2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 15 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 11 October 2015 | ||
| Official name | Motul Grand Prix of Japan | ||
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:43.790 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:54.867 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | |
| Second |  Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | |
| Third | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Johann Zarco |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:50.339 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Jonas Folger |
Kalex | |
| Time | 2:04.166 on lap 2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Johann Zarco |
Kalex | |
| Second | Jonas Folger |
Kalex | |
| Third | Sandro Cortese |
Kalex | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Romano Fenati |
KTM | |
| Time | 1:56.484 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Isaac Viñales |
KTM | |
| Time | 2:07.602 on lap 9 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Niccolò Antonelli |
Honda | |
| Second |  Miguel Oliveira |
KTM | |
| Third | Jorge Navarro |
Honda | |
The 2015 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 11 October 2015.[1][2]
In the premier class, the race was begin in wet track conditions. However, the race were completed in relatively dry track conditions during halfway through the race and the final laps. Jorge Lorenzo had started on pole but faded to third with tyre issues. It was Dani Pedrosa achieved his first victory of the season since the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix — his 50th Grand Prix win in his career, becoming the eighth rider to reach that mark. The victory ensured that Pedrosa completed a fourteenth successive season with at least one win. Valentino Rossi extended his championship lead to eighteen with a second-place finish in drying conditions.
Alex de Angelis crashed heavily during the MotoGP fourth free practice session on Saturday and was taken to a hospital in a critical but stable condition. The session was eventually red flagged.[3]
In the intermediate class, Johann Zarco took his seventh victories of the season. The victory ensured that Zarco clinch his first world championship title with three race to spare; his rival Tito Rabat withdraw from the race during his injured while free practice session. Behind Zarco, was two German riders — Jonas Folger took his third podium of the season with second place since Jerez, and Sandro Cortese took his first podium with third-place finish since the 2014 Czech Republic Grand Prix.
Contents
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 24 | 46:50.767 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | 24 | +8.573 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 24 | +12.127 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
Honda | 24 | +27.841 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati | 24 | +35.085 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow |
Honda | 24 | +37.263 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith |
Yamaha | 24 | +37.667 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 |  Katsuyuki Nakasuga |
Yamaha | 24 | +44.654 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 24 | +48.572 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott Redding |
Honda | 24 | +50.121 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
Suzuki | 24 | +1:00.535 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 72 | Takumi Takahashi |
Honda | 24 | +1:01.211 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Honda | 24 | +1:11.261 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández |
Ducati | 24 | +1:13.896 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Ducati | 24 | +1:15.421 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:20.507 | 16 | |
| 17 | 50 |  Eugene Laverty |
Honda | 24 | +1:31.224 | 20 | |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan Bradl |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:46.833 | 13 | |
| 19 | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi |
Honda | 24 | +2:00.072 | 26 | |
| 20 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Yamaha Forward | 23 | +1 lap | 25 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró |
Yamaha | 22 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 43 |  Jack Miller |
Honda | 16 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 25 | Maverick Viñales |
Suzuki | 13 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 76 | Loris Baz |
Yamaha Forward | 13 | Handling | 23 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone |
Ducati | 10 | Engine | 5 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ducati | 8 | Accident | 17 | |
| DNS | 15 |  Alex de Angelis |
ART | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT | |||||||
Moto2
Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 23 to 15 laps.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco |
Kalex | 15 | 31:17.900 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 94 | Jonas Folger |
Kalex | 15 | +4.505 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese |
Kalex | 15 | +15.433 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 |  Azlan Shah |
