Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini | Misano MotoGP
Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines
This will be the 18th time that Misano has hosted a motorcycle Grand Prix event. Below are a selection of facts and statistics from GP races that have taken place at the circuit:
- The first Grand Prix event to take place at Misano was in 1980; the 500cc race was over 40 laps of the circuit that measured 3.448 kilometres and ran in an anti-clockwise direction and was won by Kenny Roberts
- The Misano circuit hosted a GP event for a total of ten occasions between the years of 1980 and 1993
- Misano did not have a Grand Prix event for 13 years following the accident that ended the career of Wayne Rainey in 1993
- When GP racing returned to Misano in 2007, it was on a much-revised 4.18-kilometre circuit running in the opposite direction to the earlier layout
- Yamaha has been the most successful manufacturer in MotoGP since the Grand Prix series returned to Misano in 2007, with five victories to date. Both Ducati and Honda have had a single MotoGP win at the Misano circuit
- Misano is one of only two current Grand Prix circuits, along with Mugello, on which Honda have not taken a single win across the last three seasons
- The most successful rider at Misano since racing returned to the circuit in 2007 is Jorge Lorenzo, with four victories: the 250cc GP in 2007 and in MotoGP for the last three years (2011-2013)
- In the MotoGP class, Honda riders have qualified on pole at Misano for the last four years (Dani Pedrosa in 2010 and 2012, Casey Stoner in 2011 and Marc Marquez in 2013) but of these riders only Pedrosa has won from pole position (in 2010)
Marc Marquez set to equal Mick Doohan’s record
The win by Marc Marquez at Silverstone marked the 11th time this year he has stood on the top step of the podium. This equals the record of MotoGP victories in a single season, previously achieved by Valentino Rossi in both the 2002 and 2005 campaigns. One more win for Marc Marquez this year would see him equal the all-time record for most wins in the premier-class in a single season (12 wins), currently held by Mick Doohan from 1997.
Riders with most wins premier-class race wins in a single season
- 12 – Mick Doohan – 1997 (500cc)
- 11 – Giacomo Agostini – 1972 (500cc)
- 11 – Valentino Rossi – 2001 (500cc)
- 11 – Valentino Rossi – 2002 (MotoGP)
- 11 – Valentino Rossi – 2005 (MotoGP)
- 11 – Marc Marquez – 2014 (MotoGP)
Ten pole positions for Marc Marquez in 2014
Marc Marquez has already started from pole on ten occasions in 2014 – one more than he did last year on his way to wining the world title in his rookie season. He now needs just two more poles in 2014 to equal the record number of poles achieved in a single season in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing since full records became available in 1971, as shown in the following list:
Riders with most poles in the premier-class in a single season (since 1971)
- 12 – Mick Doohan – 1997
- 12 – Casey Stoner – 2011
- 10 – Freddie Spencer – 1985
- 10 – Wayne Gardner – 1987
- 10 – Marc Marquez – 2014
Dani Pedrosa in line for 200th point-scoring finish
The fourth place finish of Dani Pedrosa at Silverstone marked the 199th time that the Spaniard had scored points in Grand Prix racing. The next time he finishes in the top 15, he will become just the fourth rider of all-time to reach the milestone of 200 point-scoring finishes, as shown in the following table:
Riders with most point-scoring finishes (all solo classes)
Full name Total MotoGP/500cc 350cc Moto2™/250cc 125cc 80/50cc
- Valentino Rossi 273 225 24 24
- Loris Capirossi 261 171 65 25
- Alex Barros 207 195 7 5
- Dani Pedrosa 199 130 30 39
- Andrea Dovizioso 192 107 47 38
- Toni Elias 179 84 73 22
- Alex de Angelis 174 31 101 42
- Max Biaggi 173 106 67
- Giacomo Agostini 172 95 75 2
- Carlos Checa 170 151 18 1
Valentino Rossi set to pass 5,000 point milestone
Following his third place finish in the British Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi has now scored a total of 4,987 points across all classes during his Grand Prix career. If he finishes in fourth place or higher at Misano, he will become the first rider ever to reach the milestone of 5,000 career points in Grand Prix racing.
The following list shows the ten riders who have scored most points in the history of GP racing across all solo classes. (Note: modern-day competitors are at an advantage due to the current point scoring system allocating more points to the leading riders, plus the fact that there being more Grand Prix events being staged each season than in previous years).
