Malaysia to win at World Championship level.^[12] Single race wins went to Romano Fenati in Austin,^[13] before a mid-season dismissal from Valentino Rossi's team,^[14] Niccolò Antonelli won the season-opening race in a photo-finish in Qatar,^[15] while John McPhee took his, and Peugeot's, first Grand Prix win in wet conditions at Brno.^[16] With nine wins during the campaign, KTM won their fourth Moto3 constructors' title in five years, finishing 32 points clear of Honda, with six wins. All four full-season manufacturers took at least one win.

• French oil and gas giants company Total was selected to become official fuel supplier of Moto2 and Moto3 beginning from 2016 onwards, replacing Eni after five seasons as a fuel supplier of Moto2 and Moto3.^[17]

The following Grands Prix took place in 2016.^[18]

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Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	20 March ‡	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	3 April	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3	10 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	24 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	8 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	22 May	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	5 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	26 June	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	17 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	14 August	NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
11	21 August	HJC Helmets Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	4 September	Octo British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	11 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	25 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	16 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	23 October	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	30 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18	13 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

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A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.^[20] All teams used Dunlop tyres.

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Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds CIP-Unicom Starker Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 3 Fabio Spiranelli[21] 1–17 24 Tatsuki Suzuki[21] All 99 Enzo Boulom[22] 18 Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio[20] All 33 Enea Bastianini[20] 1–4, 6–16, 18 71 Ayumu Sasaki[23] 17 Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5 Romano Fenati[24] 1–10 8 Nicolò Bulega[24] All 16 Andrea Migno[24] All 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta[14] 12–18 MH6 Laglisse MH6 Team KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera[25] 1–17 31 Raúl Fernández[22] 18 Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda[26] Honda NSF250RW 7 Adam Norrodin[27] All 84 Jakub Kornfeil[27] All Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 09 Jorge Navarro[28] 1–7, 9–18 44 Arón Canet[28] All 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta[29] 8 Peugeot MC Saxoprint KRM-RZT Peugeot[30] Peugeot MGP3O 10 Alexis Masbou[31] 1–9 12 Albert Arenas[32] 10–18 17 John McPhee[33] 1–16 38 Hafiq Azmi[34] 17 63 Vicente Pérez[22] 18 KTM KTM RC250GP 97 Maximilian Kappler[35] 9 RW Racing GP Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Livio Loi[20] All MRW Mahindra Aspar Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Albert Arenas[36] 4, 7 Aspar Mahindra Team Moto3 Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Albert Arenas[37] 8[lower-alpha 1] 21 Francesco Bagnaia[38] All 88 Jorge Martín[39] All[lower-alpha 1] UQ & Teluru Kohara RT Honda TSR3 Honda 13 Shizuka Okazaki[40] 15 Suus Honda FTR Honda FTR M316 14 Matt Barton[41] 16 41 Planning IodaRacing Japan Honda TSR3 Honda 15 Rei Sato[40] 15 Motomex Team Worldwide Race Platinum Bay Real Estate Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 18 Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego[42] 14 22 Danny Webb[43] 8–9 40 Darryn Binder[20] All 42 Marcos Ramírez[44] 10–18 98 Karel Hanika[20] 1–7 RBA Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 19 Gabriel Rodrigo[45] All 58 Juan Francisco Guevara[45] All Leopard Racing KTM[46] KTM RC250GP 20 Fabio Quartararo[47] All 36 Joan Mir[48] All 55 Andrea Locatelli[49] All Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Honda NSF250RW 23 Niccolò Antonelli[50] All 95 Jules Danilo[20] All GA Competition KTM KTM RC250GP 26 Daniel Sáez[22] 18 Freudenberg Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 27 Tim Georgi[35] 9 98 Karel Hanika[51] 11, 18 Procercasa - 42 Motorsport KTM KTM RC250GP 37 Davide Pizzoli[36] 4–7 99 Enzo Boulom[36] 4–5 Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 41 Brad Binder[52] All 64 Bo Bendsneyder[53] All 3570 Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 43 Stefano Valtulini[20] All 77 Lorenzo Petrarca[54] All Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta[55] 6 65 Philipp Öttl[20] 1–5, 7–18 Mahindra Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 53 Marco Bezzecchi[56] 10, 12 62 Stefano Manzi[56] 10, 12–13 Minimoto Portomaggiore Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 71 Alex Fabbri[57] 13 Honda Team Asia Honda Honda NSF250RW 76 Hiroki Ono[20] 1–7, 9–18 89 Khairul Idham Pawi[20] All

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