Jorge Martín extended his lead in the championship standings thanks to Francesco Bagnaia's crash.
Italian Enea Bastianini won his home Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after a last-lap clash with Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin to give Ducati its 100th MotoGP win, while reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out while in third place.
Spaniard Marc Marquez finished third for Gresini Racing at the Misano circuit on Sunday.
With three Ducati bikes on the podium, the Italian manufacturer also secured the constructors' championship with six rounds remaining.
Constructors' Championship secured in round 14 ✅👑@ducaticorse Make more history at home! 🏆
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As Spaniard Martin led the race on the final lap, Bastianini made an aggressive overtake at Turn 4 that pushed the Pramac Racing driver out of the way before taking the chequered flag as the home crowd roared with delight.
“Jorge was perfect throughout the race and it was very difficult to try to overtake him,” said Bastianini after his second win of the season.
“On the last lap I saw a bit of space at turn four. I went a bit on the limit, but in the end I closed the line… It’s incredible to win today here in Misano in front of my friends.”
Martin finished second and the result extended his lead over Bagnaia in the drivers' championship to 24 points.
Polesitter and sprint winner Bagnaia briefly dropped to second as Martin made another perfect start, but the Italian immediately regained his place at the front of the pack at the next corner.
However, Martin did not give up and after swapping positions once, he finally managed to get past on the inside, forcing Bagnaia back before team-mate Bastianini also moved forward as the reigning champion dropped to third.
Bagnaia appeared to struggle with his pace on slower laps as Martin quickly extended his lead, but Bastianini gave chase on his home circuit.
Pedro Acosta had done well to hold on to fourth but the Tech3 rookie went off with 18 laps to go, allowing Marquez to move up to fourth and behind Bagnaia, who was clearly struggling to catch up with the leading group.
With 12 laps to go, Bagnaia suddenly lit up the screens as he began setting race lap records, and that encouraged Martin to also increase his pace when he received the message from the pit wall.
But all the metres Bagnaia gained in catching Martin went down the drain when the Italian lost his balance at Turn 8, turning his 100th MotoGP race into one to forget with his third Sunday retirement of the season.
That left Martin struggling on just one factory Ducati while Bastianini, cheered on by the fans, was relentless in his pursuit of the Spaniard who almost lost the lead with three laps to go.
But Bastianini's overtake on the final lap pushed Martin off the track as the Spaniard slowed and raised his arm in protest, although he ultimately accepted the result.
“I just tried to close the gap, I think the move was maybe too much because it pushed me off the track, so I couldn’t fight back,” Martin said.
“I think I was stronger. I deserved the win, but it’s okay.”
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