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Race 7 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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Date | 14 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | G.P. Monster Energy de Catalunya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pole position | |||
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Rider | Aleix Espargaró | Suzuki | |
Time | 1:40.546 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Marc Márquez | Honda | |
Time | 1:42.219 on lap 2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | |
Second | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | |
Third | Dani Pedrosa | Honda |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Johann Zarco | Kalex | |
Time | 1:45.895 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Álex Rins | Kalex | |
Time | 1:46.474 on lap 2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Johann Zarco | Kalex | |
Second | Álex Rins | Kalex | |
Third | Esteve Rabat | Kalex |
Pole position | |||
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Rider | Enea Bastianini | Honda | |
Time | 1:50.137 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | |
Time | 1:50.606 on lap 12 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Danny Kent | Honda | |
Second | Enea Bastianini | Honda | |
Third | Efrén Vázquez | Honda |
The 2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló on 14 June 2015.
In the MotoGP category, Suzuki's Aleix Espargaró took the manufacturer's first pole position since returning to MotoGP, but he crashed out of the race with 5 laps remaining. Jorge Lorenzo took his fourth win in succession, ahead of Valentino Rossi and Dani Pedrosa, who achieved his first podium of the season. Only 16 riders finished the race as amongst others, Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Cal Crutchlow, Pol Espargaró, Yonny Hernández and Nicky Hayden retired from the race. Stefan Bradl took his first win in the Open category finishing in eighth place.