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Jorge Lorenzo won his third MotoGP world title, and fifth world title overall, by winning the final race of the season in Valencia.

The 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his second consecutive title in 2014.

Valentino Rossi led the championship for almost the entire season as he chased a tenth world title, but ultimately, the honours went to his Yamaha Motor Racing team-mate Jorge Lorenzo,^[1] who took his third MotoGP title and a fifth world title overall.^[2] Lorenzo started the season quietly with three finishes off the podium,^[2] whereas Rossi took wins in Qatar and Argentina.^[3][4] Thereafter, Lorenzo took four successive wins for the first time in his career to bring himself back into the championship race, before Rossi won at Assen.^[5] Lorenzo did not win again until Brno, taking the championship lead on countback,^[6] but ceded it back to Rossi, when he won at Silverstone.^[7] Lorenzo crashed out at Misano,^[2] while Rossi finished fifth – ending a 16-race streak of podium finishes – after both Yamaha riders were caught out by wet weather.^[8] In the final five races, Rossi finished ahead of Lorenzo once, as Lorenzo continued to close the points gap; at a maximum of 23 after Misano, Lorenzo pulled it back to 7 going into Valencia.^[9] At the final race, Lorenzo took his seventh win of the season,^[1] while Rossi could only finish fourth – after a back-of-the-grid start – to give him the title by five points.^[10]

Third place in the final riders' championship standings went to Márquez, who won five races during the season, but six retirements during the campaign stopped him from challenging the Yamaha pair in the championship run-in. The only other rider to win a race during the season was Márquez's Repsol Honda team-mate, Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa missed three races at the start of the season, after electing to undergo surgery to alleviate issues with arm-pump. Upon his return, he did not podium until Catalunya, and ultimately, took two wins in the closing four races at Motegi,^[11] and Sepang.^[12]

Season summary

Other championship standings

In the other championships, the eleven wins for Rossi and Lorenzo were enough for Yamaha to take the teams' title by over 200 points ahead of Repsol Honda,^[13] and the manufacturers' title by 52 points ahead of Honda.^[14] Amongst the class of rookies, Suzuki rider Maverick Viñales took the IRTA Cup, finishing in twelfth place overall,^[15][16] while Héctor Barberá of Avintia Racing was the best-placed Open class rider, in fifteenth.^[15][16]

Collisions between contenders

The 2015 season also saw several moments of controversy between the main championship contenders. In Argentina, Rossi chased Márquez down for the lead before the two riders collided on the penultimate lap.^[4] Rossi stayed upright but Márquez was unable to rejoin; Rossi later spoke of Márquez as an "all or nothing" rider.^[17] Rossi and Márquez again collided at Assen on the final lap; Rossi rejoined the circuit through the gravel and went on to win the race, while race direction deemed the incident as a racing incident.^[5] At Misano, Rossi was given a penalty point on his licence, for impeding Lorenzo in qualifying.^[18] Rossi accused Márquez of helping Lorenzo in his title aspirations at Phillip Island, in the pre-event press conference at Sepang, a claim that Márquez refuted.^[19]

The most significant of the clashes came during the Sepang race; Rossi and Márquez collided for a third time in 2015 on the seventh lap of the race.^[12] After a series of 18 overtakes and exchanges of positions between the two, Rossi made a move on Márquez at Turn 14, pushing Márquez to the outside of the circuit. The two riders made contact and Márquez fell from his bike. He remounted and returned to the pits but had to retire from the race. Rossi maintained the third place that the pair had been battling over until the end of the race.^[12] After the race, race direction reviewed the incident and deemed Rossi at fault for the collision, and three penalty points were added to his licence.^[20] With this, it meant that Rossi would have to start the final race in Valencia from the back of the grid. On the podium, Lorenzo made a gesture showing his disapproval at the move and deemed the penalty as "inadequate".^[21] Rossi appealed the penalty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), but the penalty was ultimately upheld; Lorenzo submitted a statement towards the appeal and later apologised for his actions on the podium before the Valencia weekend.^[21] Rossi voiced his regret at his move on Márquez,^[22] while Márquez stood his ground on his riding style in Malaysia.^[19] Following the fallout from Sepang, FIM president Vito Ippolito deemed the events – which included Márquez's family being insulted at their home by Italian television reporters^[23] – as having a "damaging effect on the staging of our competitions and poisoned the atmosphere around the sport",^[24] with Ippolito and Dorna Sports boss Carmelo Ezpeleta calling a private meeting – cancelling the pre-event press conference – for all riders and crew chiefs in Valencia.^[22]

