2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
# 2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

The 2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. 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. 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

### MotoGP

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 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | 43:47.150 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 21 | +2.354 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 21 | +3.120 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 21 | +6.682 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 21 | +7.584 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 21 | +10.557 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 21 | +16.967 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 21 | +19.025 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 21 | +38.570 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 21 | +41.796 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +47.199 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 21 | +47.339 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 21 | +56.484 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 43 | Jack Miller | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 21 | +56.731 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 21 | +57.372 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 21 | +58.898 | 17 | |
| 17 | 76 | Loris Baz | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 21 | +1:08.787 | 20 | |
| 18 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 21 | +1:22.236 | 24 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | AB Motoracing | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
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### Moto2

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

### Moto3

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

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 41 |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 40 |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 36 |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | 27 |
| 5 | Jorge Lorenzo | 26 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 41 |
| 2 | Ducati | 40 |
| 3 | Honda | 36 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 13 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 1 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 67 |
| 2 | Ducati Team | 67 |
| 3 | Repsol Honda Team | 51 |
| 4 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 25 |
| 5 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 22 |

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