# 2015 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 19 April 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez took his second pole position of the season. In the race, he started well and pulled away from the field to a maximum advantage of 4 seconds. However, Valentino Rossi closed in on Márquez, and on lap 22, immediately followed him. At Turn 5, Márquez made contact with Rossi, with Márquez's bike hitting Rossi's rear tyre. Márquez could not rejoin, and as a result, Rossi took his second win of the season. Andrea Dovizioso took his third successive second place, while Cal Crutchlow took LCR Honda's first podium since the 2013 United States Grand Prix with third place, after passing Andrea Iannone at the final corner. Crutchlow's teammate Jack Miller took his first win in the Open category with a twelfth-place finish, and aside from Márquez's retirement, Hiroshi Aoyama and Yonny Hernández were the only other riders not to make the finish.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | 41:35.644 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +5.685 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 25 | +8.298 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +8.352 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | +10.192 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +19.876 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +24.333 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +27.670 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 45 | Scott Redding | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 25 | +34.397 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +34.808 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +40.206 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 43 | Jack Miller | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 25 | +42.654 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 25 | +42.729 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 76 | Loris Baz | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 25 | +42.853 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 25 | +43.037 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 25 | +43.252 | 20 | |
| 17 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 25 | +43.400 | 14 | |
| 18 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 25 | +43.808 | 23 | |
| 19 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +44.878 | 19 | |
| 20 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +56.236 | 24 | |
| 21 | 17 | Karel Abraham | AB Motoracing | Honda | 25 | +1:03.371 | 17 | |
| 22 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 25 | +1:08.444 | 25 | |
| Ret | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 6 | Retirement | 13 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 23 | 39:44.497 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 23 | +2.715 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 23 | +4.161 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 23 | +5.310 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 23 | +7.958 | 22 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 23 | +9.408 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 23 | +9.926 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 23 | +10.028 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 23 | +10.152 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +11.316 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 23 | +11.764 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 1 | Tito Rabat | Kalex | 23 | +11.872 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 23 | +14.005 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 23 | +20.788 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 23 | +21.321 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 23 | +25.693 | 12 | |
| 17 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 23 | +26.537 | 25 | |
| 18 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Tech 3 | 23 | +26.686 | 21 | |
| 19 | 44 | Steven Odendaal | Kalex | 23 | +27.397 | 26 | |
| 20 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +27.779 | 15 | |
| 21 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 23 | +28.559 | 11 | |
| 22 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 23 | +35.988 | 9 | |
| 23 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 23 | +36.457 | 24 | |
| 24 | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 23 | +46.710 | 27 | |
| 25 | 66 | Florian Alt | Suter | 23 | +47.522 | 28 | |
| 26 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 23 | +1:02.910 | 14 | |
| 27 | 51 | Zaqhwan Zaidi | Suter | 23 | +1:06.741 | 30 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 23 | +1:06.839 | 29 | |
| Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 18 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 3 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 1 | Accident | 7 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 21 | 38:25.621 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 21 | +10.334 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Husqvarna | 21 | +10.396 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 21 | +10.767 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 21 | +11.117 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | 21 | +11.195 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 21 | +11.388 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 21 | +11.603 | 34 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 21 | +11.712 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 21 | +11.806 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 21 | +11.958 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 21 | +12.355 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 21 | +12.501 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 21 | +12.644 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 21 | +12.772 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 21 | +22.477 | 20 | |
| 17 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 21 | +23.352 | 13 | |
| 18 | 29 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | 21 | +28.746 | 25 | |
| 19 | 2 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | 21 | +30.409 | 26 | |
| 20 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 21 | +30.644 | 27 | |
| 21 | 12 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 21 | +30.786 | 24 | |
| 22 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 21 | +44.095 | 22 | |
| 23 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | 21 | +45.153 | 28 | |
| 24 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 21 | +49.149 | 29 | |
| 25 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 21 | +51.073 | 30 | |
| 26 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 21 | +56.185 | 32 | |
| 27 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 21 | +1:01.461 | 31 | |
| 28 | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 20 | +1 lap | 33 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 15 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Mahindra | 12 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 4 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 6 | María Herrera | Husqvarna | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 66 |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 60 |
| 3 | Andrea Iannone | 40 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 37 |
| 5 | Marc Márquez | 36 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 66 |
| 2 | Ducati | 60 |
| 3 | Honda | 52 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 22 |
| 5 | Yamaha Forward | 2 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 103 |
| 2 | Ducati Team | 100 |
| 3 | Repsol Honda Team | 51 |
| 4 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 43 |
| 5 | CWM LCR Honda | 40 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for all sets of standings.