Date 27 September 2015 Time 1:46.635 | Rider Marc Márquez | |
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Official name Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón Location Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz, Spain Course Permanent racing facility
5.078 km (3.155 mi) | ||
The 2015 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Ciudad del Motor de Aragón in Alcañiz on 27 September 2015.
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In MotoGP class, Marc Márquez took his seven pole position of the season and broke his fastest lap qualifying record where he set the fastest lap record since 2014; with 1:46.645 — but he crashed out of the race on the second laps while pursuing Jorge Lorenzo, who was the winner. Second place was battled between Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi, with Pedrosa eventually prevailing ahead of Rossi. Andrea Iannone, who was despite riding with his second time dislocated left shoulder, had qualifying in third position, but he dropped into fourth-place finish; lies 12 points behind Márquez for third position. Toni Elías, who previously replaced Karel Abraham (retired from the race due to foot injury) at 2015 Indianapolis Grand Prix, replacing Claudio Corti with Forward Racing; could only finished in twenty-one place. With Márquez retirement, Lorenzo and Rossi are on the podium; the Movistar Yamaha clinch the Teams Championship title; the first title since 2010.
Moto2
The first attempt to run the race was interrupted following an accident involving Dominique Aegerter and Xavier Siméon. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 21 to 14 laps.