Date 31 May 2015 Time 1:46.489 | Rider Andrea Iannone | |
Official name Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Location Mugello Circuit, Scarperia, Italy Course Permanent racing facility
5.245 km (3.259 mi) |
The 2015 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Mugello Circuit in Scarperia on 31 May 2015.
In the MotoGP class, Ducati's Andrea Iannone took his first pole position. However, Jorge Lorenzo won his third consecutive race ahead of Iannone and Valentino Rossi, who started from eighth on the grid. Honda's Marc Márquez was also running towards the front of the race, but he crashed out of the race at the three-quarter distance mark, while Andrea Dovizioso – third in the championship – was also forced to retire from the race, just after the halfway mark.
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2015 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA