2015 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Honda
Time	2:00.234
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Time	2:16.486 on lap 9
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha
Second	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati
Third	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati

Pole position
Rider	Sam Lowes	Speed Up
Time	2:06.345
Fastest lap
Rider	Florian Alt	Suter
Time	2:13.742 on lap 18
Podium
First	Johann Zarco	Kalex
Second	Álex Rins	Kalex
Third	Tito Rabat	Kalex

Pole position
Rider	Jorge Navarro	Honda
Time	2:12.440
Fastest lap
Rider	Danny Kent	Honda
Time	2:33.508 on lap 3
Podium
First	Danny Kent	Honda
Second	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM
Third	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda

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.^[4] 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.^[5] Rossi led home an all-Italian podium for his fourth victory of the season,^[6] 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,^[7] 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
Sources:[8][9][10]

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.^[11]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 236 2 Jorge Lorenzo 224 3 Marc Márquez 159 4 Andrea Iannone 150 5 Andrea Dovizioso 120

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 277 2 Honda 215 3 Ducati 187 4 Suzuki 89 5 Aprilia 22

Teams' Championship standings 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.

References