Matteo Ferrari defeated Hector Garzo and Xavier Simeon to secure his maiden MotoE victory in the first of two Misano contests, capturing the championship lead as a result.
Ferrari, who qualified second behind Alex de Angelis, retained his starting position off the line and straight away tried to chase down local man De Angelis who had consolidated his lead through the first few corners.
He however came under pressure from Avintia’s Simeon, and quickly slipped to second as the Belgian passed him up the inside into Turn 2.
The leading trio began to pull away from the chasing pack, and were helped as fourth placed Eric Granado slid out at Turn 14 at mid-distance, allowing them an even greater advantage.
Simeon then moved ahead of De Angelis mid-way through the third lap, and was quickly followed through by Ferrari a few corners later.
De Angelis crashed then out spectacularly at Turn 4 on the following lap, high-siding as he asked for the power of his Energica machine and retiring from the race.
Ferrari then moved past Simeon into a lead he would never relinquish at Turn 8 just seconds later, never pulling more than a second on the Avintia but looking comfortable none-the-less.
Hector Garzo looked fast behind though, and after dispactching Simeon on the back straight on the final lap looked to snatch a last gasp victory, but just ran out of time and was forced to settle for second behind the Italian, while Simeon held on for third.
Jesko Raffin secured best of the rest spoils in fourth ahead of Niccolo Canepa, while Maria Herrera secured her first top six result in the all-electric championship.
Lorenzo Savadori took seventh ahead of Nico Terol, with nine-time MotoGP winner Sete Gibernau coming home ninth with Josh Hook rounding out the top ten.
Championship leader Mike Di Meglio suffered a catastrophic race, as mechanical gremlins struck his bike and eliminated him on the first lap.
His non-score drops him to third overall behind race winner Ferrari and Simeon, while fellow title contenders Bradley Smith and Niki Tuuli also hit trouble.
Tuuli made an optimistic move on Mattia Casadei into Turn 8 early on, taking out the Italian and collecting Smith in the process.
Tuuli and Casadei retired as a result of the incident, while Smith was able to quickly remount and salvage 12th and four crucial points at the chequered flag.
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