2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 18 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 8 November 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:30.011 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:31.367 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Second |
Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Third |
Dani Pedrosa
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Honda | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Esteve Rabat
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:35.234 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Esteve Rabat
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Kalex | |
| Time | 1:35.416 on lap 15 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Esteve Rabat
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Kalex | |
| Second |
Álex Rins
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Kalex | |
| Third |
 Thomas Lüthi
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 John McPhee
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Honda | |
| Time | 1:39.364 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
 Romano Fenati
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KTM | |
| Time | 1:39.622 on lap 16 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Miguel Oliveira
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KTM | |
| Second |
Jorge Navarro
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Honda | |
| Third |
 Jakub Kornfeil
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KTM | |
The 2015 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 8 November 2015.
This was the last event for Bridgestone as a single tyre supplier in MotoGP, before they are replaced by Michelin for the 2016 season. After a court trial involving Valentino Rossi's clash with Marc Márquez in the previous race, the FIM staff and CAS rejected Rossi's appeal of suspension of three penalty points given for purposely pushing Márquez wide, and declared that he would start the round from last place.
Championship hopeful Jorge Lorenzo had taken pole position and took the start, and led from start to finish, closely shadowed by Honda duo Márquez and Dani Pedrosa, who were buffers preventing Rossi from reaching the second position he'd needed to become champion. Rossi fought up to fourth, but had no prospect of catching any of the three top riders and so cruised home. Lorenzo was subject to heavy pressure by the Honda riders during the final lap, but held on to claim his third MotoGP and fifth overall title.
Dominique Aegerter was replaced by Joshua Hook after the second practice session.
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an accident involving multiple riders in the opening lap. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 27 to 18 laps.
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