In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo on his works Yamaha YZR-M1. Second was Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedrosa on his works Honda RC213V, he was two half seconds behind Lorenzo at the end. While, third was Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi on his works Yamaha YZR-M1, he was three seconds behind Lorenzo at the end of the race.
In Open class (Full control ECU system, hardware and software), Aspar MotoGP Team rider Eugene Laverty won Open class and finish fourteenth overall on his Honda RC213V-RS, he was fifty seconds behind Lorenzo at the end.
In the Moto2 race (Inline-four 600 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Estrella Galicia Marc VDS rider and current Moto2 champion Esteve Rabat on the Kalex. Second was Paginas Amarillas HP 40 rider Álex Rins on the Kalex, he was a tenth of a second behind Rabat at the end. While, third was Speed Up Racing rider Sam Lowes on the Speed Up, he was five seconds behind Rabat at the end of the race.
While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Miguel Oliveira on the KTM. Second was Estrella Galicia rider Jorge Navarro on the Honda, he was two tenths of a second behind Oliveira at the end. While, third was Sky Racing Team VR46 rider Romano Fenati on the KTM, he was one and half a second behind Oliveira at the end of the race.
Also, it was confirmed on Tuesday (22/9/15) that Stefan Bradl will remain with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini in 2016 after signing a one-year contract extension.
Bradl joined Aprilia Racing Team Gresini since the Indianapolis round, after leaving the troubled Forward Racing squad, replacing Marco Melandri.
His team-mate at Aprilia Racing Team Gresini for 2016 will be his current team-mate Álvaro Bautista, both riders will ride Aprilia's all-new prototype next season named the Aprilia RS-GP.
Meanwhile, this was also confirmed as-well as the Bradl news, that Speed Up Racing Moto2 rider Sam Lowes Sam will ride for Aprilia Racing Team Gresini in 2017 MotoGP season.
Lowes will act as test rider for Aprilia Racing Team Gresini alongside another season in Moto2, switching from Speed Up Racing to Federal Oil Gresini Moto2, before a planned MotoGP graduation in 2017.
And finally, it was confirmed before Sunday's (30/8/15) MotoGP race that Avintia Racing has signed Forward Racing rider Loris Baz for the 2016 MotoGP season.
Baz currently sits fifteenth in the championship, and is currently in contention to win the Open class with a few rounds of the season remaining, with a best finish of fourth place from two weeks ago at Misano.
With Héctor Barberá remaining at Avintia Racing for 2016, Baz will replace Mike di Meglio. Avintia Racing will run GP14.2 machinery next season, as currently used by Danilo Petrucci and Yonny Hernandez at Octo Pramac Ducati, during MotoGP's first year of Michelin tyres and a standard ECU.
Yonny Hernandez, who was likely to move to Avintia Ducati until the Loris Baz deal was done. Hernandez is now being linked with Aspar MotoGP Team, which is also rumoured to be considering a switch from Honda to Ducati machinery.
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