Marco Bezzecchi completed a stunning display to clinch his first-ever home MotoGP victory at the Mugello circuit.
Bezzecchi ended a dominant three-year spell for Ducati at the Mugello track as he took his Aprilia team to its first ever victory in its home race.
Aprilia also sealed its fourth 1-2 of the season as the manufacturer continued to make a statement to its rivals with its successes in 2026.
Polesitter Bezzecchi got the holeshot and was able to maintain the lead going down into the first corner from team-mate Jorge Martin.
Sprint winner Raul Fernandez made a good start from the outside of the front row, but ran wide and dropped outside the points positions in the opening laps.
The Ducati riders also made a fantastic start, with Francesco Bagnaia moving ahead of team-mate Marc Marquez into third place as he looked to keep pace with the leading Aprilias.
Martin looked the quicker of the two Aprilias and attempted to use the slipstream to get into the lead of the race, but ran wide and allowed Bagnaia through into second.
The straight line speed of the Ducati remained superior to the Aprilia, and Bagnaia tracked Bezzecchi down the start/finish straight and took the lead on the third lap of the race.
The pair built almost a second’s gap ahead of Martin in third, while the Spaniard himself built a gap to the duelling pair of Marquez and Pedro Acosta behind.
Fermin Aldeguer joined the battle after a couple of failed overtake attempts from Acosta, with the trio allowing Martin to escape and Ai Ogura to close in seventh position.
As the battle for fourth settled, the gap out front started to come down, as both Bezzecchi and Martin began closing in on Bagnaia in the lead.
With 10 laps remaining, Bezzecchi passed Bagnaia on the run down to the first corner to regain the lead for the first time since Lap 2.
The Ducati started to struggle, as Bagnaia dropped behind Martin at the same corner on Lap 16, while Marquez finally succumbed to the pressure from Acosta as the KTM rider stole fourth.
However, the battle continued as Marquez tried to keep hold of the position, but ran wide at Turn 1 with six laps remaining to give Acosta breathing room and allow Ogura a chance of an overtake.
Although Ogura was unable to take his first opportunity, he forced Marquez wide at Turn X to get through and allowed Fabio Di Giannantonio into sixth.
The Japanese rider then used his superior late race pace to close on Acosta, and he made the move stick once more at Turn 1 to make it three Aprilias in the top four.
The pair made contact on the corner exit as Ogura closed the door on Acosta, with Di Giannantonio making a lunge a few corners later to enter the top five.
It looked as if the top positions were settled, but Ogura took almost half a second out of Bagnaia on the final lap of the race.
At the front, Bezzecchi crossed the line to win the race by a margin of 3.559s over his team-mate Martin in second.
Ogura attempted a move on Bagnaia at the final corner, but the Ducati rider was able to cover it off to take a podium in his home race.
Ogura was forced to settle for fourth place, while Di Giannantonio completed the top five.
Acosta finished sixth after the late contact ahead of Marquez in seventh, with Fernandez recovering to eighth following his difficulty at the first corner.
Aldeguer took ninth at the flag, while Diogo Moreira earned back-to-back top 10 finishes for the first time with his tenth place.
Brad Binder narrowly missed out on the top 10 in 11th, with the KTM rider outdragging the Honda pairing of Joan Mir and Luca Marini to the line.
Franco Morbidelli completed the race in 14th, as Jack Miller claimed the final point in 15th ahead of team-mate Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Maverick Vinales took the flag in 17th, while Fabio Quartararo completed a difficult Mugello weekend in 18th.
Michele Pirro completed his stand-in duties at Gresini as the final classified rider in 19th.
Cal Crutchlow retired from the race, while Enea Bastianini and Alex Rins both crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix.
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