2015 Moto2 World Championship

The 2015 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc VDS Racing Team rider Tito Rabat started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in 2014.

2015 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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Johann Zarco was the 2015 Moto2 Champion.

Rabat had been trailing by 78 points going to the Japanese Grand Prix. However, he had to withdraw from the event with a fractured left radius. Therefore, Johann Zarco became World Champion – the ninth different world champion in the intermediate class in as many years.^[1] Ajo Motorsport rider Zarco won eight races during the season – to become the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing^[2] – and with a tally of 352 points,^[3] set a record points total for the intermediate class; surpassing Rabat's 346 from 2014. With Rabat missing three races due to injury, rookie Álex Rins (Pons Racing) moved ahead in the standings, and despite Rabat winning the final race in Valencia, Rins finished second to seal the runner-up spot by three points.^[3] Rins won two races at Indianapolis,^[4] and Phillip Island,^[5] while Rabat added his Valencia success to wins at Mugello and Motorland Aragón.^[6][7]

On one of the few non-Kalex motorcycles on the grid, Sam Lowes finished fourth in the championship for Speed Up, taking a race win at Circuit of the Americas,^[8] holding off Derendinger Racing Interwetten's Thomas Lüthi, who won at Le Mans.^[9] The season's only other race winners were Jonas Folger, who won at Losail and Jerez for the AGR Team,^[10][11] and Xavier Siméon, who took his first win for Gresini Racing at the Sachsenring.^[12] Kalex comfortably won the manufacturers' championship; they won 17 of the season's 18 races, with only Lowes' success at Circuit of the Americas stopping a clean sweep of victories. Speed Up finished second in the championship, with 209 points to Kalex's 445.

The 2015 season was the last year that Eni was the sole fuel supplier for Moto2, as Total became the championship's fuel supplier in 2016.

Calendar

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.^[13]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	29 March ‡	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar[14]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	12 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[15]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	19 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina[16]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4	3 May	Gran Premio bwin de España[17]	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	17 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[18]	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	31 May	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[19]	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	14 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[20]	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	27 June ††	Motul TT Assen[21]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	12 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[22]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	9 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[13]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11	16 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky[13]	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	30 August	Octo British Grand Prix[23]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	13 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[24]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	27 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[25]	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	11 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[26]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	18 October	Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[27]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	25 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[28]	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18	8 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[29]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

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.^[30] However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays.^[31] The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016.^[32]

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.^[33] An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015.^[34] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Kalex Moto2 1 Tito Rabat[35] 1–16, 18 73 Álex Márquez[35] All Sports-Millions-Emwe-SAG APH PTT The Pizza SAG Kalex Kalex Moto2 2 Jesko Raffin[36] All 10 Thitipong Warokorn[33] All Athinà Forward Racing Forward Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2[37] 3 Simone Corsi[33] 1–9, 11–18 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri[38] 1–9, 11–18 JiR Moto2 Kalex[39] Kalex Moto2[37] 4 Randy Krummenacher[33] All Ajo Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2[37] 5 Johann Zarco[33] All Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Pons Racing Junior Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 9 Luca Marini[40] 13 39 Luis Salom[33] All 40 Álex Rins[41] All 57 Edgar Pons[42] 4, 7, 11 Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Sandro Cortese[43] All Derendinger Racing Interwetten Technomag Racing Interwetten Kalex[44] Kalex Moto2[37] 12 Thomas Lüthi[44] All 16 Joshua Hook[45] 15–18 70 Robin Mulhauser[44] All 77 Dominique Aegerter[44] 1–14, 18 Abbink GP Speed Up Speed Up SF14 13 Jasper Iwema[46] 8 JPMoto Malaysia[34] Suter Suter MMX2 15 Ratthapark Wilairot[47] 7–10 51 Zaqhwan Zaidi[48] 1–6 88 Ricard Cardús[49] 11–18 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Gresini Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2[37] 19 Xavier Siméon[33] All 54 Mattia Pasini[50] 6, 13 Promoto Sport TransFIORmers ??? 20 Louis Bulle[51] 5 90 Lucas Mahias[52] 18 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 21 Franco Morbidelli[53] 1–11, 16–18 36 Mika Kallio[53] 1–13 57 Edgar Pons[54] 14–18 64 Federico Caricasulo[55] 12–14 Speed Up Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF15 22 Sam Lowes[33] All Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Marcel Schrötter[33] All 88 Ricard Cardús[33] 1–9 97 Xavi Vierge[56] 10–18 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex Kalex Moto2 25 Azlan Shah[33] All 30 Takaaki Nakagami[33] All FAB-Racing FTR FTR Moto M213 28 Bradley Ray[55] 12 Team Ciatti Suter Suter MMX2 32 Federico Fuligni[54] 14, 18 QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF15 36 Mika Kallio[54] 14–18 60 Julián Simón[33] All 95 Anthony West[33] 1–13 AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 44 Steven Odendaal[57] 3 49 Axel Pons[33] 1–2, 4–18 94 Jonas Folger[33] All Petronas Raceline Malaysia Petronas AHM Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Hafizh Syahrin[33] All 93 Ramdan Rosli[58] 7, 17 Octo IodaRacing Project E-Motion IodaRacing Team Suter Suter MMX2 66 Florian Alt[59] All NTS T.Pro Project NTS ??? 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama[60] 15 Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 72 Yuki Takahashi[60] 15 Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 96 Louis Rossi[61] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Rider changes