Season calendar

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.^[25]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	29 March	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar[26]	Losail International Circuit, Doha
2	12 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[27]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	19 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina[28]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
4	3 May	Gran Premio bwin de España[29]	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	17 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[30]	Le Mans Bugatti, Maine
6	31 May	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[31]	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7	14 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[32]	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	27 June	Motul TT Assen[33]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	12 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[34]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	9 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[25]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
11	16 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky[25]	Masaryk Circuit, Brno
12	30 August	Octo British Grand Prix[35]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone[36][37]
13	13 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[38]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	27 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[39]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	11 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[40]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	18 October	Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[41]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	25 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[42]	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	8 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[43]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Calendar changes

• The British Grand Prix had been scheduled to return to Donington Park for the first time since 2009, ahead of a planned move to the brand-new Circuit of Wales in 2016.^[44] However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays.^[36] The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.^[37]

Teams and riders

As in 2014, the MotoGP class was divided into two categories: Factory and Open. Manufacturers who had not won a dry race since the start of the 2013 season or were new to the class could enter the Factory category with all the Open concessions.

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.^[45] An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.^[46]

Factory entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP15 04 Andrea Dovizioso[47] All 29 Andrea Iannone[48] All 51 Michele Pirro[49] 6, 13, 18 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia[50] Aprilia RS-GP 6 Stefan Bradl[51] 10–18 19 Álvaro Bautista[52] All 33 Marco Melandri[53] 1–8 70 Michael Laverty[54] 9 Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[55] 2–4 26 Dani Pedrosa[56] 1, 5–18 93 Marc Márquez[57] All Pramac Racing[N 1] Octo Pramac Racing[N 1] Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14[59] 9 Danilo Petrucci[60] All 68 Yonny Hernández[61] All Octo IodaRacing Team[N 2] E-Motion IodaRacing Team[N 2] ART ART 15 Alex de Angelis[63] 1–15 23 Broc Parkes[64] 18 55 Damian Cudlin[65] 16–17 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[66] 15 Team Suzuki Ecstar MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 25 Maverick Viñales[67] All 41 Aleix Espargaró[67] All CWM LCR Honda[N 3] LCR Honda[N 3] Honda Honda RC213V 35 Cal Crutchlow[69] All Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 38 Bradley Smith[70] All 44 Pol Espargaró[71] All EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda Honda RC213V 45 Scott Redding[72] All Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi[73] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[74] All Team HRC with Nissin Honda Honda RC213V 72 Takumi Takahashi[66] 15 Open entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Athinà Forward Racing[N 4] Forward Racing[N 4] Yamaha Forward Yamaha Forward 6 Stefan Bradl[76] 1–8 24 Toni Elías[77] 14–18 71 Claudio Corti[78] 9, 11–13 76 Loris Baz[79] 1–9, 11–18 AB Motoracing Honda Honda RC213V-RS 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[80] 9 13 Anthony West[81] 16–18 17 Karel Abraham[82] 1–7, 11–14 24 Toni Elías[83] 10 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi[66] 15 Avintia Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14[84] 8 Héctor Barberá[85] All 63 Mike Di Meglio[45] All CWM LCR Honda[N 3] LCR Honda[N 3] Honda Honda RC213V-RS 43 Jack Miller[86] All Aspar MotoGP Team Honda Honda RC213V-RS 50 Eugene Laverty[87] All 69 Nicky Hayden[88] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team changes

