2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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Flag of France.svg   2015 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Bugatti Circuit.svg
Date17 May 2015
Official name Monster Energy Grand Prix de France [1] [2] [3]
Location Bugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:32.246
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:32.879 on lap 4
Podium
First Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Second Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Third Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Flag of Spain.svg Álex Rins Kalex
Time 1:37.114
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 1:37.281 on lap 6
Podium
First Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Second Flag of Spain.svg Tito Rabat Kalex
Third Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Flag of France.svg Fabio Quartararo Honda
Time 1:44.763
Fastest lap
Rider Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini Honda
Time 1:42.525 on lap 3
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati KTM
Second Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini Honda
Third Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra

The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. [4] It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 17 May 2015.

Contents

In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his third pole position of the season. However, it was Jorge Lorenzo who won his second consecutive race ahead of his teammate Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium in third place. [5] Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone. [6] Both Team LCR riders failed to finish the race; Cal Crutchlow crashed out at Turn 6 and Jack Miller crashed at the Dunlop chicane. Dani Pedrosa also crashed at the Dunlop chicane but remounted to finish in sixteenth.

In Moto3 Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia took his first ever podium, finishing the race in third place behind Romano Fenati and Enea Bastianini.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
199 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 2843:44.143325
246 Flag of Italy.svg Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28+3.820720
34 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28+12.380216
493 Flag of Spain.svg Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28+19.890113
529 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 28+20.237511
638 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28+21.145610
744 Flag of Spain.svg Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28+35.493129
868 Flag of Colombia.svg Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 28+39.601118
925 Flag of Spain.svg Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28+41.571137
109 Flag of Italy.svg Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 28+42.78996
1169 Flag of the United States.svg Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28+53.636145
1276 Flag of France.svg Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 28+1:00.617224
138 Flag of Spain.svg Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 28+1:04.272193
1450 Flag of Ireland.svg Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28+1:05.259212
1519 Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28+1:05.515231
1626 Flag of Spain.svg Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28+1:20.9078
1715 Flag of San Marino.svg Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 28+1:21.66324
1833 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27+1 lap25
Ret43 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 14Accident18
Ret17 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 14Retirement20
Ret35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 7Accident4
Ret45 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 3Accident15
Ret63 Flag of France.svg Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 3Retirement17
Ret41 Flag of Spain.svg Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2Retirement10
Ret6 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 1Accident16
Sources: [7] [8] [9]

Moto2

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Thomas Lüthi Kalex 2642:27.011625
21 Flag of Spain.svg Tito Rabat Kalex 26+1.767420
35 Flag of France.svg Johann Zarco Kalex 26+3.760316
422 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes Speed Up 26+4.076213
521 Flag of Italy.svg Franco Morbidelli Kalex 26+14.4921211
660 Flag of Spain.svg Julián Simón Speed Up 26+14.681910
730 Flag of Japan.svg Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26+14.84559
819 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Xavier Siméon Kalex 26+15.13588
955 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 26+19.243137
1077 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Dominique Aegerter Kalex 26+19.531196
1195 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Anthony West Speed Up 26+29.478175
124 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26+29.646104
1323 Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 26+30.220143
1411 Flag of Germany.svg Sandro Cortese Kalex 26+30.691182
1549 Flag of Spain.svg Axel Pons Kalex 26+33.097161
1688 Flag of Spain.svg Ricard Cardús Tech 3 26+33.60425
1740 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Rins Kalex 26+38.2931
183 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Corsi Kalex 26+39.00120
1925 Flag of Malaysia.svg Azlan Shah Kalex 26+43.45924
2070 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Robin Mulhauser Kalex 26+57.74226
217 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 26+1:09.39922
2210 Flag of Thailand.svg Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 26+1:17.24725
2366 Flag of Germany.svg Florian Alt Suter 26+1:17.64628
242 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jesko Raffin Kalex 26+1:17.83729
2551 Flag of Malaysia.svg Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 26+1:33.19230
2620 Flag of France.svg Louis Bulle TransFIORmers 25+1 lap31
Ret39 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Salom Kalex 24Accident7
Ret36 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Kallio Kalex 12Accident11
Ret94 Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Folger Kalex 9Accident15
Ret96 Flag of France.svg Louis Rossi Tech 3 4Accident23
Ret73 Flag of Spain.svg Álex Márquez Kalex 4Accident21
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Italy.svg Romano Fenati KTM 2441:22.829525
233 Flag of Italy.svg Enea Bastianini Honda 24+0.1221820
321 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 24+0.457316
452 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Danny Kent Honda 24+0.6933113
523 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Antonelli Honda 24+2.244711
684 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Kornfeil KTM 24+2.421410
732 Flag of Spain.svg Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 24+2.58799
844 Flag of Portugal.svg Miguel Oliveira KTM 24+4.06588
916 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Migno KTM 24+14.876167
1065 Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Öttl KTM 24+22.588336
1176 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Ono Honda 24+23.247325
1258 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 24+26.231154
1311 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Livio Loi Honda 24+26.470223
1463 Flag of Malaysia.svg Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24+26.677302
1529 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Manzi Mahindra 24+26.841141
1655 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Locatelli Honda 24+28.48413
1717 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John McPhee Honda 24+33.19319
1822 Flag of Spain.svg Ana Carrasco KTM 24+38.97928
196 Flag of Spain.svg María Herrera Husqvarna 24+39.45011
2098 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Hanika KTM 24+58.18224
Ret88 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Martín Mahindra 23Accident34
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Alexis Masbou Honda 21Accident26
Ret31 Flag of Finland.svg Niklas Ajo KTM 21Accident20
Ret24 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 19Retirement10
Ret20 Flag of France.svg Fabio Quartararo Honda 17Accident1
Ret12 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 11Accident12
Ret95 Flag of France.svg Jules Danilo Honda 10Accident6
Ret40 Flag of South Africa.svg Darryn Binder Mahindra 9Accident27
Ret9 Flag of Spain.svg Jorge Navarro Honda 5Accident2
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 2Retirement21
Ret2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Remy Gardner Mahindra 0Retirement17
Ret41 Flag of South Africa.svg Brad Binder KTM 0Accident25
Ret91 Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 0Accident23
Ret7 Flag of Spain.svg Efrén Vázquez Honda 0Accident29
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top six riders and constructors after round five has concluded. [10]

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