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2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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Qatar  2015 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date29 March 2015
Official nameCommercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
LocationLosail International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Time 1:54.113
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:55.267 on lap 5
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Time 1:59.423
Fastest lap
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:59.918 on lap 2
Podium
First Germany Jonas Folger Kalex
Second Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex
Third Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider France Alexis Masbou Honda
Time 2:06.170
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Time 2:06.561 on lap 3
Podium
First France Alexis Masbou Honda
Second Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Third United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda

The 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.[2] It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 29 March 2015.

In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took the first pole position of the season.[3] It was an eventful race in which the lead was contested between the Movistar Yamaha and Ducati teams. For the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix,[4] the podium was swept by Italian riders, as Yamaha's Valentino Rossi – in his 20th Grand Prix season – took his first season-opening victory since 2010, ahead of Dovizioso,[5] and his teammate Andrea Iannone, who achieved his first MotoGP podium in third place.[6] Reigning world champion Marc Márquez had a good start position, third on the grid, but went off track and almost hit Jorge Lorenzo and Bradley Smith. After he fell to the rear of the field due to the first-lap incident, Márquez overtook several riders and was able to finish fifth, behind Lorenzo.[7]

Dani Pedrosa started second on the grid, but dropped to sixth place due to issues with arm-pump. Álvaro Bautista was forced to retire after his bike was hit by Márquez, breaking his left brake lever and front sensor. Rookie Jack Miller – graduating from Moto3 – crashed with Karel Abraham with one lap remaining.

The weekend also saw the début of the new Aprilia RS-GP, which was used by Gresini Racing after the team switched from Honda at the end of 2014. This was Aprilia's first race in MotoGP as a factory team since the 2004 Valencian Grand Prix.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 42:35.717 8 25
2 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 22 +0.174 1 20
3 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 22 +2.250 4 16
4 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +2.707 6 13
5 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +7.036 3 11
6 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +10.755 2 10
7 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 22 +12.384 12 9
8 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +12.914 7 8
9 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +13.031 10 7
10 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +17.435 5 6
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +19.901 11 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +24.432 9 4
13 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 22 +32.032 14 3
14 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +33.463 13 2
15 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +33.625 15 1
16 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 22 +33.944 18
17 69 United States Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 +38.970 17
18 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 +46.570 19
19 63 France Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +59.211 16
20 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 22 +1:14.981 24
21 33 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +1:48.143 25
22 76 France Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 19 +3 laps 23
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 21 Accident 20
Ret 43 Australia Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 21 Accident 22
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0 Retirement 21
Sources: [8][9][10]

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 20 40:18.532 5 25
2 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 20 +5.051 6 20
3 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 +12.123 7 16
4 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 20 +12.202 9 13
5 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 20 +14.385 8 11
6 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +14.413 16 10
7 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 20 +14.471 4 9
8 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 20 +18.541 2 8
9 96 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 20 +20.914 13 7
10 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 +21.336 20 6
11 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +21.847 12 5
12 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 20 +23.226 19 4
13 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 20 +25.573 21 3
14 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +29.784 18 2
15 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Kalex 20 +30.267 25 1
16 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 20 +34.561 17
17 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +36.850 24
18 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 20 +48.346 23
19 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 20 +48.772 26
20 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 +49.670 28
21 66 Germany Florian Alt Suter 20 +1:15.596 30
22 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 20 +1:15.641 29
23 51 Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 20 +1:21.693 27
Ret 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Tech 3 19 Retirement 14
Ret 95 Australia Anthony West Speed Up 9 Retirement 22
Ret 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 3 Accident 10
Ret 1 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 3 Accident 3
Ret 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex 3 Accident 15
Ret 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 3 Accident 11
Ret 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up 2 Retirement 1
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 18 38:25.424 1 25
2 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +0.027 21 20
3 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda 18 +0.142 9 16
4 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 18 +0.288 10 13
5 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 18 +0.693 5 11
6 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 18 +0.765 2 10
7 20 France Fabio Quartararo Honda 18 +0.772 6 9
8 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +0.773 3 8
9 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 18 +0.909 4 7
10 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 18 +1.317 13 6
11 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli Honda 18 +1.546 7 5
12 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 18 +1.608 12 4
13 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika KTM 18 +1.869 14 3
14 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 18 +2.504 22 2
15 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 18 +5.119 25 1
16 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 18 +6.814 8
17 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +8.760 26
18 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 18 +9.259 24
19 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 18 +11.385 20
20 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 18 +27.616 18
21 12 Italy Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 18 +29.071 30
22 6 Spain María Herrera Husqvarna 18 +29.266 32
23 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 18 +29.436 31
24 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +29.485 29
25 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 18 +29.770 23
26 53 Italy Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 18 +46.295 33
27 91 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 18 +46.406 27
28 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +1:04.409 28
29 61 Belgium Loris Cresson KTM 18 +1:40.606 34
Ret 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 17 Retirement 17
Ret 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 10 Accident 11
Ret 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 8 Accident 15
Ret 2 Australia Remy Gardner Mahindra 8 Accident 19
Ret 31 Finland Niklas Ajo KTM 1 Accident 16
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[11]

  • Note: Only the top four positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Dovizioso grabs sensational pole for Ducati". Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ^ "MotoGP records destroyed in the desert". Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Valentino Rossi wins season opener in Qatar". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Emotional Iannone overwhelmed by Qatar podium". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  7. ^ English, Steve (31 March 2015). "Marquez pleased to salvage fifth after first corner mistake". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  8. ^ "2015 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ^ "COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  10. ^ "2015 Qatar MotoGp : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.


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