• Suzuki returned to MotoGP as a constructor after a four-year hiatus.
• Aprilia made an official return to the championship entering two factory-supported bikes with Gresini Racing. The Italian team ended its long partnership with Honda, having raced their bikes since 1997.
• Marc VDS Racing expanded its operations to enter a Honda bike in the MotoGP category, having taken on the Factory class bike previously run by Gresini.
• LCR Honda entered a second bike in the Open category.
• Avintia Racing left its Kawasaki-based machinery to switch to Ducati bikes.
• Paul Bird Motorsport left MotoGP at the end of the 2014 season to concentrate on their British Superbike Championship campaign.^[89]

Rider changes

• Stefan Bradl left the LCR Honda team and moved to Forward Racing. After the German Grand Prix, Bradl moved to Gresini Racing.^[51]
• Cal Crutchlow left the Ducati Team to take Bradl's place at LCR Honda.
• Andrea Iannone filled the seat vacated by Crutchlow with the Ducati factory team.
• Scott Redding left Gresini Racing and returned to Marc VDS Racing for their MotoGP campaign.
• Moto3 rider Jack Miller moved directly into MotoGP, with LCR Honda.
• Colin Edwards retired from racing at the end of the 2014 season and became a Yamaha test rider.
• Loris Baz made his MotoGP debut with Forward Racing.
• After competing in the final half of the 2014 season with Forward Racing, Alex de Angelis replaced Danilo Petrucci at the IodaRacing Project.
• Danilo Petrucci moved from the IodaRacing Project to join Pramac Racing.
• Aleix Espargaró moved from Forward Racing to join the factory Suzuki team, with Maverick Viñales making the move from Moto2 to partner him.
• Eugene Laverty returned to the championship – having last competed in 2008 in the 250cc class – racing with the Aspar Racing Team.
• Marco Melandri returned to MotoGP with Gresini Racing, the same team he competed with during his last appearance in the category in 2010. Before the German Grand Prix, Melandri left Aprilia, and was replaced by Michael Laverty.^[54] Bradl replaced Laverty afterwards.
• Hiroshi Aoyama moved from the Aspar Racing Team to become a test rider for HRC. Aoyama returned to the series on two occasions during the 2015 season, to replace injured riders.

