The 2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on 13 September 2015.
The MotoGP race started in dry conditions but as the race progressed, rain started to fall, forcing most of the riders to change to bikes with wet tyres. The rain eventually stopped halfway through the race and the final laps were completed in relatively dry track conditions. Factory Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo took his third pole position of the season but it was Marc Márquez who won the race after making a crucial second bike change before Valentino Rossi and Lorenzo. Bradley Smith and Scott Redding became the first pair of British riders to stand on a premier class podium since Barry Sheene and Tom Herron at the 1979 Venezuelan Grand Prix. Smith made a risky yet successful decision to stay on dry tyres for the whole duration of the race and achieved his second premier class podium in second place, while Redding achieved his maiden MotoGP podium with a third-place finish despite crashing earlier in the race.
Lorenzo and Rossi stayed out on wet tyres for a few laps longer than Márquez; this resulted in a fifth-place finish for Rossi and Lorenzo crashed out with eight laps remaining. Yonny Hernández and Alex de Angelis also crashed out while Pol Espargaró and wildcard Michele Pirro both retired. Loris Baz took his fourth victory in the Open category with a fourth-place finish. Although Rossi only managed to finish in fifth position, Lorenzo's retirement extended the championship gap between the two riders to 23 points.
In the junior classes, both pole-sitters won their respective races; Johann Zarco won his sixth race of the season in Moto2, while Enea Bastianini took his first Grand Prix victory in Moto3 after a final-lap pass on Miguel Oliveira.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 48:23.819 2 25 2 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +7.288 6 20 3 45 Scott Redding EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 28 +18.793 13 16 4 76 Loris Baz Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 28 +26.427 16 13 5 46 Valentino Rossi Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 28 +33.196 3 11 6 9 Danilo Petrucci Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 28 +35.087 9 10 7 29 Andrea Iannone Ducati Team Ducati 28 +36.527 7 9 8 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 28 +37.434 8 8 9 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +39.516 4 7 10 41 Aleix Espargaró Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +39.692 10 6 11 35 Cal Crutchlow LCR Honda Honda 28 +41.995 11 5 12 43 Jack Miller LCR Honda Honda 28 +46.075 17 4 13 63 Mike Di Meglio Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +48.381 22 3 14 25 Maverick Viñales Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 28 +52.325 14 2 15 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +53.348 20 1 16 6 Stefan Bradl Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 28 +58.828 19 17 69 Nicky Hayden Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28 +1:02.649 23 18 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Racing Ducati 28 +1:04.768 18 19 50 Eugene Laverty Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 28 +1:05.677 21 20 71 Claudio Corti Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 27 +1 lap 24 21 17 Karel Abraham AB Motoracing Honda 27 +1 lap 25 Ret 44 Pol Espargaró Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 26 Electronics 12 Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 Accident 1 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 9 Accident 15 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 9 Accident 26 Ret 51 Michele Pirro Ducati Team Ducati 9 Retirement 5 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Johann Zarco Kalex 26 42:38.099 1 25 2 1 Tito Rabat Kalex 26 +3.850 3 20 3 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26 +5.388 8 16 4 3 Simone Corsi Kalex 26 +7.058 4 13 5 60 Julián Simón Speed Up 26 +9.225 10 11 6 94 Jonas Folger Kalex 26 +10.466 9 10 7 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 26 +13.784 15 9 8 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 26 +16.334 11 8 9 39 Luis Salom Kalex 26 +17.896 12 7 10 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 26 +18.353 13 6 11 49 Axel Pons Kalex 26 +24.029 14 5 12 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 26 +27.609 20 4 13 25 Azlan Shah Kalex 26 +29.037 22 3 14 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +32.140 16 2 15 95 Anthony West Speed Up 26 +33.312 21 1 16 54 Mattia Pasini Kalex 26 +36.315 24 17 23 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 26 +37.245 19 18 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 26 +43.947 6 19 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 26 +43.986 30 20 10 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 26 +52.354 31 21 9 Luca Marini Kalex 26 +1:01.171 26 22 66 Florian Alt Suter 26 +1:05.168 29 23 97 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 25 +1 lap 28 24 77 Dominique Aegerter Kalex 23 +3 laps 5 Ret 64 Federico Caricasulo Kalex 18 Accident 27 Ret 22 Sam Lowes Speed Up 17 Rear Fender 7 Ret 2 Jesko Raffin Kalex 15 Engine 32 Ret 73 Álex Márquez Kalex 6 Accident 17 Ret 70 Robin Mulhauser Kalex 5 Misfire 25 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 2 Accident 23 Ret 88 Ricard Cardús Suter 2 Accident 18 DSQ 40 Álex Rins Kalex 22 Black flag 2OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Enea Bastianini Honda 23 39:43.673 1 25 2 44 Miguel Oliveira KTM 23 +0.037 6 20 3 23 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 23 +0.345 4 16 4 5 Romano Fenati KTM 23 +0.584 5 13 5 41 Brad Binder KTM 23 +0.637 2 11 6 52 Danny Kent Honda 23 +8.000 3 10 7 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +11.654 12 9 8 21 Francesco Bagnaia Mahindra 23 +11.776 11 8 9 32 Isaac Viñales KTM 23 +11.839 10 7 10 65 Philipp Öttl KTM 23 +11.973 9 6 11 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Husqvarna 23 +12.187 8 5 12 11 Livio Loi Honda 23 +12.214 20 4 13 16 Andrea Migno KTM 23 +12.532 21 3 14 29 Stefano Manzi Mahindra 23 +19.260 26 2 15 88 Jorge Martín Mahindra 23 +24.296 18 1 16 76 Hiroki Ono Honda 23 +25.724 13 17 84 Jakub Kornfeil KTM 23 +25.818 32 18 40 Darryn Binder Mahindra 23 +26.148 16 19 17 John McPhee Honda 23 +26.228 25 20 91 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM 23 +26.774 17 21 98 Karel Hanika KTM 23 +29.251 23 22 19 Alessandro Tonucci Mahindra 23 +34.186 29 23 12 Matteo Ferrari Mahindra 23 +35.384 28 24 6 María Herrera Husqvarna 23 +41.319 24 25 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 23 +56.219 30 26 90 Adrián Gyutai TVR 22 +1 lap 31 Ret 58 Juan Francisco Guevara Mahindra 22 Accident 15 Ret 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 22 Engine 22 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Mahindra 15 Electrics 19 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 14 Accident Damage 7 Ret 2 Remy Gardner Mahindra 6 Accident 27 Ret 95 Jules Danilo Honda 3 Accident 14 DNS 55 Andrea Locatelli Honda Did not start DNS 20 Fabio Quartararo Honda Did not start DNS 9 Jorge Navarro Honda Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 247 2 Jorge Lorenzo 224 3 Marc Márquez 184 4 Andrea Iannone 159 5 Bradley Smith 135
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 297 2 Honda 240 3 Ducati 197 4 Suzuki 95 5 Yamaha Forward 33
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 491 2 Repsol Honda Team 298 3 Ducati Team 287 4 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 216 5 Team Suzuki Ecstar 135
Note: Only the top five positions are included for all standings.
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