It is a Marc Márquez inhabited by the legitimate feeling of a job well done who left the Misano route. He grabbed this San Marino Grand Prix, thirteenth meeting of the season, to take the lead in the provisional general classification alongside Dovizioso, all five events from the end of the campaign. And as the manner, moreover, was required, the Honda official does not hesitate, after the fact, to evaluate his performance as one of the best of his career.
This shows that we can achieve happiness despite having suffered three falls in three days… “ It’s one of the greatest victories of my career. » insists the man from Cervera. “ I had to stay totally focused to manage all the tension of this race. It was very easy to make a mistake. And that's why I decided to attack on the last lap. And that ride was huge, I took a lot of risks ».
« I always had the championship in mind and these five more points will be important. At the start, I didn't have good feelings, there was probably too much water on the track. I had some complicated moments. I followed Danilo Petrucci and stayed behind him before finally attacking him. In this championship anything can happen, but we came back and we are tied with Dovizioso. The last five races promise to be very competitive. I will give it my best ».
Behind the two leaders tied for points and victories points a Vinales at 16 dots.
#SanMarinoGP MotoGP J.3: Ranking
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Honda | 50'41.565 |
| 2 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | +1.192 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | +11.706 |
| 4 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | Yamaha | +16.559 |
| 5 | 51 | Michael PIRRO | Ducati | +19.499 |
| 6 | 43 | Jack Miller | Honda | +24.882 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Ducati | +33.872 |
| 8 | 42 | Alex Rins | Suzuki | +34.662 |
| 9 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Yamaha | +54.082 |
| 10 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | KTM | +57.964 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | KTM | + 1'00.440 |
| 12 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Ducati | + 1'17.356 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Honda | + 1'35.588 |
| 14 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | + 1'38.857 |
| 15 | 5 | johann zarco | Yamaha | + 2'02.212 |
| 16 | 76 | Loris BAZ | Ducati | 1 tour |
| 17 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1 tour |
| Unclassified | ||||
| 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 9 tours | |
| 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 12 tours | |
| 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 13 tours | |
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 15 tours | |
| 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 17 tours | |
| 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 22 tours |
