MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix Recap
- therookiereporters
- Sep 19
- 3 min read
With 27 laps of racing action at San Marino, who prevailed and who had a tumultuous time?
Starting Grid for the Grand Prix
1 - Marco Bezzecchi: 1:30.134s
2 - Alex Marquez: +0.088s
3 - Fabio Quartararo: +0.094s
4 - Marc Marquez: +0.218s
5 - Franco Morbidelli: +0.249s
6 - Luca Marini: +0.256s
7 - Fabio Di Giannantonio: +0.261s
8 - Francesco Bagnaia: +0.280s
9 - Pedro Acosta: +0.352s
10 - Fermin Aldeguer: +0.482s
11 - Jorge Martin:+0.847s
12 - Joan Mir: NO TIME
13 - (Q1) Miguel Oliveira: 1.30.944s
14 - (Q1) Raul Fernandez: +0.033s
15 - (Q1) Ai Ogura: +0.033s
16 - (Q1) Brad Binder: +0.071s
17 - (Q1) Maverick Vinales: +0.143s
18 - (Q1) Alex Rins: +0.300s
19 - (Q1) Johann Zarco: +0.328s
20 - (Q1) Enea Bastianini: +0.420s
21 - (Q1) Jack Miller: +0.433s
22 - (Q1) Augusto Fernandez: +0.868s
23 - (Q1) Somkiat Chantra: +1.446s
San Marino Grand Prix Recap
To begin with, Jorge Martin started his race with a double long lap penalty after having to switch to his spare bike when his first one failed to take him round his lap to the grid.
Marc had a great launch to take him to second in turn one. We had a first lap incident between Zarco and Mir that brought out the first yellow flag of the Grand Prix. The FIM then awarded double long lap penalties to Alex Rins and Augusto Fernandez for jump starts. Ai Ogura crashed in sector 3 in the third lap which ended his time on track while Vinales also crashed a lap later and a sector early. From lap 8 to lap 12, we had another 4 DNFs with Acosta having his bike chain come, Bagnaia, Rins and Bastianini all crashing.
We had a dramatic, intense battle for first between Marco Bezzecchi and Marc Marquez for over half of the Grand Prix. On lap 12, Marquez managed to pass his rival after Marco went wide in sector 4. With both of them receiving a track limits warning, the pressure mounted to stay off the green paint. Despite this, both riders put in fastest laps which eventually was set by Marc Marquez. With Marquez taking gold and Bezzecchi settling with silver, Alex Marquez had a quiet and clean race on his own to take a peaceful P3. As Marc Marquez won the San Marino Grand Prix, he set a new record for the most points scored in a single MotoGP season yet (512 points total so far).
Grand Prix Results
1- Marc Marquez: 41:20.898s
2 - Marco Bezzecchi: +0.568s
3 - Alex Marquez: +7.734s
4 - Franco Morbidelli: +10.379s
5 - Fabio Di Giannantonio: +11.330s
6 - Fermin Aldeguer: 16.069s
7 - Luca Marini: +17.965s
8 - Fabio Quartararo: +20.964s
9 - Miguel Oliveira: +21.565s
10 - Brad Binder: +23.109s
11 - Raul Fernandez: 24.592s
12 - Jack Miller: +27.492s
13 - Jorge Martin: +29.937s
14 - Augusto Fernandez: +61.504s
15 - Somkiat Chantra: +61.932s
16 - Johann Zarco: +0.000s
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Enea Bastianini: 16
Alex Rins: 18
Francesco Bagnaia: 19
Pedro Acosta: 20
Maverick Vinales: 23
Ai Ogura: 25
Joan Mir: 0
Championship Standings
1 - Marc Marquez: 512 points
2 - Alex Marquez: 330 points
3 - Francesco Bagnaia: 237 points
4 - Marco Bezzecchi: 229 points
5 - Pedro Acosta: 188 points
6 - Franco Morbidelli: 180 points
7 - Fabio Di Giannantonio: 179 points
8 - Fermin Aldeguer: 141 points
9 - Fabio Quartararo: 137 points
10 - Johann Zarco: 117 points
11 - Brad Binder: 101 points
12 - Luca Marini: 94 points
13 - Enea Bastianini: 84 points
14 - Raul Fernandez: 84 points
15 - Maverick Vinales: 72 points
16 - Ai Ogura: 69 points
17 - Jack Miller: 58 points
18 - Joan Mir: 50 points
19 - Alex Rins: 45 points
20 - Jorge Martin: 34 points
21 - Miguel Oliveira: 24 points
22 - Pol Espargaro: 16 points
23 - Takaaki Nakagami: 10 points
24 - Lorenzo Savadori: 8 points
25 - Augusto Fernandez: 8 points
26 - Somkiat Chantra: 2 points
27 - Aleix Espargaro: 0 points
Looking ahead to Japan
If Marc Marquez can outscore his brother by three points at the end of the next GP, he has the chance to win the Championship in Japan. We expect Bezzecchi to put up another epic fight with Marquez, giving us some drama in this Ducati dominance. We are sure to always have a fantastic race in Japan but certainly Zarco will want to reach the chequered flag in the top 15, after back-to-back pointless results.
Article written by Alice Seager ©️Alice Seager 2025
