2015 Moto3 season

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The 2015 Moto3 season was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Álex Márquez was the reigning series champion but he did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.

Danny Kent became Great Britain's first Grand Prix motorcycle world champion since Barry Sheene in 1977, by winning the championship at the final race of the season in Valencia. Leopard Racing rider Kent started the season with wins at three of the first four races and his lowest finish in the first half of the season was fourth, leading the championship by 66 points at the mid-season break. He only visited the podium once in the second half of the season – a victory at Silverstone – as Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing) and latterly, Miguel Oliveira (Ajo Motorsport) started to cut into his advantage. Oliveira trailed Kent by 110 points with 6 races remaining, but finished with 4 wins and 2 seconds in those races, and took the championship race to the final event as he became the closest challenger to Kent. Ultimately, Kent's ninth-place finish in Valencia gave him the championship by six points over Oliveira; both riders finished with six wins each, as Oliveira became Portugal's first motorcycle Grand Prix race-winner. Bastianini finished third in the championship, fifty-three points behind Kent; he won one race during the season, at Misano.

Romano Fenati was the race-winner at Le Mans for Sky Racing Team VR46, and Niccolò Antonelli won two races for Ongetta–Rivacold at Brno, and Motegi. The duo battled for fourth in the championship, which was settled in Fenati's favour after Antonelli took Fenati, Efrén Vázquez and himself out of the final race at Valencia. The season's other winners were Alexis Masbou, who won the season-opening race in Qatar for SaxoPrint–RTG, and Livio Loi, who won by nearly 40 seconds at Indianapolis in a wet-to-dry race for RW Racing GP. The top rookie rider was Jorge Navarro for Estrella Galicia 0,0 in seventh place in the final championship standings; he finished with four podium finishes in the final five races. The manufacturers' standings were headed by Honda for the first time in the lightweight class since 2001, with at least one motorcycle from the company finishing on the podium – including eleven wins – at every race during the season. Honda finished 70 points clear of KTM, who won the remaining 7 races.

Grands Prix

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	29 March	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Doha
2	12 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	19 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
4	3 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	17 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Le Mans Bugatti
6	31 May	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7	14 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	27 June	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	12 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	9 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
11	16 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Masaryk Circuit, Brno
12	30 August	Octo British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	13 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	27 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	11 October	Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	18 October	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	25 October	Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	8 November	Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

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. However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays. The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.

Teams and riders

Starting in 2015, the rolling chassis must be homologated and supplied by the engine manufacturers participating in the Moto3 class. Each manufacturer was permitted to homologate only one version of its own chassis and one version of any third-party supplied chassis they made available. Each component designated as a performance part – relating to the chassis, swingarm, fuel tank, seat, bodywork and suspensions – could be updated a maximum of once per season and had to be available to all customers of that manufacturer at the same time.

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014. An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 2 Remy Gardner All 24 Tatsuki Suzuki All Gresini Racing Team Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 4 Fabio Di Giannantonio 18 33 Enea Bastianini All 55 Andrea Locatelli 1–17 Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5 Romano Fenati All 8 Nicolò Bulega 18 16 Andrea Migno All Husqvarna Factory Laglisse Husqvarna Husqvarna FR250GP 6 María Herrera All 32 Isaac Viñales 1–9 37 Davide Pizzoli 14 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 10–18 Leopard Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 7 Efrén Vázquez All 36 Joan Mir 16 52 Danny Kent All 76 Hiroki Ono 1–15, 17–18 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 09 Jorge Navarro All 20 Fabio Quartararo 1–13, 15–16, 18 81 Sena Yamada 14 SaxoPrint–RTG Honda Honda NSF250RW 10 Alexis Masbou All 17 John McPhee All FTR Honda TBA 97 Maximilian Kappler 9, 11 RW Racing GP Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Livio Loi All San Carlo Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Matteo Ferrari 1–13 29 Stefano Manzi 2–18 53 Marco Bezzecchi 1 96 Manuel Pagliani 14–18 Suus Honda FTR TBA 14 Matt Barton 16 Outox Reset Drink Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 19 Alessandro Tonucci All 40 Darryn Binder All Mapfre Team Mahindra Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 21 Francesco Bagnaia All 58 Juan Francisco Guevara All 88 Jorge Martín All RBA Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 22 Ana Carrasco 2–9, 12–18 31 Niklas Ajo 1–11 32 Isaac Viñales 10–18 61 Loris Cresson 1 91 Gabriel Rodrigo All Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Honda NSF250RW 23 Niccolò Antonelli All 95 Jules Danilo All FPW Racing Kalex KTM TBA 25 Jorel Boerboom 8 26 Luke Hedger 12 Musahi RT Harc-Pro Honda Honda NSF250R 27 Keisuke Kurihara 15 34 Ryo Mizuno 15 Olly Simpson Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 35 Olly Simpson 16 Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 41 Brad Binder All 44 Miguel Oliveira All 98 Karel Hanika All Freudenberg Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 45 Jonas Geitner 9 DRIVE M7 SIC KTM KTM RC250GP 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin All 84 Jakub Kornfeil All Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 65 Philipp Öttl All RS Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 66 Taz Taylor 12 Minimoto Portmaggiore Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 72 Marco Bezzecchi 6 Pos Corse FTR Honda TBA 73 Anthony Groppi 6 Team Hanusch Honda Honda NSF250R 86 Kevin Hanus 8, 11 Honda Team Asia Honda Honda NSF250R 89 Khairul Idham Pawi 14 Turvital di Vitali Ordeo TVR TBA 90 Adrián Gyutai 13

