Franco Morbidelli cruised to his maiden MotoGP victory in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano in commanding style, heading Francesco Bagnaia by 2.2 seconds. Morbidelli made a lightning start to grab the lead after starting from the back of the front row, the Petronas SRT man leading the equally quick-starting Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales. Morbidelli and Rossi quickly began to pull away from pole-man Vinales as he came under pressure from the Pramac Ducati of Jack Miller. The scorching temperatures blazing down on the Misano tarmac forced the leading pilots to lap slower than expected in the early stages, the low 1:33’s recorded allowing Rossi to keep tabs on his VR46 protege...
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