MotoGP Grand Prix of San Marino 2016 Results: Winner, Standings and Reaction

Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa came from eighth on the grid to take a remarkable race victory in the San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano World Circuit on Sunday. 

Home favourite Valentino Rossi and Movistar Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo could do nothing to hold off the flying Spaniard, but both managed to take points out of MotoGP leader Marc Marquez as they finished second and third, respectively.

Marquez simply did not have the pace to compete at the front, but he did well to limit the damage to his championship lead by finishing fourth.

Rossi was in a jovial mood after the race despite missing out on the win, per BT Sport MotoGP:

Pedrosa's victory was an emphatic return to form after some recent struggles, and he is the eighth different race winner of the 2016 season.

BT Sport MotoGP hailed the brilliant triumph on its Twitter feed:

Here are the confirmed results, along with the updated World Championship standings following Sunday's action:

Pos.	Points	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Time/Gap
1	25	Dani PEDROSA	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	43'43.524
2	20	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+2.837
3	16	Jorge LORENZO	SPA	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	+4.359
4	13	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	+9.569
5	11	Maverick VINALES	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	+15.467
6	10	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	+19.676
7	9	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Ducati Team	Ducati	+22.936
8	8	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	+27.155
9	7	Cal CRUTCHLOW	GBR	LCR Honda	Honda	+27.202
10	6	Alvaro BAUTISTA	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	+33.968
11	5	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	+39.206
12	4	Stefan BRADL	GER	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	+39.967
13	3	Hector BARBERA	SPA	Avintia Racing	Ducati	+42.997
14	2	Eugene LAVERTY	IRL	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	+49.450
15	1	Scott REDDING	GBR	OCTO Pramac Yakhnich	Ducati	+54.879
16		Yonny HERNANDEZ	COL	Pull & Bear Aspar Team	Ducati	+1'05.072
17		Tito RABAT	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS	Honda	5 Laps

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	223
2	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	180
3	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	162
4	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	145
5	Maverick VINALES	Suzuki	SPA	136
6	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	99
7	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	96
8	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Honda	GBR	93
9	Pol ESPARGARO	Yamaha	SPA	89
10	Hector BARBERA	Ducati	SPA	81
11	Eugene LAVERTY	Ducati	IRL	69
12	Aleix ESPARGARO	Suzuki	SPA	60
13	Scott REDDING	Ducati	GBR	55
14	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ducati	ITA	50
15	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Aprilia	SPA	47
16	Stefan BRADL	Aprilia	GER	43
17	Jack MILLER	Honda	AUS	42
18	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	42
19	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	32
20	Tito RABAT	Honda	SPA	27
21	Loris BAZ	Ducati	FRA	24
22	Yonny HERNANDEZ	Ducati	COL	13
23	Alex LOWES	Yamaha	GBR	3

MotoGP writer Hannah Smith provided the grid ahead of the start of the race:

Lorenzo made an excellent start from pole position and opened up a slight lead to the rest of the pack early on.

However, a mistake from the defending world champion with 27 laps remaining saw Rossi take the lead, with Marquez then out-thinking Maverick Vinales soon after to move into third.

Pedrosa gradually moved up from eighth until he was just behind team-mate Marquez, with the two Hondas lapping faster than the Yamahas.

Indeed, Pedrosa was faster than anyone on the track and slipped by Marquez at Turn 14 with 15 laps to go before haring after Lorenzo and taking second, per MotoGP:

Rossi had been untroubled at the front for much of the race after leapfrogging Lorenzo, but he found Pedrosa all over the back of him 10 laps out.

Looking to claim a victory in his virtual home race and make as big a gain as possible on Marquez in the standings, the veteran Italian briefly held off the inspired Pedrosa.

But there was no stopping the 30-year-old Spaniard, who hit the front after standing Rossi up with seven laps to go, per BT Sport MotoGP:

Further back in the field, a slow Marquez was in danger of losing his fourth spot to Vinales before the chequered flag but managed to hold off the 21-year-old to limit the damage to his championship lead.

His fellow Honda rider made no mistakes at the front through the final laps, and Pedrosa came through ahead of Rossi to claim a first victory of the 2016 season.