In this San Marino Grand Prix, Marc Márquez fell once on each of the three days of the meeting. But the downfall of this story at Misano means that it is he who wins, the better to erase the technical misfortune that he had experienced as a disillusionment at Silverstone. He is now at the top of the championship with four victories and 199 points. Which is exactly what his Ducati-equipped rival Dovizioso claims. The last five events promise to be exciting.
And all the more so since the Honda official will apply his updated plan in Austria: every time he has the opportunity to take a place from an opponent, he will put all his energy into it. This Sunday, it was the turn of Petrucci to undergo the final assault of MM93, in the last lap of a grueling race because it was accomplished on a wet track. Calculated risk-taking: “ it was time to attempt the attack. There was one turn left and therefore less chance of falling than if there were ten left. If I hadn't succeeded, I would have been satisfied with my second place. But 25 points are important after what happened at Silverstone ».
« I'm very happy, because this weekend was really hard ". With in particular these falls... On this point, the teammate of a Pedrosa who made an anonymous race puts things straight: “ falling is always hard on the mind. You must return to battle. People talk about my falls record. But I warned my team that even if I fell often I could win the championship. During testing, we attack to define where the limit is. It's never easy. I always try to fall less. In Misano, I wanted to finish in front of Dovizioso and we will see in Aragon if we can still take a step forward ».
At one point in the race, we saw Márquez make a sign with his boot to his team: “ yes, at the start of the race, I wasn't at all comfortable. I made this sign at the box so that he could prepare the bike for the dry. I felt like the rain was going to stop and I wanted to be prepared in case I changed bikes ».
By the way, Marc Márquez won his 33rd victory for Honda in the premier Grand Prix category. It equals a certain Valentino Rossi in a statistic dominated by the 54 achievements of Mick doohan.
#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 laps |
| 17 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Ducati | 1 laps |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 53 | Tito RABAT | Honda | 9 lapses | |
| 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suzuki | 12 lapses | |
| 22 | Sam LOWES | Aprilia | 13 lapses | |
| 41 | Aleix Espargaro | Aprilia | 15 lapses | |
| 8 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | 17 lapses | |
| 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Ducati | 22 lapses |
