The rain arrived in Misano Adriatico at the beginning of race day, but for Ducati rider Jorge Lorenzo it was an opportunity not to pass up. The Ducati rider took the hole shot and went into the lead for the first 6 laps of the race, but the Spanish rider succumbed to the conditions and fell on the slippery track, dashing his hopes of taking that first win for Ducati on their home soil.

This opened the door for Danilo Petrucci, who had overtaken Dovizioso and lead the way until the very last lap when Marc Marquez, who had several scary moments on the wet track, overtook the Pramac Ducati rider to come through for the victory to reclaim his place at the top of the championship standings.

Andrea Dovizioso rounded out the podium for Ducati leaving his equal on points with Marquez, but due to amount of higher finishes, Marquez leads the way in the standings.

Maverick Vinales, the sole rider for Yamaha, did well to finish fourth after struggling on the bikes wet set up.

“Today‘s race was really difficult. We only had this morning‘s 20-minute warm up to prepare a wet set-up and it was clear that the track conditions were going to be very tricky,” said Yamaha's Massimo Meregalli. “Maverick stuck to his original plan of riding at his own pace and he did a good job holding off his rivals, which is especially challenging when the track conditions are changing throughout the race.”

“Moreover, Maverick had to manage his race pace whilst suffering from a lack of rear grip in most of the left corners. Nevertheless, he didn‘t get lured into making mistakes and secured some very valuable points for the championship. We now look forward to the next Grand Prix in Aragón, in two weeks‘ time, which is a very special event for the team, as we share the title sponsor.”

Ducati wildcard entry, Michele Pirro finished a brilliant fifth followed by Aussie rider and wet weather specialist, Jack Miller in 6th.

“The weekend hadn't begun well with yesterday's crash in qualifying, which unfortunately compromised my grid position, and today I didn't want to take too many risks in the early laps so I started too slowly,” Pirro said. “From half-way through the race I started to lap at a good pace and I began my recovery, getting close to Viñales. But I was struggling to keep his pace and in the end I decided not to take too many risks because, after yesterday's two crashes, I was keen to finish the race. I still have to improve because I'm lacking pace in the early stages of the race, but today I really enjoyed myself.”

 

GP of San Marino – Final race classification:
1. Marc MARQUEZ, Repsol Honda Team - 50'41.565
2. Danilo PETRUCCI, OCTO Pramac Racing - +1.192
3. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Ducati Team - +11.706
4. Maverick VIÑALES, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP - +16.559
5. Michele PIRRO, Ducati Team - +19.499
6. Jack MILLER, EG 0,0 Marc VDS - +24.882
7. Scott REDDING, OCTO Pramac Racing - +33.872
8. Alex RINS, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR - +34.662
9. Jonas FOLGER, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - +54.082
10. Bradley SMITH, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - +57.964
11. Pol ESPARGARO, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing - +1'00.440
12. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Pull&Bear Aspar Team - +1'17.356
13. Cal CRUTCHLOW, LCR Honda - +1'35.588
14 Dani PEDROSA, Repsol Honda Team - +1'38.857
15. Johann ZARCO, Monster Yamaha Tech 3 - +2'02.212
16. Loris BAZ, Reale Avintia Racing - 1 Lap
17. Karel ABRAHAM, Pull&Bear Aspar Team - 1 Lap
Not Classified
Tito RABAT, EG 0,0 Marc VDS - 9 Laps
Andrea IANNONE, Team SUZUKI ECSTAR - 12 Laps
Sam LOWES, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 13 Laps
Aleix ESPARGARO, Aprilia Racing Team Gresini - 15 Laps
Hector BARBERA, Reale Avintia Racing - 17 Laps
Jorge LORENZO, Ducati Team - 22 Laps

MotoGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING
1. Marc MARQUEZ, Honda - 199
2. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Ducati - 199
3. Maverick VIÑALES, Yamaha - 183
4. Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha - 157
5. Dani PEDROSA, Honda - 150
6. Johann ZARCO, Yamaha - 110
7. Danilo PETRUCCI, Ducati - 95
8. Cal CRUTCHLOW, Honda - 92
9. Jorge LORENZO, Ducati - 90
10. Jonas FOLGER, Yamaha - 84
11. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Ducati - 62
12. Scott REDDING, Ducati - 54
13. Jack MILLER, Honda - 53
14. Aleix ESPARGARO, Aprilia - 43
15. Loris BAZ, Ducati - 39
16. Andrea IANNONE, Suzuki - 33
17. Pol ESPARGARO, KTM - 31
18. Karel ABRAHAM, Ducati - 28
19. Alex RINS, Suzuki - 27
20. Tito RABAT, Honda - 27
21. Hector BARBERA, Ducati - 23
22. Michele PIRRO, Ducati - 18
23. Bradley SMITH, KTM - 14
24. Mika KALLIO, KTM - 6
25. Sam LOWES, Aprilia - 2
26. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Suzuki - 1