2015 Moto2 World Championship
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The 2015 Moto2 Series season is a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Esteve Rabat will start the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in Malaysia.
Johann Zarco becomes the new Moto2 World Champion, the ninth different world champion in a row for the class, as Rabat withdrew from the Japanese Grand Prix due to injury after fracturing the radius in his left arm in a training crash.[1]
Grands Prix
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.[2]
Calendar changes
- The British Grand Prix had been scheduled to return to Donington Park for the first time since 2009, ahead of a planned move to the brand-new Circuit of Wales in 2016.[21] However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays.[13] The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.[14]
Teams and riders
A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.[22] An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.[23]
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning constructor | Report |
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1 | Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix | Sam Lowes | Johann Zarco | Jonas Folger | Kalex | Report |
2 | Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas | Xavier Siméon | Sam Lowes | Sam Lowes | Speed Up | Report |
3 | Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix | Johann Zarco | Jonas Folger | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
4 | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix | Esteve Rabat | Álex Rins | Jonas Folger | Kalex | Report |
5 | French motorcycle Grand Prix | Álex Rins | Thomas Lüthi | Thomas Lüthi | Kalex | Report |
6 | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix | Sam Lowes | Esteve Rabat | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | Report |
7 | Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix | Johann Zarco | Álex Rins | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
8 | Dutch TT | Johann Zarco | Esteve Rabat | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
9 | German motorcycle Grand Prix | Johann Zarco | Franco Morbidelli | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | Report |
10 | Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix | Álex Rins | Franco Morbidelli | Álex Rins | Kalex | Report |
11 | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix | Johann Zarco | Thomas Lüthi | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
12 | British motorcycle Grand Prix | Sam Lowes | Florian Alt | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
13 | San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix | Johann Zarco | Jonas Folger | Johann Zarco | Kalex | Report |
14 | Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix | Esteve Rabat | Álex Rins | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | Report |
Riders' standings
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Bold – Pole |
Manufacturers' standings
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
AME |
ARG |
ESP |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
IND |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kalex | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 345 | ||||
2 | Speed Up | 13 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 166 | ||||
3 | Tech 3 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 27 | ||||
4 | Suter | 21 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 22 | 18 | 6 | ||||
TransFIORmers | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
FTR | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT |
AME |
ARG |
ESP |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
IND |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
Pts |
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