2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2015 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 May 2015
Official name	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Honda Time 1:32.246 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Yamaha Time 1:32.879 on lap 4 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Second Valentino Rossi Yamaha Third Andrea Dovizioso Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Álex Rins Kalex Time 1:37.114 Fastest lap Rider Thomas Lüthi Kalex Time 1:37.281 on lap 6 Podium First Thomas Lüthi Kalex Second Tito Rabat Kalex Third Johann Zarco Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Fabio Quartararo Honda Time 1:44.763 Fastest lap Rider Enea Bastianini Honda Time 1:42.525 on lap 3 Podium First Romano Fenati KTM Second Enea Bastianini Honda Third Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra

The 2015 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.^[4] It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 17 May 2015.

In the premier class, Marc Márquez took his third pole position of the season. However, it was Jorge Lorenzo who won his second consecutive race ahead of his teammate Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso completed the podium in third place.^[5] Fourth place was battled between Márquez, Andrea Iannone, and Bradley Smith, with Márquez eventually prevailing ahead of Iannone.^[6] Both Team LCR riders failed to finish the race; Cal Crutchlow crashed out at Turn 6 and Jack Miller crashed at the Dunlop chicane. Dani Pedrosa also crashed at the Dunlop chicane but remounted to finish in sixteenth.

In Moto3 Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia took his first ever podium, finishing the race in third place behind Romano Fenati and Enea Bastianini.