Andrew Pitt has won Sunday's World Supersport race at Misano, early race leader Broc Parkes falling just moments after waving Pitt into the lead.
Parkes had overtaken fellow Australian Pitt on the opening lap, but was unable to shake off the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider and waved Pitt past with his foot on lap 9 of 22, presumable to see what he had.
But it backfired badly when Parkes, rather embarrassingly, lowsided off the hot and slippery track just a few turns later. That left Pitt with a comfortable lead over Craig Jones, while Parkes eventually recovered to tenth.
Pitt held a 5.347secs lead over Jones by the time he crossed the finish line, standing on the footpegs and with his fists in the air, while Ten Kate team-mate Jonathan Rea held a safe third for much of the event.
In the world championship standings, Pitt is now 16 points ahead of Parkes' Yamaha team-mate Fabien Foret, who finished in fourth.
Misano:
1. Pitt
2. Jones
3. Rea
4. Foret
5. Harms
6. Aitchison
7. Roccoli
8. Veneman
9. Clementi
10. Parkes
11. Vizziello
12. Walker
13. Nannelli
14. Brookes
15. Marrancone
