2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix

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 | |
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### 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 | 2 | |
| OFFICIAL 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.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 247 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 224 |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 184 |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | 159 |
| 5 | Bradley Smith | 135 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 297 |
| 2 | Honda | 240 |
| 3 | Ducati | 197 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 95 |
| 5 | Yamaha Forward | 33 |
| Pos. | 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.
