Submitted by Mike Lewis on
Results Below:
Tito Rabat won his first race of the year, holding off a quickly closing Johann Zarco on the final lap Sunday at the Mugello circuit in Italy. Rabat, the current world champion and winner here last year, seized the front seven laps in and managed to hold his position for the duration of the race.
Zarco, who narrowed the gap to the leader to three-tenths of a second on the final lap but could not make a pass, took second and extended his championship points lead to 31 points.
Dominique Aegerter had his best finish of the year with the final podium spot. Sam Lowes, following an early race collision with Simon Corsi that dropped him to 11th, climbed back into fourth by the race's end. Luis Salom held on to fifth fifth ahead of Xavier Simeon in sixth.
A full 10-seconds back from the race winner, Julian Simon came in seventh. Sandro Cortese, (8th), Axel Pons (9th) and Lorenzo Baldassari rounded out the top 10 finishers.
Early in the race, Corsi fell when Lowes plunged up the inside and heavy-braking Turn 1 and collided with the rear of Corsi's bike. Thomas Luthi crashed out of the lead at lap 19.
Result:
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Time / Diff. |
| 1 | 1 | Tito RABAT | Kalex | 39'40.545 |
| 2 | 5 | Johann ZARCO | Kalex | 0.308 |
| 3 | 77 | Dominique AEGERTER | Kalex | 5.28 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam LOWES | Speed Up | 5.554 |
| 5 | 39 | Luis SALOM | Kalex | 7.493 |
| 6 | 19 | Xavier SIMEON | Kalex | 7.896 |
| 7 | 60 | Julian SIMON | Speed Up | 10.495 |
| 8 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | Kalex | 17.38 |
| 9 | 49 | Axel PONS | Kalex | 17.775 |
| 10 | 7 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | Kalex | 18.836 |
| 11 | 40 | Alex RINS | Kalex | 20.698 |
| 12 | 73 | Alex MARQUEZ | Kalex | 20.923 |
| 13 | 30 | Takaaki NAKAGAMI | Kalex | 22.433 |
| 14 | 4 | Randy KRUMMENACHER | Kalex | 22.762 |
| 15 | 25 | Azlan SHAH | Kalex | 27.715 |
| 16 | 23 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Tech 3 | 31.461 |
| 17 | 88 | Ricard CARDUS | Tech 3 | 31.58 |
| 18 | 54 | Mattia PASINI | Kalex | 32.778 |
| 19 | 95 | Anthony WEST | Speed Up | 46.027 |
| 20 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | Tech 3 | 46.557 |
| 21 | 10 | Thitipong WAROKORN | Kalex | 46.929 |
| 22 | 70 | Robin MULHAUSER | Kalex | 46.962 |
| 23 | 2 | Jesko RAFFIN | Kalex | +1'15.001 |
| 24 | 66 | Florian ALT | Suter | 1 Lap |
| Not Classified | ||||
| 55 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | Kalex | 2 Laps | |
| 94 | Jonas FOLGER | Kalex | 15 Laps | |
| 3 | Simone CORSI | Kalex | 15 Laps | |
| 21 | Franco MORBIDELLI | Kalex | 17 Laps | |
| 36 | Mika KALLIO | Kalex | 17 Laps | |
| 12 | Thomas LUTHI | Kalex | 19 Laps | |
| Not Finished 1st Lap | ||||
| 51 | Zaqhwan ZAIDI | Suter | 0 Lap | |
