2015 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  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	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Time	1:59.053
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	2:00.606 on lap 2
Podium
First	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Second	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Third	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Time	2:06.383
Fastest lap
Rider	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Time	2:07.321 on lap 2
Podium
First	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Second	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex
Third	Jonas Folger	Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda
Time	2:12.653
Fastest lap
Rider	Brad Binder	KTM
Time	2:13.571 on lap 3
Podium
First	Miguel Oliveira	KTM
Second	Brad Binder	KTM
Third	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	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	20	40:37.691	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	20	+3.612	4	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	20	+13.724	3	16
4	38	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	20	+23.995	9	13
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	20	+28.721	5	11
6	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	20	+36.372	12	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Suzuki	20	+39.290	10	9
8	25	Maverick Viñales	Suzuki	20	+39.436	8	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	20	+42.462	11	7
10	6	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	+44.601	13	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Honda	20	+47.690	14	5
12	68	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	20	+52.112	17	4
13	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	20	+52.360	25	3
14	24	Toni Elías	Yamaha Forward	20	+53.619	20	2
15	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	20	+53.631	16	1
16	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	20	+1:01.431	18
17	43	Jack Miller	Honda	20	+1:02.828	15
18	63	Mike Di Meglio	Ducati	20	+1:05.075	22
19	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	20	+1:09.877	21
20	13	Anthony West	Honda	20	+1:24.749	23
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	10	Accident	7
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	7	Collision damage	2
Ret	76	Loris Baz	Yamaha Forward	2	Accident Damage	19
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	1	Radiator	6
Ret	55	Damian Cudlin	ART	0	Accident	24
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

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

Moto3

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

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

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

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

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

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

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

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 18 October 2015.