The 2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 8 November 2015.

Background

This was the last race for Bridgestone, who had been the sole tyre supplier since 2009, as the sole tyre supplier in MotoGP, before they are replaced by Michelin for 2016. It was also the last race for the ART and Forward Yamaha bikes. After a court trial involving Valentino Rossi's clash with Marc Márquez in the previous race, the FIM staff and CAS rejected Rossi's appeal of suspension of three penalty points given for purposely pushing Márquez wide, and declared that he would start the round from last place.

Race

Championship hopeful Jorge Lorenzo had taken pole position and took the start, and led from start to finish, closely shadowed by Honda duo Márquez and Dani Pedrosa, who were buffers preventing Rossi from reaching the second position he'd needed to become champion. Rossi fought up to fourth after being allowed to pass by numerous other riders, but had no prospect of catching any of the three top riders and so cruised home. Lorenzo was subject to heavy pressure by the Honda riders during the final lap, but held on to claim his third MotoGP and fifth overall title.[2]

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 45:59.364 1 25
2 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.263 2 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.654 3 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 +19.789 26 13
5 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +26.004 8 11
6 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.835 6 10
7 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 30 +28.886 9 9
8 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +34.222 4 8
9 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 30 +35.924 5 7
10 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +39.579 10 6
11 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +39.746 11 5
12 51 Italy Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 30 +47.053 12 4
13 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +54.081 17 3
14 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +56.646 18 2
15 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 30 +57.278 19 1
16 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 30 +57.363 14
17 69 United States Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 30 +58.742 16
18 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +59.086 13
19 76 France Loris Baz Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 30 +1:04.339 15
20 24 Spain Toni Elías Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 30 +1:04.413 24
21 43 Australia Jack Miller LCR Honda Honda 30 +1:05.212 20
22 13 Australia Anthony West AB Motoracing Honda 30 +1:27.281 22
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 24 Retirement 21
Ret 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 23 Retirement 23
Ret 23 Australia Broc Parkes E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 21 Retirement 25
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 2 Accident 7
Sources:[3][4][5]

Moto2

Dominique Aegerter was replaced by Joshua Hook after the second practice session.[6]

The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an accident involving multiple riders in the opening lap.[7] For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 27 to 18 laps.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 18 28:48.831 1 25
2 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 18 +0.309 3 20
3 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 18 +3.347 4 16
4 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +3.644 5 13
5 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up 18 +5.140 10 11
6 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex 18 +9.499 12 10
7 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 18 +9.834 2 9
8 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 18 +11.197 7 8
9 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 18 +11.611 9 7
10 36 Finland Mika Kallio Speed Up 18 +17.311 15 6
11 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 18 +20.784 8 5
12 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +21.296 14 4
13 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 18 +21.455 13 3
14 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 18 +21.560 18 2
15 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 18 +24.669 21 1
16 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 18 +28.190 23
17 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 18 +28.537 22
18 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 18 +28.762 6
19 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Suter 18 +29.017 17
20 66 Germany Florian Alt Suter 18 +29.297 19
21 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 18 +30.788 20
22 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 18 +32.028 26
23 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 18 +37.044 28
24 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 18 +37.107 27
25 32 Italy Federico Fuligni Suter 18 +47.239 29
26 16 Australia Joshua Hook Kalex 18 +47.901 30
Ret 90 France Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 13 Retirement 16
Ret 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 3 Accident 25
DNS 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 0 Did not restart 11
DNS 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 0 Did not restart 24
DNS 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex Did not start
DNS 96 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 24 40:09.792 4 25
2 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 24 +0.198 5 20
3 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 24 +2.090 12 16
4 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 24 +2.121 9 13
5 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 24 +2.975 6 11
6 32 Spain Isaac Viñales KTM 24 +3.343 13 10
7 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 24 +4.087 1 9
8 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 24 +9.627 10 8
9 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda 24 +9.914 18 7
10 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 24 +10.580 14 6
11 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 24 +10.661 15 5
12 8 Italy Nicolò Bulega KTM 24 +11.642 16 4
13 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 24 +16.741 19 3
14 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 24 +20.196 24 2
15 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 24 +21.531 20 1
16 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 24 +21.552 17
17 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24 +21.868 21
18 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 24 +25.114 26
19 29 Italy Stefano Manzi Mahindra 24 +25.301 29
20 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 24 +25.331 28
21 6 Spain María Herrera Husqvarna 24 +25.655 22
22 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 24 +32.973 23
23 4 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 24 +33.019 25
24 22 Spain Ana Carrasco KTM 24 +33.549 31
25 96 Italy Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 24 +33.953 27
Ret 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 23 Accident 3
Ret 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 23 Accident 2
Ret 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 Accident 7
Ret 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 20 Retirement 33
Ret 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika KTM 10 Accident 8
Ret 20 France Fabio Quartararo Honda 10 Retirement 11
Ret 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 7 Retirement 30
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 7 Retirement 34
Ret 2 Australia Remy Gardner Mahindra 5 Retirement 32
DNS 91 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 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 eighteen has concluded.[8]

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

References

  1. ^ "2015 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Jorge Lorenzo wins third MotoGP title with victory in Valencia finale". The Guardian. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  3. ^ "2015 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "GP MOTUL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "2015 Valencian Community MotoGp : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Hook drafted in for Valencia Moto2 race weekend". cycleonline.com.au. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Moto2 Valencia: Rabat says farewell to Moto2 with home win". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.


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