2015 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

Malaysia  2015 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 25 October 2015
Official name Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
5.543 km (3.444 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:59.053
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 2:00.606 on lap 2
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 2:06.383
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Time 2:07.321 on lap 2
Podium
First France Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex
Third Germany Jonas Folger Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda
Time 2:12.653
Fastest lap
Rider South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Time 2:13.571 on lap 3
Podium
First Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Second South Africa Brad Binder KTM
Third Spain Jorge Navarro Honda

The 2015 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2015 MotoGP season. It was held at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang on 25 October 2015.

This race was notable for a collision between Valentino Rossi and Marc Márquez. The stewards deemed Rossi to have purposely bumped Márquez off course, and accrued three penalty points – enough to enforce a start from the back of the grid for the final race in Valencia.[1] Ultimately, this was a major factor in deciding the 2015 MotoGP championship between Rossi and his team mate Jorge Lorenzo, who finished second in this event to Dani Pedrosa, who scored his second victory in three races.

In the junior classes, Moto2 world champion Johann Zarco recorded his eighth victory of the season, ahead of pole-sitter Thomas Lüthi and Jonas Folger; while in Moto3, Miguel Oliveira maintained his chances of mathematically catching championship leader Danny Kent with his fifth victory of the season, ahead of Brad Binder and Jorge Navarro.[2] Kent himself finished seventh, and therefore held a twenty-four point lead going into the final round.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 20 40:37.691 1 25
2 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 20 +3.612 4 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha 20 +13.724 3 16
4 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Yamaha 20 +23.995 9 13
5 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda 20 +28.721 5 11
6 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ducati 20 +36.372 12 10
7 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Suzuki 20 +39.290 10 9
8 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Suzuki 20 +39.436 8 8
9 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Yamaha 20 +42.462 11 7
10 6 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 20 +44.601 13 6
11 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Honda 20 +47.690 14 5
12 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Ducati 20 +52.112 17 4
13 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati 20 +52.360 25 3
14 24 Spain Toni Elías Yamaha Forward 20 +53.619 20 2
15 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 20 +53.631 16 1
16 69 United States Nicky Hayden Honda 20 +1:01.431 18
17 43 Australia Jack Miller Honda 20 +1:02.828 15
18 63 France Mike Di Meglio Ducati 20 +1:05.075 22
19 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Honda 20 +1:09.877 21
20 13 Australia Anthony West Honda 20 +1:24.749 23
Ret 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 10 Accident 7
Ret 93 Spain Marc Márquez Honda 7 Collision damage 2
Ret 76 France Loris Baz Yamaha Forward 2 Accident Damage 19
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Ducati 1 Radiator 6
Ret 55 Australia Damian Cudlin ART 0 Accident 24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 France Johann Zarco Kalex 19 40:37.772 2 25
2 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Kalex 19 +0.598 1 20
3 94 Germany Jonas Folger Kalex 19 +9.846 4 16
4 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 19 +14.139 7 13
5 7 Italy Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 19 +16.440 5 11
6 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex 19 +22.294 13 10
7 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Kalex 19 +22.708 6 9
8 55 Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 19 +26.685 18 8
9 3 Italy Simone Corsi Kalex 19 +28.556 11 7
10 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Kalex 19 +30.081 10 6
11 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 19 +30.873 16 5
12 36 Finland Mika Kallio Speed Up 19 +31.787 14 4
13 22 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up 19 +33.844 8 3
14 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Suter 19 +33.886 24 2
15 21 Italy Franco Morbidelli Kalex 19 +38.087 19 1
16 25 Malaysia Azlan Shah Kalex 19 +41.612 15
17 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 19 +42.239 23
18 96 France Louis Rossi Tech 3 19 +44.576 22
19 70 Switzerland Robin Mulhauser Kalex 19 +46.312 21
20 57 Spain Edgar Pons Kalex 19 +49.357 26
21 2 Switzerland Jesko Raffin Kalex 19 +56.476 28
22 97 Spain Xavi Vierge Tech 3 19 +1:17.119 25
23 16 Australia Joshua Hook Kalex 19 +1:18.343 29
24 93 Malaysia Ramdan Rosli Kalex 19 +1:18.534 30
25 60 Spain Julián Simón Speed Up 19 +1:20.599 12
26 66 Germany Florian Alt Suter 19 +1:37.028 27
27 10 Thailand Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 19 +1:51.965 20
Ret 40 Spain Álex Rins Kalex 9 Accident 3
Ret 23 Germany Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 8 Accident Damage 17
Ret 73 Spain Álex Márquez Kalex 5 Accident Damage 9
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM 18 40:33.277 3 25
2 41 South Africa Brad Binder KTM 18 +0.089 15 20
3 9 Spain Jorge Navarro Honda 18 +0.273 2 16
4 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +0.305 1 13
5 5 Italy Romano Fenati KTM 18 +0.416 5 11
6 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +0.530 4 10
7 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda 18 +0.590 9 9
8 33 Italy Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +4.004 8 8
9 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 18 +6.990 19 7
10 17 United Kingdom John McPhee Honda 18 +10.030 12 6
11 95 France Jules Danilo Honda 18 +16.128 28 5
12 88 Spain Jorge Martín Mahindra 18 +18.995 13 4
13 29 Italy Stefano Manzi Mahindra 18 +18.999 16 3
14 32 Spain Isaac Viñales KTM 18 +19.129 18 2
15 65 Germany Philipp Öttl KTM 18 +19.153 17 1
16 48 Italy Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 18 +19.592 23
17 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 18 +32.053 6
18 6 Spain María Herrera Husqvarna 18 +32.882 24
19 11 Belgium Livio Loi Honda 18 +32.924 25
20 58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 18 +33.307 22
21 24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 18 +34.453 26
22 2 Australia Remy Gardner Mahindra 18 +55.705 31
23 22 Spain Ana Carrasco KTM 18 +57.562 29
24 16 Italy Andrea Migno KTM 18 +1:46.290 27
25 91 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 17 +1 lap 20
Ret 98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika KTM 6 Accident 14
Ret 96 Italy Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 6 Accident 30
Ret 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda 5 Accident 7
Ret 76 Japan Hiroki Ono Honda 5 Accident 11
Ret 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 5 Accident Damage 10
Ret 40 South Africa Darryn Binder Mahindra 2 Retirement 21
DNS 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra Did not start
DNS 55 Italy Andrea Locatelli Honda Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Rider Points
1 Italy Valentino Rossi 312
2 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 305
3 Spain Marc Márquez 222
4 Spain Dani Pedrosa 190
5 Italy Andrea Iannone 188

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 Japan Yamaha 382
2 Japan Honda 335
3 Italy Ducati 247
4 Japan Suzuki 129
5 Switzerland Yamaha Forward 35

Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Team Points
1 Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 617
2 Japan Repsol Honda Team 417
3 Italy Ducati Team 341
4 France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 274
5 Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar 189

References

  1. "Pedrosa wins as Lorenzo cuts Rossi's lead to 7 points". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 25 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. "Oliveira wins to take title fight to Valencia". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 25 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2016.

External links

Previous race:
2015 Australian Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2015 season
Next race:
2015 Valencian Grand Prix
Previous race:
2014 Malaysian Grand Prix
Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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