2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

Catalonia  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
LocationCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Aleix Espargaró Suzuki
Time 1:40.546
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:42.219 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:45.895
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Time 1:46.474 on lap 2
Podium
First France Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Third Spain Tito Rabat Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Time 1:50.137
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda
Time 1:50.606 on lap 12
Podium
First United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda
Second Italy Enea Bastianini Honda
Third Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda

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.

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, ahead of Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who achieved his first podium of the season. 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 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 42:53.208 3 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +0.885 7 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +19.455 6 16
4 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 25 +24.925 12 13
5 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +27.782 8 11
6 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +29.559 2 10
7 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 25 +36.424 14 9
8 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +42.103 15 8
9 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +49.350 16 7
10 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +52.569 20 6
11 43 Australia Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 25 +53.666 21 5
12 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 25 +55.765 22 4
13 76 France Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +55.832 19 3
14 63 France Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +1:09.037 17 2
15 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 25 +1:25.263 23 1
16 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 24 +1 lap 13
Ret 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 Accident 1
Ret 69 United States Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 13 Accident 18
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 6 Retirement 24
Ret 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 6 Retirement 5
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 4 Accident 11
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 3 Retirement 4
Ret 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 3 Retirement 9
Ret 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 2 Accident 10
DNS 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda Did not start
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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 France Johann Zarco Kalex 23 41:15.487 1 25
2 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 23 +0.426 7 20
3 1 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 23 +1.115 3 16
4 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up 23 +3.914 5 13
5 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex 23 +7.080 6 11
6 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +7.383 10 10
7 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 23 +8.839 2 9
8 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +10.352 23 8
9 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Kalex 23 +10.638 4 7
10 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 23 +10.730 13 6
11 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 23 +11.052 12 5
12 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +16.338 22 4
13 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 23 +16.649 8 3
14 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +19.584 19 2
15 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 23 +19.657 15 1
16 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 23 +19.966 16
17 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 23 +27.233 21
18 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 23 +30.281 18
19 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 23 +30.344 17
20 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +39.906 25
21 66 Germany Florian Alt Suter 23 +43.463 28
22 95 Australia Anthony West Speed Up 23 +43.641 27
23 96 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 23 +44.849 26
24 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 23 +48.202 31
25 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 23 +1:01.457 29
26 93 Malaysia Ramdan Rosli Kalex 23 +1:07.876 32
Ret 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Tech 3 17 Accident 30
Ret 15 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 9 Accident 24
Ret 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 7 Accident 20
Ret 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 0 Accident 9
Ret 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 0 Accident 11
Ret 19 Belgium 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 United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda 22 40:59.419 2 25
2 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 22 +0.035 1 20
3 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 22 +0.600 6 16
4 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 22 +0.687 4 13
5 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 22 +0.827 5 11
6 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 22 +0.913 3 10
7 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 22 +8.871 20 9
8 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 22 +8.917 13 8
9 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 22 +11.068 18 7
10 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 22 +14.968 9 6
11 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 22 +16.596 15 5
12 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli Honda 22 +17.340 19 4
13 31 Finland Niklas Ajo KTM 22 +19.086 8 3
14 20 France Fabio Quartararo Honda 22 +19.320 7 2
15 6 Spain María Herrera Husqvarna 22 +19.366 14 1
16 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 22 +22.257 22
17 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 22 +23.345 24
18 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 22 +26.414 23
19 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 22 +27.080 29
20 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 22 +36.956 17
21 12 Italy Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 22 +37.895 31
22 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 22 +37.946 28
23 22 Spain Ana Carrasco KTM 22 +38.088 34
24 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 22 +53.346 33
25 2 Australia Remy Gardner Mahindra 22 +1:02.762 25
26 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 22 +1:16.487 16
27 29 Italy Stefano Manzi Mahindra 21 +1 lap 27
28 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 21 +1 lap 21
Ret 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika KTM 19 Accident 12
Ret 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 17 Retirement 30
Ret 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 9 Accident 11
Ret 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 6 Accident 10
Ret 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 0 Accident 26
Ret 91 Argentina 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.

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

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