2015 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

  2015 Czech Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 August 2015
Official name	bwin Grand Prix České republiky
Location	Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czech Republic
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	1:54.989
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	1:56.048 on lap 4
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Second	Marc Márquez	Honda
Third	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Time	2:01.614
Fastest lap
Rider	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Time	2:02.422 on lap 5
Podium
First	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Second	Esteve Rabat	Kalex
Third	Álex Rins	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda
Time	2:07.667
Fastest lap
Rider	Miguel Oliveira	KTM
Time	2:08.466 on lap 3
Podium
First	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda
Second	Enea Bastianini	Honda
Third	Brad Binder	KTM

The 2015 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2015 MotoGP season. It was held at the Masaryk Circuit in Brno on 16 August 2015.^[1]

In the premier class, Jorge Lorenzo took his second pole position of the season and ultimately his fifth win of the season, ahead of Marc Márquez and Valentino Rossi. Andrea Iannone finished fourth, while fifth place was contested by Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa, with Pedrosa ultimately coming out on top by 0.075 seconds. Cal Crutchlow, Maverick Viñales, Alex de Angelis, and Eugene Laverty all crashed out of the race before the halfway mark. With these results, Lorenzo's win gave him the championship lead over Rossi, by virtue of more wins at that point.^[2]

In the junior classes, Moto2 championship leader Johann Zarco extended his lead in the championship, winning ahead of Esteve Rabat and Álex Rins. In a restarted Moto3 race, Gresini Racing rider Niccolò Antonelli took his first victory ahead of Enea Bastianini and Brad Binder, with the top nine riders being split by 1.42 seconds at the finish.^[3][4]

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	22	42:53.042	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	22	+4.462	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	22	+10.397	3	16
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	22	+13.071	4	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	22	+15.650	9	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	22	+15.725	6	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	22	+21.821	5	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	22	+23.240	8	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	22	+43.784	15	7
10	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	22	+45.261	13	6
11	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	22	+49.973	12	5
12	45	Scott Redding	Honda	22	+50.174	14	4
13	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	22	+54.437	19	3
14	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	22	+54.624	16	2
15	76	Loris Baz	Yamaha Forward	22	+1:00.316	18	1
16	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	22	+1:01.595	11
17	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	22	+1:02.388	21
18	63	Mike Di Meglio	Ducati	22	+1:05.944	17
19	43	Jack Miller	Honda	22	+1:11.407	22
20	71	Claudio Corti	Yamaha Forward	22	+1:50.033	24
21	17	Karel Abraham	Honda	22	+2:02.655	25
Ret	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	15	Accident	7
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	14	Accident	10
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	4	Accident	20
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	ART	3	Accident	23
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	20	41:02.500	1	25
2	1	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	20	+1.421	2	20
3	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	20	+1.785	3	16
4	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	20	+4.393	7	13
5	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	20	+7.844	13	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	20	+8.056	10	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	20	+9.882	5	9
8	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	20	+10.074	4	8
9	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	20	+11.921	15	7
10	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	20	+12.479	8	6
11	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	20	+17.694	12	5
12	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	20	+17.763	16	4
13	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	20	+18.352	6	3
14	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	20	+18.522	17	2
15	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	20	+19.377	18	1
16	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	20	+20.811	19
17	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	20	+21.272	9
18	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	20	+22.119	22
19	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	20	+25.946	21
20	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	20	+26.586	14
21	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	20	+39.425	23
22	57	Edgar Pons	Kalex	20	+44.290	27
23	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	20	+44.657	25
24	88	Ricard Cardús	Suter	20	+44.747	28
25	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	20	+46.960	26
26	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	20	+53.547	31
Ret	97	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	16	Retirement	30
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	12	Retirement	11
Ret	66	Florian Alt	Suter	12	Retirement	29
Ret	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	11	Retirement	20
Ret	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	3	Accident	24
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following two separate accidents involving multiple riders.^[5] For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 19 to 12 laps.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	12	25:56.866	1	25
2	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	12	+0.152	15	20
3	41	Brad Binder	KTM	12	+0.376	6	16
4	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	12	+0.540	8	13
5	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	12	+0.560	3	11
6	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	12	+0.821	22	10
7	52	Danny Kent	Honda	12	+1.179	2	9
8	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	12	+1.188	12	8
9	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	12	+1.420	19	7
10	17	John McPhee	Honda	12	+3.385	10	6
11	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	12	+5.751	9	5
12	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	12	+5.846	27	4
13	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	12	+5.910	26	3
14	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	12	+6.173	13	2
15	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	12	+6.268	24	1
16	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	12	+7.648	16
17	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	12	+7.702	17
18	11	Livio Loi	Honda	12	+8.207	32
19	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Husqvarna	12	+14.302	23
20	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	12	+16.013	20
21	12	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	12	+16.127	35
22	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	12	+16.742	33
23	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	12	+16.927	31
24	29	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	12	+18.967	30
25	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	12	+31.460	29
26	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	12	+37.086	7
27	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	12	+1:01.665	11
Ret	86	Kevin Hanus	Honda	9	Accident	36
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	8	Accident	5
Ret	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda	7	Retirement	4
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	KTM	1	Accident	14
DNS	97	Maximilian Kappler	FTR Honda	0	Did not restart	34
DNS	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	0	Did not restart	18
DNS	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	0	Did not restart	21
DNS	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	0	Did not restart	25
DNS	31	Niklas Ajo	KTM	0	Did not restart	28
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 211 2 Valentino Rossi 211 3 Marc Márquez 159 4 Andrea Iannone 142 5 Bradley Smith 106

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 252 2 Honda 204 3 Ducati 167 4 Suzuki 82 5 Yamaha Forward 20

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 422 2 Repsol Honda Team 255 3 Ducati Team 246 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 187 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 115

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

References

1. "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. "Lorenzo, Rossi MotoGP title battle 'starts from zero'". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 16 August 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
3. "Antonelli claims maiden Moto3 victory". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 16 August 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
4. "Antonelli: "I didn't expect the victory"". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 16 August 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
5. "Moto3 Brno: Antonelli claims first win in shortened race". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 15 August 2015.