Manuel Gonzalez benefited from early chaos as he went on to claim a dominant Moto2 victory in Misano.
Gonzalez moved forward from the second row of the grid amidst Turn 1 chaos, which saw the entire front row wiped out after an error from Angel Piqueras.
Senna Agius looked to make the best start from pole position, while Daniel Munoz and Daniel Holgado also made fast starts on the run down to the first corner.
However, Piqueras who started third on the grid and looked to hold his line down to the first corner, made contact with Agius who dropped behind Holgado which started a chain reaction for Turn 1 chaos.
Piqueras and Agius skittled along the track in their crash, but the sliding bikes also caused Holgado to crash out, while Munoz had to take avoiding action and dropped down to seventh.
With the leading four riders all taken out of contention, Collin Veijer was the rider to pick up the pieces to take the lead of the race from championship leader Manuel Gonzalez.
It didn’t take long for Gonzalez to assert his control on the race, taking three laps to get past Veijer to claim the lead of the race.
However, Gonzalez didn’t break away immediately once he hit the lead of the race, with Veijer following closely alongside Ivan Ortola, while Barry Baltus also had the pace as he moved into fourth.
Baltus looked to have something to challenge for the podium and tucked under Ortola, who was unable to keep the Belgian at bay as he took third. The IntactGP rider’s chance for a victory didn’t last for long though after he was awarded a long lap penalty for track limits.
After taking his long lap, Baltus maintained his third position but dropped well back from the leaders and back into the clutches of Ortola.
However, no one was able to get close to Gonzalez, who eventually broke away to take victory by over two seconds.
Veijer took second, while Baltus saw off the challengers after his long lap penalty to complete the podium in third.
Ortola finished fourth ahead of Tony Arbolino, whose late race pace helped him to round out the top five.
Izan Guevara took the chequered flag in sixth over seventh-placed Celestino Vietti, while Alonso Lopez, David Alonso and Alex Escrig completed the top 10.
Adrian Huertas edged ahead of team-mate Munoz in 11th and 12th respectively, as Joe Roberts was 13th at the flag.
Alberto Ferrandez in 14th and Aron Canet in 15th rounded out the points finishers.
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