Italian Enea Bastianini won his home Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix after a final lap showdown with Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin to give Ducati a 100th MotoGP victory while reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out while in third place.

Francesco Bagnaia won an exciting sprint race at the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP on Saturday to cut championship rival Jorge Martin's lead at the top of the riders' standings. He was 23 points behind Martin after crashing out of the Aragon MotoGP but if he wins Sunday's GP he will take the championship lead.

Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati recovered from a poor start to win the sprint at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday after the pole sitter capitalised on a mistake by championship rival Jorge Martin of Pramac Racing.

Bastianini’s second GP win of the season allowed the Ducati rider to move to within 59 points of Martin with six GP weekends left.

Martin increases his MotoGP title lead after Bagnaia crashed out at Misano. Tap here for the full Emilia Romagna GP results

Defending champion Bagnaia’s fall allowed Martin to move 24 points into the lead despite being overtaken by eventual winner Ducati’s Bastianini on the final lap.

Enea Bastianini wins his second grand prix of the season in Italy as Jorge Martin extends his lead at the top of the MotoGP standings.

MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy (Reuters) -Italian Enea Bastianini won his home Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday after a final lap showdown with Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin to give Ducati a 100th MotoGP victory while reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia crashed out while in third place.

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix turned out to be quite a dramatic race with Enea Bastianini stepping on the podium's top step after a very ‘now or never’ move on Prima Pramac Racing’s Jorge Martin.

Jorge Martin took advantage of Francesco Bagnaia crashing out of the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP to extend his championship lead despite being pipped to Sunday's race win by Enea Bastianini on the final lap.