The 2015 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the
2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 2015 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 67th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The championship was won by Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo, racing for Movistar Yamaha Factory. It was his third and final world ...
. 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.
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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
Moto2
Moto3
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
;Constructors' Championship standings
;Teams' Championship standings
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for all standings.
References
{{MotoGP 2010–19
San Marino
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San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix