The 2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 8 November 2015.
Background This was the last race for Bridgestone, who had been the sole tyre supplier since 2009, as the sole tyre supplier in MotoGP, before they are replaced by Michelin for 2016. It was also the last race for the ART and Forward Yamaha bikes. After a court trial involving Valentino Rossi's clash with Marc Márquez in the previous race, the FIM staff and CAS rejected Rossi's appeal of suspension of three penalty points given for purposely pushing Márquez wide, and declared that he would start the round from last place.
Race Championship hopeful Jorge Lorenzo had taken pole position and took the start, and led from start to finish, closely shadowed by Honda duo Márquez and Dani Pedrosa, Rossi fought up to fourth after being allowed to pass by numerous other riders, but had no prospect of catching any of the three top riders and so cruised home. Lorenzo was subject to heavy pressure by the Honda riders during the final lap, but held on to claim his third MotoGP and fifth overall title.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 45:59.364 1 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.263 2 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +0.654 3 16 4 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30 +19.789 26 13 5 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +26.004 8 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.835 6 10 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 30 +28.886 9 9 8 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +34.222 4 8 9 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 30 +35.924 5 7 10 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +39.579 10 6 11 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 30 +39.746 11 5 12 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 30 +47.053 12 4 13 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 30 +54.081 17 3 14 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +56.646 18 2 15 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 30 +57.278 19 1 16 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 30 +57.363 14 17 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 30 +58.742 16 18 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 30 +59.086 13 19 76 Loris Baz Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 30 +1:04.339 15 20 24 Toni Elías Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 30 +1:04.413 24 21 43 Jack Miller LCR Honda Honda 30 +1:05.212 20 22 13 Anthony West AB Motoracing Honda 30 +1:27.281 22 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 24 Retirement 21 Ret 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 23 Retirement 23 Ret 23 Broc Parkes E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 21 Retirement 25 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 2 Accident 7 Sources:
Moto2 Dominique Aegerter was replaced by Joshua Hook after the second practice session.
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an accident involving multiple riders in the opening lap. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 27 to 18 laps. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 18 28:48.831 1 25 2 40 Álex Rins Kalex 18 +0.309 3 20 3 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 18 +3.347 4 16 4 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 18 +3.644 5 13 5 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 18 +5.140 10 11 6 39 Luis Salom Kalex 18 +9.499 12 10 7 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 18 +9.834 2 9 8 49 Axel Pons Kalex 18 +11.197 7 8 9 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 18 +11.611 9 7 10 36 Mika Kallio Speed Up 18 +17.311 15 6 11 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 18 +20.784 8 5 12 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 18 +21.296 14 4 13 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 18 +21.455 13 3 14 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 18 +21.560 18 2 15 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 18 +24.669 21 1 16 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 18 +28.190 23 17 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 18 +28.537 22 18 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 18 +28.762 6 19 88 Ricard Cardús Suter 18 +29.017 17 20 66 Florian Alt Suter 18 +29.297 19 21 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 18 +30.788 20 22 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 18 +32.028 26 23 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 18 +37.044 28 24 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 18 +37.107 27 25 32 Federico Fuligni Suter 18 +47.239 29 26 16 Joshua Hook Kalex 18 +47.901 30 Ret 90 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 13 Retirement 16 Ret 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 3 Accident 25 DNS 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 0 Did not restart 11 DNS 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 0 Did not restart 24 DNS 25 Azlan Shah Kalex Did not start DNS 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 Did not startOFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 24 40:09.792 4 25 2 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 24 +0.198 5 20 3 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 24 +2.090 12 16 4 41 Brad Binder KTM 24 +2.121 9 13 5 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 24 +2.975 6 11 6 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 24 +3.343 13 10 7 17 John McPhee Honda 24 +4.087 1 9 8 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 24 +9.627 10 8 9 52 Danny Kent Honda 24 +9.914 18 7 10 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 24 +10.580 14 6 11 16 Andrea Migno KTM 24 +10.661 15 5 12 8 Nicolò Bulega KTM 24 +11.642 16 4 13 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 24 +16.741 19 3 14 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 24 +20.196 24 2 15 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 24 +21.531 20 1 16 95 Jules Danilo Honda 24 +21.552 17 17 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24 +21.868 21 18 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 24 +25.114 26 19 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 24 +25.301 29 20 11 Livio Loi Honda 24 +25.331 28 21 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 24 +25.655 22 22 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 24 +32.973 23 23 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 24 +33.019 25 24 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 24 +33.549 31 25 96 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 24 +33.953 27 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 23 Accident 3 Ret 5 Romano Fenati KTM 23 Accident 2 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 Accident 7 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 20 Retirement 33 Ret 98 Karel Hanika KTM 10 Accident 8 Ret 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 10 Retirement 11 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 7 Retirement 30 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 7 Retirement 34 Ret 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 5 Retirement 32 DNS 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 330 2 Valentino Rossi 325 3 Marc Márquez 242 4 Dani Pedrosa 206 5 Andrea Iannone 188
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 407 2 Honda 355 3 Ducati 256 4 Suzuki 137 5 Aprilia 36
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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