Spaniard Maverick Vinales on a Yamaha won the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP on Sunday to move to within one point of the championship lead. Joan Mir was second on a Suzuki and another Spaniard in KTM's Pol Espargaro 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. "After he made the mistake I tried not to make a mistake and take the points," he said. "We had prepared really well, I was very fast, I preserved my tyres well at the start and I was able to attack when I had to", said Vinales.