2015 MotoGP World Championship

2015 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 2015 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The championship was won by Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo, racing for Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. It was his third and final world title in the MotoGP category, his fifth overall in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The season had 18 races, beginning in Qatar and finishing in Valencia, which determined who would be world champion between Movistar Yamaha teammates Lorenzo and runner-up Valentino Rossi. It was first time since 2006 that the world title was decided on the final race of the season. Lorenzo also had the most pole positions, fastest laps and race wins throughout the season; while Rossi had the most finishes, completing every race throughout the season, while Lorenzo had one race retirement in San Marino.

Jorge Lorenzo won his third MotoGP world title, and fifth world title overall, by winning the final race of the season in Valencia.

2015 was the final season that Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for MotoGP, as Michelin became the sole tyre supplier for the 2016 season.

The 2015 season also saw the début of the Suzuki GSX-RR and Aprilia RS-GP. The GSX-RR previously made an appearance at the 2014 Valencian Grand Prix ahead of a full-season return for Suzuki as a factory team for the first time since 2011 and the RS-GP was used by Gresini Racing after the team split from Honda at the end of last season.

This season is well-known for the Sepang clash, which involved a collision between two-time defending champion Marc Márquez and then-championship leader, Rossi. The clash remains one of the most memorable and controversial moments in the sport's history, with Rossi's penalty (a grid demotion in Valencia) for the incident helping Lorenzo win the race in Valencia and clinch his third MotoGP world title.

Season summary

Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his second consecutive title in 2014. He had been undefeated in championships throughout his MotoGP career and won a record breaking 13 wins in a season.

Valentino Rossi led the championship for almost the entire season as he chased a tenth world title, but ultimately, the honours went to his Yamaha Motor Racing teammate Jorge Lorenzo,^[1] who took his third MotoGP title and a fifth world title overall.^[2] Lorenzo started the season quietly with three finishes off the podium,^[2] Rossi took wins in Qatar and an eventful win in Argentina, with Rossi chasing Márquez down for the lead before the two riders collided on the penultimate lap.^[3][4] Rossi stayed upright but Márquez was unable to rejoin the race, with Rossi calling Márquez voicing his displeasure in the press conference after the race, beginning an estrangement between the two riders that would impact the season and Lorenzo's eventual championship.^[5][6]

Thereafter, Lorenzo took four successive wins for the first time in his career to bring himself back into the championship race, before Rossi won at Assen.^[7] Lorenzo did not win again until Brno, taking the championship lead on countback,^[8] but ceded it back to Rossi, when he won at Silverstone.^[9] Lorenzo crashed out at Misano,^[2] while Rossi finished fifth ending a 16-race streak of podium finishes after both Yamaha riders were caught out by wet weather.^[10]

Rossi and Márquez again collided at Assen on the final lap; Rossi rejoined the circuit through the gravel and went on to win the race, while race direction deemed the incident as a racing incident.^[7]

At San Marino, Rossi was given a penalty point on his licence, for impeding Lorenzo in qualifying, an incident that would cause implications later on in the season.^[11]

The Australian Grand Prix was won by Márquez, with Lorenzo in second and Rossi finishing fourth, in a race that is considered to be one of the greatest in MotoGP's history.^[12] With the top three in the championship, along with Andrea Iannone's Ducati going head to head, with over 50 overtakes between the top four throughout the race, 13 lead changes and Márquez setting the fastest lap on the final lap to ensure victory.^[13] Despite the incredible response from fans about the race, Rossi was not happy with how the race unfolded and made comments about Márquez, making accusing Márquez of helping Lorenzo in his title aspirations at Phillip Island in the pre-event press conference at Malaysia, a claim that Márquez refuted, leading up to one of the most infamous races in the sports history one week later.^[14][15]

The Malaysian race, was originally at risk of being cancelled due to smoke from fires in Indonesia impacting the track, however the race would go ahead with Rossi and Márquez colliding for a third time during the season. After a series of 18 overtakes and exchanges of positions between the two, during the seventh lap of the race, Rossi made a move on Márquez at Turn 14, pushing Márquez to the outside of the circuit. The two riders made contact and Márquez fell from his bike. He remounted and returned to the pits but had to retire from the race. Rossi maintained the third place that the pair had been battling over until the end of the race.^[16] The incident divided fans, pundits and the riders on the grid, with Lorenzo made a gesture showing his disapproval at the move and deemed the penalty as "inadequate" and was booed off the podium, with race winner Pedrosa criticising Rossi's reaction to the incident by calling it a contradiction based on his previous comments on racing incidents.^[15][17] Race Direction reviewed the incident and deemed Rossi at fault for the collision, and three penalty points were added to his licence.^[18] With this, it meant that Rossi was forced to start the final race in Valencia from the back of the grid, despite appealing the penalty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the penalty was ultimately upheld; with Lorenzo submitting a statement towards the appeal and later apologised for his actions on the podium.^[19] Rossi voiced his regret at his move on Márquez, but did not apologise for the incident occurring while Márquez stood his ground on his riding style in Malaysia.^[15][20]