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Alexis Masbou	Enea Bastianini	Alexis Masbou	Honda	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Danny Kent	Miguel Oliveira	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
3	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Miguel Oliveira	Miguel Oliveira	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Fabio Quartararo	Brad Binder	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Fabio Quartararo	Enea Bastianini	Romano Fenati	KTM	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Danny Kent	Brad Binder	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Enea Bastianini	Efrén Vázquez	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
8	Dutch TT	Enea Bastianini	Jorge Navarro	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Danny Kent	Danny Kent	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Danny Kent	Danny Kent	Livio Loi	Honda	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Niccolò Antonelli	Miguel Oliveira	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Navarro	Danny Kent	Danny Kent	Honda	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	Enea Bastianini	Niccolò Antonelli	Enea Bastianini	Honda	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Enea Bastianini	Niccolò Antonelli	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Romano Fenati	Isaac Viñales	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	Report
16	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Danny Kent	Francesco Bagnaia	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Niccolò Antonelli	Brad Binder	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	John McPhee	Romano Fenati	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Danny Kent Honda 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 21 7 1 6 Ret 6 Ret 7 9 260 2 Miguel Oliveira KTM 16 Ret 4 2 8 1 5 1 DNS 15 8 13 2 1 2 1 1 1 254 3 Enea Bastianini Honda 2 4 9 9 2 5 2 6 3 6 2 Ret 1 Ret 7 Ret 8 5 207 4 Romano Fenati KTM Ret 8 8 6 1 3 8 5 4 4 6 12 4 3 28 6 5 Ret 176 5 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 8 23 Ret Ret 5 6 4 9 5 7 1 3 3 6 1 17 4 Ret 174 6 Brad Binder KTM 10 5 5 3 Ret 10 9 7 7 8 3 Ret 5 Ret 17 3 2 4 159 7 Jorge Navarro Honda 12 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 6 4 6 9 5 Ret DNS 2 3 4 3 2 157 8 Efrén Vázquez Honda 4 3 2 5 Ret Ret 3 Ret 2 Ret 4 9 Ret 4 10 2 Ret Ret 155 9 Isaac Viñales Husqvarna 6 9 3 11 7 8 7 Ret 18 115 KTM 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 4 8 14 6 10 Fabio Quartararo Honda 7 2 6 4 Ret Ret 14 2 Ret 11 Ret 4 DNS DNS DNS Ret 92 11 John McPhee Honda 5 6 15 10 17 20 Ret 10 17 2 10 6 19 17 9 Ret 10 7 92 12 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 17 11 14 Ret 6 16 Ret 20 14 22 9 2 17 14 12 5 6 3 89 13 Alexis Masbou Honda 1 16 Ret 15 Ret 9 18 Ret 8 32 Ret 11 7 8 Ret 9 9 15 78 14 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 9 Ret 11 7 3 4 20 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 11 15 Ret 17 13 76 15 Philipp Öttl KTM 14 13 16 Ret 10 22 10 15 11 3 15 16 10 5 