Career points total in all classes of GP racing
Full name Total MotoGP/500cc 350cc 250cc 125cc 80/50cc
- Valentino Rossi 4,987 4,045 510 432
- Dani Pedrosa 3,427 2,235 626 566
- Loris Capirossi 3,215 1,840 968 407
- Jorge Lorenzo 2,978 1,931 768 279
- Max Biaggi 2,892 1,624 1268
- Andrea Dovizioso 2,468 1,255 721 492
- Casey Stoner 2,411 1,815 322 274
- Mick Doohan 2,298 2,298
- Alex Barros 2,123 2,079 30 14
- Marco Melandri 2,096 1,017 651 428
Grand Prix racing numbers
- 200 – The victory by Alex Rins at the British Grand Prix was the 200th win by a Spanish rider in the lightweight-class (Moto3™/125cc) of Grand Prix racing. Salvador Canellas, riding a Spanish-made Bultaco, was the first Spanish rider to win in the lightweight-class – the 125cc race at the Spanish GP in 1968 at Montjuich. In total, 24 Spanish riders have taken GP wins in the lightweight-class
- 66 – The win by Marc Marquez at Silverstone marked the 66th time that he had stood on the podium in Grand Prix racing. This matches the number of podium finishes for Alex Criville across his Grand Prix career
- 62 – On race day at the San Marino Grand Prix, it will be 62 years to the day since Les Graham won at Monza in 1952 to give MV Agusta their first ever 500cc Grand Prix victory. MV Agusta went on to take a further 138 wins in the 500cc class of Grand Prix racing
- 31 – The win by Tito Rabat at the British Grand Prix was the 31st win for Kalex in the Moto2 class. This makes Kalex the most successful manufacturer in Moto2, with one more victory than rival manufacturer Suter
- 21 – On the first day of practice at Misano, it will be exactly 21 years to the day since John Kocinski won the 500cc Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in 1993 – the first ever dry weather race victory for Cagiva
- 17 – The victory by Marc Marquez at Silverstone signalled the 17th time that he had stood on the top step of the podium in the MotoGP class. This is just one less win in the premier-class of Grand Prix racing than 1987 500cc World Champion Wayne Gardner
- 16 – There have been 16 previous San Marino Grand Prix events. The first San Marino Grand Prix was held at Imola in 1981. Three different circuits have hosted the San Marino Grand Prix: Imola twice (1981 and 1983), Mugello four times (1982, ‘84, ‘91 and ‘93) and Misano on ten occasions (1985, ‘86, and ’87 plus 2007, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12 and ‘13)
- 9 – Tito Rabat’s win at Silverstone was the ninth time that he had stood on the top step of the podium since moving up to the Moto2 class. Only two riders have achieved more Moto2 wins than Rabat: Marc Marquez with 16 and Pol Espargaro with 10 0.203 seconds – The time covering the three podium finishers in the Moto2 race at Silverstone was just 0.203 seconds, which is the closest top three in the intermediate-class of Grand Prix racing since the 250cc German GP in 2001, when the same margin of 0.203 seconds covered podium finishers Marco Melandri, Daijiro Kato and Tetsuya Harada
Moto2 stats and trivia
- Marc VDS Racing Team heads to Misano fresh from its second consecutive one-two finish, as Tito Rabat has led home Mika Kallio at both Brno and Silverstone
- Tito Rabat has already won six races in 2014, which matches the number of victories achieved by last year’s World Champion Pol Espargaro across the entire season
- Mika Kallio has now achieved five consecutive podium finishes between Assen and Silverstone, making it eight from 12 races so far to match team-mate Rabat
- Maverick Viñales has scored 166 points across the opening 12 races of his maiden Moto2 season, with Silverstone having brought a fifth podium finish to date
- Last year at Misano, World Champion-to-be Pol Espargaro achieved the perfect score of race victory from pole position while posting the fastest lap: he also achieved this feat at the Qatar Grand Prix at Losail and the Dutch TT at Assen
- Of the four Moto2 Grands Prix to have been staged at Misano so far, on three occasions the winner of the race has gone on to claim that year’s world title: Toni Elias in 2010, Marc Marquez in 2012 and Pol Espargaro in 2013. The only year in which the Misano winner would not claim the title was 2011, as Marc Marquez won the race but Stefan Bradl would go on to claim the World Championship spoils
- The first intermediate class winner at new-look Misano was Jorge Lorenzo, who won the 250cc race of 2007 from Hiroshi Aoyama and Hector Barbera, while Tom Luthi and Alex de Angelis completed the top five; other current World Championship riders to have finished that race were Alvaro Bautista (eighth place), Julian Simon (tenth), Aleix Espargaro (12th), Ratthapark Wilairot (13th) Karel Abraham (14th) and Efren Vazquez (16th), while non-finishers included Mika Kallio and Andrea Dovizioso
- Tom Luthi turned 28 on the Saturday before the San Marino GP
- Sam Lowes will celebrate his 24th birthday on race day at Misano
- Gino Rea’s 25th birthday will come on the Thursday after the race
Moto3 stats and trivia
- Last time out, Alex Rins clinched his first victory of the season at Silverstone; two weeks earlier, the Spaniard had lost out by celebrating one lap too soon at Brno
- Second place for Alex Marquez in Great Britain marked the first Estrella Galicia 0,0 one-two finish since Assen, when Marquez had led home Rins in Round 8
- In the championship, Jack Miller leads Alex Marquez by the decreased margin of 13 points, while Rins has now risen to third overall and is 29 behind the leader. The big losers of Silverstone were Efren Vazquez and Romano Fenati; both failed to score points in England which leaves them 34 and 44 points behind, respectively
- Jack Miller remains the only rider to have finished on the podium in half of the opening 12 races; the Australian has six rostrums to his name whereas Marquez, Rins, Vazquez and Fenati have all finished on the podium five times
- Last year at Misano, Jonas Folger started the Moto3 race from his second and last pole position of the season, but the German retired from the race early due to a spectacular highside. Victory for Alex Rins would prove to be the first of two back-to-back at the Grands Prix of San Marino and Aragon, while fastest lap at Misano went to Alex Marquez for what was only the second time in his career
- KTM has won both of the Moto3 San Marino Grands Prix to have been staged thus far: Sandro Cortese won in 2012 while Alex Rins took the chequered flag last year
- The first winner of a World Championship San Marino GP hosted at Misano in the lightweight class was Fausto Gresini: the rider turned team owner clinched victory in the 125cc race of 1985, riding a Garelli motorcycle. 27 years later, his MotoGP team would celebrate a podium finish as Alvaro Bautista clinched third position in 2012
- Bryan Schouten turned 20 on the Wednesday before the San Marino GP
- Gabriel Ramos will celebrate his 20th birthday on race day at Misano
