Romano Fenati took victory in the opening race in Misano, but it wasn't plain sailing for any of his rivals. The Italian stormed to the finish line 28.5 seconds ahead of his closest rival, championship leader Joan Mir, with Fabio Di Giannantonio finishing a further 11.5 seconds behind in third.

Original pole sitter Enea Bastianini fell victim to a three place grid penalty for irresponsible riding during qualifying, seeing him pushed back to fourth and Jorge Martin promoted to pole. Only a couple of laps in, and Bastianini succumbed to turn one and then turn six later on in the race, but managed to remount and finish in the points.

Turn six seemed to be the one catching most riders out, with John McPhee, Niccolo Antonelli and Jules Danilo all sliding into the gravel at the same time with sixteen laps to go in separate incidents. Both Ayumu Sasaki and Aron Canet were also caught at turn six, with turn one also claiming riders such as Juanfran Guevara, Bastianini, and Jorge Martin who was on for a podium.

But Fenati was oblivious to all that was going on behind him, and he rode to an incredible victory in front of his home crowd. It was purely damage limitation for Mir who came home in second, as he still grasps the title with both hands as we head into Aragon and the flyaways. 

In fact, only half of the 32 strong field finished the wet race, with the wildcards Jaume Masia and Alex Fabri finishing particularly well in 10th and 13th. A notable performance from Bo Bendsneyder too, who fell while challenging in the top six back to 19th. He picked off the pack to finish in 6th - an impressive performance from the Dutchman.

The Moto3 grid rolls into Aragon in two weeks time, where championship leader Joan Mir will be looking to extend his lead.

Top ten:

1. Romano Fenati (Marinelli Rivacold Snipers) - 46:24.290
2. Joan Mir (Leopard Racing +28.594
3. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Del Conca Gresini Moto3) +39.095
4. Philipp Oettl (Sudmetall Schedl GP Racing) +55.591
5. Nicolo Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46) +1:02.433
6. Bo Bendsneyder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +1:09.312
7. Jakub Kornfeil (Peugeot MC Saxoprint) +1:09.984
8. Albert Arenas (Aspar Mahindra Moto3) +1:13.420
9. Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46) +1:22.747
10. Jaume Masia (Platinum Bay Real Estate) +1:32.446

Honda's Marc Marquez is feeling good for race day at the San Marino GP, despite a crash in Q2 that curtailed the rider from Cervera’s push for pole.

Instead completing the third row, Marquez says the pace of the three men on heading the grid will make for a tight race.

Dominique Aegerter rose to the challenging conditions to take his second ever Grand Prix victory over Thomas Luthi and Hafizh Syahrin, as championship leader Franco Morbidelli bowed out with twenty three laps to go, just after setting the fastest lap of the race.

Mattia Pasini took pole position, but was shunted back when Morbidelli got a stronger start off the line. He soon recovered up to third and was looking like a firm contender for the win, until he crashed just two laps in, bringing his home race to an abrupt end. He wasn't alone at his turn four crash, as fellow Italian Lorenzo Baldassari crashes almost in sympathy with Pasini at the same corner, with no contact between the two.

After Morbidelli was out, it was just a case of keeping cool for Aegerter but he was constantly coming under threat from Luthi in the worsening conditions. Not too far behind was Syahrin, who was fighting the wet weather to bring home his first podium since 2012. And that's exactly how it ended, with Aegerter sailing over the line and Luthi settling for second to bring the points defecit in the overall standings down to nine behind Morbidelli. An understandably emotion Syahrin crossed the line in third.

Miguel Oliveira had looked strong all weekend, but fell victim to the fast turn fifteen within the first ten laps. Much like Moto3, only sixteen riders crossed the line over the checkered flag, with an unfortunate Luca Marini not even making it around the first lap.

Morbidelli will be out to make amends in Aragon in two weeks time, as Luthi becoming the leader of the overall standings becomes ever more likely.

Top ten:

1. Dominique Aegerter (Kiefer Racing) - 51:39.709
2. Thomas Luthi (CarXpert Interwetten +1.400
3. Hafizh Syahrin (Petronas Raceline Malaysia) +7.875
4. Francesco Bagnaia (Sky Racing Team VR46) +21.223
5. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) +23.849
6. Sandro Cortese (Dynavolt Intact GP) +41.421
7. Fabio Quartararo (Pons HP40) +43.107
8. Simone Corsi (Speed UP Racing) +56.926
9. Khairul Idham Pawi (IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia) +1:01.495
10. Jesko Raffin (Garage Plus Interwetten) +1:20.192