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2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

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United States  2015 Grand Prix of the Americas
Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date12 April 2015
Official nameRed Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit of the Americas
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 2:02.135
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Time 2:04.251 on lap 4
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex
Time 2:09.888
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Time 2:10.578 on lap 18
Podium
First United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Second France Johann Zarco Kalex
Third Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda
Time 2:15.344
Fastest lap
Rider Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Time 2:17.559 on lap 8
Podium
First United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda
Second France Fabio Quartararo Honda
Third Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda

The 2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.[4] It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Elroy on April 12, 2015.

In the MotoGP class, Repsol Honda's Marc Márquez took his first pole position of the season, and he ultimately went on to win the race, his third victory in as many years at the circuit.[5] For the first time since the 2014 Aragon Grand Prix, three different manufacturers were represented on the podium; behind Márquez was Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, who prevailed in a battle with Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place. In his 200th premier class start, local hero Nicky Hayden could only finish in thirteenth, while numerous riders retired from the race – Pol Espargaró collided with Scott Redding, with caused both riders to retire from the race, while Yonny Hernández, Mike Di Meglio and Stefan Bradl all crashed before the halfway mark. In the Moto3 race, a young Fabio Quartararo achieved his first ever World Championship podium in his second race in debut season.

Classification

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MotoGP

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The race start was delayed due to a water spillage at Turn 3, and ultimately started at 14:37 local time.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 43:47.150 1 25
2 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 21 +2.354 2 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +3.120 4 16
4 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 21 +6.682 3 13
5 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 21 +7.584 7 11
6 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +10.557 10 10
7 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 21 +16.967 5 9
8 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 21 +19.025 8 8
9 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 21 +38.570 12 7
10 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +41.796 11 6
11 7 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +47.199 18 5
12 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 21 +47.339 13 4
13 69 United States Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 21 +56.484 22 3
14 43 Australia Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 21 +56.731 19 2
15 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 21 +57.372 23 1
16 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 21 +58.898 17
17 76 France Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 21 +1:08.787 20
18 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 21 +1:22.236 24
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 16 Retirement 21
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 10 Retirement 25
Ret 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 6 Accident 15
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 6 Accident 16
Ret 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 5 Retirement 6
Ret 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 3 Accident 14
Ret 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 0 Accident 9
Sources: [6][7][8]
Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi, celebrating on the podium after they finished second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up 19 41:45.565 2 25
2 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 19 +1.999 4 20
3 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 19 +4.622 8 16
4 1 Spain Tito Rabat Kalex 19 +8.975 3 13
5 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 19 +12.976 5 11
6 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 19 +14.168 15 10
7 95 Australia Anthony West Speed Up 19 +17.271 13 9
8 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 19 +17.513 11 8
9 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 19 +17.689 7 7
10 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 19 +17.764 6 6
11 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 19 +17.982 12 5
12 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 19 +24.824 17 4
13 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 19 +26.016 10 3
14 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 19 +27.456 16 2
15 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 19 +28.568 23 1
16 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 19 +29.889 19
17 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Tech 3 19 +36.405 20
18 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Kalex 19 +38.693 9
19 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 19 +40.581 24
20 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 19 +41.504 25
21 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 19 +50.471 18
22 96 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 19 +1:08.825 22
23 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 19 +1:10.990 26
24 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 19 +1:11.138 29
25 66 Germany Florian Alt Suter 19 +1:19.442 27
26 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 19 +1:25.405 21
27 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex 19 +1:32.876 14
Ret 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 15 Accident 1
Ret 51 Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 12 Retirement 28
DNS 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda 18 41:32.287 1 25
2 20 France Fabio Quartararo Honda 18 +8.532 6 20
3 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 18 +8.652 16 16
4 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +8.811 8 13
5 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 18 +9.556 11 11
6 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 18 +13.869 15 10
7 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli Honda 18 +20.442 3 9
8 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 18 +20.611 19 8
9 32 Spain Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 18 +20.863 7 7
10 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika KTM 18 +20.913 20 6
11 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +21.249 23 5
12 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +23.725 22 4
13 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 18 +32.218 32 3
14 31 Finland Niklas Ajo KTM 18 +36.702 21 2
15 12 Italy Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 18 +37.283 24 1
16 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 18 +47.027 10
17 6 Spain María Herrera Husqvarna 18 +59.257 31
18 2 Australia Remy Gardner Mahindra 18 +1:03.748 27
19 91 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 18 +1:04.611 30
20 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +1:16.968 28
21 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 18 +1:27.397 26
22 22 Spain Ana Carrasco KTM 18 +1:40.409 33
23 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +1:43.841 4
24 29 Italy Stefano Manzi Mahindra 18 +1:46.105 25
25 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 17 +1 lap 14
Ret 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 17 Retirement 29
Ret 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 10 Accident 2
Ret 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 9 Accident 9
Ret 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 9 Accident 5
Ret 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 8 Retirement 12
Ret 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 6 Accident 17
Ret 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 5 Accident 18
Ret 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 1 Accident 34
Ret 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 0 Accident 13
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[9]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Americas MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. September 26, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "Marquez completes treble in Texas". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. April 12, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  7. ^ "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. ^ "2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.


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