2015 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australia  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 Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:28.364
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:29.280 on lap 27
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Time 1:32.523
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Time 1:32.880 on lap 10
Podium
First Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Second United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Third Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Danny Kent[N 1] Honda
Time 1:36.180
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra
Time 1:36.532 on lap 3
Podium
First Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda
Third South Africa 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 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 27 40:33.849 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 27 +0.249 3 20
3 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati 27 +0.930 2 16
4 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 27 +1.058 7 13
5 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 27 +5.062 4 11
6 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki 27 +6.800 6 10
7 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda 27 +9.375 5 9
8 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Yamaha 27 +18.401 9 8
9 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Suzuki 27 +20.039 8 7
10 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Yamaha 27 +20.657 12 6
11 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Honda 27 +21.846 11 5
12 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati 27 +22.840 13 4
13 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 27 +29.168 10 3
14 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +37.244 18 2
15 43 Australia Jack Miller Honda 27 +40.192 15 1
16 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati 27 +48.263 14
17 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Ducati 27 +48.572 17
18 76 France Loris Baz Yamaha Forward 27 +48.677 19
19 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Honda 27 +50.201 16
20 63 France Mike Di Meglio Ducati 27 +50.262 22
21 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 27 +50.277 21
22 24 Spain Toni Elías Yamaha Forward 27 +1:20.942 24
23 13 Australia Anthony West Honda 27 +1:23.454 23
Ret 69 United States Nicky Hayden Honda 9 Mechanical 20
Ret 55 Australia Damian Cudlin ART 9 Retirement 25
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

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

Moto3

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

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

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

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

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

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2015 Japanese Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
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2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
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2014 Australian Grand Prix
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2016 Australian Grand Prix
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