The 2015 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuito de Jerez in Jerez de la Frontera on 3 May 2015.
In the premier class, Jorge Lorenzo took his first pole position since the 2014 San Marino Grand Prix, and ultimately his first victory at Circuito de Jerez since 2011. Marc Márquez, despite riding with a fractured finger on his left hand after a dirt-track accident a week before the race, finished in second while Valentino Rossi recorded his eighth successive podium finish – and the 200th of his Grand Prix career – with third place. Further down the order, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso started from eighth on the grid, but he went off track on the second lap. After he fell to the rear of the field, Dovizioso was able to finish ninth, just behind Bradley Smith. Dovizioso's teammate, Andrea Iannone, had a good start position, third on the grid, but he fell to sixth place.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 44:57.246 1 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +5.576 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +11.586 5 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 27 +22.727 7 13 5 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +26.620 4 11 6 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 27 +27.021 3 10 7 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +35.445 6 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +36.296 10 8 9 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 27 +41.933 8 7 10 68 Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +51.072 9 6 11 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 27 +51.674 14 5 12 9 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +52.421 11 4 13 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 27 +53.052 12 3 14 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 27 +53.200 13 2 15 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +57.344 15 1 16 6 Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 27 +59.018 19 17 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 27 +1:01.506 18 18 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 27 +1:03.163 17 19 33 Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +1:06.895 25 20 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 27 +1:14.182 22 21 15 Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 27 +1:26.832 24 22 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 26 +1 lap 23 Ret 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Accident 16 Ret 76 Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 8 Accident 21 Ret 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 3 Accident 20 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 26 45:01.873 3 25 2 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 26 +1.931 9 20 3 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 26 +2.222 1 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 26 +6.833 4 13 5 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 26 +11.086 10 11 6 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 26 +12.479 14 10 7 39 Luis Salom Kalex 26 +12.965 19 9 8 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 26 +14.434 11 8 9 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 26 +18.073 16 7 10 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 26 +21.958 13 6 11 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 26 +22.126 30 5 12 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 26 +25.339 20 4 13 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 26 +26.779 12 3 14 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +27.946 18 2 15 95 Anthony West Speed Up 26 +30.873 23 1 16 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 26 +34.026 15 17 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26 +34.105 5 18 40 Álex Rins Kalex 26 +35.568 2 19 57 Edgar Pons Kalex 26 +37.590 22 20 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 26 +41.011 6 21 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 26 +46.619 24 22 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 26 +47.743 25 23 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 26 +59.851 26 24 66 Florian Alt Suter 26 +1:11.461 27 25 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 26 +1:11.513 28 26 51 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 26 +1:25.703 29 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 22 Retirement 17 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 14 Retirement 7 Ret 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 12 Accident 21 Ret 49 Axel Pons Kalex 5 Accident 8 DNS 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 Did not startOFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 52 Danny Kent Honda 23 38:25.621 2 25 2 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 23 +0.097 3 20 3 41 Brad Binder KTM 23 +0.296 4 16 4 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 23 +0.882 1 13 5 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 23 +2.906 17 11 6 5 Romano Fenati KTM 23 +11.035 8 10 7 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 23 +11.126 16 9 8 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 23 +11.761 10 8 9 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 23 +15.861 7 7 10 17 John McPhee Honda 23 +15.964 25 6 11 32 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 23 +16.015 13 5 12 95 Jules Danilo Honda 23 +16.047 21 4 13 11 Livio Loi Honda 23 +18.800 22 3 14 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 23 +24.592 15 2 15 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +24.703 11 1 16 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 23 +25.985 23 17 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 23 +35.795 19 18 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 23 +35.948 20 19 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 23 +36.363 33 20 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 23 +36.498 18 21 16 Andrea Migno KTM 23 +36.532 27 22 98 Karel Hanika KTM 23 +37.021 6 23 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 23 +37.175 29 24 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 23 +37.318 28 25 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 23 +40.942 26 26 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 23 +53.592 30 27 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 23 +1:09.547 34 Ret 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 18 Retirement 5 Ret 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 15 Accident 12 Ret 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 15 Accident 14 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 12 Retirement 31 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 11 Retirement 9 Ret 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 3 Accident 32 Ret 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 2 Accident 24 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top six riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 82 2 Andrea Dovizioso 67 3 Jorge Lorenzo 62 4 Marc Márquez 56 5 Andrea Iannone 50 6 Cal Crutchlow 47
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 91 2 Honda 72 3 Ducati 70 4 Suzuki 31 5 Yamaha Forward 2 6 Aprilia 2
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 144 2 Ducati Team 117 3 Repsol Honda Team 71 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 62 5 CWM LCR Honda 53 6 Team Suzuki Ecstar 51
Note: Only the top six positions are included for both sets of standings.
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