23 7 15 10 73 16 Livio Loi Honda Ret 25 12 13 13 14 19 13 16 1 18 5 12 15 Ret Ret 19 20 56 17 Jorge Martín Mahindra 15 Ret 22 14 Ret 17 11 18 12 10 11 Ret 15 7 11 15 12 14 45 18 Karel Hanika KTM 13 10 7 22 20 28 Ret 8 13 12 26 Ret 21 Ret 8 14 Ret Ret 43 19 Andrea Migno KTM 24 12 17 21 9 15 28 12 21 20 13 15 13 9 20 Ret 24 11 35 20 Andrea Locatelli Honda 11 7 23 16 16 13 12 Ret 9 13 Ret Ret DNS DNS 14 Ret DNS 33 21 Hiroki Ono Honda Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 11 Ret 14 Ret 26 Ret 20 16 10 Ret Ret 8 29 22 Niklas Ajo KTM Ret 14 10 17 Ret 12 13 17 10 30 Ret 21 23 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 28 20 20 26 14 26 24 Ret 19 25 22 14 Ret Ret 5 12 Ret 17 19 24 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 18 Ret Ret 20 12 Ret 26 Ret DNS 18 14 7 Ret 21 21 Ret 20 Ret 15 25 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 28 19 8 11 24 24 Ret 16 22 13 26 Jules Danilo Honda 20 Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 16 16 15 14 27 Ret Ret 22 19 Ret 11 16 12 27 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 24 18 19 15 Ret 27 22 22 19 24 Ret 14 12 18 Ret 13 19 10 28 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 23 Ret 27 23 Ret Ret 22 Ret Ret 23 20 10 Ret 16 13 Ret 21 Ret 9 29 María Herrera Husqvarna 22 17 Ret Ret 19 21 15 Ret Ret 24 23 Ret 24 13 26 11 18 21 9 30 Remy Gardner Mahindra Ret 18 19 25 Ret 23 25 26 23 17 17 17 Ret 19 Ret 10 22 Ret 6 31 Nicolò Bulega KTM 12 4 32 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra Ret 22 13 Ret 25 3 33 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 21 15 21 18 Ret 24 21 24 25 29 21 Ret 23 1 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 25 21 25 Ret Ret 19 17 21 24 16 25 Ret 22 23 Ret 16 DNS Ret 0 Darryn Binder Mahindra 19 Ret 24 24 Ret 18 Ret 19 20 27 16 Ret 18 Ret 27 Ret Ret 18 0 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 27 19 28 Ret Ret Ret Ret 25 26 31 Ret Ret 20 20 16 Ret 25 DNS 0 Ana Carrasco KTM 22 26 27 18 25 23 23 Ret Ret 25 27 29 18 23 24 0 Sena Yamada Honda 18 0 Luke Hedger Kalex KTM 18 0 Olly Simpson KTM 19 0 Taz Taylor KTM 19 0 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 23 0 Keisuke Kurihara Honda 25 0 Khairul Idham Pawi Honda 25 0 Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 26 Ret 0 Davide Pizzoli Husqvarna 26 0 Adrián Gyutai TVR 26 0 Jonas Geitner KTM 27 0 Jorel Boerboom Kalex KTM 27 0 Anthony Groppi FTR Honda 27 0 Kevin Hanus Honda 28 Ret 0 Loris Cresson KTM 29 0 Maximilian Kappler FTR Honda Ret Ret 0 Matt Barton FTR Ret 0 Joan Mir Honda Ret 0 Ryo Mizuno Honda Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	411
2	KTM	10	5	4	2	1	1	5	1	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	341
3	Mahindra	9	15	11	7	3	4	11	11	12	10	11	7	8	7	11	10	12	13	120
4	Husqvarna	6	9	3	11	7	8	7	Ret	18	24	19	8	11	13	24	11	16	21	85
	Kalex KTM								27				18							0
	TVR													26						0
	FTR Honda						27			Ret		Ret								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

External links

• The official website of Grand Prix motorcycle racing