2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 5 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 17 May 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Monster Energy Grand Prix de France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:32.246 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Valentino Rossi
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:32.879 on lap 4 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Second |
Valentino Rossi
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Yamaha | |
| Third |
Andrea Dovizioso
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Ducati | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Álex Rins
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:37.114 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:37.281 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Esteve Rabat
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Kalex | |
| Third |
 Johann Zarco
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Fabio Quartararo
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:44.763 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Enea Bastianini
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:42.525 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Romano Fenati
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KTM | |
| Second |
Enea Bastianini
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Honda | |
| Third |
Francesco Bagnaia
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Mahindra | |
The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 17 May 2015.
In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his third pole position of the season. However, it was Jorge Lorenzo who won his second consecutive race ahead of his team-mate Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium in third place. Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone. Both Team LCR riders failed to finish the race; Cal Crutchlow crashed out at Turn 6 and Jack Miller crashed at the Dunlop chicane. Dani Pedrosa also crashed at the Dunlop chicane but remounted to finish in sixteenth.
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