2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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, who were buffers preventing Rossi from reaching the second position he'd needed to become champion. 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 | |
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### 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 start | | |
| OFFICIAL 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.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 330 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 325 |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 242 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 206 |
| 5 | Andrea Iannone | 188 |
| Pos. | 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.