In-season changes

• Hiroshi Aoyama replaced Dani Pedrosa for the races in Austin, Texas and Argentina, as Pedrosa elected to undergo surgery to alleviate issues with arm-pump.^[55] This was extended to include the Spanish Grand Prix, as Pedrosa's recovery took longer than expected.^[90] Aoyama also replaced Karel Abraham at the Sachsenring with AB Motoracing.
• Claudio Corti replaced Stefan Bradl for the German Grand Prix,^[78] after Bradl fractured his right scaphoid at Assen. Corti was replaced by Toni Elías prior to the Aragon Grand Prix.^[77]
• Forward Racing did not compete at the Indianapolis Grand Prix following the arrest of team boss Giovanni Cuzari. Bradl terminated his contract with the team, and joined Gresini Racing,^[51] to replace Michael Laverty.
• Toni Elías replaced Karel Abraham at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, as Abraham recovered from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix.^[83] Elías later replaced Claudio Corti at Forward Racing, prior to the Aragon Grand Prix.^[77]
• Alex de Angelis suffered serious injuries in a crash during free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. He was replaced by Damian Cudlin for the Australian and Malaysian races,^[65] and Broc Parkes in Valencia.^[64]
• In order to aid his recovery from injuries sustained at the Catalan Grand Prix, Karel Abraham stepped down from his AB Motoracing ride. He was replaced by Kousuke Akiyoshi in Japan, and Anthony West for the remainder of the season.^[66][81]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Andrea Dovizioso	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Marc Márquez	Andrea Iannone	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
3	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Andrea Iannone	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Aleix Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
8	Dutch TT	Valentino Rossi	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
16	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Dani Pedrosa	Jorge Lorenzo	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 1 330 2 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 5 3 2 4 3 4 325 3 Marc Márquez Honda 5 1 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 1 Ret 2 242 4 Dani Pedrosa Honda 6 16 4 3 8 2 4 5 5 9 2 1 5 1 3 206 5 Andrea Iannone Ducati 3 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 5 4 8 7 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 188 6 Bradley Smith Yamaha 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 2 8 7 10 4 6 181 7 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2 2 2 9 3 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 6 3 8 5 5 13 Ret 7 162 8 Cal Crutchlow Honda 7 7 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 8 Ret Ret 11 7 6 7 5 9 125 9 Pol Espargaró Yamaha 9 Ret 8 5 7 6 Ret 5 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 9 5 114 10 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 12 10 11 12 10 9 9 11 9 10 10 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 10 113 11 Aleix Espargaró Suzuki 11 8 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 14 9 9 10 6 11 9 7 8 105 12 Maverick Viñales Suzuki 14 9 10 11 9 7 6 10 11 11 Ret 11 14 11 Ret 6 8 11 97 13 Scott Redding Honda 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 11 7 13 Ret 13 12 6 3 12 10 11 11 15 84 14 Yonny Hernández Ducati 10 Ret Ret 10 8 10 Ret 14 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10 14 17 12 13 56 15 Héctor Barberá Ducati 15 12 13 14 13 13 16 Ret 13 15 16 13 18 16 9 16 13 16 33 16 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Ret 15 19 15 15 14 10 17 14 18 13 10 15 13 16 14 15 14 31 17 Loris Baz Yamaha Forward 22 17 14 Ret 12 12 13 15 19 15 16 4 17 Ret 18 Ret 19 28 18 Stefan Bradl Yamaha Forward 16 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 8 Ret 17 Aprilia 20 14 Ret 16 18 18 21 10 18 19 Jack Miller Honda Ret 14 12 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 15 17 21 17 20 Nicky Hayden Honda 17 13 16 17 11 Ret Ret 16 16 16 17 12 17 15 13 Ret 16 17 16 21 Michele Pirro Ducati 8 Ret 12 12 22 Eugene Laverty Honda 18 16 17 18 14 15 12 Ret 17 19 Ret 17 19 14 17 19 19 Ret 9 23 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 8 8 24 Mike Di Meglio Ducati 19 Ret 18 22 Ret 16 14 18 Ret 17 18 14 13 20 15 20 18 Ret 8 25 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 26 Takumi Takahashi Honda 12 4 27 Toni Elías Honda 22 2 Yamaha Forward 21 20 22 14 20 28 Alex de Angelis ART 20 18 22 21 17 Ret 15 Ret 18 21 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 2 Karel Abraham Honda Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 17 DNS 21 19 21 Ret 0 Marco Melandri Aprilia 21 Ret 20 19 18 18 Ret 19 0 Claudio Corti Yamaha Forward Ret 20 18 20 0 Kousuke Akiyoshi Honda 19 0 Anthony West Honda 23 20 22 0 Michael Laverty Aprilia 20 0 Damian Cudlin ART Ret Ret 0 Broc Parkes ART Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Yamaha	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	407
2	Honda	5	1	3	2	4	4	3	2	1	1	2	5	1	2	1	1	1	2	355
3	Ducati	2	2	2	6	3	2	4	4	5	5	4	2	6	4	5	3	6	7	256
4	Suzuki	11	8	7	7	9	7	6	9	10	11	9	9	10	6	11	6	7	8	137
5	Aprilia	21	15	19	15	15	14	10	17	14	18	13	10	15	13	16	14	10	14	36
6	Yamaha Forward	16	17	14	16	12	12	8	15	19		15	16	4	17	20	18	14	19	35
7	ART	20	18	22	21	17	Ret	15	Ret	18	21	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Teams' standings

