2015 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2015 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 October 2015
Official name	Pramac Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.763 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:28.364
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:29.280 on lap 27
Podium
First	Marc Márquez	Honda
Second	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Third	Andrea Iannone	Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Álex Rins	Kalex
Time	1:32.523
Fastest lap
Rider	Álex Rins	Kalex
Time	1:32.880 on lap 10
Podium
First	Álex Rins	Kalex
Second	Sam Lowes	Speed Up
Third	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Danny Kent[N 1]	Honda
Time	1:36.180
Fastest lap
Rider	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra
Time	1:36.532 on lap 3
Podium
First	Miguel Oliveira	KTM
Second	Efrén Vázquez	Honda
Third	Brad Binder	KTM

The 2015 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2015 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on Sunday 18 October 2015.

In his 130th start, Marc Márquez achieved his 50th Grand Prix win – becoming the ninth rider to reach that mark, and the youngest to do so,^[1] at 22 years, 243 days – with a final-lap pass on Jorge Lorenzo.^[2] The final podium position was taken by Andrea Iannone, despite striking a seagull during the early laps. With Valentino Rossi finishing in fourth place, Lorenzo cut the championship lead to eleven points with two races remaining.

In the lower classes, Álex Rins took his second Moto2 victory of the season, finishing clear of Sam Lowes and Lorenzo Baldassarri; Baldassarri's result was his first podium finish in Grand Prix racing. In Moto3, Miguel Oliveira's fourth victory of 2015 maintained his mathematical chance of claiming the world championship title.^[3] Efrén Vázquez finished in second place ahead of Oliveira's team-mate Brad Binder. Championship leader Danny Kent crashed out of the race, which meant that Oliveira reduced the championship lead to 40.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	27	40:33.849	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	27	+0.249	3	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	27	+0.930	2	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	27	+1.058	7	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	27	+5.062	4	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	27	+6.800	6	10
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	27	+9.375	5	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	27	+18.401	9	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	27	+20.039	8	7
10	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	27	+20.657	12	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Honda	27	+21.846	11	5
12	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	27	+22.840	13	4
13	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	27	+29.168	10	3
14	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+37.244	18	2
15	43	Jack Miller	Honda	27	+40.192	15	1
16	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	27	+48.263	14
17	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	27	+48.572	17
18	76	Loris Baz	Yamaha Forward	27	+48.677	19
19	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	27	+50.201	16
20	63	Mike Di Meglio	Ducati	27	+50.262	22
21	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	27	+50.277	21
22	24	Toni Elías	Yamaha Forward	27	+1:20.942	24
23	13	Anthony West	Honda	27	+1:23.454	23
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	9	Mechanical	20
Ret	55	Damian Cudlin	ART	9	Retirement	25
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	25	39:00.084	1	25
2	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	25	+6.633	3	20
3	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+10.408	9	16
4	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	25	+15.536	6	13
5	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	25	+16.205	17	11
6	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	25	+17.241	16	10
7	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	25	+20.456	7	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Speed Up	25	+21.883	5	8
9	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	25	+24.473	18	7
10	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	25	+24.559	21	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	25	+35.103	19	5
12	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	25	+36.583	20	4
13	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	25	+36.588	12	3
14	88	Ricard Cardús	Suter	25	+36.642	11	2
15	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	25	+38.115	4	1
16	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	25	+47.215	13
17	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	25	+47.254	23
18	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	25	+47.305	10
19	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	25	+47.382	25
20	16	Joshua Hook	Kalex	25	+47.963	24
21	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	25	+55.273	15
22	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	25	+58.441	26
23	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	25	+59.229	22
24	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	25	+1:00.321	2
25	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	25	+1:26.478	27
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	21	Flat Tire	14
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	14	Accident	8
Ret	66	Florian Alt	Suter	10	Knee Pain	28
Ret	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	9	Accident	29
DNS	1	Esteve Rabat	Kalex		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	23	37:34.742	2	25
2	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	23	+0.132	3	20
3	41	Brad Binder	KTM	23	+0.161	9	16
4	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	23	+0.170	4	13
5	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	23	+0.288	8	11
6	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	23	+1.006	5	10
7	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	23	+6.200	23	9
8	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	23	+6.253	10	8
9	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	23	+6.322	17	7
10	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	23	+7.567	28	6
11	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	23	+7.573	11	5
12	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	23	+10.088	13	4
13	96	Manuel Pagliani	Mahindra	23	+16.294	32	3
14	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	23	+17.792	12	2
15	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	23	+17.814	19	1
16	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	23	+18.205	22
17	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	23	+37.921	15
18	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	23	+42.463	31
19	35	Olly Simpson	KTM	23	+1:24.024	33
Ret	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Husqvarna	15	Accident Damage	21
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Honda	13	Accident	7
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	13	Accident	25
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	13	Neck Pain	34
Ret	14	Matt Barton	FTR	13	Retirement	35
Ret	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	9	Accident	26
Ret	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	8	Retirement	20
Ret	17	John McPhee	Honda	6	Accident	1
Ret	36	Joan Mir	Honda	6	Accident	18
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	6	Accident	16
Ret	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	6	Accident	29
Ret	11	Livio Loi	Honda	4	Accident	6
Ret	29	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	0	Accident	14
Ret	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	0	Accident	24
Ret	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	0	Accident	27
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	0	Accident	30
DNS	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 296 2 Jorge Lorenzo 285 3 Marc Márquez 222 4 Andrea Iannone 188 5 Dani Pedrosa 165

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 362 2 Honda 310 3 Ducati 237 4 Suzuki 120 5 Yamaha Forward 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 581 2 Repsol Honda Team 392 3 Ducati Team 341 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 254 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 172

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

Notes

1. Danny Kent, who set the fastest time in qualifying, received a grid penalty which promoted John McPhee to the pole position grid slot.

References

1. "Marquez's 50th victory sets title race alight". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
2. "Marc Marquez beats Jorge Lorenzo on last lap". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
3. "Oliveira victory in Moto3 keeps title hopes alive". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 16 October 2015.