San Marino MotoGP Statistical Analysis
Official statistics compiled by Dr. Martin Raines –Â Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini
Misano and San Marino Grand Prix facts and stats
This will be the 19th time that Misano has hosted a motorcycle grand prix event
- 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 km and ran in an anticlockwise direction and was won by Kenny Roberts.
- The Misano circuit hosted a GP event a total of ten times between the years of 1980 and 1993.
- Misano did not have a grand prix event for thirteen 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 km circuit running in the opposite direction to the earlier layout.
- Yamaha have been the most successful manufacturer in MotoGP since the grand prix series returned to Misano in 2007 with six victories. Both Ducati and Honda have had a single MotoGP win at the Misano circuit during this period.
- Misano is the only current grand prix circuits where Honda have not taken a single win in the MotoGPÂ class in the last four seasons.
- The most successful rider at Misano since racing returned to the circuit in 2007 is Jorge Lorenzo, with four victories: a 250cc GP win in 2007 and in MotoGPÂ for three successive years from 2011 to 2013.
- Dani Pedrosa’s victory in 2010 is the last time that the MotoGP race at Misano was won by a rider starting from pole position.
- Misano is one of just three circuits where Marc Marquez has not had a win in the MotoGPÂ class, along with Motegi and Phillip Island.
- There have been seventeen 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 & 1983), Mugello four times (1982, 84, 91 and 93) and Misano on eleven occasions (1985, 86, 87 and from 2007 onwards).
- Valentino Rossi’s win at Misano last year ended a sequence of 23 successive MotoGP wins by Spanish riders (Marc Marquez – 16, Jorge Lorenzo – 5, Dani Pedrosa – 2), just five short of the all-time record for successive wins in the premier-class of GP racing set by riders from the USA across the 1982/93/84/85 seasons (Freddie Spencer – 13, Kenny Roberts – 6, Eddie Lawson – 5, Randy Mamola – 4).
- The first two riders across the line in all three of the races at Misano last year were teammates (MotoGP: Rossi and Lorenzo – Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, Moto2: Rabat and Kallio – Marc VDS Racing Team, Moto3: Rins and Marquez – Estrella Galicia 0,0). The last time that this had occurred was at the Dutch TT in 1996, when the first two riders in each race were – 500cc: Mick Doohan and Alex Criville – Repsol Honda, 250cc: Ralf Waldmann and Jurgen Fuchs – HB Honda Germany, 125cc: Emilio Alzamora and Ivan Goi – Cepsa EffeUno Matteoni.
Valentino Rossi closing-in on Phil Read
Valentino Rossi’s win at the British Grand Prix took him closer to Phil Read in the list of the ten oldest riders to win races in the premier-class. If Rossi wins at the Japanese Grand Prix this year, or at any time afterwards, he will move above Read on this list.
Rider age at last MotoGP/500cc Victory
- Fergus Anderson (GBR) 44 years 237 days 500cc/Spain/1953/Montjuich
- Jack Findlay (AUS) 42 years 85 days 500cc/Austria/1977/Salzburgring
- Les Graham (GBR) 41 years 21 days 500cc/Spain/1952/Montjuich
- Jack Ahearn (AUS) 39 years 327 days 500cc/Finland/1964/Imatra
- Harold Daniell (GBR) 39 years 240 days 500cc/Britain/1949/Isle of Man TT
- Frantisek Stastny (CZE) 38 years 247 days 500cc/East Germany/1966/Sachsenring
- Nello Pagani (ITA) 37 years 328 days 500cc/Nations/1949/Monza
- Troy Bayliss (AUS) 37 years 213 days MotoGP/Valencia/2006/Ricardo Tormo
- Phil Read (GBR) 36 years 235 days 500cc/Czech/1975/Brno
- Valentino Rossi (ITA) 36 years 195 days MotoGP/Great Britain/2015/Silverstone
Another circuit on Valentino Rossi’s win list
Valentino Rossi’s win at the British Grand Prix was his first victory at the Silverstone circuit, adding to the impressive list of circuits at which he has had stood on the top step of the podium
- Following his win at Silverstone, there are now just two circuits on the current schedule where Rossi has not taken a MotoGPÂ win: Austin and Aragon.