• Álex Rins moved up to Moto2 with Páginas Amarillas HP 40, filling the seat vacated by Maverick Viñales who moved up to MotoGP with Team Suzuki Ecstar.
• After competing in the 2014 season with Tech 3 as a replacement rider, Ricard Cardús moved to a full-time ride with Tech 3.
• Lorenzo Baldassarri left Gresini Racing at the end of the 2014 season to join Forward Racing.
• Mika Kallio left Marc VDS Racing Team at the end of the 2014 season to join Italtrans Racing. Kallio's place at Marc VDS was taken by 2014 Moto3 winner Álex Márquez.
• Randy Krummenacher left IodaRacing Project at the end of the 2014 season to join JiR.
• Johann Zarco rode for Ajo Motorsport.
• Jesko Raffin made a full-time debut to Moto2 with SAG Team. Replacing Louis Rossi who joined to Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2.
• Zaqhwan Zaidi made his Moto2 debut, joining JPMoto Malaysia.
• Julián Simón moved from Italtrans to QMMF Racing.
• Florian Alt made his Moto2 debut, joining IodaRacing Project.
• Jordi Torres, Nicolás Terol, and Román Ramos left Moto2 for Superbike World Championship.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Sam Lowes	Johann Zarco	Jonas Folger	AGR Team	Kalex	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Xavier Siméon	Sam Lowes	Sam Lowes	Speed Up Racing	Speed Up	Report
3	Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Jonas Folger	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Tito Rabat	Álex Rins	Jonas Folger	AGR Team	Kalex	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Rins	Thomas Lüthi	Thomas Lüthi	Derendinger Racing Interwetten	Kalex	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sam Lowes	Tito Rabat	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Álex Rins	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
8	Dutch TT	Johann Zarco	Tito Rabat	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Franco Morbidelli	Xavier Siméon	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Rins	Franco Morbidelli	Álex Rins	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Thomas Lüthi	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Sam Lowes	Florian Alt	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Jonas Folger	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Tito Rabat	Álex Rins	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Jonas Folger	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Rins	Álex Rins	Álex Rins	Paginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Thomas Lüthi	Thomas Lüthi	Johann Zarco	Ajo Motorsport	Kalex	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Tito Rabat	Tito Rabat	Tito Rabat	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Johann Zarco Kalex 8 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 7 1 7 352 2 Álex Rins Kalex 4 3 2 18 17 11 2 4 3 1 3 2 DSQ 2 11 1 Ret 2 234 3 Tito Rabat Kalex Ret 4 12 3 2 1 3 2 Ret 5 2 3 2 1 DNS DNS 1 231 4 Sam Lowes Speed Up Ret 1 3 20 4 4 4 3 5 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 8 2 13 5 186 5 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 3 12 6 4 1 Ret 6 5 6 6 7 9 10 5 Ret 15 2 3 179 6 Jonas Folger Kalex 1 16 9 1 Ret Ret 7 7 14 12 6 5 6 4 2 Ret 3 14 163 7 Xavier Siméon Kalex 2 Ret 22 5 8 6 Ret 6 1 8 16 25 12 Ret Ret 5 10 16 113 8 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 