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2015 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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Johann Zarco was the 2015 Moto2 Champion.
The 2015 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc VDS Racing Team rider Tito Rabat started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in 2014 .
Rabat had been trailing by 78 points going to the Japanese Grand Prix . However, he had to withdraw from the event with a fractured left radius. Therefore, Johann Zarco became World Champion – the ninth different world champion in the intermediate class in as many years. Ajo Motorsport rider Zarco won eight races during the season – to become the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing – and with a tally of 352 points, set a record points total for the intermediate class; surpassing Rabat's 346 from 2014. With Rabat missing three races due to injury, rookie Álex Rins (Pons Racing ) moved ahead in the standings, and despite Rabat winning the final race in Valencia , Rins finished second to seal the runner-up spot by three points. Rins won two races at Indianapolis , and Phillip Island , while Rabat added his Valencia success to wins at Mugello and Motorland Aragón .
On one of the few non-Kalex motorcycles on the grid, Sam Lowes finished fourth in the championship for Speed Up , taking a race win at Circuit of the Americas , holding off Derendinger Racing Interwetten's Thomas Lüthi , who won at Le Mans . The season's only other race winners were Jonas Folger , who won at Losail and Jerez for the AGR Team, and Xavier Siméon , who took his first win for Gresini Racing at the Sachsenring . Kalex comfortably won the manufacturers' championship; they won 17 of the season's 18 races, with only Lowes' success at Circuit of the Americas stopping a clean sweep of victories. Speed Up finished second in the championship, with 209 points to Kalex's 445.
The 2015 season was the last year that Eni was the sole fuel supplier for Moto2, as Total became the championship's fuel supplier in 2016.
Calendar
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.
Round
Date
Grand Prix
Circuit
1
29 March ‡
Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar
Losail International Circuit , Lusail
2
12 April
Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas , Austin
3
19 April
Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina
Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo , Termas de Río Hondo
4
3 May
Gran Premio bwin de España
Circuito de Jerez , Jerez de la Frontera
5
17 May
Monster Energy Grand Prix de France
Bugatti Circuit , Le Mans
6
31 May
Gran Premio d'Italia TIM
Mugello Circuit , Scarperia e San Piero
7
14 June
Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló
8
27 June ††
Motul TT Assen
TT Circuit Assen , Assen
9
12 July
GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Sachsenring , Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10
9 August
Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix
Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Speedway
11
16 August
bwin Grand Prix České republiky
Brno Circuit , Brno
12
30 August
Octo British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
13
13 September
Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico
14
27 September
Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón
MotorLand Aragón , Alcañiz
15
11 October
Motul Grand Prix of Japan
Twin Ring Motegi , Motegi
16
18 October
Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit , Phillip Island
17
25 October
Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit , Sepang
18
8 November
Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana
Circuit Ricardo Tormo , Valencia
‡ = Night race
†† = Saturday race
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. However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays. The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016 .
Teams and riders
A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014. An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda . Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop .
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
No.
Rider
Rounds
EG 0,0 Marc VDS
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
1
Tito Rabat
1–16, 18
73
Álex Márquez
All
Sports-Millions-Emwe-SAG APH PTT The Pizza SAG
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
2
Jesko Raffin
All
10
Thitipong Warokorn
All
Athinà Forward Racing Forward Racing
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
3
Simone Corsi
1–9, 11–18
7
Lorenzo Baldassarri
1–9, 11–18
JiR Moto2
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
4
Randy Krummenacher
All
Ajo Motorsport
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
5
Johann Zarco
All
Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Pons Racing Junior Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
9
Luca Marini
13
39
Luis Salom
All
40
Álex Rins
All
57
Edgar Pons
4, 7, 11
Dynavolt Intact GP
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
11
Sandro Cortese
All
Derendinger Racing Interwetten Technomag Racing Interwetten
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
12
Thomas Lüthi
All
16
Joshua Hook
15–18
70
Robin Mulhauser
All
77
Dominique Aegerter
1–14, 18
Abbink GP
Speed Up
Speed Up SF14
13
Jasper Iwema
8
JPMoto Malaysia
Suter
Suter MMX2
15
Ratthapark Wilairot
7–10
51
Zaqhwan Zaidi
1–6
88
Ricard Cardús
11–18
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Gresini Racing
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
19
Xavier Siméon
All
54
Mattia Pasini
6, 13
Promoto Sport
TransFIORmers
???
20
Louis Bulle
5
90
Lucas Mahias
18
Italtrans Racing Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
21
Franco Morbidelli
1–11, 16–18
36
Mika Kallio
1–13
57
Edgar Pons
14–18
64
Federico Caricasulo
12–14
Speed Up Racing
Speed Up
Speed Up SF15
22
Sam Lowes
All
Tech 3
Tech 3
Tech 3 Mistral 610
23
Marcel Schrötter
All
88
Ricard Cardús
1–9
97
Xavi Vierge
10–18
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
25
Azlan Shah
All
30
Takaaki Nakagami
All
FAB-Racing
FTR
FTR Moto M213
28
Bradley Ray
12
Team Ciatti
Suter
Suter MMX2
32
Federico Fuligni
14, 18
QMMF Racing Team
Speed Up
Speed Up SF15
36
Mika Kallio
14–18
60
Julián Simón
All
95
Anthony West
1–13
AGR Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
44
Steven Odendaal
3
49
Axel Pons
1–2, 4–18
94
Jonas Folger
All
Petronas Raceline Malaysia Petronas AHM Malaysia
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
55
Hafizh Syahrin
All
93
Ramdan Rosli
7, 17
Octo IodaRacing Project E-Motion IodaRacing Team
Suter
Suter MMX2
66
Florian Alt
All
NTS T.Pro Project
NTS
???
71
Tomoyoshi Koyama
15
Moriwaki Racing
Moriwaki
Moriwaki MD600
72
Yuki Takahashi
15
Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2
Tech 3
Tech 3 Mistral 610
96
Louis Rossi
All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
Rider changes
Results and standings
Grands Prix
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
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie
Constructors' standings
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
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