Moist climate at all times turns issues the other way up in MotoGP, and whereas it won’t have rained for lengthy throughout Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix, it was sufficient to probably strike a decisive title blow in opposition to championship chief Jorge Martin.
You received’t be stunned to identify that he’s fairly a method down this week’s rider rankings because of his dumb pit choice.
And with reigning champion Pecco Bagnaia launching himself proper again into the title struggle with a powerful second place, Marc Marquez persevering with his return to profitable methods and situations that gave some the possibility to shine and left others within the gravel, now we have a number of metrics to evaluate the riders on.
Scoring the grid so as primarily based on their performances not simply in the principle occasion but in addition Saturday’s dash race, it’s clearly all subjective – however comes not simply from their ultimate race end result however takes into consideration issues just like the equipment they’re on and the pre-race expectations.
1 Pecco Bagnaia
Began: 1st Dash: 2nd Completed: 2nd
It will have been oh-so-easy for every thing to go fallacious for Bagnaia at Misano – carrying accidents into the weekend, considerably down within the title struggle and with rain looming.
It’s a credit score to him that he held all of it collectively and one way or the other managed to come back out of it smiling, with Martin now very a lot again inside his attain.
Bagnaia held his cool and caught to his technique when the rain got here on Sunday, capitalising on Martin’s personal error of judgement and rising in a way more snug place than the one he’d been in simply hours earlier than.
2 Marc Marquez
Began: ninth Dash: fifth Completed: 1st
To begin with, let’s set up the fact: sure, Marc Marquez has received two grands prix in a row, nevertheless it doesn’t imply that he’s fairly but again to his old-style profitable methods.
Sunday’s win got here, just like the earlier one at Aragon, due to circumstance, with Bagnaia clearly keen to let him go in damp situations.
Nevertheless, that detracts nothing from Marquez’s consummate talent, and doesn’t change the truth that he’s the one who received to face on the highest step of the rostrum, having circled what appeared like one thing of a misplaced weekend when he crashed in qualifying.
3 Enea Bastianini
Began: eighth Dash: 4th Completed: third
Third place in the principle occasion seems like the utmost that was on provide for Enea Bastianini, on condition that he didn’t fairly have the tempo of Bagnaia and Martin all weekend, nor the chic expertise of Marc Marquez within the moist.
Unhealthy qualifying left him with plenty of work to do, however he managed to do the standard Bestia trick of recovering nicely to a pair of outcomes that undoubtedly shouldn’t depart him too sad.
4 Fabio Quartararo
Began: tenth Dash: ninth Completed: seventh
If ever there’s been an indication that not every thing at Yamaha is doom and gloom proper now, it must be Fabio Quartararo’s weekend efficiency at Misano.
Certain, it got here not lengthy after a personal take a look at on the circuit, however nonetheless he placed on a stable reminder of how good he’s by solely simply lacking out on what would have been his first prime six in practically a 12 months.
It’s not a giant step, extra of a delicate upwards curve, nevertheless it’s very a lot shifting in the correct path for him and the workforce now, and there’s lots extra to come back.
5 Brad Binder
Began: sixth Dash: seventh Completed: 4th
A kind of Brad Binder weekends the place he doesn’t make a lot in the way in which of waves – however one way or the other finally ends up the very best KTM by an extended margin and inside touching distance of the rostrum struggle.
Nonetheless the grasp of consistency, possibly extra would have been anticipated of him when the rain got here on Sunday, however – as his competitiveness dropped as soon as the observe dried – he nonetheless managed to carry on to a very good place.
6 Marco Bezzecchi
Began: third Dash: DNF Completed: fifth
Life hasn’t been straightforward of late for Marco Bezzecchi, and the Italian clearly wanted a stable weekend at his dwelling race to carry out one thing of a reset.
His DNF within the dash won’t have helped with that, however the remainder of the weekend definitely did, with a powerful entrance row begin and a solid-if-not-amazing end in the principle occasion on Sunday that acts as a pleasant reminder that when issues go proper, Bezzecchi can nonetheless ship.
7 Franco Morbidelli
Began: 2nd Dash: third Completed: DNF
Highs and lows, fairly actually, for Franco Morbidelli at his dwelling race – with a really sturdy run of podium tempo and his finest end in a really very long time within the dash earlier than all of it got here crashing down on Sunday.
He was unfortunate to be one of many lead group when the rain got here and due to this fact pressured to set tempo for these behind.
It’s a disgrace his crash meant that we didn’t get to see what Morbidelli was actually able to in opposition to the advances of Bastianini later within the race, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a weekend he can construct on in a season that successfully began late.
8 Fabio Di Giannantonio
Began: 14th Dash: DNF Completed: ninth
Given the state that Fabio Di Giannantonio turned as much as Misano in as he continues to cope with the aftermath of his Austria fall, an honest top-10 end in tough situations at a physically-demanding circuit is nothing in any respect to be disillusioned by.
Doubtlessly requiring surgical procedure to correctly restore his shoulder, he’s clearly restricted by the harm, so taking that into consideration it’s truthful to say that he’s using nicely.
9 Alex Marquez
Began: seventh Dash: tenth Completed: sixth
It seems like Alex Marquez left one thing on the desk on the weekend. He undoubtedly had loads of tempo, however wasn’t capable of maintain sufficient life in his tyres in the direction of the top of the principle occasion, one thing that we noticed final weekend at Aragon as nicely (albeit with completely different outcomes for him and Bagnaia).
Nonetheless, a prime six is nothing to show up your nostril at, and he ought to nonetheless be fairly happy together with his Misano outcomes.
10 Johann Zarco
Began: sixteenth Dash: thirteenth Completed: twelfth
Being prime Honda is, in fact, simpler when the 2 manufacturing facility riders don’t make the beginning of the race attributable to sickness.
