VALENTINO Rossi tops the MotoGP 2015 championship standings after winning an intense battle with Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso.

The Ducati team made a strong start to the season, with Dovizioso in second place and his team-mate Andrea Iannone third. 

Reigning world champion Marc Marquez has 11 points after finishing in fifth place behind Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo. 

Britain’s Cal Crutchlow is currently seventh for the CWM LCR Honda team, while fellow Brit Bradley Smith is eighth.

The second round of the 2015 season will take place at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on April 12. 

1.	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	25
2.	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	20
3.	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	16
4.	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	13
5.	Marc Marquez	Honda	11
6.	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	10
7.	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	9
8.	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	8
9.	Pol Espargaro	Yamaha	7
10.	Yonny Hernandez	Ducati	6
11.	Aleix Espargaro	Suzuki	5
12.	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	4
13.	Scott Redding	Honda	3
14.	Maverick Vinales	Suzuki	2
15.	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1