Following the fallout from Malaysia, which included a clash between the Márquez family and Italian television reporters who invaded the family property in Barcelona, Lorenzo being wrongfully accused of storming race direction demanding a penalty for Rossi, which the members of the media would later retract the story and Rossi's protest being overturned being met with hostile reactions from some fans; FIM president Vito Ippolito deemed the events as a "damaging effect on the staging of our competitions and poisoned the atmosphere around the sport", with Ippolito and Dorna Sports boss Carmelo Ezpeleta calling a private meeting for all riders and crew chiefs in Valencia, cancelling the pre-event press conference, also meeting with Lorenzo, Márquez and Rossi privately before the race weekend began.^{[20][21][22][23][24]}

In the final five races, Rossi finished ahead of Lorenzo once, as Lorenzo continued to close the points gap; at a maximum of 23 after San Marino, Lorenzo pulled it back to 7 going into Valencia with the champion to be determined at the final race of the season for the first time in nine years when Nicky Hayden defeated Rossi for the title at Valencia.^[25]

At the final race, Lorenzo took his seventh win of the season and won the world title by five points, leading the world championship for the first time all season while Rossi could only finish fourth gaining over 10 positions throughout the race.^[1][26][27]

Third place in the final riders' championship standings went to Márquez, who won five races during the season, but six retirements during the campaign stopped him from challenging the Yamaha pair in the championship run-in. The only other rider to win a race during the season was Márquez's Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa missed three races at the start of the season, after electing to undergo surgery to alleviate issues with arm-pump. Upon his return, he did not podium until Catalunya, and ultimately, took two wins in the closing four races at Motegi,^[28] and Sepang.^[16]

Other championship standings

In the other championships, the eleven wins for Rossi and Lorenzo were enough for Yamaha to take the teams' title by over 200 points ahead of Repsol Honda,^[29] and the manufacturers' title by 52 points ahead of Honda.^[30] Amongst the class of rookies, Suzuki rider Maverick Viñales took the IRTA Cup, finishing in twelfth place overall,^[31][32] while Héctor Barberá of Avintia Racing was the best-placed Open class rider, in fifteenth.^[31][32]

Calendar

The following Grands Prix took place in 2015:

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	29 March ‡	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	12 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	19 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4	3 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	17 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	31 May	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	14 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	27 June ††	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	12 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	9 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11	16 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	30 August	Octo British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	13 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	27 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	11 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	18 October	Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
17	25 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	8 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
Sources:^[33]^[34]^[35]

‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

• The British Grand Prix had been scheduled to return to Donington Park for the first time since 2009, ahead of a planned move to the brand-new Circuit of Wales in 2016.^[36] However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays.^[37] The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.^[38]

Teams and riders

As in 2014, the MotoGP class was divided into two categories: Factory and Open. Manufacturers who had not won a dry race since the start of the 2013 season or were new to the class could enter the Factory category with all the Open concessions.

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.^[39] An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.^[40]

