2015 Moto2 World Championship

Johann Zarco (pictured in 2022) was the 2015 Moto2 Champion.

The 2015 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc VDS Racing Team rider Tito Rabat started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in 2014.

Rabat had been trailing by 78 points going to the Japanese Grand Prix. However, he had to withdraw from the event with a fractured left radius. Therefore, Johann Zarco became World Champion – the ninth different world champion in the intermediate class in as many years. Ajo Motorsport rider Zarco won eight races during the season – to become the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing – and with a tally of 352 points, set a record points total for the intermediate class; surpassing Rabat's 346 from 2014. With Rabat missing three races due to injury, rookie Álex Rins (Pons Racing) moved ahead in the standings, and despite Rabat winning the final race in Valencia, Rins finished second to seal the runner-up spot by three points. Rins won two races at Indianapolis, and Phillip Island, while Rabat added his Valencia success to wins at Mugello and Motorland Aragón.

On one of the few non-Kalex motorcycles on the grid, Sam Lowes finished fourth in the championship for Speed Up, taking a race win at Circuit of the Americas, holding off Derendinger Racing Interwetten's Thomas Lüthi, who won at Le Mans. The season's only other race winners were Jonas Folger, who won at Losail and Jerez for the AGR Team, and Xavier Siméon, who took his first win for Gresini Racing at the Sachsenring. Kalex comfortably won the manufacturers' championship; they won 17 of the season's 18 races, with only Lowes' success at Circuit of the Americas stopping a clean sweep of victories. Speed Up finished second in the championship, with 209 points to Kalex's 445.

The 2015 season was the last year that Eni was the sole fuel supplier for Moto2, as Total became the championship's fuel supplier in 2016.

Calendar

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 29 March ‡ Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 12 April United States Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3 19 April Argentina Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4 3 May Spain Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5 17 May France Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Le Mans Bugatti, Le Mans
6 31 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7 14 June Catalonia Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 27 June †† Netherlands Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 12 July Germany GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10 9 August United States Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11 16 August Czech Republic bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno
12 30 August United Kingdom Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 13 September San Marino Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 27 September Aragon Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15 11 October Japan Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 18 October Australia Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
17 25 October Malaysia Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18 8 November Valencian Community Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race
†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

