The 2015 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 19 April 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez took his second pole position of the season. In the race, he started well and pulled away from the field to a maximum advantage of 4 seconds. However, Valentino Rossi closed in on Márquez, and on lap 22, immediately followed him. At Turn 5, Márquez made contact with Rossi, with Márquez's bike hitting Rossi's rear tyre. Márquez could not rejoin, and as a result, Rossi took his second win of the season. Andrea Dovizioso took his third successive second place, while Cal Crutchlow took LCR Honda's first podium since the 2013 United States Grand Prix with third place, after passing Andrea Iannone at the final corner. Crutchlow's teammate Jack Miller took his first win in the Open category with a twelfth-place finish, and aside from Márquez's retirement, Hiroshi Aoyama and Yonny Hernández were the only other riders not to make the finish.
Classification MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 41:35.644 8 25 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25 +5.685 6 20 3 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 25 +8.298 4 16 4 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 25 +8.352 3 13 5 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 25 +10.192 5 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +19.876 10 10 7 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +24.333 2 9 8 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +27.670 18 8 9 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 25 +34.397 11 7 10 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 25 +34.808 9 6 11 9 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +40.206 7 5 12 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 25 +42.654 21 4 13 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +42.729 12 3 14 76 Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +42.853 22 2 15 6 Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 25 +43.037 16 1 16 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 25 +43.252 20 17 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 25 +43.400 14 18 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 25 +43.808 23 19 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +44.878 19 20 33 Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 25 +56.236 24 21 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 25 +1:03.371 17 22 15 Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 25 +1:08.444 25 Ret 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 Accident 15 Ret 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 Accident 1 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 6 Retirement 13 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 23 39:44.497 1 25 2 40 Álex Rins Kalex 23 +2.715 5 20 3 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 23 +4.161 4 16 4 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +5.310 10 13 5 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 23 +7.958 22 11 6 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 23 +9.408 3 10 7 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 23 +9.926 8 9 8 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 23 +10.028 13 8 9 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 23 +10.152 6 7 10 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +11.316 16 6 11 39 Luis Salom Kalex 23 +11.764 18 5 12 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 23 +11.872 2 4 13 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 23 +14.005 17 3 14 95 Anthony West Speed Up 23 +20.788 19 2 15 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 23 +21.321 20 1 16 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 23 +25.693 12 17 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 23 +26.537 25 18 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 23 +26.686 21 19 44 Steven Odendaal Kalex 23 +27.397 26 20 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +27.779 15 21 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 23 +28.559 11 22 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 23 +35.988 9 23 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 23 +36.457 24 24 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 23 +46.710 27 25 66 Florian Alt Suter 23 +47.522 28 26 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 23 +1:02.910 14 27 51 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 23 +1:06.741 30 28 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 23 +1:06.839 29 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 18 Retirement 23 Ret 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 1 Accident 7OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 52 Danny Kent Honda 21 38:25.621 2 25 2 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 21 +10.334 4 20 3 32 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 21 +10.396 5 16 4 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 21 +10.767 1 13 5 41 Brad Binder KTM 21 +11.117 14 11 6 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 21 +11.195 15 10 7 98 Karel Hanika KTM 21 +11.388 6 9 8 5 Romano Fenati KTM 21 +11.603 34 8 9 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 21 +11.712 9 7 10 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 21 +11.806 16 6 11 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 21 +11.958 17 5 12 11 Livio Loi Honda 21 +12.355 10 4 13 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 21 +12.501 8 3 14 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 21 +12.644 19 2 15 17 John McPhee Honda 21 +12.772 18 1 16 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 21 +22.477 20 17 16 Andrea Migno KTM 21 +23.352 13 18 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 21 +28.746 25 19 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 21 +30.409 26 20 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 21 +30.644 27 21 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 21 +30.786 24 22 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 21 +44.095 22 23 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 21 +45.153 28 24 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 21 +49.149 29 25 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 21 +51.073 30 26 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 21 +56.185 32 27 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 21 +1:01.461 31 28 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 20 +1 lap 33 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 15 Retirement 7 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 12 Retirement 11 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 7 Retirement 12 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 4 Accident 3 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Honda 3 Accident 21 Ret 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 0 Accident 23 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 66 2 Andrea Dovizioso 60 3 Andrea Iannone 40 4 Jorge Lorenzo 37 5 Marc Márquez 36
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 66 2 Ducati 60 3 Honda 52 4 Suzuki 22 5 Yamaha Forward 2
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 103 2 Ducati Team 100 3 Repsol Honda Team 51 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 43 5 CWM LCR Honda 40
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.
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