Factory entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds   Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia^[41] RS-GP 19   Álvaro Bautista^[42] All 33   Marco Melandri^[43] 1–8 70   Michael Laverty^[44] 9 6   Stefan Bradl^[45] 10–18   Octo IodaRacing Team   E-Motion IodaRacing Team^[46] ART ART 15   Alex de Angelis^[47] 1–15 55   Damian Cudlin^[48] 16–17 23   Broc Parkes^[49] 18   Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP15 04   Andrea Dovizioso^[50] All 29   Andrea Iannone^[51] All 51   Michele Pirro^[52] 6, 13, 18   Pramac Racing   Octo Pramac Racing^[53] Desmosedici GP14^[54] 9   Danilo Petrucci^[55] All 68   Yonny Hernández^[56] All   Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 26   Dani Pedrosa^[57] 1, 5–18 7   Hiroshi Aoyama^[58] 2–4 93   Marc Márquez^[59] All   Team HRC with Nissin 72   Takumi Takahashi^[60] 15   CWM LCR Honda   LCR Honda^[61] 35   Cal Crutchlow^[62] All   EG 0,0 Marc VDS 45   Scott Redding^[63] All   Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR 25   Maverick Viñales^[64] All 41   Aleix Espargaró^[64] All   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 46   Valentino Rossi^[65] All 99   Jorge Lorenzo^[66] All   Yamaha Factory Racing Team 21   Katsuyuki Nakasuga^[60] 15   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 38   Bradley Smith^[67] All 44   Pol Espargaró^[68] All Open entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds   Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP14^[69] 8   Héctor Barberá^[70] All 63   Mike Di Meglio^[39] All   AB Motoracing Honda RC213V-RS 17   Karel Abraham^[71] 1–7, 11–14 7   Hiroshi Aoyama^[72] 9 24   Toni Elías^[73] 10 64   Kousuke Akiyoshi^[60] 15 13   Anthony West^[74] 16–18   CWM LCR Honda   LCR Honda^[61] 43   Jack Miller^[75] All   Aspar MotoGP Team 50   Eugene Laverty^[76] All 69   Nicky Hayden^[77] All   Athinà Forward Racing   Forward Racing^[78] Yamaha Forward Yamaha Forward 6   Stefan Bradl^[79] 1–8 71   Claudio Corti^[80] 9 71   Claudio Corti 11–13 24   Toni Elías^[81] 14–18 76   Loris Baz^[82] 1–9, 11–18

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres.

Team changes

• Suzuki returned to MotoGP as a constructor after a four-year hiatus.
• Aprilia made an official return to the championship entering two factory-supported bikes with Gresini Racing. The Italian team ended its long partnership with Honda, having raced their bikes since 1997.
• Marc VDS Racing expanded its operations to enter a Honda bike in the MotoGP category, having taken on the Factory class bike previously run by Gresini.
• LCR Honda entered a second bike in the Open category.
• Avintia Racing left its Kawasaki-based machinery to switch to Ducati bikes.
• Paul Bird Motorsport left MotoGP at the end of the 2014 season to concentrate on their British Superbike Championship campaign.^[83]

Rider changes

• Stefan Bradl left the LCR Honda team and moved to Forward Racing. After the German Grand Prix, Bradl moved to Gresini Racing.^[45]
• Cal Crutchlow left the Ducati Team to take Bradl's place at LCR Honda.
• Andrea Iannone filled the seat vacated by Crutchlow with the Ducati factory team.
• Scott Redding left Gresini Racing and returned to Marc VDS Racing for their MotoGP campaign.
• Moto3 rider Jack Miller moved directly into MotoGP, with LCR Honda.
• Colin Edwards retired from racing at the end of the 2014 season and became a Yamaha test rider.
• Loris Baz made his MotoGP debut with Forward Racing.
• After competing in the final half of the 2014 season with Forward Racing, Alex de Angelis replaced Danilo Petrucci at the IodaRacing Project.
• Danilo Petrucci moved from the IodaRacing Project to join Pramac Racing.
• Aleix Espargaró moved from Forward Racing to join the factory Suzuki team, with Maverick Viñales making the move from Moto2 to partner him.
• Eugene Laverty returned to the championship – having last competed in 2008 in the 250cc class – racing with the Aspar Team.
• Marco Melandri returned to MotoGP with Gresini Racing, the same team he competed with during his last appearance in the category in 2010. Before the German Grand Prix, Melandri left Aprilia, and was replaced by Michael Laverty.^[44] Bradl replaced Laverty afterwards.
• Hiroshi Aoyama moved from the Aspar Team to become a test rider for HRC. Aoyama returned to the series on two occasions during the 2015 season, to replace injured riders.

