Date 12 July 2015 Time 1:20.336 | Rider Marc Márquez | |
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Official name GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Location Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany Course Permanent racing facility
3.671 km (2.281 mi) | ||
The 2015 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Sachsenring in Hohenstein-Ernstthal on 12 July 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Marc Márquez secured his fourth pole position of the season, and ultimately took his second victory of the season — his sixth successive wins from pole position at Sachsenring, ahead from his team-mate Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi, who finished in third place. Scott Redding and Andrea Dovizioso crashed out from the race before the halfway mark. Hiroshi Aoyama, who previously replace Pedrosa at Repsol Honda Team — replaced an injured Karel Abraham, also crashed out from the race. Mike Di Meglio and Claudio Corti, who replaced an injured Stefan Bradl, force to retire from the race. Eugene Laverty's older brother, Michael Laverty return to MotoGP race as he replaced Marco Melandri as Melandri left Aprilia Racing Team Gresini after he failing to score any point after the first eight races. With this result, Rossi continue leading his championshionship over 13 points from Jorge Lorenzo.