Motor racing competition
Danny Kent was the 2015 Moto3 Champion.The 2015 FIM Moto3 World Championship 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 ,[ 1] Valencia .[ 2] 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.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] Misano .[ 8]
Romano Fenati was the race-winner at Le Mans for Sky Racing Team VR46 ,[ 9] Niccolò Antonelli won two races for Ongetta–Rivacold at Brno ,[ 10] Motegi .[ 11] Efrén Vázquez and himself out of the final race at Valencia.[ 1] Alexis Masbou , who won the season-opening race in Qatar for SaxoPrint–RTG,[ 12] Livio Loi , who won by nearly 40 seconds at Indianapolis in a wet-to-dry race for RW Racing GP.[ 13] 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.[ 1] [ 14] Honda for the first time in the lightweight class since 2001 ,[ 15] KTM , who won the remaining 7 races.
2015 was the last season that Eni was the sole fuel supplier for Moto3, as Total became the new fuel supplier for 2016.
Calendar
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.[ 16]
Round
Date
Grand Prix
Circuit
1
29 March ‡
Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar [ 17] Losail International Circuit , Lusail
2
12 April
Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [ 18] Circuit of the Americas , Austin
3
19 April
Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina [ 19] Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo , Termas de Río Hondo
4
3 May
Gran Premio bwin de España [ 20] Circuito de Jerez , Jerez de la Frontera
5
17 May
Monster Energy Grand Prix de France [ 21] Bugatti Circuit , Le Mans
6
31 May
Gran Premio d'Italia TIM [ 22] Mugello Circuit , Scarperia e San Piero
7
14 June
Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya [ 23] Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Montmeló
8
27 June ††
Motul TT Assen [ 24] TT Circuit Assen , Assen
9
12 July
GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland [ 25] Sachsenring , Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10
9 August
Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix [ 16] Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Speedway
11
16 August
bwin Grand Prix České republiky [ 16] Brno Circuit , Brno
12
30 August
Octo British Grand Prix [ 26] Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
13
13 September
Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini [ 27] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico
14
27 September
Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón [ 28] MotorLand Aragón , Alcañiz
15
11 October
Motul Grand Prix of Japan [ 29] Twin Ring Motegi , Motegi
16
18 October
Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [ 30] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit , Phillip Island
17
25 October
Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix [ 31] Sepang International Circuit , Sepang
18
8 November
Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana [ 32] 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.[ 33] [ 34] Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and 2016 .[ 35]
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.[ 36]
A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014.[ 37] [ 38] Dunlop tyres.
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider
Results and standings
Grands Prix
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
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.
Pos.
Team
Bike
QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts
1
Leopard Racing
52
3
1
1
1
4
2
1
3
1 21 7
1
6
Ret
6
Ret
7
9
441
7
4
3
2
5
Ret
Ret
3
Ret
2
Ret
4
9
Ret
4
10
2
Ret
Ret
76
Ret
Ret
13
Ret
11
11
Ret
14
Ret
26
Ret
20
16
10
Ret
Ret
8
36
Ret
2
Red Bull KTM Ajo
44
16
Ret
4 2
8
1
5
1
DNS
15
8
13
2
1
2
1
1
1
436
41
10
5
5
3
Ret
10
9
7
7
8
3
Ret
5
Ret
17
3
2
4
98
13
10
7
22
20
28
Ret
8
13
12
26
Ret
21
Ret
8
14
Ret
Ret
3
Estrella Galicia 0,0
09
12
Ret
Ret
8
Ret
7
6
4
6
9
5
Ret
DNS
2
3
4
3
2
249
20
7
2
6
4
Ret
Ret
14
2
Ret
11
Ret
4
DNS
DNS
DNS
Ret
81
18
4
Gresini Racing Team Moto3
33
2
4
9
9
2
5
2
6
3
6
2
Ret
1
Ret
7
Ret
8
5
240
55
11
7
23
16
16
13
12
Ret
9
13
Ret
Ret
DNS
DNS
14
Ret
DNS
4
23
5
Sky Racing Team VR46
5
Ret
8
8
6
1
3
8
5
4
4
6
12
4
3
28
6
5
Ret
211
16
24
12
17
21
9
15
28
12
21
20
13
15
13
9
20
Ret
24
11
6
23
8
23
Ret
Ret
5
6
4
9
5
7
1
3
3
6
1
17
4
Ret
186
95
20
Ret
Ret
12
Ret
Ret
16
16
15
14
27
Ret
Ret
22
19
Ret
11
16
7
SaxoPrint–RTG
17
5
6
15
10
17
20
Ret
10
17
2
10
6
19
17
9
Ret
10
7
170
10
1
16
Ret
15
Ret
9
18
Ret
8
32
Ret
11
7
8
Ret
9
9
15
8
Mapfre Aspar Mahindra
21
9
Ret
11
7
3
4
20
11
Ret
Ret
12
Ret
8
11
15
Ret
17
13
134
88
15
Ret
22
14
Ret
17
11
18
12
10
11
Ret
15
7
11
15
12
14
58
18
Ret
Ret
20
12
Ret
26
Ret
DNS
18
14
7
Ret
21
21
Ret
20
Ret
9
DRIVE M7 SIC
84
17
11
14
Ret
6
16
Ret
20
14
22
9
2
17
14
12
5
6
3
108
63
28
20
20
26
14
26
24
Ret
19
25
22
14
Ret
Ret
5
12
Ret
17
10
32
6
9
3
11
7
8
7
Ret
18
86
48
28
19
8
11
24
24
Ret
16
22
6
22
17
Ret
Ret
19
21
15
Ret
Ret
24
23
Ret
24
13
26
11
18
21
11
65
14
13
16
Ret
10
22
10
15
11
3
15
16
10
5
23
7
15
10
73
12
32
5
Ret
Ret
9
Ret
4
8
14
6
72
31
Ret
14
10
17
Ret
12
13
17
10
30
Ret
91
27
19
28
Ret
Ret
Ret
Ret
25
26
31
Ret
Ret
20
20
16
Ret
25
DNS
22
22
26
27
18
25
23
23
Ret
Ret
25
27
29
18
23
24
61
29
13
RW Racing GP
11
Ret
25
12
13
13
14
19
13
16
1
18
5
12
15
Ret
Ret
19
20
56
14
24
23
Ret
27
23
Ret
Ret
22
Ret
Ret
23
20
10
Ret
16
13
Ret
21
Ret
15
2
Ret
18
19
25
Ret
23
25
26
23
17
17
17
Ret
19
Ret
10
22
Ret
15
29
24
18
19
15
Ret
27
22
22
19
24
Ret
14
12
18
Ret
13
19
14
96
Ret
22
13
Ret
25
12
21
15
21
18
Ret
24
21
24
25
29
21
Ret
23
53
26
16
19
25
21
25
Ret
Ret
19
17
21
24
16
25
Ret
22
23
Ret
16
DNS
Ret
0
40
19
Ret
24
24
Ret
18
Ret
19
20
27
16
Ret
18
Ret
27
Ret
Ret
18
Pos.
Team
Bike
QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts
Notes
^ Danny Kent , who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 6-place grid penalty for a riding infringement during free practice. John McPhee started the race from pole position, although Kent was still credited with pole position.[ 73]
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