2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, consisting of the MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 classes. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 11 October 2015.[4][5]

  2015 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 October 2015
Official name	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Time 1:43.790 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Time 1:54.867 on lap 3 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Honda Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha Third Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Kalex Time 1:50.339 Fastest lap Rider Jonas Folger Kalex Time 2:04.166 on lap 2 Podium First Johann Zarco Kalex Second Jonas Folger Kalex Third Sandro Cortese Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Romano Fenati KTM Time 1:56.484 Fastest lap Rider Isaac Viñales KTM Time 2:07.602 on lap 9 Podium First Niccolò Antonelli Honda Second Miguel Oliveira KTM Third Jorge Navarro Honda

In the premier class, the race began in damp conditions but dried out over the course of the race. Jorge Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues, and it was Dani Pedrosa that achieved his first victory since the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix,[6] and as a result, became the eighth rider to record 50 victories at World Championship level.[7] Valentino Rossi extended his championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish, ahead of Lorenzo.[6]

During free practice, Alex de Angelis crashed heavily and was taken to hospital in a critical but stable condition.[8] De Angelis missed the remainder of the season as a result of the crash.

In the intermediate Moto2 class, Esteve Rabat pulled out of the weekend due to injury and as a result, Johann Zarco won his first World Championship title,[9] and the first by a French rider in the intermediate class since Olivier Jacque in 2000.[10] Zarco went on to win the shortened race ahead of German duo Jonas Folger and Sandro Cortese.[11] In the Moto3 race also shortened by weather delays, Niccolò Antonelli took his second win of the season ahead of Miguel Oliveira and Jorge Navarro, while championship leader Danny Kent maintained his points lead with sixth place.[12]

Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	46:50.767	6	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+8.573	2	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	24	+12.127	1	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+27.841	3	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+35.085	4	11
6	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda	Honda	24	+37.263	8	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+37.667	9	9
8	21	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha Factory Racing Team	Yamaha	24	+44.654	15	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	24	+48.572	18	7
10	45	Scott Redding	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	24	+50.121	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	24	+1:00.535	7	5
12	72	Takumi Takahashi	Team HRC with Nissin	Honda	24	+1:01.211	19	4
13	69	Nicky Hayden	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	24	+1:11.261	21	3
14	68	Yonny Hernández	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	24	+1:13.896	14	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	24	+1:15.421	24	1
16	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+1:20.507	16
17	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	24	+1:31.224	20
18	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	24	+1:46.833	13
19	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	AB Motoracing	Honda	24	+2:00.072	26
20	24	Toni Elías	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	23	+1 lap	25
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	Accident	11
Ret	43	Jack Miller	LCR Honda	Honda	16	Accident	22
Ret	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki ECSTAR	Suzuki	13	Accident	10
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	13	Handling	23
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	10	Engine	5
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	8	Accident	17
DNS	15	Alex de Angelis	E-Motion IodaRacing Team	ART		Did not start
Sources: [13][14][15]

Moto2

Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 23 to 15 laps.[16]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	15	31:17.900	1	25
2	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	15	+4.505	3	20
3	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	15	+15.433	9	16
4	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	15	+17.348	12	13
5	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	15	+22.858	6	11
6	88	Ricard Cardús	Suter	15	+24.970	17	10
7	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	15	+25.759	16	9
8	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	15	+27.024	4	8
9	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	15	+27.485	21	7
10	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	15	+28.062	18	6
11	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	15	+30.768	5	5
12	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	15	+32.685	10	4
13	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	NTS	15	+33.995	29	3
14	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	15	+36.582	25	2
15	36	Mika Kallio	Speed Up	15	+43.672	20	1
16	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	15	+48.256	14
17	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	15	+49.421	28
18	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	15	+51.712	15
19	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	15	+1:20.982	24
20	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	15	+1:31.219	26
21	66	Florian Alt	Suter	15	+1:36.116	30
22	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	15	+1:41.127	7
23	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	13	+2 laps	22
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	9	Accident	13
Ret	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	8	Accident	19
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	7	Accident Damage	2
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	5	Front Tyre Wear	11
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	4	Accident	27
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	4	Retirement	8
Ret	16	Joshua Hook	Kalex	3	Accident	23
DNS	1	Esteve Rabat	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 20 to 13 laps.[16]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	13	28:03.391	2	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	13	+1.053	5	20
3	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	13	+8.529	6	16
4	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	13	+11.074	7	13
5	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	13	+13.043	15	11
6	52	Danny Kent	Honda	13	+15.224	4	10
7	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	13	+15.873	3	9
8	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	13	+17.563	19	8
9	17	John McPhee	Honda	13	+18.153	24	7
10	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	13	+18.556	27	6
11	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	13	+19.896	23	5
12	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	13	+20.892	11	4
13	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	13	+25.145	20	3
14	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	13	+28.455	34	2
15	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	13	+28.849	10	1
16	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	13	+29.988	25
17	41	Brad Binder	KTM	13	+30.719	9
18	29	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	13	+31.949	21
19	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	13	+32.146	28
20	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	13	+35.048	17
21	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	13	+47.242	14
22	96	Manuel Pagliani	Mahindra	13	+48.796	18
23	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	13	+49.372	13
24	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Husqvarna	13	+56.860	16
25	27	Keisuke Kurihara	Honda	13	+59.731	35
26	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	13	+1:07.035	26
27	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	13	+1:19.621	30
28	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	13	+1:29.664	1
29	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	13	+1:52.305	33
Ret	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	10	Accident	29
Ret	11	Livio Loi	Honda	4	Accident Damage	8
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	2	Accident	12
Ret	34	Ryo Mizuno	Honda	1	Accident	32
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	1	Accident	22
Ret	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	1	Retirement	31
DNS	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[17]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 283 2 Jorge Lorenzo 265 3 Marc Márquez 187 4 Andrea Iannone 172 5 Dani Pedrosa 154

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 342 2 Honda 285 3 Ducati 221 4 Suzuki 110 5 Yamaha Forward 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 548 2 Repsol Honda Team 356 3 Ducati Team 322 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 240 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 155

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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