The 2015 FIM Moto2 World Championship was the intermediate class of the 67th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season. Marc VDS Racing Team rider Tito Rabat started the season as the defending riders' champion, having won his first championship title in 2014.
Rabat had been trailing by 78 points going to the Japanese Grand Prix. However, he had to withdraw from the event with a fractured left radius. Therefore, Johann Zarco became World Champion – the ninth different world champion in the intermediate class in as many years. Ajo Motorsport rider Zarco won eight races during the season – to become the most successful French rider in Grand Prix racing – and with a tally of 352 points, set a record points total for the intermediate class; surpassing Rabat's 346 from 2014. With Rabat missing three races due to injury, rookie Álex Rins (Pons Racing) moved ahead in the standings, and despite Rabat winning the final race in Valencia, Rins finished second to seal the runner-up spot by three points. Rins won two races at Indianapolis, and Phillip Island, while Rabat added his Valencia success to wins at Mugello and Motorland Aragón.
On one of the few non-Kalex motorcycles on the grid, Sam Lowes finished fourth in the championship for Speed Up, taking a race win at Circuit of the Americas, holding off Derendinger Racing Interwetten's Thomas Lüthi, who won at Le Mans. The season's only other race winners were Jonas Folger, who won at Losail and Jerez for the AGR Team, and Xavier Siméon, who took his first win for Gresini Racing at the Sachsenring. Kalex comfortably won the manufacturers' championship; they won 17 of the season's 18 races, with only Lowes' success at Circuit of the Americas stopping a clean sweep of victories. Speed Up finished second in the championship, with 209 points to Kalex's 445.
The 2015 season was the last year that Eni was the sole fuel supplier for Moto2, as Total became the championship's fuel supplier in 2016.
Calendar
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race official calendar on 26 September 2014.
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 1 29 March ‡ Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail 2 12 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin 3 19 April Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina 4 3 May Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 17 May Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 6 31 May Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 7 14 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8 27 June †† Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen 9 12 July GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 9 August Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway 11 16 August bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno 12 30 August Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 14 27 September Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 15 11 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 16 18 October Pramac Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 25 October Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 18 8 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race †† = Saturday race
Calendar changes The British Grand Prix had been scheduled to return to Donington Park for the first time since 2009, ahead of a planned move to the brand-new Circuit of Wales in 2016. However, Donington Park pulled out of hosting the event on 10 February 2015, citing financial delays. The following day, it was announced that Silverstone would host the British Grand Prix in 2015 and .
Teams and riders A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 23 October 2014. An updated entry list was released on 2 February 2015. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
TeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds FAB-Racing FTR FTR Moto M213 28 Bradley Ray 12 AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 44 Steven Odendaal 3 49 Axel Pons 1–2, 4–18 94 Jonas Folger All Ajo Motorsport 5 Johann Zarco All Athinà Forward Racing Forward Racing 3 Simone Corsi 1–9, 11–18 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri 1–9, 11–18 Technomag Racing Interwetten 12 Thomas Lüthi All 16 Joshua Hook 15–18 70 Robin Mulhauser All 77 Dominique Aegerter 1–14, 18 Dynavolt Intact GP 11 Sandro Cortese All EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1 Tito Rabat 1–16, 18 73 Álex Márquez All Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Gresini Racing 19 Xavier Siméon All 54 Mattia Pasini 6, 13 Italtrans Racing Team 21 Franco Morbidelli 36 Mika Kallio 1–13 57 Edgar Pons 14–18 64 Federico Caricasulo 12–14 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 25 Azlan Shah All 30 Takaaki Nakagami All JiR Moto2 4 All Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Pons Racing Junior Team 9 Luca Marini 13 39 Luis Salom All 40 Álex Rins All 57 Edgar Pons 4, 7, 11 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Petronas AHM Malaysia 55 Hafizh Syahrin All 93 Ramdan Rosli 7, 17 Sports-Millions-Emwe-SAG APH PTT The Pizza SAG 2 Jesko Raffin All 10 Thitipong Warokorn All Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 72 Yuki Takahashi 15 NTS T.Pro Project NTS ??? 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 15 Abbink GP Speed Up Speed Up SF14 13 Jasper Iwema 8 QMMF Racing TeamSpeed Up SF15 36 Mika Kallio 14–18 60 Julián Simón All 95 Anthony West 1–13 Speed Up Racing 22 Sam Lowes All JPMoto Malaysia Suter Suter MMX2 15 Ratthapark Wilairot 7–10 51 Zaqhwan Zaidi 1–6 88 Ricard Cardús 11–18 Octo IodaRacing Project E-Motion IodaRacing Team 66 Florian Alt All Team Ciatti 32 Federico Fuligni 14, 18 Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Tech 3 96 Louis Rossi All Tech 3 23 Marcel Schrötter All 88 Ricard Cardús 1–9 97 Xavi Vierge 10–18 Promoto Sport TransFIORmers ??? 20 Louis Bulle 5 90 Lucas Mahias 18Key Regular rider Wildcard rider
Rider changes Álex Rins moved up to Moto2 with Páginas Amarillas HP 40, filling the seat vacated by Maverick Viñales who moved up to MotoGP with Team Suzuki Ecstar. After competing in the 2014 season with Tech 3 as a replacement rider, Ricard Cardús moved to a full-time ride with Tech 3. Lorenzo Baldassarri left Gresini Racing at the end of the 2014 season to join Forward Racing. Mika Kallio left Marc VDS Racing Team at the end of the 2014 season to join Italtrans Racing. Kallio's place at Marc VDS was taken by 2014 Moto3 winner Álex Márquez. Randy Krummenacher left IodaRacing Project at the end of the 2014 season to join JiR. Johann Zarco rode for Ajo Motorsport. Jesko Raffin made a full-time debut to Moto2 with SAG Team. Replacing Louis Rossi who joined to Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2. Zaqhwan Zaidi made his Moto2 debut, joining JPMoto Malaysia. Julián Simón moved from Italtrans to QMMF Racing. Florian Alt made his Moto2 debut, joining IodaRacing Project. Jordi Torres, Nicolás Terol, and Román Ramos left Moto2 for Superbike World Championship.
Results and standings Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Sam Lowes Johann Zarco Jonas Folger AGR Team Kalex Report 2 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Sam Lowes Sam Lowes Speed Up Racing Speed Up Report 3 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Jonas Folger Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 4 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Tito Rabat Álex Rins Jonas Folger AGR Team Kalex Report 5 French motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Thomas Lüthi Thomas Lüthi Kalex Report 6 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Sam Lowes Tito Rabat Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Report 7 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Álex Rins Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 8 Dutch TT Johann Zarco Tito Rabat Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 9 German motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex Report 10 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Franco Morbidelli Álex Rins Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Report 11 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Thomas Lüthi Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 12 British motorcycle Grand Prix Sam Lowes Florian Alt Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 13 Johann Zarco Jonas Folger Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 14 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Tito Rabat Álex Rins Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Report 15 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Jonas Folger Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 16 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Álex Rins Álex Rins Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Report 17 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Thomas Lüthi Thomas Lüthi Johann Zarco Ajo Motorsport Kalex Report 18 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Tito Rabat Tito Rabat Tito Rabat EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Report
Riders' standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1