2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix
Motorcycle race
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The 2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 14 June 2015.
- Permanent racing facility
- 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
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| Race 7 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 14 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the MotoGP category, Suzuki's Aleix Espargaró took the manufacturer's first pole position since returning to MotoGP, but he crashed out of the race with 5 laps remaining. Jorge Lorenzo took his fourth win in succession,[4] ahead of Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who achieved his first podium of the season.[5] Only 16 riders finished the race as amongst others, Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaró, Yonny Hernández and Nicky Hayden retired from the race. Stefan Bradl took his first win in the Open category finishing in eighth place.
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | 42:53.208 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 46 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | +0.885 | 7 | 20 | |
| 3 | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +19.455 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 29 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +24.925 | 12 | 13 | |
| 5 | 38 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +27.782 | 8 | 11 | |
| 6 | 25 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +29.559 | 2 | 10 | |
| 7 | 45 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 25 | +36.424 | 14 | 9 | |
| 8 | 6 | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 25 | +42.103 | 15 | 8 | |
| 9 | 9 | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +49.350 | 16 | 7 | |
| 10 | 19 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +52.569 | 20 | 6 | |
| 11 | 43 | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 25 | +53.666 | 21 | 5 | |
| 12 | 50 | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 25 | +55.765 | 22 | 4 | |
| 13 | 76 | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 25 | +55.832 | 19 | 3 | |
| 14 | 63 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 25 | +1:09.037 | 17 | 2 | |
| 15 | 15 | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | ART | 25 | +1:25.263 | 23 | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | +1 lap | 13 | ||
| Ret | 41 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | Accident | 1 | ||
| Ret | 69 | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 13 | Accident | 18 | ||
| Ret | 33 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 24 | ||
| Ret | 4 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 6 | Retirement | 5 | ||
| Ret | 44 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 11 | ||
| Ret | 93 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 4 | ||
| Ret | 35 | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 9 | ||
| Ret | 68 | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 10 | ||
| DNS | 17 | AB Motoracing | Honda | Did not start | ||||
| Sources: [6][7][8] | ||||||||
Moto2
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 5 | Kalex | 23 | 41:15.487 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 40 | Kalex | 23 | +0.426 | 7 | 20 | |
| 3 | 1 | Kalex | 23 | +1.115 | 3 | 16 | |
| 4 | 22 | Speed Up | 23 | +3.914 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | 39 | Kalex | 23 | +7.080 | 6 | 11 | |
| 6 | 12 | Kalex | 23 | +7.383 | 10 | 10 | |
| 7 | 94 | Kalex | 23 | +8.839 | 2 | 9 | |
| 8 | 21 | Kalex | 23 | +10.352 | 23 | 8 | |
| 9 | 77 | Kalex | 23 | +10.638 | 4 | 7 | |
| 10 | 7 | Kalex | 23 | +10.730 | 13 | 6 | |
| 11 | 73 | Kalex | 23 | +11.052 | 12 | 5 | |
| 12 | 36 | Kalex | 23 | +16.338 | 22 | 4 | |
| 13 | 3 | Kalex | 23 | +16.649 | 8 | 3 | |
| 14 | 55 | Kalex | 23 | +19.584 | 19 | 2 | |
| 15 | 60 | Speed Up | 23 | +19.657 | 15 | 1 | |
| 16 | 23 | Tech 3 | 23 | +19.966 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 57 | Kalex | 23 | +27.233 | 21 | ||
| 18 | 4 | Kalex | 23 | +30.281 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 25 | Kalex | 23 | +30.344 | 17 | ||
| 20 | 30 | Kalex | 23 | +39.906 | 25 | ||
| 21 | 66 | Suter | 23 | +43.463 | 28 | ||
| 22 | 95 | Speed Up | 23 | +43.641 | 27 | ||
| 23 | 96 | Tech 3 | 23 | +44.849 | 26 | ||
| 24 | 2 | Kalex | 23 | +48.202 | 31 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Kalex | 23 | +1:01.457 | 29 | ||
| 26 | 93 | Kalex | 23 | +1:07.876 | 32 | ||
| Ret | 88 | Tech 3 | 17 | Accident | 30 | ||
| Ret | 15 | Suter | 9 | Accident | 24 | ||
| Ret | 70 | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 20 | ||
| Ret | 11 | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 9 | ||
| Ret | 49 | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 11 | ||
| Ret | 19 | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 14 | ||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 52 | Honda | 22 | 40:59.419 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 33 | Honda | 22 | +0.035 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | 7 | Honda | 22 | +0.600 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 23 | Honda | 22 | +0.687 | 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | 44 | KTM | 22 | +0.827 | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | 9 | Honda | 22 | +0.913 | 3 | 10 | |
| 7 | 32 | Husqvarna | 22 | +8.871 | 20 | 9 | |
| 8 | 5 | KTM | 22 | +8.917 | 13 | 8 | |
| 9 | 41 | KTM | 22 | +11.068 | 18 | 7 | |
| 10 | 65 | KTM | 22 | +14.968 | 9 | 6 | |
| 11 | 88 | Mahindra | 22 | +16.596 | 15 | 5 | |
| 12 | 55 | Honda | 22 | +17.340 | 19 | 4 | |
| 13 | 31 | KTM | 22 | +19.086 | 8 | 3 | |
| 14 | 20 | Honda | 22 | +19.320 | 7 | 2 | |
| 15 | 6 | Husqvarna | 22 | +19.366 | 14 | 1 | |
| 16 | 95 | Honda | 22 | +22.257 | 22 | ||
| 17 | 19 | Mahindra | 22 | +23.345 | 24 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Honda | 22 | +26.414 | 23 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Honda | 22 | +27.080 | 29 | ||
| 20 | 21 | Mahindra | 22 | +36.956 | 17 | ||
| 21 | 12 | Mahindra | 22 | +37.895 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 24 | Mahindra | 22 | +37.946 | 28 | ||
| 23 | 22 | KTM | 22 | +38.088 | 34 | ||
| 24 | 63 | KTM | 22 | +53.346 | 33 | ||
| 25 | 2 | Mahindra | 22 | +1:02.762 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 58 | Mahindra | 22 | +1:16.487 | 16 | ||
| 27 | 29 | Mahindra | 21 | +1 lap | 27 | ||
| 28 | 16 | KTM | 21 | +1 lap | 21 | ||
| Ret | 98 | KTM | 19 | Accident | 12 | ||
| Ret | 40 | Mahindra | 17 | Retirement | 30 | ||
| Ret | 17 | Honda | 9 | Accident | 11 | ||
| Ret | 76 | Honda | 6 | Accident | 10 | ||
| Ret | 84 | KTM | 0 | Accident | 26 | ||
| Ret | 91 | KTM | 0 | Accident | 32 | ||
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[9]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.