  • The British Grand Prix had been scheduled to return to Donington Park for the first time since 2009, ahead of a planned move to the brand-new Circuit of Wales in 2016. However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays. The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014. An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Kalex Moto2 1 Spain Tito Rabat 1–16, 18
73 Spain Álex Márquez All
Spain Sports-Millions-Emwe-SAG
Spain APH PTT The Pizza SAG
Kalex Kalex Moto2 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin All
10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn All
Switzerland Athinà Forward Racing
Switzerland Forward Racing
Kalex Kalex Moto2 3 Italy Simone Corsi 1–9, 11–18
7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri 1–9, 11–18
Monaco JiR Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher All
Finland Ajo Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 5 France Johann Zarco All
Spain Paginas Amarillas HP 40
Spain Pons Racing Junior Team
Kalex Kalex Moto2 9 Italy Luca Marini 13
39 Spain Luis Salom All
40 Spain Álex Rins All
57 Spain Edgar Pons 4, 7, 11
Germany Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Germany Sandro Cortese All
Switzerland Derendinger Racing Interwetten
Switzerland Technomag Racing Interwetten
Kalex Kalex Moto2 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi All
16 Australia Joshua Hook 15–18
70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser All
77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter 1–14, 18
Netherlands Abbink GP Speed Up Speed Up SF14 13 Netherlands Jasper Iwema 8
Malaysia JPMoto Malaysia Suter Suter MMX2 15 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot 7–10
51 Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi 1–6
88 Spain Ricard Cardús 11–18
Italy Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
Italy Gresini Racing
Kalex Kalex Moto2 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon All
54 Italy Mattia Pasini 6, 13
France Promoto Sport TransFIORmers ??? 20 France Louis Bulle 5
90 France Lucas Mahias 18
Italy Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli 1–11, 16–18
36 Finland Mika Kallio 1–13
57 Spain Edgar Pons 14–18
64 Italy Federico Caricasulo 12–14
Italy Speed Up Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF15 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes All
France Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter All
88 Spain Ricard Cardús 1–9
97 Spain Xavi Vierge 10–18
Japan Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex Kalex Moto2 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah All
30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami All
United Kingdom FAB-Racing FTR FTR Moto M213 28 United Kingdom Bradley Ray 12
Italy Team Ciatti Suter Suter MMX2 32 Italy Federico Fuligni 14, 18
Qatar QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF15 36 Finland Mika Kallio 14–18
60 Spain Julián Simón All
95 Australia Anthony West 1–13
Spain AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 44 South Africa Steven Odendaal 3
49 Spain Axel Pons 1–2, 4–18
94 Germany Jonas Folger All
Malaysia Petronas Raceline Malaysia
Malaysia Petronas AHM Malaysia
Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin All
93 Malaysia Ramdan Rosli 7, 17
Italy Octo IodaRacing Project
Italy E-Motion IodaRacing Team
Suter Suter MMX2 66 Germany Florian Alt All
Japan NTS T.Pro Project NTS ??? 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama 15
Japan Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi 15
Italy Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 96 France Louis Rossi All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Report
1 Qatar Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix United Kingdom Sam Lowes France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger Spain AGR Team Germany Kalex Report
2 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Belgium Xavier Siméon United Kingdom Sam Lowes United Kingdom Sam Lowes Italy Speed Up Racing Italy Speed Up Report
3 Argentina Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
4 Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Tito Rabat Spain Álex Rins Germany Jonas Folger Spain AGR Team Germany Kalex Report
5 France French motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Álex Rins Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Switzerland Derendinger Racing Interwetten Germany Kalex Report
6 Italy Italian motorcycle Grand Prix United Kingdom Sam Lowes Spain Tito Rabat Spain Tito Rabat Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS Germany Kalex Report
7 Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Spain Álex Rins France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
8 Netherlands Dutch TT France Johann Zarco Spain Tito Rabat France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
9 Germany German motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Italy Franco Morbidelli Belgium Xavier Siméon Italy Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Germany Kalex Report
10 United States Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Álex Rins Italy Franco Morbidelli Spain Álex Rins Spain Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Germany Kalex Report
11 Czech Republic Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Switzerland Thomas Lüthi France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
12 United Kingdom British motorcycle Grand Prix United Kingdom Sam Lowes Germany Florian Alt France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
