MotoGP World Championship

2015 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 18

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Jorge Lorenzo	330	—	7	12
2	Valentino Rossi	325	−5	4	15
3	Marc Marquez	242	−88	5	9
4	Daniel Pedrosa	206	−124	2	6
5	Andrea Iannone	188	−142	0	3
6	Bradley Smith	181	−149	0	1
7	Andrea Dovizioso	162	−168	0	5
8	Cal Crutchlow	125	−205	0	1
9	Pol Espargaro	114	−216	0	0
10	Danilo Petrucci	113	−217	0	1
11	Aleix Espargaro	105	−225	0	0
12	Maverick Viñales	97	−233	0	0
13	Scott Redding	84	−246	0	1
14	Yonny Hernandez	56	−274	0	0
15	Hector Barbera	33	−297	0	0
16	Alvaro Bautista	31	−299	0	0
17	Loris Baz	28	−302	0	0
18	Stefan Bradl	17	−313	0	0
19	Jack Miller	17	−313	0	0
20	Nicky Hayden	16	−314	0	0
21	Michele Pirro	12	−318	0	0
22	Eugene Laverty	9	−321	0	0
23	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	8	−322	0	0
24	Mike Di Meglio	8	−322	0	0
25	Hiroshi Aoyama	5	−325	0	0
26	Takumi Takahashi	4	−326	0	0
27	Toni Elias	2	−328	0	0
28	Alex De Angelis	2	−328	0	0
29	Michael Laverty	0	−330	0	0
30	Claudio Corti	0	−330	0	0
31	Damian Cudlin	0	−330	0	0
32	Broc Parkes	0	−330	0	0
33	Anthony West	0	−330	0	0
34	Marco Melandri	0	−330	0	0
35	Kousuke Akiyoshi	0	−330	0	0
36	Karel Abraham	0	−330	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	29.03	Valentino Rossi
2	Grand Prix of the Americas	12.04	Marc Marquez
3	Argentine Grand Prix	19.04	Valentino Rossi
4	Spanish Grand Prix	03.05	Jorge Lorenzo
5	French Grand Prix	17.05	Jorge Lorenzo
6	Italian Grand Prix	31.05	Jorge Lorenzo
7	Catalan Grand Prix	14.06	Jorge Lorenzo
8	Dutch TT	27.06	Valentino Rossi
9	German Grand Prix	12.07	Marc Marquez
10	Indianapolis Grand Prix	09.08	Marc Marquez
11	Czech Grand Prix	16.08	Jorge Lorenzo
12	British Grand Prix	30.08	Valentino Rossi
13	San Marino Grand Prix	13.09	Marc Marquez
14	Aragon Grand Prix	27.09	Jorge Lorenzo
15	Japanese Grand Prix	11.10	Daniel Pedrosa
16	Australian Grand Prix	18.10	Marc Marquez
17	Malaysian Grand Prix	25.10	Daniel Pedrosa
18	Valencia Grand Prix	08.11	Jorge Lorenzo

0.88

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.78

50%

Pole wins

historical avg. 38%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.9

19%

Retirements

historical avg. 19%

Over 18 races this season. The higher the grid ↔ result correlation, the more predictable the year.

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo – Valentino Rossi	10–8	0–0	16–2	330–325
Repsol Honda Team	Marc Marquez – Daniel Pedrosa	9–6	0–0	12–3	242–206
Ducati Team	Andrea Iannone – Andrea Dovizioso	10–7	0–0	13–5	188–162
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Bradley Smith – Pol Espargaro	14–4	0–0	10–8	181–114
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Aleix Espargaro – Maverick Viñales	13–5	0–0	14–4	105–97
Pramac Racing	Danilo Petrucci – Yonny Hernandez	13–5	0–0	10–8	113–56
CWM LCR Honda	Cal Crutchlow – Jack Miller	13–2	0–0	18–0	125–17
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Alvaro Bautista – Stefan Bradl	13–4	0–0	2–15	31–17
Avintia Racing	Hector Barbera – Mike Di Meglio	15–3	0–0	15–3	33–8
Forward Racing	Loris Baz – Toni Elias	3–2	0–0	5–0	28–2
Aspar MotoGP Team	Nicky Hayden – Eugene Laverty	14–4	0–0	7–11	16–9

Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.