The 2015 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal on 12 July 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez won his second race of the season from pole position. This was Márquez's sixth successive win from pole at the Sachsenring across all classes. His teammate Dani Pedrosa finished in second for Honda's first 1–2 finish of the season, and Valentino Rossi finished in third. At the end of the weekend, Rossi remained championship leader with a 13 point lead over Jorge Lorenzo.
Scott Redding and Andrea Dovizioso crashed out from the race before the halfway mark. Hiroshi Aoyama, who was riding as replacement for an injured Karel Abraham, also crashed out from the race. Mike Di Meglio and Claudio Corti, who was riding as replacement for an injured Stefan Bradl, were forced to retire from the race. The race also saw Michael Laverty return to MotoGP as a temporary replacement for Marco Melandri, who had left Gresini midseason after failing to score any points in the first eight races.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 41:01.087 1 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +2.226 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 +5.608 6 16 4 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 +9.928 3 13 5 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 30 +20.785 4 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +23.215 9 10 7 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 30 +29.881 10 9 8 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +34.953 8 8 9 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +35.875 15 7 10 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +37.253 7 6 11 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +37.274 12 5 12 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +42.081 5 4 13 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 30 +48.611 13 3 14 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +50.687 16 2 15 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 30 +53.769 18 1 16 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 30 +58.921 19 17 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 30 +1:02.738 23 18 15 Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 30 +1:03.122 17 19 76 Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 30 +1:11.162 20 20 70 Michael Laverty Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +1:15.910 24 Ret 71 Claudio Corti Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 22 Retirement 25 Ret 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 14 Accident 11 Ret 7 Hiroshi Aoyama AB Motoracing Honda 4 Accident 22 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 3 Retirement 21 Ret 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 0 Accident 14 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 29 41:09.295 2 25 2 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 29 +0.083 1 20 3 40 Álex Rins Kalex 29 +1.646 12 16 4 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 29 +6.386 5 13 5 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 29 +9.284 9 11 6 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 29 +10.432 4 10 7 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 29 +10.592 11 9 8 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 29 +12.518 16 8 9 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 29 +14.862 15 7 10 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 29 +14.953 13 6 11 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 29 +17.529 7 5 12 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 29 +18.820 10 4 13 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 29 +21.849 19 3 14 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 29 +22.362 8 2 15 49 Axel Pons Kalex 29 +23.275 14 1 16 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 29 +23.429 17 17 39 Luis Salom Kalex 29 +28.507 22 18 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 29 +32.740 24 19 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 29 +33.465 20 20 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 29 +33.508 27 21 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 29 +55.191 26 22 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 29 +57.449 28 23 15 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 29 +57.776 25 Ret 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 28 Accident 3 Ret 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 28 Accident 6 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 25 Retirement 29 Ret 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 5 Accident 21 Ret 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 5 Accident 23 Ret 95 Anthony West Speed Up 4 Accident 18 DNS 66 Florian Alt Suter Did not startOFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 52 Danny Kent Honda 27 39:29.359 1 25 2 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 27 +7.554 4 20 3 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 27 +9.603 5 16 4 5 Romano Fenati KTM 27 +9.629 12 13 5 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 27 +9.664 7 11 6 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 27 +9.807 11 10 7 41 Brad Binder KTM 27 +9.837 8 9 8 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 27 +10.266 10 8 9 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 27 +10.352 9 7 10 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 27 +11.558 13 6 11 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 27 +11.777 15 5 12 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 27 +18.416 6 4 13 98 Karel Hanika KTM 27 +18.426 2 3 14 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 27 +28.782 21 2 15 95 Jules Danilo Honda 27 +28.892 19 1 16 11 Livio Loi Honda 27 +28.958 14 17 17 John McPhee Honda 27 +29.218 23 18 32 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 27 +29.478 17 19 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 27 +29.750 16 20 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 27 +45.844 18 21 16 Andrea Migno KTM 27 +46.658 34 22 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 27 +46.780 25 23 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 27 +46.840 24 24 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 27 +46.965 22 25 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 27 +47.339 29 26 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 27 +1:06.125 31 27 45 Jonas Geitner KTM 27 +1:24.437 33 Ret 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 23 Accident 27 Ret 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 23 Accident 30 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 20 Accident 28 Ret 97 Maximilian Kappler FTR Honda 12 Accident 32 Ret 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 5 Accident 3 Ret 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 5 Retirement 20 Ret 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 1 Retirement 26 DNS 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra Did not start DNS 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top seven riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 179 2 Jorge Lorenzo 166 3 Andrea Iannone 118 4 Marc Márquez 114 5 Andrea Dovizioso 87 6 Bradley Smith 87 7 Dani Pedrosa 67
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 207 2 Honda 159 3 Ducati 143 4 Suzuki 70 5 Yamaha Forward 19 6 Aprilia 13 7 ART 1
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 345 2 Ducati Team 205 3 Repsol Honda Team 186 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 151 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 101 6 Octo Pramac Racing 83 7 CWM LCR Honda 78
Note: Only the top seven positions are included for both sets of standings.
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