2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
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| Date | 29 March 2015 | ||
| Official name | Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar | ||
| Location | Losail International Circuit, Doha, Qatar | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi) | ||
| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati | |
| Time | 1:54.113 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:55.267 on lap 5 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | |
| Second | Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati | |
| Third | Andrea Iannone |
Ducati | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Sam Lowes |
Speed Up | |
| Time | 1:59.423 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Johann Zarco |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:59.918 on lap 2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Jonas Folger |
Kalex | |
| Second | .svg.png){kind=small} Xavier Siméon |
Kalex | |
| Third |  Thomas Lüthi |
Kalex | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:06.170 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Enea Bastianini |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:06.561 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | |
| Second | Enea Bastianini |
Honda | |
| Third | Danny Kent |
Honda | |
The 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.[1] It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 29 March 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took the first pole position of the season.[2] It was an eventful race in which the lead was contested between the Movistar Yamaha and Ducati teams. For the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix,[3] the podium was swept by Italian riders, as Yamaha's Valentino Rossi - in his 20th season on his Grand Prix career - took his first open-season victory since 2010 Qatar Grand Prix, ahead of Dovizioso,[4] whose teammate Andrea Iannone achieved his first MotoGP podium in third place.[5] Reigning world champion Marc Márquez had a good start position, third on the grid, but went off track and almost hit Jorge Lorenzo, who finished in fourth place, and Bradley Smith. After he fell to the rear of the field due to the first-lap incident, Márquez overtook several riders and was able to finish fifth.[6] Dani Pedrosa started second on the grid, but dropped to sixth place due to his arm-pump. Álvaro Bautista was forced to retire after his bike was hit by Márquez, breaking his left brake and front sensor. Rookie from Moto3, Jack Miller crashed with Karel Abraham with one lap remaining.
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Yamaha | 22 | 42:35.717 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 04 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Ducati | 22 | +0.174 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone |
Ducati | 22 | +2.250 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 22 | +2.707 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
Honda | 22 | +7.036 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 22 | +10.755 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow |
Honda | 22 | +12.384 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith |
Yamaha | 22 | +12.914 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Pol Espargaró |
Yamaha | 22 | +13.031 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández |
Ducati | 22 | +17.435 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
Suzuki | 22 | +19.901 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ducati | 22 | +24.432 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Scott Redding |
Honda | 22 | +32.032 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Maverick Viñales |
Suzuki | 22 | +33.463 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 22 | +33.625 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Stefan Bradl |
Yamaha Forward | 22 | +33.944 | 18 | |
| 17 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Honda | 22 | +38.970 | 17 | |
| 18 | 50 |  Eugene Laverty |
Honda | 22 | +46.570 | 19 | |
| 19 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Ducati | 22 | +59.211 | 16 | |
| 20 | 15 |  Alex de Angelis |
ART | 22 | +1:14.981 | 24 | |
| 21 | 33 | Marco Melandri |
Aprilia | 22 | +1:48.143 | 25 | |
| 22 | 76 | Loris Baz |
Yamaha Forward | 19 | +3 laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Karel Abraham |
Honda | 21 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 43 |  Jack Miller |
Honda | 21 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT | |||||||
Moto2
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 94 | Jonas Folger |
Kalex | 20 | 40:18.532 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Xavier Siméon |
Kalex | 20 | +5.051 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi |
Kalex | 20 | +12.123 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 40 | Álex Rins |
Kalex | 20 | +12.202 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli |
Kalex | 20 | +14.385 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
Kalex | 20 | +14.413 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro Cortese |
Kalex | 20 | +14.471 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Johann Zarco |
Kalex | 20 | +18.541 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Louis Rossi |
Tech 3 | 20 | +20.914 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
Kalex | 20 | +21.336 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Álex Márquez |
Kalex | 20 | +21.847 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin |
Kalex | 20 | +23.226 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 60 | Julián Simón |
Speed Up | 20 | +25.573 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | 20 | +29.784 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter |
Kalex | 20 | +30.267 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter |
Tech 3 | 20 | +34.561 | 17 | |
| 17 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher |
Kalex | 20 | +36.850 | 24 | |
| 18 | 25 | Azlan Shah |
Kalex | 20 | +48.346 | 23 | |
| 19 | 10 |  Thitipong Warokorn |
Kalex | 20 | +48.772 | 26 | |
| 20 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser |
Kalex | 20 | +49.670 | 28 | |
| 21 | 66 | Florian Alt |
Suter | 20 | +1:15.596 | 30 | |
| 22 | 2 | Jesko Raffin |
Kalex | 20 | +1:15.641 | 29 | |
| 23 | 51 | Zaqhwan Zaidi |
Suter | 20 | +1:21.693 | 27 | |
| Ret | 88 | Ricard Cardús |
Tech 3 | 19 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 95 | Anthony West |
Speed Up | 9 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 3 | Simone Corsi |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 1 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 39 | Luis Salom |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | 3 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes |
Speed Up | 2 | Retirement | 1 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | 18 | 38:25.424 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Enea Bastianini |
Honda | 18 | +0.027 | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | 52 | Danny Kent |
Honda | 18 | +0.142 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez |
Honda | 18 | +0.288 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | John McPhee |
Honda | 18 | +0.693 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Isaac Viñales |
Husqvarna | 18 | +0.765 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo |
Honda | 18 | +0.772 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli |
Honda | 18 | +0.773 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia |
Mahindra | 18 | +0.909 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 |  Brad Binder |
KTM | 18 | +1.317 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli |
Honda | 18 | +1.546 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro |
Honda | 18 | +1.608 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 98 | Karel Hanika |
KTM | 18 | +1.869 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 65 | Philipp Öttl |
KTM | 18 | +2.504 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Jorge Martín |
Mahindra | 18 | +5.119 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira |
KTM | 18 | +6.814 | 8 | |
| 17 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
KTM | 18 | +8.760 | 26 | |
| 18 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara |
Mahindra | 18 | +9.259 | 24 | |
| 19 | 40 | Darryn Binder |
Mahindra | 18 | +11.385 | 20 | |
| 20 | 95 | Jules Danilo |
Honda | 18 | +27.616 | 18 | |
| 21 | 12 | Matteo Ferrari |
Mahindra | 18 | +29.071 | 30 | |
| 22 | 6 | María Herrera |
Husqvarna | 18 | +29.266 | 32 | |
| 23 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki |
Mahindra | 18 | +29.436 | 31 | |
| 24 | 16 | Andrea Migno |
KTM | 18 | +29.485 | 29 | |
| 25 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci |
Mahindra | 18 | +29.770 | 23 | |
| 26 | 53 | Marco Bezzecchi |
Mahindra | 18 | +46.295 | 33 | |
| 27 | 91 |  Gabriel Rodrigo |
KTM | 18 | +46.406 | 27 | |
| 28 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | 18 | +1:04.409 | 28 | |
| 29 | 61 | Loris Cresson |
KTM | 18 | +1:40.606 | 34 | |
| Ret | 5 | Romano Fenati |
KTM | 17 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 11 | Livio Loi |
Honda | 10 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono |
Honda | 8 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 2 | Remy Gardner |
Mahindra | 8 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo |
KTM | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
References
- ↑ "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "Dovizioso grabs sensational pole for Ducati". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "MotoGP records destroyed in the desert". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 5 April 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Valentino Rossi wins season opener in Qatar". BBC Sport (BBC). 29 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Emotional Iannone overwhelmed by Qatar podium". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ English, Steve (31 March 2015). "Marquez pleased to salvage fifth after first corner mistake". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). Retrieved 5 April 2015.
External links
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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