10 20 17 7 13 20 13 7 9 12 14 3 8 22 4 4 11 100 9 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 10 26 8 13 21 10 10 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 10 12 3 5 4 96 10 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 5 5 5 6 5 Ret 8 19 Ret 3 10 11 15 Ret 90 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 14 7 Ret 14 8 Ret 17 11 Ret 8 8 8 13 3 Ret 7 13 90 12 Simone Corsi Kalex Ret 11 Ret 8 18 Ret 13 10 4 11 Ret 4 9 7 13 9 9 86 13 Luis Salom Kalex Ret 27 11 7 Ret 5 5 DNS 17 16 9 17 9 Ret Ret 6 6 6 80 14 Álex Márquez Kalex 11 15 15 9 Ret 12 11 9 18 10 4 4 Ret Ret 18 9 Ret 12 73 15 Mika Kallio Kalex 6 8 4 Ret Ret Ret 12 8 12 Ret 15 20 Ret 72 Speed Up 11 15 8 12 10 16 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 12 6 10 12 9 Ret 14 15 16 Ret 14 16 18 7 5 16 8 Ret 64 17 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 15 18 13 16 10 3 9 12 10 4 13 13 24 Ret WD 62 18 Julián Simón Speed Up 13 9 26 11 6 7 15 11 9 Ret 18 18 5 Ret 16 18 25 18 58 19 Axel Pons Kalex Ret DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 22 15 7 17 15 11 12 Ret 24 11 8 41 20 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 16 13 16 10 13 16 16 18 Ret 14 19 11 17 15 9 12 Ret 15 32 21 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 17 21 21 14 12 14 18 14 13 Ret 20 12 14 17 10 10 17 21 31 22 Anthony West Speed Up Ret 7 14 15 11 19 22 Ret Ret 13 21 7 15 30 23 Azlan Shah Kalex 18 19 17 21 19 15 19 16 Ret 11 23 19 13 14 4 21 16 DNS 24 24 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 Ret 17 18 Ret 16 17 Ret Ret 19 20 Suter 24 10 Ret 18 6 14 14 19 25 Louis Rossi Tech 3 9 22 Ret DNS Ret 20 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 27 19 23 20 23 18 DNS 7 26 Tomoyoshi Koyama NTS 13 3 27 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 14 2 28 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 20 20 23 23 20 22 Ret 20 20 15 Ret 23 Ret 19 23 Ret 19 22 1 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 Ret Ret 22 23 16 Ret 19 22 17 0 Mattia Pasini Kalex 18 16 0 Jesko Raffin Kalex 22 24 28 25 24 23 24 21 21 17 26 21 Ret 20 17 17 21 24 0 Edgar Pons Kalex 19 17 22 Ret 19 22 20 Ret 0 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 19 23 24 22 22 21 25 23 22 18 25 Ret 20 22 Ret 25 27 23 0 Florian Alt Suter 21 25 25 24 23 24 21 Ret DNS 19 Ret 24 22 21 21 Ret 26 20 0 Steven Odendaal Kalex 19 0 Joshua Hook Kalex Ret 20 23 26 0 Luca Marini Kalex 21 0 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter Ret 24 23 Ret 0 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter 23 Ret 27 26 25 Ret 0 Ramdan Rosli Kalex 26 24 0 Federico Fuligni Suter Ret 25 0 Jasper Iwema Speed Up 25 0 Federico Caricasulo Kalex 26 Ret DNS 0 Louis Bulle TransFIORmers 26 0 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers Ret 0 Bradley Ray FTR Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	445
2	Speed Up	13	1	3	11	4	4	4	3	5	13	5	6	5	3	8	2	12	5	209
3	Tech 3	9	13	16	10	13	16	16	18	19	14	19	11	17	15	9	12	18	15	39
4	Suter	21	25	25	24	23	24	21	24	23	19	24	10	22	18	6	14	14	19	20
5	NTS															13				3
6	Moriwaki															14				2
	TransFIORmers					26													Ret	0
	FTR												Ret							0
Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	ARG	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts