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Qatar Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatarhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2015-qatar-motogp 2015 Qatar MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 25 May 2018 Losail International Circuit Losail.svg 3.343 5.380 1 18 29 March 2015 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati 1:54.113 Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 1:55.267 on lap 5 Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Sam Lowes GBR Speed Up 1:59.423 Johann Zarco FRA Kalex 1:59.918 on lap 2 Jonas Folger DEU Kalex Xavier Siméon BEL Kalex Thomas Lüthi CHE Kalex Alexis Masbou FRA Honda 2:06.170 Enea Bastianini ITA Honda 2:06.561 on lap 3 Alexis Masbou FRA Honda Enea Bastianini ITA Honda Danny Kent GBR Honda
The 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/09/26/2015-provisional-motogp-calendar-announced/165181 26 September 2014 26 March 2015 Motogp.com Dorna Sports It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 29 March 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took the first pole position of the season.Dovizioso grabs sensational pole for Ducati http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/03/29/dovizioso-grabs-sensational-pole-for-ducati/172720 29 March 2015 5 April 2015 Motogp.com Dorna Sports It was an eventful race in which the lead was contested between the Movistar Yamaha and Ducati teams. For the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix,MotoGP records destroyed in the desert http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/04/05/motogp-records-destroyed-in-the-desert/173124 5 April 2015 5 April 2015 Motogp.com Dorna Sports the podium was swept by Italian riders, as Yamaha's Valentino Rossi – in his 20th Grand Prix season – took his first season-opening victory since 2010, ahead of Dovizioso,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/32109292 Valentino Rossi wins season opener in Qatar BBC Sport BBC 29 March 2015 5 April 2015 and his teammate Andrea Iannone, who achieved his first MotoGP podium in third place.Emotional Iannone overwhelmed by Qatar podium http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/217086/1/emotional-iannone-overwhelmed-by-qatar-podium.html 30 March 2015 5 April 2015 Crash.net Crash Media Group Reigning world champion Marc Márquez had a good start position, third on the grid, but went off track and almost hit Jorge Lorenzo and Bradley Smith. After he fell to the rear of the field due to the first-lap incident, Márquez overtook several riders and was able to finish fifth, behind Lorenzo.Marquez pleased to salvage fifth after first corner mistake http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/2015/march/marquez-pleased-to-salvage-fifth-after-first-corner-mistake/ Steve English 31 March 2015 5 April 2015 Motor Cycle News Bauer Media Group
Dani Pedrosa started second on the grid, but dropped to sixth place due to issues with arm-pump. Álvaro Bautista was forced to retire after his bike was hit by Márquez, breaking his left brake lever and front sensor. Rookie Jack Miller – graduating from Moto3 – crashed with Karel Abraham with one lap remaining.
The weekend also saw the début of the new Aprilia RS-GP, which was used by Gresini Racing after the team switched from Honda at the end of 2014. This was Aprilia's first race in MotoGP as a factory team since the 2004 Valencian Grand Prix.
Classification
MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 42:35.717 8 25 2 04 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 22 +0.174 1 20 3 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 22 +2.250 4 16 4 99 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 22 +2.707 6 13 5 93 ESP Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +7.036 3 11 6 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +10.755 2 10 7 35 GBR Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 22 +12.384 12 9 8 38 GBR Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +12.914 7 8 9 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +13.031 10 7 10 68 COL Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +17.435 5 6 11 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +19.901 11 5 12 9 ITA Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 22 +24.432 9 4 13 45 GBR Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 22 +32.032 14 3 14 25 ESP Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 22 +33.463 13 2 15 8 ESP Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +33.625 15 1 16 6 DEU Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 22 +33.944 18 17 69 USA Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 +38.970 17 18 50 IRL Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 22 +46.570 19 19 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 22 +59.211 16 20 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 22 +1:14.981 24 21 33 ITA Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 22 +1:48.143 25 22 76 FRA Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 19 +3 laps 23 Ret 17 CZE Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 21 Accident 20 Ret 43 AUS Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 21 Accident 22 Ret 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 0 Retirement 21 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2015-qatar-motogp 2015 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 4 October 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2015/QAT/MotoGP/RAC COMMERCIAL BANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2015 Motogp.com 4 October 2018 4 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181004185842/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2015/QAT/MotoGP/RAC deadhttp://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2015/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf PDF 2015 Qatar MotoGp : Race Classifications Resources.motogp.com 2 October 2018
