Source: Yamaha Racing.

The home crowd went wild at Misano on Sunday as Valentino Rossi took his first victory since Assen last year, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa also on the podium, whilst Marc Marquez finished 15th after a crash.

Nine-time world champion Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took the lead in the early laps after getting in front of pole man Lorenzo and then asserting his authority in an early battle with Marquez. On the 10th lap Marquez went down at Rio corner when in second place and whilst he restarted his RC213V he could not achieve more than a solitary point.

Rossi kept the hammer down at the front to eventually win by 1.578s and reach the milestone of 5000 grand prix points in style. It is the 107th victory of Rossi’s remarkable career.

Lorenzo rode with determination to take another podium result and finished in second place for the fourth successive race.

Coming from fifth on the grid, Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his ninth podium finish of the season in third place, crossing the line 1.234s ahead of the hard working Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team).

It was another good ride for Dovizioso in front of the home crowd as he got the Ducati across the finish line 5.5s behind winner Rossi. Likewise, Andrea Iannone (Pramac Racing) impressed in fifth place with another solid result.

Rookie Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech3) rode well again to secure sixth place, 4.1s ahead of his teammate Bradley Smith. Alvaro Bautista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini), Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team) and Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing) completed the top 10.

Lone Australian on the grid Broc Parkes (Paul Bird Motorsport) was a lap down in 18th, finishing directly behind teammate Michael Laverty on the pair of PBMs.

Mike Di Meglio (Avintia Racing) was an early crasher, as was Danilo Petrucci (Octo IodaRacing Team). Di Meglio suffered a displaced fracture of fourth and fifthth metacarpus of his left hand and will require surgery.

Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) also fell out of the top 10, while Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) crashed on the final lap. All the riders other than Di Meglio were uninjured.

2014 MotoGP World Championship
Round 13 – Misano, Italy

MotoGP race results:
1. Valentino ROSSI
2. Jorge LORENZO +1.578s
3. Dani PEDROSA +4.276s
4. Andrea DOVIZIOSO +5.51s
5. Andrea IANNONE +11.771s
6. Pol ESPARGARO +18.999s
7. Bradley SMITH +23.1s
8. Alvaro BAUTISTA +36.458s
9. Cal CRUTCHLOW +38.48s
10. Yonny HERNANDEZ +45.878s
11. Karel ABRAHAM +54.765s
12. Hiroshi AOYAMA +56.775s
13. Scott REDDING +1m02.734
14. Alex DE ANGELIS +1m13.546
15. Marc MARQUEZ +1m15.948
16. Leon CAMIER +1m20.760
17. Michael LAVERTY +1m26.422
18. Broc PARKES (AUS) +1 lap
19. Hector BARBERA +1 lap

MotoGP championship standings:
1. Marc MARQUEZ 289
2. Dani PEDROSA 215
3. Valentino ROSSI 214
4. Jorge LORENZO 177
5. Andrea DOVIZIOSO 142
6. Pol ESPARGARO 98
7. Aleix ESPARGARO 92
8. Andrea IANNONE 92
9. Stefan BRADL 74
10. Bradley SMITH 74
11. Alvaro BAUTISTA 64
12. Scott REDDING 54
13. Cal CRUTCHLOW 47
14. Hiroshi AOYAMA 43
15. Yonny HERNANDEZ 38
16. Karel ABRAHAM 33
17. Nicky HAYDEN 29
18. Colin EDWARDS 11
19. Michele PIRRO 11
20. Broc PARKES (AUS) 7

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