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| Race 7 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 14 June 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran PremiMonster Energy de Catalunya[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2015 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at theCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya inMontmeló on 14 June 2015.
In the MotoGP category,Suzuki'sAleix Espargaró took the manufacturer's first pole position since returning to MotoGP, but he crashed out of the race with 5 laps remaining.Jorge Lorenzo took his fourth win in succession,[4] ahead ofValentino Rossi andDani Pedrosa, who achieved his first podium of the season.[5] Only 16 riders finished the race as amongst others,Marc Márquez,Andrea Dovizioso,Cal Crutchlow,Pol Espargaró,Yonny Hernández andNicky Hayden retired from the race.Stefan Bradl took his first win in the Open category finishing in eighth place.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | 42:53.208 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 46 | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 25 | +0.885 | 7 | 20 | |
| 3 | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +19.455 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 29 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +24.925 | 12 | 13 | |
| 5 | 38 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +27.782 | 8 | 11 | |
| 6 | 25 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 25 | +29.559 | 2 | 10 | |
| 7 | 45 | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 25 | +36.424 | 14 | 9 | |
| 8 | 6 | Athinà Forward Racing | YamahaForward | 25 | +42.103 | 15 | 8 | |
| 9 | 9 | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +49.350 | 16 | 7 | |
| 10 | 19 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 25 | +52.569 | 20 | 6 | |
| 11 | 43 | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 25 | +53.666 | 21 | 5 | |
| 12 | 50 | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 25 | +55.765 | 22 | 4 | |
| 13 | 76 | Athinà Forward Racing | YamahaForward | 25 | +55.832 | 19 | 3 | |
| 14 | 63 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 25 | +1:09.037 | 17 | 2 | |
| 15 | 15 | E-Motion IodaRacing Team | ART | 25 | +1:25.263 | 23 | 1 | |
| 16 | 8 | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 24 | +1 lap | 13 | ||
| Ret | 41 | Team Suzuki Ecstar | Suzuki | 20 | Accident | 1 | ||
| Ret | 69 | Aspar MotoGP Team | Honda | 13 | Accident | 18 | ||
| Ret | 33 | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 24 | ||
| Ret | 4 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 6 | Retirement | 5 | ||
| Ret | 44 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 11 | ||
| Ret | 93 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 4 | ||
| Ret | 35 | CWM LCR Honda | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 9 | ||
| Ret | 68 | Octo Pramac Racing | Ducati | 2 | Accident | 10 | ||
| DNS | 17 | AB Motoracing | Honda | Did not start | ||||
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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[9]
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