- Silverstone is the 23rd different circuit where has stood on the top step of the podium in the premier-class. In addition to the sixteen current circuits where he has had MotoG wins, he has also won premier-class races at the following circuits: Donington, Estoril, Laguna Seca, Rio, Shanghai, Suzuka and Welkom.
- Including the 250cc and 125cc classes Rossi has won grand prix races at twenty-nine different circuits (adding to those mentioned above: Buenos Aires, Imola, Nurburgring, Paul Ricard, Sentul and Shah Alam).
- In addition to Aragon and Austin, the only circuits at which he has raced and not taken a grand prix win are (details of how many times he has raced at each circuit in brackets): A1-Ring (2 x 125cc), Eastern Creek (1 x 125cc), Istanbul (3 x MotoGP), Jarama (1 x 250cc) and Johor (1 x 250cc).
- The two circuits where Rossi has had most grand prix wins in the premier-class are Assen and Mugello; at each circuit he has stood on the top step of the podium on seven occasions.
- Including his success in the smaller GP classes, Rossi has stood on the top step of the podium on nine occasions at three different circuits: Mugello, Assen and Catalunya.
Great year for Italian riders in MotoGP
The MotoGP race at Silverstone resulted in an all-Italian podium, continuing the great year for Italian riders in the MotoGP class
Valentino Rossi has already had four wins this season, which is the highest number of victories in a season for Italian riders since 2009 when Rossi took six wins and Andrea Dovizioso also had a MotoGP victory.
The race at Silverstone was second MotoGP race this year that has resulted in an all-Italian podium. The other was in the opening race of the year in Qatar, which was the first all-Italian podium in MotoGP since Motegi 2006.
Four different Italian riders have appeared on the podium in MotoGP this year, the greatest number of Italian riders finishing on the MotoGP podium in a single season since 2005, when Valentino Rossi, Marco Melandri. Loris Capirossi and Max Biaggi all had podium finishes.
With twenty podium finishes in 2015, with six races remaining, it is already the most successful year for Italian riders in terms of MotoGP podium finishes since 2006 when Italian riders had a total of 25 podium finishes over the season (Rossi – 10, Capirossi – 8 and Melandri – 7).
Valentino Rossi, Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone have all started from pole this season. The last time that Italy had three different riders start from pole in the premier-class in a single season was in 2003 (Valentino Rossi, Loris Capirossi and Max Biaggi).
Grand Prix racing numbers
249 – Johann Zarco’s current points total of 249 is the highest points total achieved after the first twelve races in the intermediate-class since Max Biaggi had 258 points at the same stage of the 1995 250cc championship.
224 – Danny Kent’s current points total of 224 is the highest number of points achieved by a British rider in the lightweight-class of grand prix racing, just half a point more than the previous record of 223.5 points achieved by Bradley Smith in the 125cc class 2009.
85 – Johann Zarco has an 85 point lead at the top of the Moto2 championship table after winning at Silverstone: this is the greatest lead any rider has had after the first twelve races of the season in the intermediate-class of grand prix racing.
25 – Sam Lowes will celebrate his 25th birthday on the day after the Grand Prix at Misano.
16 – Valentino Rossi’s win at Silverstone was his sixteenth successive MotoGP podium finish. The last race at which he did not stand on the podium was at the Aragon Grand Prix last year when he crashed out of the race on the fourth lap.
15 – At the British Grand Prix Jakub Kornfeil became the 15th different rider to finish on the podium in the Moto3 class this season. These fifteen riders are drawn from nine different nationalities.
10th – Tatsuki Suzuki finished 10th in the Moto3 race at Silverstone – the first top ten finish by a Japanese rider in the Moto3 class. The last top ten by a Japanese rider in the lightweight-class of grand prix racing was Hiroki Ono’s eighth place finish in the 125cc race at Jerez in 2011.
