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The 2015 Moto2 Series season is a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Esteve Rabat will start the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in Malaysia.

Grands Prix

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.[1]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 29 March Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar[2] Losail International Circuit, Doha
2 12 April United States Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[3] Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3 19 April Argentina Gran Premio Red Bull de la Repứblica Argentina[4] Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
4 3 May Spain Gran Premio de España[5] Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5 17 May France Grand Prix de France[6] Le Mans Bugatti
6 31 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia[7] Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7 14 June Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya[8] Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 27 June Netherlands TT Assen[9] TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 12 July Germany Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[10] Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10 9 August Indiana Indianapolis Grand Prix[1] Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
11 16 August Czech Republic Grand Prix České republiky[1] Masaryk Circuit, Brno
12 30 August United Kingdom British Grand Prix[11] Donington Park, Donington[12]
13 13 September San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[13] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 27 September Aragon Gran Premio de Aragón[14] Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15 11 October Japan Grand Prix of Japan[15] Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 18 October Australia Australian Grand Prix[16] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17 25 October Malaysia Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[17] Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18 8 November Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana[18] Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Calendar changes

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.[19] An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.[20]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Belgium Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 1 Spain Esteve Rabat[21] 1–4
73 Spain Álex Márquez[21] 1–4
Spain Sports-Millions-Emwe-SAG
Spain APH PTT The Pizza SAG
Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin[22] 1–4
10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn[19] 1–4
Switzerland Athinà Forward Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014[23] 3 Italy Simone Corsi[19] 1–4
7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri[24] 1–4
Monaco JiR Moto2 Kalex[25] Kalex Moto2 2014[23] 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher[19] 1–4
Finland Ajo Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014[23] 5 France Johann Zarco[19] 1–4
Germany Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 11 Germany Sandro Cortese[26] 1–4
Switzerland Derendinger Racing Interwetten
Switzerland Technomag Racing Interwetten
Kalex[27] Kalex Moto2 2014[23] 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi[27] 1–4
70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser[27] 1–4
77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter[27] 1–4
Italy Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Kalex Moto2 2014[23] 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon[19] 1–4
Italy Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli[28] 1–4
36 Finland Mika Kallio[28] 1–4
Italy Speed Up Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF15 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes[19] 1–4
France Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter[19] 1–4
88 Spain Ricard Cardús[19] 1–4
Japan Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah[19] 1–4
30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami[19] 1–4
Spain Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 39 Spain Luis Salom[19] 1–4
40 Spain Álex Rins[29] 1–4
57 Spain Edgar Pons[30] 4
Spain AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 44 South Africa Steven Odendaal[31] 3
49 Spain Axel Pons[19] 1–2, 4
94 Germany Jonas Folger[19] 1–4
Malaysia JPMoto Malaysia[20] Suter Suter MMX2 51 Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi[32] 1–4
Malaysia Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 2015 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin[19] 1–4
Qatar QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF15 60 Spain Julián Simón[19] 1–4
95 Australia Anthony West[19] 1–4
Italy Octo IodaRacing Team Suter Suter MMX2 66 Germany Florian Alt[33] 1–4
Italy Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 96 France Louis Rossi[34] 1–4
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning constructor Report
1 Qatar Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix United Kingdom Sam Lowes France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger Germany Kalex Report
2 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Belgium Xavier Siméon United Kingdom Sam Lowes United Kingdom Sam Lowes Italy Speed Up Report
3 Argentina Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix France Johann Zarco Germany Jonas Folger France Johann Zarco Germany Kalex Report

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Spain
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Spain
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Spain
Pts
1 France Johann Zarco Kalex 8 2 1 53
2 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 4 3 2 49
3 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up Ret 1 3 41
4 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 5 5 5 33
5 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 1 16 9 32
6 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 6 8 4 31
7 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 3 12 6 30
8 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 2 Ret 22 20
9 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 12 6 10 20
10 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 14 7 20
11 Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex Ret 4 12 17
12 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 26 8 14
13 Australia Anthony West Speed Up Ret 7 14 11
14 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 13 9 26 10
15 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 10 20 8
16 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 9 22 Ret 7
17 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 11 15 15 7
18 Spain Luis Salom Kalex Ret 27 11 5
19 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex Ret 11 Ret 5
20 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Kalex 15 18 13 4
21 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 16 13 16 3
Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 18 19 17 0
Spain Ricard Cardús Tech 3 Ret 17 18 0
Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 17 21 21 0
Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 19 23 24 0
South Africa Steven Odendaal Kalex 19 0
Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 20 23 0
Germany Florian Alt Suter 21 25 25 0
Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 22 24 28 0
Malaysia Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 23 Ret 27 0
Spain Axel Pons Kalex Ret DNS 0
Pos Rider Bike QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Spain
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Spain
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Spain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos Manufacturer QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Spain
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Spain
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Spain
Pts
1 Germany Kalex 1 2 1 70
2 Italy Speed Up 13 1 3 44
3 France Tech 3 9 13 16 10
Switzerland Suter 21 25 25 0
Pos Manufacturer QAT
Qatar
AME
United States
ARG
Argentina
ESP
Spain
FRA
France
ITA
Italy
CAT
Spain
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
IND
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
GBR
United Kingdom
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Spain
JPN
Japan
AUS
Australia
MAL
Malaysia
VAL
Spain
Pts

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