# 2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone on 30 August 2015. The MotoGP and Moto3 races were held in wet conditions, while the Moto2 race was in dry conditions with cloudy weather.
In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his sixth pole position of the season and recorded the fastest lap by a motorcycle since Silverstone was renovated, with a 2:00.234 lap time. In the race, he battled with Valentino Rossi for first place, but he crashed out of the race with 8 laps remaining. Rossi led home an all-Italian podium for his fourth victory of the season, and his first at Silverstone. Danilo Petrucci finished in second place and recorded his first MotoGP podium, while Andrea Dovizioso finished in third place. Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa had good starting positions, but they dropped back into 4th and 5th places respectively. Both LCR Honda riders failed to complete the race; after Jack Miller collided with his teammate Cal Crutchlow, who later retired from the race after a second crash. Yonny Hernández crashed out of the race at Turn 1 of the first lap, while Stefan Bradl and Pol Espargaró also crashed out of the race before the halfway mark. Rossi extended his lead in the championship standings to 12 points from his teammate, Lorenzo.
In the smaller classes, championship leaders Johann Zarco (Moto2) and Danny Kent (Moto3) won their respective races, to extend their championship leads.

## Classification
### MotoGP

The race start was delayed due to weather conditions, and ultimately started at 13:25 local time.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | 46:15.617 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 20 | +3.010 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +4.117 | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 20 | +5.726 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +11.132 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 | Scott Redding | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 20 | +25.467 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +26.717 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +29.393 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +38.815 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 20 | +41.712 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | +44.776 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 20 | +52.489 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +1:11.211 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 20 | +1:15.292 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | ART | 20 | +1:17.863 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 76 | Loris Baz | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 20 | +1:19.310 | 15 | |
| 17 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 20 | +1:19.735 | 19 | |
| 18 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Forward Racing | Yamaha Forward | 20 | +1:58.086 | 23 | |
| 19 | 17 | Karel Abraham | AB Motoracing | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 14 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 12 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | LCR Honda | Honda | 4 | Accident Damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 43 | Jack Miller | LCR Honda | Honda | 2 | Collision | 16 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 18 | 42:53.674 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 18 | +3.360 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Tito Rabat | Kalex | 18 | +5.527 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 18 | +6.489 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 18 | +8.228 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 18 | +28.261 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 18 | +33.902 | 22 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 18 | +33.939 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 18 | +34.889 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Suter | 18 | +35.084 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 18 | +38.814 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 18 | +39.190 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Kalex | 18 | +47.780 | 11 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 18 | +57.103 | 6 | 2 |
| 15 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 18 | +1:00.071 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 18 | +1:02.268 | 12 | |
| 17 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 18 | +1:04.389 | 17 | |
| 18 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 18 | +1:04.806 | 16 | |
| 19 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 18 | +1:07.910 | 20 | |
| 20 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 18 | +1:08.594 | 19 | |
| 21 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 18 | +1:10.950 | 25 | |
| 22 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 18 | +1:11.354 | 24 | |
| 23 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 18 | +1:39.471 | 28 | |
| 24 | 66 | Florian Alt | Suter | 18 | +1:51.325 | 29 | |
| 25 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 17 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 26 | 64 | Federico Caricasulo | Kalex | 17 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 27 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 16 | +2 laps | 26 | |
| Ret | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 16 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 13 | Accident Damage | 8 | |
| Ret | 3 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 13 | Accident Damage | 15 | |
| Ret | 28 | Bradley Ray | FTR | 2 | Accident | 31 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 17 | 44:13.623 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 17 | +8.492 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 17 | +13.189 | 18 | 16 |
| 4 | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | 17 | +50.018 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 17 | +51.755 | 28 | 11 |
| 6 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 17 | +53.726 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Mahindra | 17 | +1:01.086 | 19 | 9 |
| 8 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Husqvarna | 17 | +1:06.158 | 27 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 17 | +1:08.634 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 17 | +1:13.589 | 33 | 6 |
| 11 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 17 | +1:18.961 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 17 | +1:27.462 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 17 | +1:31.210 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 17 | +1:37.523 | 29 | 2 |
| 15 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 17 | +1:38.004 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 17 | +1:40.376 | 24 | |
| 17 | 2 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | 17 | +1:50.488 | 22 | |
| 18 | 26 | Luke Hedger | Kalex KTM | 17 | +2:30.582 | 36 | |
| 19 | 66 | Taz Taylor | KTM | 16 | +1 lap | 35 | |
| 20 | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 16 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| Ret | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 15 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 15 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 29 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | 15 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | 14 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 14 | Accident Damage | 25 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 12 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 10 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 8 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 8 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 6 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 6 | Accident Damage | 5 | |
| Ret | 6 | María Herrera | Husqvarna | 6 | Brakes | 14 | |
| Ret | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 6 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 12 | Matteo Ferrari | Mahindra | 1 | Brakes | 32 | |
| Ret | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 0 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 236 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 224 |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 159 |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | 150 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 120 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 277 |
| 2 | Honda | 215 |
| 3 | Ducati | 187 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 89 |
| 5 | Aprilia | 22 |
| Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | 460 |
| 2 | Ducati Team | 270 |
| 3 | Repsol Honda Team | 266 |
| 4 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 196 |
| 5 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | 127 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for all standings.