2015 Dutch TT

2015 Dutch Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the; 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	27 June 2015
Official name	Motul TT Assen
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.542 km (2.822 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:32.627
Fastest lap
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:33.617 on lap 4
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Marc Márquez
Third	Jorge Lorenzo
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Johann Zarco
Time	1:36.346
Fastest lap
Rider	Tito Rabat
Time	1:37.449 on lap 6
Podium
First	Johann Zarco
Second	Tito Rabat
Third	Sam Lowes
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Enea Bastianini
Time	1:41.283
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Navarro
Time	1:42.135 on lap 16
Podium
First	Miguel Oliveira
Second	Fabio Quartararo
Third	Danny Kent

The 2015 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.^[4] It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 27 June 2015.

In the premier class, Valentino Rossi took his first pole position since the 2014 Valencian Grand Prix. In the race, Rossi fought hard with Marc Márquez; on the final lap, the two riders made contact at the final chicane, causing Rossi to go across the gravel trap.^[5] He was able to rejoin the track and claimed his third victory of the season, and a record seventh premier class victory at Assen.^[6] Rossi finished ahead of Márquez, while teammate Jorge Lorenzo completed the podium; Rossi extended his championship lead to 10 points as a result.^[7] Suzuki's Aleix Espargaró qualified second on the grid, but he dropped to ninth place in the race. Five riders retired from the race – Jack Miller collided with Héctor Barberá, while Stefan Bradl, Eugene Laverty and Alex de Angelis all crashed out.

Valentino Rossi, overtaking Marc Márquez during the race, with Jorge Lorenzo in the back. Rossi went on to win the race, Márquez and Lorenzo finishing second and third at the MotoGP race.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	40:54.037	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+1.242	3	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+14.576	8	16
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	+19.109	6	13
5	44	Pol Espargaró	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	26	+24.268	5	11
6	35	Cal Crutchlow	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	26	+24.373	7	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	26	+24.442	12	9
8	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+24.656	4	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	26	+26.725	2	7
10	25	Maverick Viñales	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	26	+27.238	9	6
11	9	Danilo Petrucci	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	+29.038	11	5
12	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	+29.418	10	4
13	45	Scott Redding	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	26	+46.663	16	3
14	68	Yonny Hernández	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	+49.305	14	2
15	76	Loris Baz	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	26	+52.396	15	1
16	69	Nicky Hayden	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	26	+56.005	22
17	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	26	+59.857	21
18	63	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia Racing	Ducati	26	+1:14.513	18
19	33	Marco Melandri	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	24
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	E-Motion IodaRacing Team	ART	23	Accident	23
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	15	Accident	19
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	Athinà Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	5	Accident	13
Ret	8	Héctor Barberá	Avintia Racing	Ducati	0	Accident	17
Ret	43	Jack Miller	CWM LCR Honda	Honda	0	Accident	20
Sources: ^[8]^[9]^[10]

