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Race 5 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 17 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.[4] It was held at the Bugatti CircuitinLe Mans on 17 May 2015.
In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his third pole position of the season. However, it was Jorge Lorenzo who won his second consecutive race ahead of his teammate Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium in third place.[5] Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone.[6] Both Team LCR riders failed to finish the race; Cal Crutchlow crashed out at Turn 6 and Jack Miller crashed at the Dunlop chicane. Dani Pedrosa also crashed at the Dunlop chicane but remounted to finish in sixteenth.
In Moto3 Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia took his first ever podium, finishing the race in third place behind Romano Fenati and Enea Bastianini.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 99 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 28 | 43:44.143 | 3 | 25 |
2 | 46 | ![]() |
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 28 | +3.820 | 7 | 20 |
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +12.380 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 93 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.890 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 29 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +20.237 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 38 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +21.145 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 44 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +35.493 | 12 | 9 |
8 | 68 | ![]() |
Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +39.601 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 25 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 28 | +41.571 | 13 | 7 |
10 | 9 | ![]() |
Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +42.789 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 69 | ![]() |
Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 28 | +53.636 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 76 | ![]() |
Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 28 | +1:00.617 | 22 | 4 |
13 | 8 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:04.272 | 19 | 3 |
14 | 50 | ![]() |
Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 28 | +1:05.259 | 21 | 2 |
15 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 28 | +1:05.515 | 23 | 1 |
16 | 26 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +1:20.907 | 8 | |
17 | 15 | ![]() |
Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 28 | +1:21.663 | 24 | |
18 | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 27 | +1 lap | 25 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 14 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
AB Motoracing | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 7 | Accident | 4 | |
Ret | 45 | ![]() |
EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 63 | ![]() |
Avintia Racing | Ducati | 3 | Retirement | 17 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() |
Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 2 | Retirement | 10 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() |
Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
Sources:[7][8][9] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 12 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | 42:27.011 | 6 | 25 |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +1.767 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +3.760 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 22 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 26 | +4.076 | 2 | 13 |
5 | 21 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +14.492 | 12 | 11 |
6 | 60 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 26 | +14.681 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 30 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +14.845 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 19 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +15.135 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 55 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +19.243 | 13 | 7 |
10 | 77 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +19.531 | 19 | 6 |
11 | 95 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 26 | +29.478 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 4 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +29.646 | 10 | 4 |
13 | 23 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 26 | +30.220 | 14 | 3 |
14 | 11 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +30.691 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 49 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +33.097 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 88 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 26 | +33.604 | 25 | |
17 | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +38.293 | 1 | |
18 | 3 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +39.001 | 20 | |
19 | 25 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +43.459 | 24 | |
20 | 70 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +57.742 | 26 | |
21 | 7 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +1:09.399 | 22 | |
22 | 10 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +1:17.247 | 25 | |
23 | 66 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +1:17.646 | 28 | |
24 | 2 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +1:17.837 | 29 | |
25 | 51 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +1:33.192 | 30 | |
26 | 20 | ![]() |
TransFIORmers | 25 | +1 lap | 31 | |
Ret | 39 | ![]() |
Kalex | 24 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() |
Kalex | 12 | Accident | 11 | |
Ret | 94 | ![]() |
Kalex | 9 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 96 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 4 | Accident | 23 | |
Ret | 73 | ![]() |
Kalex | 4 | Accident | 21 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | 41:22.829 | 5 | 25 |
2 | 33 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +0.122 | 18 | 20 |
3 | 21 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +0.457 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 52 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +0.693 | 31 | 13 |
5 | 23 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +2.244 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 84 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +2.421 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 32 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 24 | +2.587 | 9 | 9 |
8 | 44 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +4.065 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 16 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +14.876 | 16 | 7 |
10 | 65 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +22.588 | 33 | 6 |
11 | 76 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +23.247 | 32 | 5 |
12 | 58 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +26.231 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 11 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +26.470 | 22 | 3 |
14 | 63 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +26.677 | 30 | 2 |
15 | 29 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 24 | +26.841 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 55 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +28.484 | 13 | |
17 | 17 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +33.193 | 19 | |
18 | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +38.979 | 28 | |
19 | 6 | ![]() |
Husqvarna | 24 | +39.450 | 11 | |
20 | 98 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +58.182 | 24 | |
Ret | 88 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 23 | Accident | 34 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Honda | 21 | Accident | 26 | |
Ret | 31 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 19 | Retirement | 10 | |
Ret | 20 | ![]() |
Honda | 17 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 11 | Accident | 12 | |
Ret | 95 | ![]() |
Honda | 10 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 40 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 9 | Accident | 27 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
Honda | 5 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 2 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 0 | Retirement | 17 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Accident | 25 | |
Ret | 91 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Honda | 0 | Accident | 29 | |
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top six riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[10]
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