The 2015 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2015 MotoGP season. It was held at the Brno Circuit in Brno on 16 August 2015.
In the premier class, Jorge Lorenzo took his second pole position of the season and ultimately his fifth win of the season, ahead of Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi. Andrea Iannone finished fourth, while fifth place was contested by Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa, with Pedrosa ultimately coming out on top by 0.075 seconds. Cal Crutchlow, Maverick Viñales, Alex de Angelis, and Eugene Laverty all crashed out of the race before the halfway mark. With these results, Lorenzo's win gave him the championship lead over Rossi, by virtue of more wins at that point.
In the junior classes, Moto2 championship leader Johann Zarco extended his lead in the championship, winning ahead of Tito Rabat and Álex Rins. In a restarted Moto3 race, Gresini Racing rider Niccolò Antonelli took his first victory ahead of Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder, with the top nine riders being split by 1.42 seconds at the finish.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 42:53.042 1 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +4.462 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +10.397 3 16 4 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 22 +13.071 4 13 5 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +15.650 9 11 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 22 +15.725 6 10 7 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +21.821 5 9 8 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +23.240 8 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +43.784 15 7 10 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +45.261 13 6 11 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +49.973 12 5 12 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 22 +50.174 14 4 13 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +54.437 19 3 14 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +54.624 16 2 15 76 Loris Baz Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 22 +1:00.316 18 1 16 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +1:01.595 11 17 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 +1:02.388 21 18 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +1:05.944 17 19 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 22 +1:11.407 22 20 71 Claudio Corti Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 22 +1:50.033 24 21 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 22 +2:02.655 25 Ret 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 15 Accident 7 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 14 Accident 10 Ret 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 4 Accident 20 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 3 Accident 23 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 20 41:02.500 1 25 2 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 20 +1.421 2 20 3 40 Álex Rins Kalex 20 +1.785 3 16 4 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +4.393 7 13 5 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 20 +7.844 13 11 6 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 20 +8.056 10 10 7 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 +9.882 5 9 8 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 20 +10.074 4 8 9 39 Luis Salom Kalex 20 +11.921 15 7 10 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 20 +12.479 8 6 11 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 20 +17.694 12 5 12 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +17.763 16 4 13 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 20 +18.352 6 3 14 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 20 +18.522 17 2 15 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +19.377 18 1 16 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 20 +20.811 19 17 49 Axel Pons Kalex 20 +21.272 9 18 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 20 +22.119 22 19 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 20 +25.946 21 20 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +26.586 14 21 95 Anthony West Speed Up 20 +39.425 23 22 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 20 +44.290 27 23 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 20 +44.657 25 24 88 Ricard Cardús Suter 20 +44.747 28 25 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 20 +46.960 26 26 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 20 +53.547 31 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 16 Retirement 30 Ret 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 12 Retirement 11 Ret 66 Florian Alt Suter 12 Retirement 29 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 11 Retirement 20 Ret 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 3 Accident 24OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following two separate accidents involving multiple riders. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 19 to 12 laps. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 12 25:56.866 1 25 2 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 12 +0.152 15 20 3 41 Brad Binder KTM 12 +0.376 6 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 12 +0.540 8 13 5 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 12 +0.560 3 11 6 5 Romano Fenati KTM 12 +0.821 22 10 7 52 Danny Kent Honda 12 +1.179 2 9 8 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 12 +1.188 12 8 9 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 12 +1.420 19 7 10 17 John McPhee Honda 12 +3.385 10 6 11 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 12 +5.751 9 5 12 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 12 +5.846 27 4 13 16 Andrea Migno KTM 12 +5.910 26 3 14 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 12 +6.173 13 2 15 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 12 +6.268 24 1 16 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 12 +7.648 16 17 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 12 +7.702 17 18 11 Livio Loi Honda 12 +8.207 32 19 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 12 +14.302 23 20 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 12 +16.013 20 21 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 12 +16.127 35 22 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 12 +16.742 33 23 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 12 +16.927 31 24 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 12 +18.967 30 25 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 12 +31.460 29 26 98 Karel Hanika KTM 12 +37.086 7 27 95 Jules Danilo Honda 12 +1:01.665 11 Ret 86 Kevin Hanus Honda 9 Accident 36 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 8 Accident 5 Ret 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 7 Retirement 4 Ret 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 1 Accident 14 DNS 97 Maximilian Kappler FTR Honda 0 Did not restart 34 DNS 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 0 Did not restart 18 DNS 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 0 Did not restart 21 DNS 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 0 Did not restart 25 DNS 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 0 Did not restart 28 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 211 2 Valentino Rossi 211 3 Marc Márquez 159 4 Andrea Iannone 142 5 Bradley Smith 106
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 252 2 Honda 204 3 Ducati 167 4 Suzuki 82 5 Yamaha Forward 20
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 422 2 Repsol Honda Team 255 3 Ducati Team 246 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 187 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 115
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all standings.
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