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2015 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix

Argentina  2015 Argentine Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Termas de Río Hondo.svg
Date 19 April 2015
Official name Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina
Location Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.806 km (2.986 mi)
MotorGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:37.802
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:39.019 on lap 20
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:42.809
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Jonas Folger Kalex
Time 1:43.001 on lap 23
Podium
First France Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Third United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Time 1:48.461
Fastest lap
Rider Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Time 1:48.977 on lap 7
Podium
First United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda
Second Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda
Third Spain Isaac Viñales Husqvarna
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Honda
Time 1:37.802
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Time 1:39.019 on lap 20
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Third United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Honda
Pole position
Rider France Johann Zarco Kalex
Time 1:42.809
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Jonas Folger Kalex
Time 1:43.001 on lap 23
Podium
First France Johann Zarco Kalex
Second Spain Álex Rins Kalex
Third United Kingdom Sam Lowes Speed Up
Pole position
Rider Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Time 1:48.461
Fastest lap
Rider Portugal Miguel Oliveira KTM
Time 1:48.977 on lap 7
Podium
First United Kingdom Danny Kent Honda
Second Spain Efrén Vázquez Honda
Third Spain Isaac Viñales Husqvarna

The 2015 Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Santiago del Estero on 19 April 2015.

In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez took his second pole position of the season. In the race, he started well and pulled away from the field to a maximum advantage of 4 seconds. However, Valentino Rossi closed in on Márquez, and on lap 22, was right behind him. At Turn 5, Márquez made contact with Rossi, with Márquez's bike hitting Rossi's rear tyre. Márquez could not rejoin, and as a result, Rossi took his second win of the season.Andrea Dovizioso took his third successive second place, while Cal Crutchlow took Team LCR's first podium since the 2013 United States Grand Prix with third place, after passing Andrea Iannone at the final corner. Crutchlow's team-mate Jack Miller took his first win in the Open category with a twelfth-place finish, and aside from Márquez's retirement, Hiroshi Aoyama and Yonny Hernández were the only other riders not to make the finish.



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