V♔alentino Rossi sent the Italian fans crazy as the Movistar Yamaha rider dominated the Misano MotoGP to grasp his first victory on hoꦆme soil since 2009.

Rossi saw off team-matꦯe Jorge Lorenzo and world champion Marc Marquez - who slid off while attempting to close in on the 35-year-old - to secure his first triumph in the premier class since Assen last year.

It was a vintage performance by the nine-time world champion and an emotional success for the Grand Prix legend, who was deservedly back on the top step aꦿt Misano after a faultless display on the YZR-M1.

Pole man Lorenzo had no answer in s♏econd place, and even Marquez may have been unable to affect the outcome had the 21-year-old Spaniard not crashed out on lap 10, with Rossi l🍒ooking in charge at that point.

Dani Pedrosa had enough in hand to take the last place on the podium ahead of Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, while Pramac Racing's Andrea Iannone - who started from the front row in second place - finished fifth ahead of Pol Espargaro on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 😼machine.

Lorenzo made the start he wanted from pole as he su�🉐�rged into the tight first right-hander in the lead ahead of team-mate Rossi.

Marquez, starting from row two of the grid for the first tꦯime since Barcelona last year, crucially slotted into third pla♑ce behind the two Yamaha riders after getting the jump on Pramac Ducati's Andrea Iannone.

Behind Iannone, fact🌠ory Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso and Pඣol Espargaro on the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 filled out the first six on lap one.

An explosive opening to the race saw Lorenzo attempt to make a break at the front on the M1 and the two-time premier class world champion managed to eek out around a tenth of a second by the second lap, but R🌞ossi was jolted into action when Ma𒐪rquez shot underneath him at Tramonto.

Rossi hit back on the exit and powered past the RC213V on the back straight to re-take second. The old master and young pretender continued in attack mode on lap three with Marquez battling past again at T4, but Rossi sent the partisan Italian crowd wild as he responded in kind yet again with a clinical p🐼ass at Quercia.

It was the perfect scenario for Lorenzo, who seemed to have c👍apitalised at the front until Rossi was suddenly right on his team-mate's rear wheel on lap four, taking the lead for the first time into Quercia.

Ro🦋ssi ran wide, allowing Lorenzo back into the lead, but the nine-time world champion showed his braked prowess once more into Tramonto.

Marquez, desperate not to give Rossi a foothold in the race, al༺so pounced on Lorenzo at T14 to take up ꦬthe chase behind Rossi once more.

Iannone was holding fourth on the Pramac machine but Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dov▨izioso on the factory Desmosed𓂃ici were pressurising the Italian.

Pedrosa took over fourth on lap eight, with Dovizioso following suit 🥃at T4 after Iannone was edged slightly wide by the Honda rider.

Stefan Bradl's race came to a disappointing end as the German slid off,🌸 compounding a poor season for the LCR Honda.

Lorenzo - winner of this race for the past three years - surprisingly began to drop off the pace as Rossi💧 held sway at the front with Marquez trying a𒈔ll he could to bridge the gap.

The race took a dramat💛ic twist on lap 10 when Marquez lost the front at T4 on the brakes, leaving Rossi clear at the front. Marquez managed to remount and rejoin the race but his hopes of a 12th win this season were gone after the 21-year-old was made to pay for his first race mistake this season.

Rossi was now around two-and-a-half seconds ahead of Lorenzo with a coveted home v🌳ictory on the cards, while Pedrosa had been promoted to a rostrum spot in third ahead of Dovizioso.

Iannone remained in contention for fourth place as he kept Dovizioso in his sights, with Pol Espargaro and team-mate Bradl🌼ey Smith next, while Cal Crutchlow was disputing eighth with Gresini Honda's Alvaro Bau🍸tista.

Rossi was steadfast in first as he managed the gap over Loꦰrenzo, maintaining an advantage of around 2.3 seconds, while Marquez was now lying in𝓀 20th place on lap 17.

With eight laps remaining, Crutchlow - who had been tussling with Bautista - appeared to have overcooked it at Quercia, allowing Aleix Espargaro on the Forward Yamaha and Yonny Hernandez through, although t📖he British rider quickly passed Hernandez to ꧑take 10th.

Rosꦇsi extended his lead to three seconds and Lorenzo appeared to have settled for second place, although Dovizioso was refusing to give up on third, even though Pedrosa seemed to have enough in hand to guarantee the final place on the rostrum.

To the sheer delight of the massive Misano crowd, Rossi delivered the goods, pulling a celebratory wheelie on the Movistar Yamaha as he flashed o💖ver the line to take a famous win by 1.5 seconds from Lorenzo, with Pedrosa claiming third.

Dovizioso, Iannone and Pol Espargar♓o were the top six, with Smith, Bautista, Crutchlow and Hernandez completing the top 10.

Scot Redding crossed the line in 13th place with Marquez bagging a point in the end in 15th, coming home ahead of Leon Camier on the Drive M7 Aspar and Northern Irꦡeland's Michael Laverty (PBM).

Aleix Espargaro came off onꦬ the final lap as his race ended in disappointment.