2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

  2015 Grand Prix of the Americas

Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	April 12, 2015
Official name	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [1] [2] [3]
Location	Circuit of the Americas
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.513 km (3.426 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 2:02.135 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Iannone Ducati Time 2:04.251 on lap 4 Podium First Marc Márquez Honda Second Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Third Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position Rider Xavier Siméon Kalex Time 2:09.888 Fastest lap Rider Sam Lowes Speed Up Time 2:10.578 on lap 18 Podium First Sam Lowes Speed Up Second Johann Zarco Kalex Third Álex Rins Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Danny Kent Honda Time 2:15.344 Fastest lap Rider Miguel Oliveira KTM Time 2:17.559 on lap 8 Podium First Danny Kent Honda Second Fabio Quartararo Honda Third Efrén Vázquez Honda

The 2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. ^[4] It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Elroy on April 12, 2015.

In the MotoGP class, Repsol Honda's Marc Márquez took his first pole position of the season, and he ultimately went on to win the race, his third victory in as many years at the circuit. ^[5] For the first time since the 2014 Aragon Grand Prix, three different manufacturers were represented on the podium; behind Márquez was Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, who prevailed in a battle with Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place. In his 200th premier class start, local hero Nicky Hayden could only finish in thirteenth, while numerous riders retired from the race – Pol Espargaró collided with Scott Redding, with caused both riders to retire from the race, while Yonny Hernández, Mike Di Meglio and Stefan Bradl all crashed before the halfway mark. In the Moto3 race, a young Fabio Quartararo achieved his first ever World Championship podium in his second race in debut season.

Classification

MotoGP

The race start was delayed due to a water spillage at Turn 3, and ultimately started at 14:37 local time.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	43:47.150	1	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	21	+2.354	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	21	+3.120	4	16
4	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	21	+6.682	3	13
5	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	21	+7.584	7	11
6	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+10.557	10	10
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	21	+16.967	5	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	21	+19.025	8	8
9	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	21	+38.570	12	7
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Pramac Racing	Ducati	21	+41.796	11	6
11	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+47.199	18	5
12	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	21	+47.339	13	4
13	69	Nicky Hayden	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	21	+56.484	22	3
14	43	Jack Miller	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	21	+56.731	19	2
15	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	21	+57.372	23	1
16	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	21	+58.898	17
17	76	Loris Baz	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	21	+1:08.787	20
18	15	Alex de Angelis	Octo IodaRacing Team	ART	21	+1:22.236	24
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	AB Motoracing	Honda	16	Retirement	21
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	10	Retirement	25
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	Pramac Racing	Ducati	6	Accident	15
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	6	Accident	16
Ret	45	Scott Redding	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	5	Retirement	6
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	3	Accident	14
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	0	Accident	9
Sources: [6] [7] [8]

Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi, celebrating on the podium after they finished second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	19	41:45.565	2	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	19	+1.999	4	20
3	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	19	+4.622	8	16
4	1	Tito Rabat	Kalex	19	+8.975	3	13
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	19	+12.976	5	11
6	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	19	+14.168	15	10
7	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	19	+17.271	13	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	19	+17.513	11	8
9	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	19	+17.689	7	7
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	19	+17.764	6	6
11	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	19	+17.982	12	5
12	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	19	+24.824	17	4
13	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	19	+26.016	10	3
14	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	19	+27.456	16	2
15	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	19	+28.568	23	1
16	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	19	+29.889	19
17	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	19	+36.405	20
18	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	19	+38.693	9
19	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	19	+40.581	24
20	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	19	+41.504	25
21	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	19	+50.471	18
22	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	19	+1:08.825	22
23	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	19	+1:10.990	26
24	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	19	+1:11.138	29
25	66	Florian Alt	Suter	19	+1:19.442	27
26	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	19	+1:25.405	21
27	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	19	+1:32.876	14
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	15	Accident	1
Ret	51	Zaqhwan Zaidi	Suter	12	Retirement	28
DNS	49	Axel Pons	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	52	Danny Kent	Honda	18	41:32.287	1	25
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda	18	+8.532	6	20
3	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	18	+8.652	16	16
4	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	18	+8.811	8	13
5	41	Brad Binder	KTM	18	+9.556	11	11
6	17	John McPhee	Honda	18	+13.869	15	10
7	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	18	+20.442	3	9
8	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	18	+20.611	19	8
9	32	Isaac Viñales	Husqvarna	18	+20.863	7	7
10	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	18	+20.913	20	6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	18	+21.249	23	5
12	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	18	+23.725	22	4
13	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	18	+32.218	32	3
14	31	Niklas Ajo	KTM	18	+36.702	21	2
15	12	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	18	+37.283	24	1
16	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	18	+47.027	10
17	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	18	+59.257	31
18	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	18	+1:03.748	27
19	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	18	+1:04.611	30
20	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	18	+1:16.968	28
21	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	18	+1:27.397	26
22	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	18	+1:40.409	33
23	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	18	+1:43.841	4
24	29	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	18	+1:46.105	25
25	11	Livio Loi	Honda	17	+1 lap	14
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	17	Retirement	29
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	10	Accident	2
Ret	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	9	Accident	9
Ret	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	9	Accident	5
Ret	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	8	Retirement	12
Ret	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	6	Accident	17
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	5	Accident	18
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	1	Accident	34
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	0	Accident	13
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded. ^[9]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 41 2 Andrea Dovizioso 40 3 Marc Márquez 36 4 Andrea Iannone 27 5 Jorge Lorenzo 26

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 41 2 Ducati 40 3 Honda 36 4 Suzuki 13 5 Aprilia 1

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 67 2 Ducati Team 67 3 Repsol Honda Team 51 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 25 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 22

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2015 Americas MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Circuit of the Americas - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
4. "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. September 26, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
5. "Marquez completes treble in Texas". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. April 12, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
6. "2015 Americas MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
7. "RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
8. "2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
9. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2019.

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