2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 14 June 2015.

  2015 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 June 2015
Official nameGran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Aleix Espargaró Suzuki
Time 1:40.546
Fastest lap
Rider Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:42.219 on lap 2
Podium
First Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:45.895
Fastest lap
Rider Álex Rins Kalex
Time 1:46.474 on lap 2
Podium
First Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Álex Rins Kalex
Third Esteve Rabat Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Enea Bastianini Honda
Time 1:50.137
Fastest lap
Rider Efrén Vázquez Honda
Time 1:50.606 on lap 12
Podium
First Danny Kent Honda
Second Enea Bastianini Honda
Third Efrén Vázquez Honda

In the MotoGP category, Suzuki's Aleix Espargaró took the manufacturer's first pole position since returning to MotoGP, but he crashed out of the race with 5 laps remaining. Jorge Lorenzo took his fourth win in succession,[4] ahead of Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who achieved his first podium of the season.[5] Only 16 riders finished the race as amongst others, Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaró, Yonny Hernández and Nicky Hayden retired from the race. Stefan Bradl took his first win in the Open category finishing in eighth place.

Marc Márquez before the start of the MotoGP race, which he went on to crash into the gravel trap at turn 10.

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 42:53.208 3 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +0.885 7 20
3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +19.455 6 16
4 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 25 +24.925 12 13
5 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +27.782 8 11
6 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki ECSTAR Suzuki 25 +29.559 2 10
7 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 25 +36.424 14 9
8 6 Stefan Bradl Athina Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +42.103 15 8
9 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +49.350 16 7
10 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +52.569 20 6
11 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 25 +53.666 21 5
12 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 25 +55.765 22 4
13 76 Loris Baz Athina Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +55.832 19 3
14 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +1:09.037 17 2
15 15 Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 25 +1:25.263 23 1
16 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +1 lap 13
Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki ECSTAR Suzuki 20 Accident 1
Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 13 Accident 18
Ret 33 Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 6 Retirement 24
Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 6 Retirement 5
Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 4 Accident 11
Ret 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 3 Retirement 4
Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 3 Retirement 9
Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 2 Accident 10
DNS 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda Did not start
Sources: [6][7][8]
Johann Zarco before the start of the Moto2 race, which he went on to win.

Moto2
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 23 41:15.487 1 25
2 40 Álex Rins Kalex 23 +0.426 7 20
3 1 Esteve Rabat Kalex 23 +1.115 3 16
4 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 23 +3.914 5 13
5 39 Luis Salom Kalex 23 +7.080 6 11
6 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +7.383 10 10
7 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 23 +8.839 2 9
8 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +10.352 23 8
9 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 23 +10.638 4 7
10 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 23 +10.730 13 6
11 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 23 +11.052 12 5
12 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +16.338 22 4
13 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 23 +16.649 8 3
14 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +19.584 19 2
15 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 23 +19.657 15 1
16 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 23 +19.966 16
17 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +27.233 21
18 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 23 +30.281 18
19 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 23 +30.344 17
20 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +39.906 25
21 66 Florian Alt Suter 23 +43.463 28
22 95 Anthony West Speed Up 23 +43.641 27
23 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 23 +44.849 26
24 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 23 +48.202 31
25 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 23 +1:01.457 29
26 93 Ramdan Rosli Kalex 23 +1:07.876 32
Ret 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 17 Accident 30
Ret 15 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 9 Accident 24
Ret 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 7 Accident 20
Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 0 Accident 9
Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 0 Accident 11
Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 0 Accident 14
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3
Danny Kent, waving the British flag after winning the Moto3 race.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 52 Danny Kent Honda 22 40:59.419 2 25
2 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 22 +0.035 1 20
3 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 22 +0.600 6 16
4 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +0.687 4 13
5 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 22 +0.827 5 11
6 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 22 +0.913 3 10
7 32 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 22 +8.871 20 9
8 5 Romano Fenati KTM 22 +8.917 13 8
9 41 Brad Binder KTM 22 +11.068 18 7
10 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 22 +14.968 9 6
11 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 22 +16.596 15 5
12 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 22 +17.340 19 4
13 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 22 +19.086 8 3
14 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 22 +19.320 7 2
15 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 22 +19.366 14 1
16 95 Jules Danilo Honda 22 +22.257 22
17 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 22 +23.345 24
18 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 22 +26.414 23
19 11 Livio Loi Honda 22 +27.080 29
20 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 22 +36.956 17
21 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 22 +37.895 31
22 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 22 +37.946 28
23 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 22 +38.088 34
24 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 22 +53.346 33
25 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 22 +1:02.762 25
26 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 22 +1:16.487 16
27 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 21 +1 lap 27
28 16 Andrea Migno KTM 21 +1 lap 21
Ret 98 Karel Hanika KTM 19 Accident 12
Ret 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 17 Retirement 30
Ret 17 John McPhee Honda 9 Accident 11
Ret 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 6 Accident 10
Ret 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 0 Accident 26
Ret 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 0 Accident 32
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
  1. "2015 Catalan MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Catalunya - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. "Jorge Lorenzo beats Valentino Rossi". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. "MotoGP Catalunya: 'Better and better' Pedrosa vindicated by podium". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  6. "2015 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. "G.P. MONSTER ENERGY DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. "2015 Catalan MotoGp : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
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