However even had Joan Mir and Luca Marini been on the grid, there’s each likelihood that Johann Zarco’s sturdy weekend would nonetheless have topped the ‘Honda Cup’.
Quick all weekend (comparatively talking) and constant even when issues received a bit tough on Sunday, it’s one other sturdy end so as to add to his 2024 palmeres.
11 Jack Miller
Began: twelfth Dash: eighth Completed: eighth
A reasonably standard-issue Jack Miller weekend, even with the damp situations.
First rate in qualifying and powerful early on in each races, he was capable of shine for a couple of minutes when the rain got here alongside.
However because it dried Sunday’s fundamental occasion rapidly devolved into a traditional weekend for the Australian, utilizing up his tyres a tad quicker than these round him and dropping again into a reasonably common place on the flag.
12 Pedro Acosta
Began: fifth Dash: sixth Completed: seventeenth
Given the bursts of kind we noticed from Pedro Acosta all through the weekend, it’s a shock that he didn’t find yourself prime KTM – but in addition an necessary reminder that regardless of this season’s excessive factors he’s nonetheless very a lot a rookie, which explains the error in Sunday’s race that denied him an opportunity to be a lot larger up the standings than he was.
13 Taka Nakagami
Began: twenty second Dash: twentieth Completed: thirteenth
Nothing too superb from Taka Nakagami besides that he managed to finish up not too far-off from his LCR team-mate Zarco and to proceed what has been respectable type of late.
Sure, there have been two Hondas fewer within the race, however that shouldn’t detract from the truth that there’s been an honest uptick in Nakagami’s kind in latest weeks – across the time that the stress of 2025 uncertainty has been lifted now his plans are sorted.
14 Miguel Oliveira
Began: 18th Dash: fifteenth Completed: eleventh
If ever there was a tricky weekend to be an Aprilia rider, it was Misano, with seemingly no reason the bikes merely could not carry out at a observe that ought to in idea swimsuit them.
Contemplating that, the very best that Miguel Oliveira can take away from the weekend is that a minimum of he was the quickest of a nasty bunch, and the one one of many quartet to complete each races inside the highest 15.
Nevertheless, given the bike’s efficiency points, even the type of situations he usually relishes wasn’t sufficient to assist him break into the highest 10.
15 Pol Espargaro
Began: fifteenth Dash: 14th Completed: tenth
After a number of spectacular wildcard performances earlier this season, Misano was one thing of a return to normality for KTM take a look at rider Pol Espargaro, who undoubtedly didn’t have a nasty weekend however very a lot slotted into the place you’d look forward to finding a part-timer in a cameo take a look at look.
Nonetheless very quick, it wasn’t fairly podium tempo however he may have left his bosses more than pleased with the work accomplished and the information gathered on a 2025-spec RC16.
16 Maverick Vinales
Began: eleventh Dash: eleventh Completed: sixteenth
A troublesome weekend all spherical for Aprilia, however there’s additionally received to be a little bit of frustration at Maverick Vinales’ outcomes on condition that he made the identical tactical mistake as Martin and paid dearly for it.
Extra was on provide than sixteenth.
17 Stefan Bradl
Began: twenty third Dash: DNF Completed: 14th
Simply Stefan Bradl doing Stefan Bradl issues, made all of the extra necessary by the absence of each Marini and Mir on Sunday due to sickness.
Remarkably, the take a look at rider’s 5 appearances this 12 months means he now has extra championship factors than full-time works man Marini, an indication that he’s doing one thing proper as Honda tries to repair its issues.
18 Aleix Espargaro
Began: thirteenth Dash: twelfth Completed: DNF
Aforementioned Aprilia issues apart, the truth that Aleix Espargaro did not see the chequered flag on Sunday considerably detracts from what would have in any other case already been a reasonably poor weekend for him.
By no means actually trying to have a lot in the way in which of pace or tempo (like the opposite Aprilias), it’s only one to overlook.
19 Augusto Fernandez
Began: seventeenth Dash: sixteenth Completed: DNF
It’s a disgrace that good luck appears to have abandoned Augusto Fernandez this 12 months, as a result of there was definitely greater than he achieved out there at Misano.
Again to his 2023 type of having the ability to make issues occur in longer races quite than qualifying or sprints, it appeared like Sunday could be one other instance – till the transient bathe of rain that upset so many peoples’ races left him ruing what may have been within the gravel.
20 Jorge Martin
Began: 4th Dash: 1st Completed: fifteenth
Flag-to-flag races are, in fact, notoriously tough issues to get proper.
However there’s one pretty simple rule in the event you’re preventing for a title: observe your championship rival, and attempt to do what they do.
That’s what makes Martin’s weird choice to pit for moist tyres on a observe not moist sufficient for them a catastrophe.
It value him an terrible lot of championship factors, just because (it appears) the workforce did not make a adequate plan upfront.
Classes to be discovered from this one for Pramac and for Martin.
21 Raul Fernandez
Began: nineteenth Dash: seventeenth Completed: 18th
It’s very tough to search out something in any respect optimistic to say about Raul Fernandez’s weekend at Misano.
Constantly probably the most in hassle of an in-trouble quartet of Aprilia racers, he by no means even hinted at having a sniff on the factors, and his pointless double pitstop in Sunday’s race was the mouldy cherry on prime of a weekend to overlook.
22 Alex Rins
Began: twentieth Dash: nineteenth Completed: nineteenth
Sure, Alex Rins nonetheless isn’t totally match. And sure, he made the fallacious choice and pitted for moist tyres when he shouldn’t have.
However the actuality is that when your team-mate is taking a tough bike into the highest 10, that you must be a bit of bit nearer than 10 locations again.
A troublesome weekend for Rins, however one thing of a warning as nicely.
