# 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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### 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 | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL 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.
| Pos. | 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 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 116 |
| 2 | Ducati | 86 |
| 3 | Honda | 85 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 38 |
| 5 | Yamaha Forward | 6 |
| 6 | Aprilia | 3 |
| Pos. | 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.