2018 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	San Marino
Flag:	San Marino
Official Name:	Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini^[1]
Location:	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico, Italy
Course Mi:	2.626
Course Km:	4.226
Race No:	13
Season No:	19
Date:	9 September
Year:	2018
Pole Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Pole Time Motogp:	1:31.629
Fast Rider Motogp:	Andrea Dovizioso
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Fast Time Motogp:	1:32.678 on lap 9
First Rider Motogp:	Andrea Dovizioso
First Rider Motogp Country:	ITA
First Rider Motogp Bike:	Ducati
Second Rider Motogp:	Marc Márquez
Second Rider Motogp Country:	ESP
Second Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Motogp:	Cal Crutchlow
Third Rider Motogp Country:	GBR
Third Rider Motogp Bike:	Honda
Pole Rider Moto2:	Francesco Bagnaia
Pole Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Pole Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Time Moto2:	1:37.121
Fast Rider Moto2:	Mattia Pasini
Fast Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
Fast Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Fast Time Moto2:	1:37.860 on lap 3
First Rider Moto2:	Francesco Bagnaia
First Rider Moto2 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Second Rider Moto2:	Miguel Oliveira
Second Rider Moto2 Country:	PRT
Second Rider Moto2 Bike:	KTM
Third Rider Moto2:	Marcel Schrötter
Third Rider Moto2 Country:	DEU
Third Rider Moto2 Bike:	Kalex
Pole Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
Pole Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Pole Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Pole Time Moto3:	1:41.823
Fast Rider Moto3:	Gabriel Rodrigo
Fast Rider Moto3 Country:	ARG
Fast Rider Moto3 Bike:	KTM
Fast Time Moto3:	1:42.381 on lap 5
First Rider Moto3:	Lorenzo Dalla Porta
First Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
First Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Second Rider Moto3:	Jorge Martín
Second Rider Moto3 Country:	ESP
Second Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda
Third Rider Moto3:	Fabio Di Giannantonio
Third Rider Moto3 Country:	ITA
Third Rider Moto3 Bike:	Honda

The 2018 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2018 MotoGP season. It was held at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli in Misano Adriatico on 9 September 2018.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	42:05.426	4	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+2.822	5	20
3	35	Cal Crutchlow	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	27	+7.269	6	16
4	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+14.687	10	13
5	25	Maverick Viñales	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+16.016	3	11
6	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+17.408	11	10
7	46	Valentino Rossi	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+19.086	7	9
8	29	Andrea Iannone	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+21.804	13	8
9	19	Álvaro Bautista	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	27	+23.919	15	7
10	5	Johann Zarco	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+27.559	9	6
11	9	Danilo Petrucci	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+30.698	8	5
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+32.941	12	4
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	27	+33.461	19	3
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+35.686	16	2
15	51	Michele Pirro	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+35.812	14	1
16	38	Bradley Smith	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+46.500	17
17	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+46.614	1
18	43	Jack Miller	Alma Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+50.593	2
19	55	Hafizh Syahrin	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+55.168	25
20	17	Karel Abraham	Ángel Nieto Team	Ducati	27	+1:02.255	24
21	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+1:09.475	21
22	12	Thomas Lüthi	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	27	+1:12.608	23
23	23	Christophe Ponsson	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	26	+1 lap	26
Ret	6	Stefan Bradl	HRC Honda Team	Honda	17	Accident	18
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	17	Withdrew	20
Ret	10	Xavier Siméon	Reale Avintia Racing	Ducati	2	Accident Damage	22
Sources: ^[2] ^[3]

