2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.^[2] It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 29 March 2015.

  2015 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 March 2015
Official name	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar^[1]
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Time 1:54.113 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Yamaha Time 1:55.267 on lap 5 Podium First Valentino Rossi Yamaha Second Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Third Andrea Iannone Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes Speed Up Time 1:59.423 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Kalex Time 1:59.918 on lap 2 Podium First Jonas Folger Kalex Second Xavier Siméon Kalex Third Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Alexis Masbou Honda Time 2:06.170 Fastest lap Rider Enea Bastianini Honda Time 2:06.561 on lap 3 Podium First Alexis Masbou Honda Second Enea Bastianini Honda Third Danny Kent Honda

In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took the first pole position of the season.^[3] It was an eventful race in which the lead was contested between the Movistar Yamaha and Ducati teams. For the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix,^[4] the podium was swept by Italian riders, as Yamaha's Valentino Rossi – in his 20th Grand Prix season – took his first season-opening victory since 2010, ahead of Dovizioso,^[5] and his teammate Andrea Iannone, who achieved his first MotoGP podium in third place.^[6] Reigning world champion Marc Márquez had a good start position, third on the grid, but went off track and almost hit Jorge Lorenzo and Bradley Smith. After he fell to the rear of the field due to the first-lap incident, Márquez overtook several riders and was able to finish fifth, behind Lorenzo.^[7]

Dani Pedrosa started second on the grid, but dropped to sixth place due to issues with arm-pump. Álvaro Bautista was forced to retire after his bike was hit by Márquez, breaking his left brake lever and front sensor. Rookie Jack Miller – graduating from Moto3 – crashed with Karel Abraham with one lap remaining.

The weekend also saw the début of the new Aprilia RS-GP, which was used by Gresini Racing after the team switched from Honda at the end of 2014. This was Aprilia's first race in MotoGP as a factory team since the 2004 Valencian Grand Prix.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	42:35.717	8	25
2	04	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+0.174	1	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+2.250	4	16
4	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	22	+2.707	6	13
5	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+7.036	3	11
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+10.755	2	10
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	22	+12.384	12	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+12.914	7	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+13.031	10	7
10	68	Yonny Hernández	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+17.435	5	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+19.901	11	5
12	9	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	22	+24.432	9	4
13	45	Scott Redding	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	22	+32.032	14	3
14	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	22	+33.463	13	2
15	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	22	+33.625	15	1
16	6	Stefan Bradl	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	22	+33.944	18
17	69	Nicky Hayden	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	22	+38.970	17
18	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	22	+46.570	19
19	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	22	+59.211	16
20	15	Alex de Angelis	Octo IodaRacing Team	ART	22	+1:14.981	24
21	33	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	22	+1:48.143	25
22	76	Loris Baz	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	19	+3 laps	23
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	AB Motoracing	Honda	21	Accident	20
Ret	43	Jack Miller	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	21	Accident	22
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	0	Retirement	21
Sources: ^[8]^[9]^[10]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	20	40:18.532	5	25
2	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	20	+5.051	6	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	20	+12.123	7	16
4	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	20	+12.202	9	13
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	20	+14.385	8	11
6	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	20	+14.413	16	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	20	+14.471	4	9
8	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	20	+18.541	2	8
9	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	20	+20.914	13	7
10	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	20	+21.336	20	6
11	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	20	+21.847	12	5
12	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	20	+23.226	19	4
13	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	20	+25.573	21	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	20	+29.784	18	2
15	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	20	+30.267	25	1
16	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	20	+34.561	17
17	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	20	+36.850	24
18	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	20	+48.346	23
19	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	20	+48.772	26
20	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	20	+49.670	28
21	66	Florian Alt	Suter	20	+1:15.596	30
22	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	20	+1:15.641	29
23	51	Zaqhwan Zaidi	Suter	20	+1:21.693	27
Ret	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	19	Retirement	14
Ret	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	9	Retirement	22
Ret	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	3	Accident	10
Ret	1	Tito Rabat	Kalex	3	Accident	3
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	3	Accident	15
Ret	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	3	Accident	11
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	2	Retirement	1
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	18	38:25.424	1	25
2	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	+0.027	21	20
3	52	Danny Kent	Honda	18	+0.142	9	16
4	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	18	+0.288	10	13
5	17	John McPhee	Honda	18	+0.693	5	11
6	32	Isaac Viñales	Husqvarna	18	+0.765	2	10
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda	18	+0.772	6	9
8	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	18	+0.773	3	8
9	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	18	+0.909	4	7
10	41	Brad Binder	KTM	18	+1.317	13	6
11	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	18	+1.546	7	5
12	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	18	+1.608	12	4
13	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	18	+1.869	14	3
14	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	18	+2.504	22	2
15	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	18	+5.119	25	1
16	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	18	+6.814	8
17	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	18	+8.760	26
18	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	18	+9.259	24
19	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	18	+11.385	20
20	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	18	+27.616	18
21	12	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	18	+29.071	30
22	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	18	+29.266	32
23	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	18	+29.436	31
24	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+29.485	29
25	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	18	+29.770	23
26	53	Marco Bezzecchi	Mahindra	18	+46.295	33
27	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	18	+46.406	27
28	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	18	+1:04.409	28
29	61	Loris Cresson	KTM	18	+1:40.606	34
Ret	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	17	Retirement	17
Ret	11	Livio Loi	Honda	10	Accident	11
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	8	Accident	15
Ret	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	8	Accident	19
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	KTM	1	Accident	16
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.^[11]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1   Valentino Rossi 25 2   Andrea Dovizioso 20 3   Andrea Iannone 16 4   Jorge Lorenzo 13

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1   Yamaha 25 2   Ducati 20 3   Honda 11 4   Suzuki 5

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1   Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 38 2   Ducati Team 36 3   Repsol Honda Team 21 4   Monster Yamaha Tech 3 15

• Note: Only the top four positions are included for all sets of standings.

References

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11. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

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