Marc Marquez won the 2015 MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix on Sunday as Valentino Rossi failed to trulycapitalise 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:Lorenzowho started on poleraced 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 carelesslyreturned 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, Reddingexplained his approach to the race after suffering a crash early on. He said: "I thought I had nothing to loseI 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.
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