# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2015

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2015 was de vijftiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2015. De race werd verreden op 11 oktober 2015 op de Twin Ring Motegi nabij Motegi, Japan.
Johann Zarco werd gekroond tot Moto2-kampioen met een overwinning in de race, terwijl zijn laatste rivaal Esteve Rabat vanwege een blessure niet van start ging.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | 46:50.767 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 24 | +8.573 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 24 | +12.127 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 24 | +27.841 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 24 | +35.085 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | 24 | +37.263 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Yamaha | 24 | +37.667 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 21 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | 24 | +44.654 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 24 | +48.572 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 45 | Scott Redding | Honda | 24 | +50.121 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Suzuki | 24 | +1:00.535 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 72 | Takumi Takahashi | Honda | 24 | +1:01.211 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 24 | +1:11.261 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Ducati | 24 | +1:13.896 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Ducati | 24 | +1:15.421 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +1:20.507 | 16 | |
| 17 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 24 | +1:31.224 | 20 | |
| 18 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 24 | +1:46.833 | 13 | |
| 19 | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Honda | 24 | +2:00.072 | 26 | |
| 20 | 24 | Toni Elías | Yamaha Forward | 23 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| DNF | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Yamaha | 22 | Ongeluk | 11 | |
| DNF | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | 16 | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNF | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Suzuki | 13 | Ongeluk | 10 | |
| DNF | 76 | Loris Baz | Yamaha Forward | 13 | Stuur | 23 | |
| DNF | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 10 | Motor | 5 | |
| DNF | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ducati | 8 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNS | 15 | Alex de Angelis | ART | 0 | Blessure | | |

### Moto2

Vanwege slecht weer werd de race ingekort van 23 naar 15 ronden.
| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 15 | 31:17.900 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 15 | +4.505 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 15 | +15.433 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 | Azlan Shah | Kalex | 15 | +17.348 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 15 | +22.858 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Suter | 15 | +24.970 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Kalex | 15 | +25.759 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 15 | +27.024 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Tech 3 | 15 | +27.485 | 21 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 15 | +28.062 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 15 | +30.768 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 15 | +32.685 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | NTS | 15 | +33.995 | 29 | 3 |
| 14 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 15 | +36.582 | 25 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Speed Up | 15 | +43.672 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Julián Simón | Speed Up | 15 | +48.256 | 14 | |
| 17 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 15 | +49.421 | 28 | |
| 18 | 73 | Álex Márquez | Kalex | 15 | +51.712 | 15 | |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 15 | +1:20.982 | 24 | |
| 20 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 15 | +1:31.219 | 26 | |
| 21 | 66 | Florian Alt | Suter | 15 | +1:36.116 | 30 | |
| 22 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 15 | +1:41.127 | 7 | |
| 23 | 70 | Robin Mulhauser | Kalex | 13 | +2 ronden | 22 | |
| DNF | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex | 9 | Ongeluk | 13 | |
| DNF | 10 | Thitipong Warokorn | Kalex | 8 | Ongeluk | 19 | |
| DNF | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | 7 | Schade ongeluk | 2 | |
| DNF | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 5 | Bandenslijtage | 11 | |
| DNF | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Tech 3 | 4 | Ongeluk | 27 | |
| DNF | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 4 | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNF | 16 | Joshua Hook | Kalex | 3 | Ongeluk | 23 | |
| DNS | 1 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 0 | Blessure | | |

### Moto3

Vanwege slecht weer werd de race ingekort van 20 naar 13 ronden.
| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 13 | 28:03.391 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 13 | +1.053 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Honda | 13 | +8.529 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | KTM | 13 | +11.074 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 13 | +13.043 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 13 | +15.224 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 13 | +15.873 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 98 | Karel Hanika | KTM | 13 | +17.563 | 19 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | John McPhee | Honda | 13 | +18.153 | 24 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 13 | +18.556 | 27 | 6 |
| 11 | 88 | Jorge Martín | Mahindra | 13 | +19.896 | 23 | 5 |
| 12 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | KTM | 13 | +20.892 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Tatsuki Suzuki | Mahindra | 13 | +25.145 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Andrea Locatelli | Honda | 13 | +28.455 | 34 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Francesco Bagnaia | Mahindra | 13 | +28.849 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 91 | Gabriel Rodrigo | KTM | 13 | +29.988 | 25 | |
| 17 | 41 | Brad Binder | KTM | 13 | +30.719 | 9 | |
| 18 | 29 | Stefano Manzi | Mahindra | 13 | +31.949 | 21 | |
| 19 | 95 | Jules Danilo | Honda | 13 | +32.146 | 28 | |
| 20 | 16 | Andrea Migno | KTM | 13 | +35.048 | 17 | |
| 21 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | Mahindra | 13 | +47.242 | 14 | |
| 22 | 96 | Manuel Pagliani | Mahindra | 13 | +48.796 | 18 | |
| 23 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | KTM | 13 | +49.372 | 13 | |
| 24 | 48 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Husqvarna | 13 | +56.860 | 16 | |
| 25 | 27 | Keisuke Kurihara | Honda | 13 | +59.731 | 35 | |
| 26 | 6 | María Herrera | Husqvarna | 13 | +1:07.035 | 26 | |
| 27 | 40 | Darryn Binder | Mahindra | 13 | +1:19.621 | 30 | |
| 28 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 13 | +1:29.664 | 1 | |
| 29 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 13 | +1:52.305 | 33 | |
| DNF | 2 | Remy Gardner | Mahindra | 10 | Ongeluk | 29 | |
| DNF | 11 | Livio Loi | Honda | 4 | Schade ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 76 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 2 | Ongeluk | 12 | |
| DNF | 34 | Ryo Mizuno | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 32 | |
| DNF | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 1 | Ongeluk | 22 | |
| DNF | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Mahindra | 1 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNS | 20 | Fabio Quartararo | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 283 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 265 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 197 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Ducati | 172 |
| 5 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 154 |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Kalex | 309 |
| 2 | 1 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 206 |
| 3 | 40 | Álex Rins | Kalex | 189 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | 152 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex | 145 |

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 52 | Danny Kent | Honda | 244 |
| 2 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Honda | 188 |
| 3 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | KTM | 179 |
| 4 | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 161 |
| 5 | 5 | Romano Fenati | KTM | 155 |
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