| Grand Prix: | San Marino |
| Flag: | San Marino |
| Official Name: | Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[1] [2] [3] |
| Location: | Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli |
| Course Mi: | 2.626 |
| Course Km: | 4.226 |
| Race No: | 13 |
| Season No: | 18 |
| Date: | 13 September |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Pole Rider Motogp: | Jorge Lorenzo |
| Pole Rider Motogp Country: | ESP |
| Pole Rider Motogp Bike: | Yamaha |
| Pole Time Motogp: | 1:32.146 |
| Fast Rider Motogp: | Jorge Lorenzo |
| Fast Rider Motogp Country: | ESP |
| Fast Rider Motogp Bike: | Yamaha |
| Fast Time Motogp: | 1:33.273 on lap 4 |
| First Rider Motogp: | Marc Márquez |
| First Rider Motogp Country: | ESP |
| First Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Second Rider Motogp: | Bradley Smith |
| Second Rider Motogp Country: | GBR |
| Second Rider Motogp Bike: | Yamaha |
| Third Rider Motogp: | Scott Redding |
| Third Rider Motogp Country: | GBR |
| Third Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Pole Rider Moto2: | Johann Zarco |
| Pole Rider Moto2 Country: | FRA |
| Pole Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Pole Time Moto2: | 1:36.754 |
| Fast Rider Moto2: | Jonas Folger |
| Fast Rider Moto2 Country: | DEU |
| Fast Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Fast Time Moto2: | 1:37.422 on lap 10 |
| First Rider Moto2: | Johann Zarco |
| First Rider Moto2 Country: | FRA |
| First Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Second Rider Moto2: | Tito Rabat |
| Second Rider Moto2 Country: | ESP |
| Second Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Third Rider Moto2: | Takaaki Nakagami |
| Third Rider Moto2 Country: | JPN |
| Third Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Pole Rider Moto3: | Enea Bastianini |
| Pole Rider Moto3 Country: | ITA |
| Pole Rider Moto3 Bike: | Honda |
| Pole Time Moto3: | 1:42.486 |
| Fast Rider Moto3: | Niccolò Antonelli |
| Fast Rider Moto3 Country: | ITA |
| Fast Rider Moto3 Bike: | Honda |
| Fast Time Moto3: | 1:42.841 on lap 3 |
| First Rider Moto3: | Enea Bastianini |
| First Rider Moto3 Country: | ITA |
| First Rider Moto3 Bike: | Honda |
| Second Rider Moto3: | Miguel Oliveira |
| Second Rider Moto3 Country: | PRT |
| Second Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
| Third Rider Moto3: | Niccolò Antonelli |
| Third Rider Moto3 Country: | ITA |
| Third Rider Moto3 Bike: | Honda |
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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]
| 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: [11] [12] | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.[13]
| Rider | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 247 | |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 224 | |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 184 | |
| 4 | Andrea Iannone | 159 | |
| 5 | Bradley Smith | 135 |
| Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha | 297 | |
| 2 | Honda | 240 | |
| 3 | Ducati | 197 | |
| 4 | Suzuki | 95 | |
| 5 |  Yamaha Forward | 33 |
| 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 |