Kalex | 15 | +17.348 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin |
Kalex | 15 | +22.858 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Ricard Cardús |
Suter | 15 | +24.970 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Simone Corsi |
Kalex | 15 | +25.759 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 22 | Sam Lowes |
Speed Up | 15 | +27.024 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter |
Tech 3 | 15 | +27.485 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 |  Randy Krummenacher |
Kalex | 15 | +28.062 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Álex Rins |
Kalex | 15 | +30.768 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
Kalex | 15 | +32.685 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama |
NTS | 15 | +33.995 | 29 | 3 |
| 14 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi |
Moriwaki | 15 | +36.582 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
Speed Up | 15 | +43.672 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Julián Simón |
Speed Up | 15 | +48.256 | 14 | |
| 17 | 2 | Jesko Raffin |
Kalex | 15 | +49.421 | 28 | |
| 18 | 73 | Álex Márquez |
Kalex | 15 | +51.712 | 15 | |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar Pons |
Kalex | 15 | +1:20.982 | 24 | |
| 20 | 96 | Louis Rossi |
Tech 3 | 15 | +1:31.219 | 26 | |
| 21 | 66 | Florian Alt |
Suter | 15 | +1:36.116 | 30 | |
| 22 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | 15 | +1:41.127 | 7 | |
| 23 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser |
Kalex | 13 | +2 laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 39 | Luis Salom |
Kalex | 9 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Thitipong Warokorn |
Kalex | 8 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi |
Kalex | 7 | Accident Damage | 2 | |
| Ret | 19 |  Xavier Siméon |
Kalex | 5 | Front Tyre Wear | 11 | |
| Ret | 97 | Xavi Vierge |
Tech 3 | 4 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | 4 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Joshua Hook |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 1 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
Due to weather conditions which caused delays in the schedule, the race distance was reduced from 20 to 13 laps.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli |
Honda | 13 | 28:03.391 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira |
KTM | 13 | +1.053 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 | Jorge Navarro |
Honda | 13 | +8.529 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 32 | Isaac Viñales |
KTM | 13 | +11.074 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | 13 | +13.043 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Danny Kent |
Honda | 13 | +15.224 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Enea Bastianini |
Honda | 13 | +15.873 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 98 |  Karel Hanika |
KTM | 13 | +17.563 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | John McPhee |
Honda | 13 | +18.153 | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez |
Honda | 13 | +18.556 | 27 | 6 |
| 11 | 88 | Jorge Martín |
Mahindra | 13 | +19.896 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
KTM | 13 | +20.892 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki |
Mahindra | 13 | +25.145 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli |
Honda | 13 | +28.455 | 34 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia |
Mahindra | 13 | +28.849 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 91 |  Gabriel Rodrigo |
KTM | 13 | +29.988 | 25 | |
| 17 | 41 |  Brad Binder |
KTM | 13 | +30.719 | 9 | |
| 18 | 29 | Stefano Manzi |
Mahindra | 13 | +31.949 | 21 | |
| 19 | 95 | Jules Danilo |
Honda | 13 | +32.146 | 28 | |
| 20 | 16 | Andrea Migno |
KTM | 13 | +35.048 | 17 | |
| 21 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara |
Mahindra | 13 | +47.242 | 14 | |
| 22 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani |
Mahindra | 13 | +48.796 | 18 | |
| 23 | 65 | Philipp Öttl |
KTM | 13 | +49.372 | 13 | |
| 24 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta |
Husqvarna | 13 | +56.860 | 16 | |
| 25 | 27 | Keisuke Kurihara |
Honda | 13 | +59.731 | 35 | |
| 26 | 6 | María Herrera |
Husqvarna | 13 | +1:07.035 | 26 | |
| 27 | 40 | Darryn Binder |
Mahindra | 13 | +1:19.621 | 30 | |
| 28 | 5 | Romano Fenati |
KTM | 13 | +1:29.664 | 1 | |
| 29 | 22 | Ana Carrasco |
KTM | 13 | +1:52.305 | 33 | |
| Ret | 2 | Remy Gardner |
Mahindra | 10 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 11 | Livio Loi |
Honda | 4 | Accident Damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono |
Honda | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 34 | Ryo Mizuno |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 10 | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci |
Mahindra | 1 | Retirement | 31 | |
| DNS | 20 | Fabio Quartararo |
Honda | Did not start | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
Championship standings after the race
MotoGP
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- Note: Only the top seven positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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