7 years – At the British Grand Prix Danilo Petrucci finished on the podium for the first time in his MotoGP career to become the first Ducati rider from a satellite team to finish on the podium since Toni Elias was third at Misano in 2008. This result also equals the best ever result by a satellite Ducati rider, which was achieved by Toni Elias at Brno in 2008.
6 years – It is over six years since Valentino Rossi has scored back-to-back grand prix victories; he won in Catalunya and at the Dutch TT in 2009. If he takes the race victory in Misano he will become the second oldest rider of all-time to take back-to-back premier-class grand prix wins, behind Les Graham who won the final two races of 1952 at the age of 41.
6 – Danny Kent’s win at Silverstone was his sixth GP win of the year, the most GP wins in a single season by a British rider since Barry Sheene won six 500cc GP races in 1977. Another win for Danny Kent this year will make him the British rider with most wins in a single season since Dave Simmonds took eight 125cc victories in 1969, when he was also the last British rider to take the lightweight-class world title, riding a Kawasaki.
5 – Johann Zarco took his fifth win of 2015 at the British Grand Prix. This equals the greatest number of GP victories in a single season by a French rider, achieved by Arnaud Vincent in his 125cc championship-winning year of 2002.
3 – At Silverstone Danilo Petrucci became the third different rider to finish on the podium in 2015 riding a Ducati. The last time that three different riders had podium finishes on a Ducati in the same season was in 2007, when Casey Stoner, Loris Capirossi and Alex Barros all had top three finishes on Ducati.
Moto2Â stats and facts
Johann Zarco has twice finished on the podium at Misano: second in the 125cc race in 2011 (when he also qualified on pole) and third in the Moto2 race last year. Since taking the lead in the Moto2 championship standings with a win in Argentina, Zarco has increased his lead in the championship at each of the subsequent races.
Alex Rins has won the Moto3 race at Misano for the last two years and finished fourth there in his rookie grand prix season in 2012. Rins has finished on the podium at the last four successive Moto2 races.
Tito Rabat has finished on the podium for the last two years at Misano: third in 2013 and a race victory last year. After not having a top three finish in the first three races of this year, Rabat has now finished on the podium seven times in the last nine races.
Tom Luthi has had a single podium finish at the Misano circuit – third in the Moto2Â race in 2010. Last year he finished fifth in the Moto2Â race at Misano.
Mika Kallio qualified on pole for the Moto2Â race at Misano last year and finished second – his first podium finish at the Misano circuit.
Takaaki Nakagami finished second at Misano in 2013 – the last in a sequence of four successive second place finishes and the last time he had a podium result.
Spanish riders have won all five Moto2Â races at Misano: Toni Elias in 2010, Marc Marqez in 2011 & 2012, Pol Espargaro in 2013 and Tito Rabat last year.
In addition to Tito Rabat and Alex Rins mentioned above, two other riders currently competing full-time in the Moto2Â class have had grand prix wins at Misano:Â Sandro Cortese (Moto3Â – 2012) and Julian Simon (125cc – 2009).
Moto3Â stats and facts
None of the riders currently competing in the Moto3Â class have won a grand prix race at the Misano circuit.
Danny Kent’s best result at Misano is sixth on his first visit to the circuit in 2011. Kent’s win at Silverstone was his sixth victory of the year and he needs just one more win in 2015 to match the record for most Moto3 wins in a single season set by Luis Salom in 2013.
Enea Bastianini finished fifth last year at Misano, after qualifying down in 17th place on the grid. He crashed out of the race at Silverstone with just two laps remaining – the first time in 2015 that he has failed to score points.
Romano Fenati has had a single podium finish at Misano – third in his rookie season in the Moto3Â class in 2012.
Jakub Kornfeil’s second place finish at Silverstone was his first podium finish in grand prix racing. Kornfeil made his grand prix debut in the 125cc class at Misano in 2009.
