MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix 2015 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

Marc Marquez won the 2015 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday as Valentino Rossi failed to truly capitalise on a late crash from Jorge Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi finished fifth as Bradley Smith and Scott Redding rounded out the podium places. Nevertheless, the Italian now enjoys a 23-point lead over his team-mate in the riders' championship.

BT Sport MotoGP shared Marquez's impressive finish ahead of the field:

Here are the full results and latest standings from yet another excellent grand prix in this entertaining 2015 season:

Pos.	Points	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	146.6	48'23.819
2	20	Bradley SMITH	GBR	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	146.3	+7.288
3	16	Scott REDDING	GBR	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	145.7	+18.793
4	13	Loris BAZ	FRA	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	145.3	+26.427
5	11	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	145.0	+33.196
6	10	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Octo Pramac Racing	Ducati	144.9	+35.087
7	9	Andrea IANNONE	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	144.8	+36.527
8	8	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	144.8	+37.434
9	7	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	144.7	+39.516
10	6	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	144.7	+39.692
11	5	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	144.6	+41.995
12	4	Jack MILLER	AUS	LCR Honda	Honda	144.4	+46.075
13	3	Mike DI MEGLIO	FRA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	144.2	+48.381
14	2	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	144.1	+52.325
15	1	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	144.0	+53.348
16		Stefan BRADL	GER	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	143.7	+58.828
17		Nicky HAYDEN	USA	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	143.5	+1'02.649
18		Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	143.4	+1'04.768
19		Eugene LAVERTY	IRL	Aspar MotoGP Team	Honda	143.4	+1'05.677
20		Claudio CORTI	ITA	Forward Racing	Yamaha Forward	138.8	1 Lap
21		Karel ABRAHAM	CZE	AB Motoracing	Honda	137.4	1 Lap

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	247
2	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	224
3	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	184
4	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	159
5	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	135
6	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	128
7	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	109
8	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	93
9	Pol ESPARGARO	Yamaha	SPA	81
10	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	79

Lorenzo—who started on pole—raced into the lead from the outset, with Marquez and Rossi both hot on his heels.

The Spaniard did his best to shake them off, though, and in Lap 4 posted the fastest lap of the race at the time at one minute, 33.273 seconds with Rossi around a second behind.

The weather was seriously affecting conditions, though, and the leaders were soon forced to swap their bikes.

Marquez overtook Lorenzo as he ran wide on Lap 8, but Lorenzo soon clawed his way back in front after Marquez carelessly returned the favour.

Rossi was determined to chase the pair down, though, and steadily closed the gap before taking them in stunning fashion one after the other, per BT Sport MotoGP:

As weather conditions improved, the riders began to pit in order to change tyres. Marquez was the first to do so on Lap 19 to great advantage as the Yamaha riders continued on but relented just two laps later, allowing the Spaniard back into the lead.

Lorenzo quickly found himself out of the race, though, suffering a disastrous crash that ended his race on Lap 22. BT Sport MotoGP shared the footage:

Meanwhile, having been the last to pit, Rossi found his position under threat from several riders including Smith and Redding.

The British duo weren't troubling Marquez, but they and rookie Loris Baz valiantly held off Rossi to secure their incredible finishes, who in turn had to fend off the challenge of Danilo Petrucci.

MotoMatters' David Emmett was full of praise for the trio's handling of the race:

According to Crash.net's live coverage of the race, Redding explained his approach to the race after suffering a crash early on. He said: "I thought I had nothing to lose—I locked the front and crashed but kept pushing. I had nothing to lose, came into the pits for dry tyres and, yeah, I'm there!"

As for Rossi, the Yamaha man's failure to finish on the podium is something of a missed opportunity with Lorenzo having crashed out. Nevertheless, the 36-year-old continues to pull away in the standings and has an excellent chance of earning his 10th world championship title.

However, Lorenzo will undoubtedly be back hungrier than ever in their next outing, and a home-soil Grand Prix in Aragon will provide the perfect platform to bounce back.