In-season changes

• Hiroshi Aoyama replaced Dani Pedrosa for the races in Austin, Texas and Argentina, as Pedrosa elected to undergo surgery to alleviate issues with arm-pump.^[58] This was extended to include the Spanish Grand Prix, as Pedrosa's recovery took longer than expected.^[84] Aoyama also replaced Karel Abraham at the Sachsenring with AB Motoracing.
• Claudio Corti replaced Stefan Bradl for the German Grand Prix,^[80] after Bradl fractured his right scaphoid at Assen. Corti was replaced by Toni Elías prior to the Aragon Grand Prix.^[81]
• Forward Racing did not compete at the Indianapolis Grand Prix following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari. Bradl terminated his contract with the team, and joined Gresini Racing,^[45] to replace Michael Laverty.
• Toni Elías replaced Karel Abraham at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, as Abraham recovered from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix.^[73] Elías later replaced Claudio Corti at Forward Racing, prior to the Aragon Grand Prix.^[81]
• Alex de Angelis suffered serious injuries in a crash during free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. He was replaced by Damian Cudlin for the Australian and Malaysian races,^[48] and Broc Parkes in Valencia.^[49]
• In order to aid his recovery from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix, Karel Abraham stepped down from his AB Motoracing ride. He was replaced by Kousuke Akiyoshi in Japan, and Anthony West for the remainder of the season.^[60][74]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix^[85]	Andrea Dovizioso	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas^[86]	Marc Márquez	Andrea Iannone	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
3	Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix^[87]	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix^[88]	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix^[89]	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix^[90]	Andrea Iannone	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix^[91]	Aleix Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
8	Dutch TT^[92]	Valentino Rossi	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix^[93]	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix^[33]	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix^[33]	Jorge Lorenzo	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix^[94]	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix^[95]	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix^[96]	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix^[97]	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix^[98]	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix^[99]	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix^[100]	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike Team QAT   AME   ARG   ESP   FRA   ITA   CAT   NED   GER   IND   CZE   GBR   RSM   ARA   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts 1   Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 1 330 2   Valentino Rossi Yamaha Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 5 3 2 4 3 4 325 3   Marc Márquez Honda Repsol Honda Team 5 1 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 1 Ret 2 242 4   Dani Pedrosa Honda Repsol Honda Team 6 16 4 3 8 2 4 5 5 9 2 1 5 1 3 206 5   Andrea Iannone Ducati Ducati Team 3 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 5 4 8 7 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 188 6   Bradley Smith Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 2 8 7 10 4 6 181 7   Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Ducati Team 2 2 2 9 3 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 6 3 8 5 5 13 Ret 7 162 8   Cal Crutchlow Honda LCR Honda 7 7 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 8 Ret Ret 11 7 6 7 5 9 125 9   Pol Espargaró Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 9 Ret 8 5 7 6 Ret 5 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 9 5 114 10   Danilo Petrucci Ducati Octo Pramac Racing 12 10 11 12 10 9 9 11 9 10 10 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 10 113 11   Aleix Espargaró Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar 11 8 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 14 9 9 10 6 11 9 7 8 105 12   Maverick Viñales Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar 14 9 10 11 9 7 6 10 11 11 Ret 11 14 11 Ret 6 8 11 97 13   Scott Redding Honda EG 0,0 Marc VDS 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 11 7 13 Ret 13 12 6 3 12 10 11 11 15 84 14   Yonny Hernández Ducati Octo Pramac Racing 10 Ret Ret 10 8 10 Ret 14 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10 14 17 12 13 56 15   Héctor Barberá Ducati Avintia Racing (Open Entry) 15 12 13 14 13 13 16 Ret 13 15 16 13 18 16 9 16 13 16 33 16   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Ret 15 19 15 15 14 10 17 14 18 13 10 15 13 16 14 15 14 31 17   Loris Baz Yamaha Forward Forward Racing (Open Entry) 22 17 14 Ret 12 12 13 15 19 15 16 4 17 Ret 18 Ret 19 28 18   Stefan Bradl Yamaha Forward Athinà Forward Racing (Open Entry) 16 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 8 Ret 17 Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 20 14 Ret 16 18 18 21 10 18 19   Jack Miller Honda LCR Honda (Open Entry) Ret 14 12 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 15 17 21 17 20   Nicky Hayden Honda Aspar MotoGP Team (Open Entry) 17 13 16 17 11 Ret Ret 16 16 16 17 12 17 15 13 Ret 16 17 16 21   Michele Pirro Ducati Ducati Team 8 Ret 12 12 22   Eugene Laverty Honda Aspar MotoGP Team (Open Entry) 18 16 17 18 14 15 12 Ret 17 19 Ret 17 19 14 17 19 19 Ret 9 23   Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Yamaha Factory Racing Team 8 8 24   Mike Di Meglio Ducati Avintia Racing (Open Entry) 19 Ret 18 22 Ret 16 14 18 Ret 17 18 14 13 20 15 20 18 Ret 8 25   Hiroshi Aoyama Honda Repsol Honda Team 11 Ret Ret 5 AB Motoracing (Open Entry) Ret 26   Takumi Takahashi Honda Team HRC with Nissin 12 4 27   Toni Elías Honda AB Motoracing (Open Entry) 22 2 Yamaha Forward Forward Racing (Open Entry) 21 20 22 14 20 28   Alex de Angelis ART E-Motion IodaRacing Team 20 18 22 21 17 Ret 15 Ret 18 21 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 2   Karel Abraham Honda AB Motoracing (Open Entry) Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 17 DNS 21 19 21 Ret 0   Marco Melandri Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 21 Ret 20 19 18 18 Ret 19 0   Claudio Corti Yamaha Forward Forward Racing (Open Entry) Ret 20 18 20 0   Kousuke Akiyoshi Honda AB Motoracing (Open Entry) 19 0   Anthony West Honda AB Motoracing (Open Entry) 23 20 22 0   Michael Laverty Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 20 0   Damian Cudlin ART E-Motion IodaRacing Team Ret Ret 0   Broc Parkes ART E-Motion IodaRacing Team Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike Team QAT   AME   ARG   ESP   FRA   ITA   CAT   NED   GER   IND   CZE   GBR   RSM   ARA   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

• Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	407
2	Honda	5	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	355
3	Ducati	2	2	2	6	3	2	4	4	5	5	4	2	6	4	5	3	6	7	256
4	Suzuki	11	8	7	7	9	7	6	9	10	11	9	9	10	6	11	6	7	8	137
5	Aprilia	21	15	19	15	15	14	10	17	14	18	13	10	15	13	16	14	10	14	36
6	Yamaha Forward	16	17	14	16	12	12	8	15	19		15	16	4	17	20	18	14	19	35
7	ART	20	18	22	21	17	Ret	15	Ret	18	21	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Teams' standings

The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.

Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	46	1	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	1	5	3	2	4	3	4	655
		99	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	4	Ret	1	3	2	2	1
2	Repsol Honda Team	7		11	Ret	Ret															453
		26	6				16	4	3	8	2	4	5	5	9	2	1	5	1	3
		93	5	1	Ret	2	4	Ret	Ret	2	1	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	4	1	Ret	2
3	Ducati Team	04	2	2	2	9	3	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	9	6	3	8	5	5	13	Ret	7	350
		29	3	5	4	6	5	2	4	4	5	5	4	8	7	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret
4	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	38	8	6	6	8	6	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	2	8	7	10	4	6	295
		44	9	Ret	8	5	7	6	Ret	5	8	7	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	8	9	5
5	Team Suzuki Ecstar	25	14	9	10	11	9	7	6	10	11	11	Ret	11	14	11	Ret	6	8	11	202
		41	11	8	7	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	14	9	9	10	6	11	9	7	8
6	Octo Pramac Racing	9	12	10	11	12	10	9	9	11	9	10	10	2	6	Ret	Ret	12	6	10	169
		68	10	Ret	Ret	10	8	10	Ret	14	12	12	11	Ret	Ret	10	14	17	12	13
7	LCR Honda	35	7	7	3	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	7	8	Ret	Ret	11	7	6	7	5	9	142
		43	Ret	14	12	20	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	15	Ret	19	Ret	12	19	Ret	15	17	21
8	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	45	13	Ret	9	13	Ret	11	7	13	Ret	13	12	6	3	12	10	11	11	15	84
9	Avintia Racing	8	15	12	13	14	13	13	16	Ret	13	15	16	13	18	16	9	16	13	16	41
		63	19	Ret	18	22	Ret	16	14	18	Ret	17	18	14	13	20	15	20	18	Ret
10	Forward Racing	6	16	Ret	15	16	Ret	Ret	8	Ret											39
		24														21	20	22	14	20
		71									Ret		20	18	20
		76	22	17	14	Ret	12	12	13	15	19		15	16	4	17	Ret	18	Ret	19
11	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	6										20	14	Ret	16	18	18	21	10	18	39
		19	Ret	15	19	15	15	14	10	17	14	18	13	10	15	13	16	14	15	14
		33	21	Ret	20	19	18	18	Ret	19
		70									20
12	Aspar MotoGP Team	50	18	16	17	18	14	15	12	Ret	17	19	Ret	17	19	14	13	19	19	Ret	25
		69	17	13	16	17	11	Ret	Ret	16	16	16	17	12	17	15	17	Ret	16	17
13	E-Motion IodaRacing Team	15	20	18	22	21	17	Ret	15	Ret	18	21	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	DNS				2
		23																		Ret
		55																Ret	Ret
	AB Motoracing	7									Ret										0
		13																23	20	22
		17	Ret	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	17	DNS				21	19	21	Ret
		24										22
		64															19
Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

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