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Cal Crutchlow launched from sixth to second place at the start of Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello

Valentino Rossi has described his Mugello ordeal as one of his “worst” race weekends “for a long, long time” as the ‘19 Yamaha M1’s failings were brutally exposed under the searing Italian sun.

After a poor qualifying, Andrea Dovizioso delivered a ninth-to-third place charge to join victorious Ducati team-mate Danilo Petrucci on their home Italian MotoGP podium.

Sunday's Italian MotoGP saw rookie Joan Mir score his first points since the Qatar season opener, despite contact with Valentino Rossi.

Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia’s first Italian MotoGP as a Ducati rider ended with his third consecutive crash-induced DNF, spoiling an otherwise eye-catching weekend for the young rookie.

Johann Zarco’s miserable season aboard the Red Bull KTM RC16 arguably reached a new nadir during the Italian MotoGP after a weekend of lacklustre pace that was headlined by more than one crash.

Danilo Petrucci secured his first ever MotoGP victory with a daring third-to-first move on the final lap of his home Italian Grand Prix. Petrucci, Ducati team-mate Dovizioso, Honda's Marquez and Suzuki's Alex Rins exchanged the lead throughout a thrilling 23-lap contest.

Marc Marquez held fire on a victory lunge against Danilo Petrucci at Mugello, to ensure he beat MotoGP title rival Andrea Dovizioso.

Danilo Petrucci inflicted a last-lap defeat on Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso for a dream debut MotoGP victory, in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.

Pol Espargaro says he can take pleasure from finishing the 2019 Italian MotoGP a full 14 seconds quicker than he and KTM managed at Mugello a year earlier as he notched up another solid top ten.

Takaaki Nakagami is celebrating a career-best result in the premier class as he became the first Japanese rider since 2012 to crack the top five in a MotoGP race.

Alex Rins says he wouldn’t have finished higher than fourth position had he started in a better grid spot as he once again put his Saturday struggles behind him with another strong Sunday showing for Suzuki

Maverick Vinales collected solid points for sixth position in the Italian MotoGP but took little joy from a weekend that saw the Monster Yamaha team comprehensively out-performed by its key rivals from start-to-finish.

Fabio Quartararo endured a sobering Italian MotoGP as he fell well short of an anticipated podium challenge after struggling for the pace that qualified him on the front row at Mugello.

Petrucci claims a thrilling first MotoGP win, at home in Mugello, after passing Dovizioso and Marquez in a single move at the start of the final lap!

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Alex Marquez hit the front and never looked back as he controlled the Moto2 Italian Grand Prix to ease to victory in Mugello.

Race results from the 2019 Italian Moto2 Grand Prix, round 6 of 19.

Race results from the 2019 Italian Moto3 Grand Prix, round 6 of 19.

Marquez leads morning warm-up for the Italian MotoGP ahead of a surprise lap from rookie Mir, with Dovizioso back on form in third. CLICK HERE for live updates…

Full Italian MotoGP Warm-Up Results Pole man Marc Marquez continued in his quest to upset the home supporters ahead of the Italian MotoGP at Mugello after topping morning warm-up, as

Warm-up results from the 2019 Italian Moto2 Grand Prix, round 6 of 19.

Warm-up results from the 2019 Italian Moto3 Grand Prix, round 6 of 19.

Marc Marquez said Michele Pirro's behaviour during qualifying prompted him to back off and grab a tow behind the other Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso, for what became a record pole lap at the Italian MotoGP.