Moto2
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 94 DEU Jonas Folger Kalex 20 40:18.532 5 25 2 19 BEL Xavier Siméon Kalex 20 +5.051 6 20 3 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Kalex 20 +12.123 7 16 4 40 ESP Álex Rins Kalex 20 +12.202 9 13 5 21 ITA Franco Morbidelli Kalex 20 +14.385 8 11 6 36 FIN Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +14.413 16 10 7 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Kalex 20 +14.471 4 9 8 5 FRA Johann Zarco Kalex 20 +18.541 2 8 9 96 FRA Louis Rossi Tech 3 20 +20.914 13 7 10 7 ITA Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 20 +21.336 20 6 11 73 ESP Álex Márquez Kalex 20 +21.847 12 5 12 55 MYS Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 20 +23.226 19 4 13 60 ESP Julián Simón Speed Up 20 +25.573 21 3 14 30 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +29.784 18 2 15 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Kalex 20 +30.267 25 1 16 23 DEU Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 20 +34.561 17 17 4 CHE Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +36.850 24 18 25 MYS Azlan Shah Kalex 20 +48.346 23 19 10 THA Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 20 +48.772 26 20 70 CHE Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 +49.670 28 21 66 DEU Florian Alt Suter 20 +1:15.596 30 22 2 CHE Jesko Raffin Kalex 20 +1:15.641 29 23 51 MYS Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 20 +1:21.693 27 Ret 88 ESP Ricard Cardús Tech 3 19 Retirement 14 Ret 95 AUS Anthony West Speed Up 9 Retirement 22 Ret 3 ITA Simone Corsi Kalex 3 Accident 10 Ret 1 ESP Tito Rabat Kalex 3 Accident 3 Ret 39 ESP Luis Salom Kalex 3 Accident 15 Ret 49 ESP Axel Pons Kalex 3 Accident 11 Ret 22 GBR Sam Lowes Speed Up 2 Retirement 1OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 18 38:25.424 1 25 2 33 ITA Enea Bastianini Honda 18 +0.027 21 20 3 52 GBR Danny Kent Honda 18 +0.142 9 16 4 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez Honda 18 +0.288 10 13 5 17 GBR John McPhee Honda 18 +0.693 5 11 6 32 ESP Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 18 +0.765 2 10 7 20 FRA Fabio Quartararo Honda 18 +0.772 6 9 8 23 ITA Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +0.773 3 8 9 21 ITA Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 18 +0.909 4 7 10 41 ZAF Brad Binder KTM 18 +1.317 13 6 11 55 ITA Andrea Locatelli Honda 18 +1.546 7 5 12 9 ESP Jorge Navarro Honda 18 +1.608 12 4 13 98 CZE Karel Hanika KTM 18 +1.869 14 3 14 65 DEU Philipp Öttl KTM 18 +2.504 22 2 15 88 ESP Jorge Martín Mahindra 18 +5.119 25 1 16 44 PRT Miguel Oliveira KTM 18 +6.814 8 17 84 CZE Jakub Kornfeil KTM 18 +8.760 26 18 58 ESP Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 18 +9.259 24 19 40 ZAF Darryn Binder Mahindra 18 +11.385 20 20 95 FRA Jules Danilo Honda 18 +27.616 18 21 12 ITA Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 18 +29.071 30 22 6 ESP María Herrera Husqvarna 18 +29.266 32 23 24 JPN Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 18 +29.436 31 24 16 ITA Andrea Migno KTM 18 +29.485 29 25 19 ITA Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 18 +29.770 23 26 53 ITA Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 18 +46.295 33 27 91 ARG Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 18 +46.406 27 28 63 MYS Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +1:04.409 28 29 61 BEL Loris Cresson KTM 18 +1:40.606 34 Ret 5 ITA Romano Fenati KTM 17 Retirement 17 Ret 11 BEL Livio Loi Honda 10 Accident 11 Ret 76 JPN Hiroki Ono Honda 8 Accident 15 Ret 2 AUS Remy Gardner Mahindra 8 Accident 19 Ret 31 FIN Niklas Ajo KTM 1 Accident 16 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2015/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_e5b6d1fb Standings 2015 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-26
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 25 2 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 20 3 ITA Andrea Iannone 16 4 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 13
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 25 2 ITA Ducati 20 3 JPN Honda 11 4 JPN Suzuki 5
Teams' Championship standings
Pos. Position Team Points 1 JPN Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 38 2 ITA Ducati Team 36 3 JPN Repsol Honda Team 21 4 FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 15
Note: Only the top four positions are included for all sets of standings.
References
Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix 2015 2014 Valencian Grand Prix 2015 Grand Prix of the Americas 2014 Qatar Grand Prix 2016 Qatar Grand Prix
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