Spaniard Maverick Vinales on a Yamaha won the Emilia Romagna MotoGP to move up to within the one point of the Championship lead.
Joan Mir was second on a Suzuki and another Spaniard Pol Espargaro (KTM) promoted a place to third after Frenchman Fabio Quartararo of the Yamaha-SRT satellite team crossed the line behind Mir but was penalised for straying off the track.
Andrea Dovizioso finished eighth to cling to the championship lead, one point ahead of Quartararo and Vinales. Vinales started from pole but soon lost the lead to Francesco Bagnaia. The young Italian led by a second and a half at one stage and was still on course for a first victory for himself and Ducati-Pramac when he leant a bit too far unto a corner with seven laps to go and slid off.
Vinales grabbed his chance to become the sixth winner in seven MotoGP races this season. Vinales was able to defend the lead comfortably, finishing more than four seconds clear, because Espargaro and Quartararo had tyre troubles which allowed Mir to pass both. The big disappointment of the day at the Italian track was local hero Valentino Rossi who crashed at the beginning of the race and retired.
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