2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 18 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 8 November 2015 | ||
| Official name | Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana | ||
| Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi) | ||
| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:30.011 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:31.367 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Second | Marc Márquez |
Honda | |
| Third | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:35.234 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:35.416 on lap 15 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | |
| Second | Álex Rins |
Kalex | |
| Third |  Thomas Lüthi |
Kalex | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  John McPhee |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:39.364 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Romano Fenati |
KTM | |
| Time | 1:39.622 on lap 16 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Miguel Oliveira |
KTM | |
| Second | Jorge Navarro |
Honda | |
| Third |  Jakub Kornfeil |
KTM | |
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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 event for Bridgestone as a single tyre supplier in MotoGP, before they are replaced by Michelin for the 2016 season. 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, 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.[1]
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 30 | 45:59.364 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
Honda | 30 | +0.263 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 30 | +0.654 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | 30 | +19.789 | 26 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró |
Yamaha | 30 | +26.004 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 38 | Bradley Smith |
Yamaha | 30 | +28.835 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati | 30 | +28.886 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
Suzuki | 30 | +34.222 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow |
Honda | 30 | +35.924 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ducati | 30 | +39.579 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Maverick Viñales |
Suzuki | 30 | +39.746 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro |
Ducati | 30 | +47.053 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández |
Ducati | 30 | +54.081 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Aprilia | 30 | +56.646 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 45 | Scott Redding |
Honda | 30 | +57.278 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 30 | +57.363 | 14 | |
| 17 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Honda | 30 | +58.742 | 16 | |
| 18 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl |
Aprilia | 30 | +59.086 | 13 | |
| 19 | 76 |  Loris Baz |
Yamaha Forward | 30 | +1:04.339 | 15 | |
| 20 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Yamaha Forward | 30 | +1:04.413 | 24 | |
| 21 | 43 |  Jack Miller |
Honda | 30 | +1:05.212 | 20 | |
| 22 | 13 | Anthony West |
Honda | 30 | +1:27.281 | 22 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Ducati | 24 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 50 |  Eugene Laverty |
Honda | 23 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 23 | Broc Parkes |
ART | 21 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone |
Ducati | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT | |||||||
Moto2
Dominique Aegerter was replaced by Joshua Hook after the second practice session.[2]
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an accident involving multiple riders in the opening lap.[3] For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 27 to 18 laps.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | 18 | 28:48.831 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Álex Rins |
Kalex | 18 | +0.309 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi |
Kalex | 18 | +3.347 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
Kalex | 18 | +3.644 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Sam Lowes |
Speed Up | 18 | +5.140 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 39 | Luis Salom |
Kalex | 18 | +9.499 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Johann Zarco |
Kalex | 18 | +9.834 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 49 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | 18 | +11.197 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Simone Corsi |
Kalex | 18 | +11.611 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
Speed Up | 18 | +17.311 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | 18 | +20.784 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 73 | Álex Márquez |
Kalex | 18 | +21.296 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 11 | Sandro Cortese |
Kalex | 18 | +21.455 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 94 | Jonas Folger |
Kalex | 18 | +21.560 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter |
Tech 3 | 18 | +24.669 | 21 | 1 |
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Kalex | 18 | +28.190 | 23 | |
| 17 | 97 | Xavi Vierge |
Tech 3 | 18 | +28.537 | 22 | |
| 18 | 60 | Julián Simón |
Speed Up | 18 | +28.762 | 6 | |
| 19 | 88 | Ricard Cardús |
Suter | 18 | +29.017 | 17 | |
| 20 | 66 | Florian Alt |
Suter | 18 | +29.297 | 19 | |
| 21 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher |
Kalex | 18 | +30.788 | 20 | |
| 22 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser |
Kalex | 18 | +32.028 | 26 | |
| 23 | 10 |  Thitipong Warokorn |
Kalex | 18 | +37.044 | 28 | |
| 24 | 2 | Jesko Raffin |
Kalex | 18 | +37.107 | 27 | |
| 25 | 32 | Federico Fuligni |
Suter | 18 | +47.239 | 29 | |
| 26 | 16 | Joshua Hook |
Kalex | 18 | +47.901 | 30 | |
| Ret | 90 | Lucas Mahias |
Transfiormers | 13 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 57 | Edgar Pons |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 25 | |
| DNS | 21 | Franco Morbidelli |
Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 11 | |
| DNS | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin |
Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 24 | |
| DNS | 25 | Azlan Shah |
Kalex | Did not start | |||
| DNS | 96 | Louis Rossi |
Tech 3 | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira |
KTM | 24 | 40:09.792 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Jorge Navarro |
Honda | 24 | +0.198 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
KTM | 24 | +2.090 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 41 |  Brad Binder |
KTM | 24 | +2.121 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Enea Bastianini |
Honda | 24 | +2.975 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Isaac Viñales |
KTM | 24 | +3.343 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | John McPhee |
Honda | 24 | +4.087 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 76 | Hiroki Ono |
Honda | 24 | +9.627 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 | Danny Kent |
Honda | 24 | +9.914 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 65 | Philipp Öttl |
KTM | 24 | +10.580 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 16 | Andrea Migno |
KTM | 24 | +10.661 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Nicolò Bulega |
KTM | 24 | +11.642 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia |
Mahindra | 24 | +16.741 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 88 | Jorge Martín |
Mahindra | 24 | +20.196 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | 24 | +21.531 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 95 | Jules Danilo |
Honda | 24 | +21.552 | 17 | |
| 17 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | 24 | +21.868 | 21 | |
| 18 | 40 | Darryn Binder |
Mahindra | 24 | +25.114 | 26 | |
| 19 | 29 | Stefano Manzi |
Mahindra | 24 | +25.301 | 29 | |
| 20 | 11 | Livio Loi |
Honda | 24 | +25.331 | 28 | |
| 21 | 6 | María Herrera |
Husqvarna | 24 | +25.655 | 22 | |
| 22 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta |
Husqvarna | 24 | +32.973 | 23 | |
| 23 | 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio |
Honda | 24 | +33.019 | 25 | |
| 24 | 22 | Ana Carrasco |
KTM | 24 | +33.549 | 31 | |
| 25 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani |
Mahindra | 24 | +33.953 | 27 | |
| Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez |
Honda | 23 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 5 | Romano Fenati |
KTM | 23 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli |
Honda | 23 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci |
Mahindra | 20 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 98 | Karel Hanika |
KTM | 10 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 20 | Fabio Quartararo |
Honda | 10 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara |
Mahindra | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki |
Mahindra | 7 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 2 | Remy Gardner |
Mahindra | 5 | Retirement | 32 | |
| DNS | 91 |  Gabriel Rodrigo |
KTM | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Jorge Lorenzo wins third MotoGP title with victory in Valencia finale". The Guardian. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Hook drafted in for Valencia Moto2 race weekend". cycleonline.com.au. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ↑ "Moto2 Valencia: Rabat says farewell to Moto2 with home win". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
External links
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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