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	25	41:02.106	1	25
2	44	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	25	+3.108	9	20
3	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	25	+4.094	2	16
4	54	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	25	+6.320	3	13
5	36	Joan Mir	Kalex	25	+6.728	10	11
6	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex	25	+9.470	13	10
7	20	Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up	25	+12.068	4	9
8	41	Brad Binder	KTM	25	+12.134	5	8
9	9	Jorge Navarro	Kalex	25	+17.425	6	7
10	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	25	+21.986	11	6
11	24	Simone Corsi	Kalex	25	+24.701	21	5
12	87	Remy Gardner	Tech 3	25	+25.582	19	4
13	77	Dominique Aegerter	KTM	25	+25.760	14	3
14	5	Andrea Locatelli	Kalex	25	+26.718	20	2
15	2	Jesko Raffin	Kalex	25	+31.168	17	1
16	16	Joe Roberts	NTS	25	+38.707	26
17	4	Steven Odendaal	NTS	25	+39.432	25
18	73	Álex Márquez	Kalex	25	+39.551	8
19	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	25	+40.436	18
20	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Tech 3	25	+41.814	23
21	66	Niki Tuuli	Kalex	25	+48.043	28
22	89	Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex	25	+53.390	27
23	95	Jules Danilo	Kalex	25	+1:05.605	29
24	21	Federico Fuligni	Kalex	25	+1:16.602	30
25	18	Xavi Cardelús	Kalex	25	+1:31.250	33
Ret	40	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	21	Handling	12
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Suter	18	Accident	24
Ret	45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	15	Accident	16
Ret	12	Sheridan Morais	Kalex	13	Retired	32
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	KTM	11	Accident	15
Ret	10	Luca Marini	Kalex	9	Engine	7
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Speed Up	1	Accident	31
DSQ	13	Romano Fenati	Kalex	18	Black flag	22
DNS	32	Isaac Viñales	Suter		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Romano Fenati was excluded from the race for grabbing Stefano Manzi's brake lever.

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda	23	39:38.684	8	25
2	88	Jorge Martín	Honda	23	+0.058	1	20
3	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Honda	23	+0.122	4	16
4	19	Gabriel Rodrigo	KTM	23	+0.822	2	13
5	84	Jakub Kornfeil	KTM	23	+6.553	9	11
6	75	Albert Arenas	KTM	23	+6.859	13	10
7	10	Dennis Foggia	KTM	23	+7.315	20	9
8	40	Darryn Binder	KTM	23	+7.380	23	8
9	16	Andrea Migno	KTM	23	+8.608	19	7
10	23	Niccolò Antonelli	Honda	23	+8.853	15	6
11	14	Tony Arbolino	Honda	23	+10.408	12	5
12	7	Adam Norrodin	Honda	23	+10.783	14	4
13	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	23	+27.817	17	3
14	77	Vicente Pérez	KTM	23	+27.897	26	2
15	22	Kazuki Masaki	KTM	23	+28.062	22	1
16	42	Marcos Ramírez	KTM	23	+47.155	21
17	81	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+34.385	28
18	41	Nakarin Atiratphuvapat	Honda	23	+47.510	25
19	55	Yari Montella	Honda	23	+47.577	27
20	3	Kevin Zannoni	TM Racing	22	+1 lap	18
Ret	12	Marco Bezzecchi	KTM	21	Accident	6
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	19	Accident	16
Ret	17	John McPhee	KTM	11	Accident Damage	24
Ret	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	1	Collision	11
Ret	44	Arón Canet	Honda	1	Collision	3
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Honda	1	Collision	10
Ret	33	Enea Bastianini	Honda	1	Collision	5
Ret	8	Nicolò Bulega	KTM	1	Collision	7
Ret	72	Alonso López	Honda	1	Accident	29
DNS	65	Philipp Öttl	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Philipp Öttl suffered a concussion following a crash in qualifying and withdrew from the event.

Championship standings after the race

MotoGP

	Rider	Points
1	Marc Márquez	221
2	Andrea Dovizioso	154
3	Valentino Rossi	151
4	Jorge Lorenzo	130
5	Maverick Viñales	124
6	Cal Crutchlow	119
7	Johann Zarco	110
8	Danilo Petrucci	110
9	Andrea Iannone	92
10	Álex Rins	79

Moto2

	Rider	Points
1	Francesco Bagnaia	214
2	Miguel Oliveira	206
3	Brad Binder	119
4	Lorenzo Baldassarri	116
5	Joan Mir	114
6	Álex Márquez	113
7	Marcel Schrötter	107
8	Xavi Vierge	96
9	Mattia Pasini	95
10	Fabio Quartararo	93

Moto3

	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Martín	166
2	Marco Bezzecchi	158
3	Fabio Di Giannantonio	137
4	Arón Canet	118
5	Enea Bastianini	117
6	Gabriel Rodrigo	97
7	Jakub Kornfeil	91
8	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	88
9	Andrea Migno	67
10	Marcos Ramírez	67

Notes and References

Web site: 2018 San Marino MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 10 September 2018. Motorsportmagazine.com. 19 November 2018.
Web site: GP OCTO DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. Motogp.com. 19 November 2018. 19 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181119173553/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2018/RSM/MotoGP/RAC. dead.
Web site: GP OCTO DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI · MotoGP Race Classification 2018. PDF. Motogp.com. 19 November 2018.