13 San Marino San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
14 Aragon Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Tito Rabat Spain Álex Rins Spain Tito Rabat Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS Germany Kalex Report
15 Japan Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
16 Australia Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Álex Rins Spain Álex Rins Spain Álex Rins Spain Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Germany Kalex Report
17 Malaysia Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Switzerland Thomas Lüthi France Johann Zarco Finland Ajo Motorsport Germany Kalex Report
18 Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Tito Rabat Spain Tito Rabat Spain Tito Rabat Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS Germany Kalex Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 France Johann Zarco Kalex 8 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 7 1 7 352
2 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 4 3 2 18 17 11 2 4 3 1 3 2 DSQ 2 11 1 Ret 2 234
3 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex Ret 4 12 3 2 1 3 2 Ret 5 2 3 2 1 DNS DNS 1 231
4 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up Ret 1 3 20 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 8 2 13 5 186
5 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 3 12 6 4 1 Ret 6 5 6 6 7 9 10 5 Ret 15 2 3 179
6 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 1 16 9 1 Ret Ret 7 7 14 12 6 5 6 4 2 Ret 3 14 163
7 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 2 Ret 22 5 8 6 Ret 6 1 8 16 25 12 Ret Ret 5 10 16 113
8 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 10 20 17 7 13 20 13 7 9 12 14 3 8 22 4 4 11 100
9 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 26 8 13 21 10 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 10 12 3 5 4 96
10 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 5 5 5 6 5 Ret 8 19 Ret 3 10 11 15 Ret 90
11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 14 7 Ret 14 8 Ret 17 11 Ret 8 8 8 13 3 Ret 7 13 90
12 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex Ret 11 Ret 8 18 Ret 13 10 4 11 Ret 4 9 7 13 9 9 86
13 Spain Luis Salom Kalex Ret 27 11 7 Ret 5 5 DNS 17 16 9 17 9 Ret Ret 6 6 6 80
14 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 11 15 15 9 Ret 12 11 9 18 10 4 4 Ret Ret 18 9 Ret 12 73
15 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 6 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 12 8 12 Ret 15 20 Ret 72
Speed Up 11 15 8 12 10
16 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 12 6 10 12 9 Ret 14 15 16 Ret 14 16 18 7 5 16 8 Ret 64
17 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Kalex 15 18 13 16 10 3 9 12 10 4 13 13 24 Ret WD 62
18 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 13 9 26 11 6 7 15 11 9 Ret 18 18 5 Ret 16 18 25 18 58
19 Spain Axel Pons Kalex Ret DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 22 15 7 17 15 11 12 Ret 24 11 8 41
20 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 16 13 16 10 13 16 16 18 Ret 14 19 11 17 15 9 12 Ret 15 32
21 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 17 21 21 14 12 14 18 14 13 Ret 20 12 14 17 10 10 17 21 31
22 Australia Anthony West Speed Up Ret 7 14 15 11 19 22 Ret Ret 13 21 7 15 30
23 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 18 19 17 21 19 15 19 16 Ret 11 23 19 13 14 4 21 16 DNS 24
24 Spain Ricard Cardús Tech 3 Ret 17 18 Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 19 20
Suter 24 10 Ret 18 6 14 14 19
25 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 9 22 Ret DNS Ret 20 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 27 19 23 20 23 18 DNS 7
26 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama NTS 13 3
27 Japan Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 14 2
28 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 20 23 23 20 22 Ret 20 20 15 Ret 23 Ret 19 23 Ret 19 22 1
Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 Ret Ret 22 23 16 Ret 19 22 17 0
Italy Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 16 0
Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 22 24 28 25 24 23 24 21 21 17 26 21 Ret 20 17 17 21 24 0
Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 19 17 22 Ret 19 22 20 Ret 0
Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 19 23 24 22 22 21 25 23 22 18 25 Ret 20 22 Ret 25 27 23 0
Germany Florian Alt Suter 21 25 25 24 23 24 21 Ret DNS 19 Ret 24 22 21 21 Ret 26 20 0
South Africa Steven Odendaal Kalex 19 0
Australia Joshua Hook Kalex Ret 20 23 26 0
Italy Luca Marini Kalex 21 0
Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Suter Ret 24 23 Ret 0
Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 23 Ret 27 26 25 Ret 0
Malaysia Ramdan Rosli Kalex 26 24 0
Italy Federico Fuligni Suter Ret 25 0
Netherlands Jasper Iwema Speed Up 25 0
Italy Federico Caricasulo Kalex 26 Ret DNS 0
France Louis Bulle TransFIORmers 26 0
France Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers Ret 0
United Kingdom Bradley Ray FTR Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Germany Kalex 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 445
2 Italy Speed Up 13 1 3 11 4 4 4 3 5 13 5 6 5 3 8 2 12 5 209
3 France Tech 3 9 13 16 10 13 16 16 18 19 14 19 11 17 15 9 12 18 15 39
4 Switzerland Suter 21 25 25 24 23 24 21 24 23 19 24 10 22 18 6 14 14 19 20
5 Japan NTS 13 3
6 Japan Moriwaki 14 2
France TransFIORmers 26 Ret 0
United Kingdom FTR Ret 0
Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Catalonia
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

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