2015 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
Race details | |||
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Race 2 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
Date | 12 April 2015 | ||
Official name | Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas | ||
Location | Circuit of the Americas, Austin, United States | ||
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.[1] It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on April 12, 2015.
In MotoGP class, Repsol Honda Marc Márquez took the first pole position of the season. For the first time since the 2014 Aragon Grand Prix, the podiums swept by each different manufacturers, as Honda's Marc Márquez took his first victory of the season - his third succescive win a row at Circuit of the Americas. Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso finished on second place; after battling with Yamaha's Valentino Rossi, who finished on third place. In his 200th premier start, Nicky Hayden could only finished in thirteenth. Pol Espargaró collided with Scott Redding, with caused both riders to retire from the race. Yonny Hernández, Mike Di Meglio, and Stefan Bradl, crashed before the halfway mark. Maverick Viñales also crashed during first free practice session due to damp track; dog on track - thus the free practice was red flagged. This was the first time that Márquez competed the race without Dani Pedrosa since the 2013 German Grand Prix and competed the race with Hiroshi Aoyama, who finished in eleventh.
Classification
MotoGP
The race start delayed due to water spillage at Turn 3. The pit lane will open at 14:22 and the race started at 14:37 local time.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 21 | 43:47.150 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 21 | +2.354 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 21 | +3.120 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 21 | +6.682 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 21 | +7.584 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 21 | +10.557 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 21 | +16.967 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Suzuki | 21 | +19.025 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Suzuki | 21 | +38.570 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 21 | +41.796 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 21 | +47.199 | 18 | 5 |
12 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 21 | +47.339 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 21 | +56.484 | 22 | 3 |
14 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 21 | +56.731 | 19 | 2 |
15 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 21 | +57.372 | 23 | 1 |
16 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 21 | +58.898 | 17 | |
17 | 76 | Loris Baz | Yamaha Forward | 21 | +1:08.787 | 20 | |
18 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | ART | 21 | +1:22.236 | 24 | |
Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Honda | 5 | Retirement | 6 | |
Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Yamaha Forward | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT |
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 | Esteve 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 |
References
- ↑ "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). September 26, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
External links
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved March 29, 2015.
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