Pos Team Bike No. QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 46 1 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 3 1 5 3 2 4 3 4 655 99 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 Ret 1 3 2 2 1 2 Repsol Honda Team 7 11 Ret Ret 453 26 6 16 4 3 8 2 4 5 5 9 2 1 5 1 3 93 5 1 Ret 2 4 Ret Ret 2 1 1 2 Ret 1 Ret 4 1 Ret 2 3 Ducati Team 04 2 2 2 9 3 Ret Ret 12 Ret 9 6 3 8 5 5 13 Ret 7 350 29 3 5 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 5 4 8 7 4 Ret 3 Ret Ret 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 38 8 6 6 8 6 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 2 8 7 10 4 6 295 44 9 Ret 8 5 7 6 Ret 5 8 7 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 9 5 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 25 14 9 10 11 9 7 6 10 11 11 Ret 11 14 11 Ret 6 8 11 202 41 11 8 7 7 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 14 9 9 10 6 11 9 7 8 6 Pramac Racing[N 1] Octo Pramac Racing[N 1] 9 12 10 11 12 10 9 9 11 9 10 10 2 6 Ret Ret 12 6 10 169 68 10 Ret Ret 10 8 10 Ret 14 12 12 11 Ret Ret 10 14 17 12 13 7 CWM LCR Honda[N 3] LCR Honda[N 3] 35 7 7 3 4 Ret Ret Ret 6 7 8 Ret Ret 11 7 6 7 5 9 142 43 Ret 14 12 20 Ret Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 19 Ret 12 19 Ret 15 17 21 8 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS 45 13 Ret 9 13 Ret 11 7 13 Ret 13 12 6 3 12 10 11 11 15 84 9 Avintia Racing 8 15 12 13 14 13 13 16 Ret 13 15 16 13 18 16 9 16 13 16 41 63 19 Ret 18 22 Ret 16 14 18 Ret 17 18 14 13 20 15 20 18 Ret 10 Athinà Forward Racing[N 4] Forward Racing[N 4] 6 16 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret 8 Ret 39 24 21 20 22 14 20 71 Ret 20 18 20 76 22 17 14 Ret 12 12 13 15 19 15 16 4 17 Ret 18 Ret 19 11 Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 6 20 14 Ret 16 18 18 21 10 18 39 19 Ret 15 19 15 15 14 10 17 14 18 13 10 15 13 16 14 15 14 33 21 Ret 20 19 18 18 Ret 19 70 20 12 Aspar MotoGP Team 50 18 16 17 18 14 15 12 Ret 17 19 Ret 17 19 14 13 19 19 Ret 25 69 17 13 16 17 11 Ret Ret 16 16 16 17 12 17 15 17 Ret 16 17 13 Octo IodaRacing Team[N 2] E-Motion IodaRacing Team[N 2] 15 20 18 22 21 17 Ret 15 Ret 18 21 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 2 23 Ret 55 Ret Ret AB Motoracing 7 Ret 0 13 23 20 22 17 Ret Ret 21 Ret Ret 17 DNS 21 19 21 Ret 24 22 64 19 Pos Team Bike No. QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes

1. Until the Italian Grand Prix, the team competed as Pramac Racing. Thereafter, the team competed as Octo Pramac Racing, with title sponsorship from Octo Telematics.^[58]
2. Until the Italian Grand Prix, the team competed as the Octo IodaRacing Team, with title sponsorship from Octo Telematics. Thereafter, the team competed as the E-Motion IodaRacing Team.^[62]
3. Until the British Grand Prix, the team competed as CWM LCR Honda, with title sponsorship from CWM FX. Thereafter, the team competed as LCR Honda.^[68]
4. Until the German Grand Prix, the team competed as Athinà Forward Racing, with title sponsorship from Athinà Eyewear. Thereafter, the team competed as Forward Racing.^[75]

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