Moto2

The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an oil spill at the first turn caused by Luis Salom's crashed bike.^[11] For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 24 to 16 laps.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Kalex	16	26:13.410	1	25
2	1	Tito Rabat	Kalex	16	+0.757	2	20
3	22	Sam Lowes	Speed Up	16	+2.080	3	16
4	40	Álex Rins	Kalex	16	+3.738	7	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	16	+4.530	8	11
6	19	Xavier Siméon	Kalex	16	+5.045	6	10
7	94	Jonas Folger	Kalex	16	+6.140	5	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	16	+8.105	15	8
9	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	16	+8.376	13	7
10	3	Simone Corsi	Kalex	16	+9.670	4	6
11	60	Julián Simón	Speed Up	16	+11.749	12	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Kalex	16	+17.537	16	4
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	16	+18.104	10	3
14	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	16	+20.468	18	2
15	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex	16	+20.894	19	1
16	25	Azlan Shah	Kalex	16	+22.405	24
17	11	Sandro Cortese	Kalex	16	+22.930	14
18	23	Marcel Schrötter	Tech 3	16	+25.663	17
19	21	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	16	+30.931	32
20	70	Robin Mulhauser	Kalex	16	+35.014	26
21	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	16	+35.289	29
22	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	16	+44.794	11
23	10	Thitipong Warokorn	Kalex	16	+47.633	30
24	15	Ratthapark Wilairot	Suter	16	+54.049	27
25	13	Jasper Iwema	Speed Up	16	+1:10.079	31
Ret	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	11	Accident	9
Ret	95	Anthony West	Speed Up	11	Accident	23
Ret	96	Louis Rossi	Tech 3	9	Accident	25
Ret	88	Ricard Cardús	Tech 3	5	Accident	22
Ret	66	Florian Alt	Suter	0	Accident	28
DNS	39	Luis Salom	Kalex	0	Did not restart	21
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	22	37:54.427	6	25
2	20	Fabio Quartararo	Honda	22	+0.066	7	20
3	52	Danny Kent	Honda	22	+0.117	4	16
4	9	Jorge Navarro	Honda	22	+0.179	2	13
5	5	Romano Fenati	KTM	22	+0.252	8	11
6	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	22	+0.526	1	10
7	41	Brad Binder	KTM	22	+0.540	11	9
8	98	Karel Hanika	KTM	22	+21.406	3	8
9	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	22	+21.472	19	7
10	17	John McPhee	Honda	22	+21.663	23	6
11	21	Francesco Bagnaia	Mahindra	22	+21.693	10	5
12	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	22	+21.723	17	4
13	11	Livio Loi	Honda	22	+22.024	20	3
14	76	Hiroki Ono	Honda	22	+22.204	22	2
15	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM	22	+22.596	12	1
16	95	Jules Danilo	Honda	22	+22.666	28
17	31	Niklas Ajo	KTM	22	+25.494	16
18	88	Jorge Martín	Mahindra	22	+27.271	15
19	40	Darryn Binder	Mahindra	22	+27.386	24
20	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	22	+33.963	25
21	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Mahindra	22	+34.768	26
22	29	Stefano Manzi	Mahindra	22	+38.741	32
23	22	Ana Carrasco	KTM	22	+51.803	33
24	12	Matteo Ferrari	Mahindra	22	+52.214	34
25	91	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	22	+53.616	27
26	2	Remy Gardner	Mahindra	22	+1:38.917	31
27	25	Jorel Boerboom	Kalex KTM	21	+1 lap	35
28	86	Kevin Hanus	Honda	21	+1 lap	36
Ret	55	Andrea Locatelli	Honda	21	Accident	14
Ret	6	María Herrera	Husqvarna	12	Accident	13
Ret	58	Juan Francisco Guevara	Mahindra	12	Retirement	18
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	Husqvarna	11	Accident	5
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	5	Accident	30
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	5	Retirement	21
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Honda	2	Accident	9
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Mahindra	0	Retirement	29
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.^[12]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	163
2	Jorge Lorenzo	153
3	Andrea Iannone	107
4	Marc Márquez	89
5	Andrea Dovizioso	87

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	191
2	Honda	134
3	Ducati	132
4	Suzuki	64
5	Yamaha Forward	19

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	316
2	Ducati Team	194
3	Repsol Honda Team	141
4	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	133
5	Team Suzuki Ecstar	90

Note: Only the top five positions are included for all standings.

References

^ "2015 Dutch TT MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
^ "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
^ "MotoGP Assen: Race Director talks Rossi, Marquez incident". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "Valentino Rossi holds off Marc Marquez to win Assen thriller". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo: We saved a difficult situation". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
^ "2015 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "motogp.com · MOTUL TT ASSEN · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
^ "2015 Dutch TT : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
^ "MotoGP: Moto2 Assen: Zarco wins epic showdown with Rabat". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

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[1] "2015 Dutch TT MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "2015 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[3] Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

[4] "2015 provisional MotoGP calendar announced". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

[5] "MotoGP Assen: Race Director talks Rossi, Marquez incident". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[6] "Valentino Rossi holds off Marc Marquez to win Assen thriller". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[7] "MotoGP Assen: Lorenzo: We saved a difficult situation". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[8] "2015 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[9] "motogp.com · MOTUL TT ASSEN · MotoGP Race Classification 2015". Motogp.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018.

[10] "2015 Dutch TT : Race Classifications" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[11] "MotoGP: Moto2 Assen: Zarco wins epic showdown with Rabat". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

[12] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-26.

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