The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le 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. Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone. 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.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 43:44.143 3 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +3.820 7 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28 +12.380 2 16 4 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +19.890 1 13 5 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 28 +20.237 5 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +21.145 6 10 7 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +35.493 12 9 8 68 Yonny Hernández Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +39.601 11 8 9 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +41.571 13 7 10 9 Danilo Petrucci Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +42.789 9 6 11 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28 +53.636 14 5 12 76 Loris Baz Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 28 +1:00.617 22 4 13 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +1:04.272 19 3 14 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28 +1:05.259 21 2 15 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +1:05.515 23 1 16 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +1:20.907 8 17 15 Alex de Angelis Octo IodaRacing Team ART 28 +1:21.663 24 18 33 Marco Melandri Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 27 +1 lap 25 Ret 43 Jack Miller CWM LCR Honda Honda 14 Accident 18 Ret 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 14 Retirement 20 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow CWM LCR Honda Honda 7 Accident 4 Ret 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 3 Accident 15 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 3 Retirement 17 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 2 Retirement 10 Ret 6 Stefan Bradl Athinà Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 1 Accident 16 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 26 42:27.011 6 25 2 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 26 +1.767 4 20 3 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 26 +3.760 3 16 4 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 26 +4.076 2 13 5 21 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 26 +14.492 12 11 6 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 26 +14.681 9 10 7 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26 +14.845 5 9 8 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 26 +15.135 8 8 9 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 26 +19.243 13 7 10 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 26 +19.531 19 6 11 95 Anthony West Speed Up 26 +29.478 17 5 12 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +29.646 10 4 13 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 26 +30.220 14 3 14 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 26 +30.691 18 2 15 49 Axel Pons Kalex 26 +33.097 16 1 16 88 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 26 +33.604 25 17 40 Álex Rins Kalex 26 +38.293 1 18 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 26 +39.001 20 19 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 26 +43.459 24 20 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 26 +57.742 26 21 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 26 +1:09.399 22 22 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 26 +1:17.247 25 23 66 Florian Alt Suter 26 +1:17.646 28 24 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 26 +1:17.837 29 25 51 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 26 +1:33.192 30 26 20 Louis Bulle TransFIORmers 25 +1 lap 31 Ret 39 Luis Salom Kalex 24 Accident 7 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 12 Accident 11 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 9 Accident 15 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 4 Accident 23 Ret 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 4 Accident 21OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Romano Fenati KTM 24 41:22.829 5 25 2 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 24 +0.122 18 20 3 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 24 +0.457 3 16 4 52 Danny Kent Honda 24 +0.693 31 13 5 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 24 +2.244 7 11 6 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 24 +2.421 4 10 7 32 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 24 +2.587 9 9 8 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 24 +4.065 8 8 9 16 Andrea Migno KTM 24 +14.876 16 7 10 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 24 +22.588 33 6 11 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 24 +23.247 32 5 12 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 24 +26.231 15 4 13 11 Livio Loi Honda 24 +26.470 22 3 14 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24 +26.677 30 2 15 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 24 +26.841 14 1 16 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda 24 +28.484 13 17 17 John McPhee Honda 24 +33.193 19 18 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 24 +38.979 28 19 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 24 +39.450 11 20 98 Karel Hanika KTM 24 +58.182 24 Ret 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 23 Accident 34 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 21 Accident 26 Ret 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 21 Accident 20 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 19 Retirement 10 Ret 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda 17 Accident 1 Ret 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 11 Accident 12 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Honda 10 Accident 6 Ret 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 9 Accident 27 Ret 9 Jorge Navarro Honda 5 Accident 2 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 2 Retirement 21 Ret 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 0 Retirement 17 Ret 41 Brad Binder KTM 0 Accident 25 Ret 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 0 Accident 23 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 0 Accident 29 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top six riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 102 2 Jorge Lorenzo 87 3 Andrea Dovizioso 83 4 Marc Márquez 69 5 Andrea Iannone 61 6 Cal Crutchlow 47
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 116 2 Ducati 86 3 Honda 85 4 Suzuki 38 5 Yamaha Forward 6 6 Aprilia 3
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 189 2 Ducati Team 144 3 Repsol Honda Team 84 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 81 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 58 6 CWM LCR Honda 53
Note: Only the top six positions are included for both sets of standings.
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