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Race 18 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 8 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
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.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 99 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 30 | 45:59.364 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 93 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +0.263 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 26 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +0.654 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 46 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 30 | +19.789 | 26 | 13 |
5 | 44 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +26.004 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 38 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 30 | +28.835 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +28.886 | 9 | 9 |
8 | 41 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 30 | +34.222 | 4 | 8 |
9 | 35 | ![]() |
LCR Honda | Honda | 30 | +35.924 | 5 | 7 |
10 | 9 | ![]() |
Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +39.579 | 10 | 6 |
11 | 25 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 30 | +39.746 | 11 | 5 |
12 | 51 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 30 | +47.053 | 12 | 4 |
13 | 68 | ![]() |
Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 30 | +54.081 | 17 | 3 |
14 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 30 | +56.646 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 45 | ![]() |
EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 30 | +57.278 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 8 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 30 | +57.363 | 14 | |
17 | 69 | ![]() |
Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 30 | +58.742 | 16 | |
18 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 30 | +59.086 | 13 | |
19 | 76 | ![]() |
Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 30 | +1:04.339 | 15 | |
20 | 24 | ![]() |
Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 30 | +1:04.413 | 24 | |
21 | 43 | ![]() |
LCR Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:05.212 | 20 | |
22 | 13 | ![]() |
AB Motoracing | Honda | 30 | +1:27.281 | 22 | |
Ret | 63 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 50 | ![]() |
Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 23 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 23 | ![]() |
E-Motion IodaRacing Team | ART | 21 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 29 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
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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 |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | 28:48.831 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +0.309 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 12 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +3.347 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 7 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +3.644 | 5 | 13 |
5 | 22 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 18 | +5.140 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 39 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +9.499 | 12 | 10 |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +9.834 | 2 | 9 |
8 | 49 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +11.197 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 3 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +11.611 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 36 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 18 | +17.311 | 15 | 6 |
11 | 30 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +20.784 | 8 | 5 |
12 | 73 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +21.296 | 14 | 4 |
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +21.455 | 13 | 3 |
14 | 94 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +21.560 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 23 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 18 | +24.669 | 21 | 1 |
16 | 19 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +28.190 | 23 | |
17 | 97 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 18 | +28.537 | 22 | |
18 | 60 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 18 | +28.762 | 6 | |
19 | 88 | ![]() |
Suter | 18 | +29.017 | 17 | |
20 | 66 | ![]() |
Suter | 18 | +29.297 | 19 | |
21 | 4 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +30.788 | 20 | |
22 | 70 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +32.028 | 26 | |
23 | 10 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +37.044 | 28 | |
24 | 2 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +37.107 | 27 | |
25 | 32 | ![]() |
Suter | 18 | +47.239 | 29 | |
26 | 16 | ![]() |
Kalex | 18 | +47.901 | 30 | |
Ret | 90 | ![]() |
TransFIORmers | 13 | Retirement | 16 | |
Ret | 57 | ![]() |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 25 | |
DNS | 21 | ![]() |
Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 11 | |
DNS | 55 | ![]() |
Kalex | 0 | Did not restart | 24 | |
DNS | 25 | ![]() |
Kalex | Did not start | |||
DNS | 96 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 44 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | 40:09.792 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 9 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +0.198 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 84 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +2.090 | 12 | 16 |
4 | 41 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +2.121 | 9 | 13 |
5 | 33 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +2.975 | 6 | 11 |
6 | 32 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +3.343 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 17 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +4.087 | 1 | 9 |
8 | 76 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +9.627 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 52 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +9.914 | 18 | 7 |
10 | 65 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +10.580 | 14 | 6 |
11 | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +10.661 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 8 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +11.642 | 16 | 4 |
13 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +16.741 | 19 | 3 |
14 | 88 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +20.196 | 24 | 2 |
15 | 10 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +21.531 | 20 | 1 |
16 | 95 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +21.552 | 17 | |
17 | 63 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +21.868 | 21 | |
18 | 40 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +25.114 | 26 | |
19 | 29 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +25.301 | 29 | |
20 | 11 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +25.331 | 28 | |
21 | 6 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 24 | +25.655 | 22 | |
22 | 48 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 24 | +32.973 | 23 | |
23 | 4 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +33.019 | 25 | |
24 | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +33.549 | 31 | |
25 | 96 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +33.953 | 27 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 23 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 20 | Retirement | 33 | |
Ret | 98 | ![]() |
KTM | 10 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Honda | 10 | Retirement | 11 | |
Ret | 58 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 7 | Retirement | 34 | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 5 | Retirement | 32 | |
DNS | 91 | ![]() |
KTM | Did not start | |||
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.
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