# 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar on 29 March 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso took the first pole position of the season. It was an eventful race in which the lead was contested between the Movistar Yamaha and Ducati teams. For the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, the podium was swept by Italian riders, as Yamaha's Valentino Rossi – in his 20th Grand Prix season – took his first season-opening victory since 2010, ahead of Dovizioso, and his teammate Andrea Iannone, who achieved his first MotoGP podium in third place. Reigning world champion Marc Márquez had a good start position, third on the grid, but went off track and almost hit Jorge Lorenzo and Bradley Smith. After he fell to the rear of the field due to the first-lap incident, Márquez overtook several riders and was able to finish fifth, behind Lorenzo.
Dani Pedrosa started second on the grid, but dropped to sixth place due to issues with arm-pump. Álvaro Bautista was forced to retire after his bike was hit by Márquez, breaking his left brake lever and front sensor. Rookie Jack Miller – graduating from Moto3 – crashed with Karel Abraham with one lap remaining.
The weekend also saw the début of the new Aprilia RS-GP, which was used by Gresini Racing after the team switched from Honda at the end of 2014. This was Aprilia's first race in MotoGP as a factory team since the 2004 Valencian Grand Prix.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | 42:35.717 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 04 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +0.174 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +2.250 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 22 | +2.707 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +7.036 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.755 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 22 | +12.384 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +12.914 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +13.031 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +17.435 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 22 | +19.901 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +24.432 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 45 | Scott Redding | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 22 | +32.032 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 22 | +33.463 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 22 | +33.625 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 22 | +33.944 | 18 | |
| 17 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 22 | +38.970 | 17 | |
| 18 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 22 | +46.570 | 19 | |
| 19 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 22 | +59.211 | 16 | |
| 20 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 22 | +1:14.981 | 24 | |
| 21 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 22 | +1:48.143 | 25 | |
| 22 | 76 | Loris Baz | Athinà Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 19 | +3 laps | 23 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | AB Motoracing | Honda | 21 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 21 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 21 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 20 | 40:18.532 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 20 | +5.051 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 20 | +12.123 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 20 | +12.202 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Franco Morbidelli | Kalex | 20 | +14.385 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 20 | +14.413 | 16 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 20 | +14.471 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 20 | +18.541 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 20 | +20.914 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 20 | +21.336 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 20 | +21.847 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 20 | +23.226 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 20 | +25.573 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 20 | +29.784 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 20 | +30.267 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 20 | +34.561 | 17 | |
| 17 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 20 | +36.850 | 24 | |
| 18 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 20 | +48.346 | 23 | |
| 19 | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 20 | +48.772 | 26 | |
| 20 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 20 | +49.670 | 28 | |
| 21 | 66 | Florian Alt | Suter | 20 | +1:15.596 | 30 | |
| 22 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 20 | +1:15.641 | 29 | |
| 23 | 51 | Zaqhwan Zaidi | Suter | 20 | +1:21.693 | 27 | |
| Ret | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Tech 3 | 19 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 9 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 3 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 1 | Tito Rabat | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 2 | Retirement | 1 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 18 | 38:25.424 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 18 | +0.027 | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 18 | +0.142 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 18 | +0.288 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 18 | +0.693 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | Husqvarna | 18 | +0.765 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | 18 | +0.772 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 18 | +0.773 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 18 | +0.909 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 18 | +1.317 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | 18 | +1.546 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 18 | +1.608 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 18 | +1.869 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 18 | +2.504 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 18 | +5.119 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 18 | +6.814 | 8 | |
| 17 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 18 | +8.760 | 26 | |
| 18 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Mahindra | 18 | +9.259 | 24 | |
| 19 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 18 | +11.385 | 20 | |
| 20 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 18 | +27.616 | 18 | |
| 21 | 12 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 18 | +29.071 | 30 | |
| 22 | 6 | María Herrera | Husqvarna | 18 | +29.266 | 32 | |
| 23 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 18 | +29.436 | 31 | |
| 24 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 18 | +29.485 | 29 | |
| 25 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 18 | +29.770 | 23 | |
| 26 | 53 | Marco Bezzecchi | Mahindra | 18 | +46.295 | 33 | |
| 27 | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 18 | +46.406 | 27 | |
| 28 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 18 | +1:04.409 | 28 | |
| 29 | 61 | Loris Cresson | KTM | 18 | +1:40.606 | 34 | |
| Ret | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 17 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 10 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 8 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 2 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | 8 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 1 | Accident | 16 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 25 |
| 2 | Andrea Dovizioso | 20 |
| 3 | Andrea Iannone | 16 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 13 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | Ducati | 20 |
| 3 | Honda | 11 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 5 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 38 |
| 2 | Ducati Team | 36 |
| 3 | Repsol Honda Team | 21 |
| 4 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 15 |
* Note: Only the top four positions are included for all sets of standings.