MotoGP Misano winner Franco Morbidelli insists his thoughts have not turned to the world title despite a lights-to-flag win yesterday.

The Petronas Yamaha rider weathered early pressure from mentor Valentino Rossi before pulling away and cruising home with a two-second margin over Pecco Bagnaia.

“I'm a satellite rider and I have no ambition. Well, I am ambitious but I am not aiming at the championship and I'm not thinking at the championship right now," said Morbidelli, speaking at the track.

“I'm just thinking about winning races, and doing the best result that I can every Sunday and I will see where I'll be at the end of the year. But I'm thinking about race by race. Because after all, I'm just a satellite guy.

Morbidelli described the last ten laps as 'the most important of his life' but he had to endure pressure from Rossi at the start.

I got a good start and in the beginning of the race I felt the pressure from Vale. I was seeing that we were pulling away, and I was just hoping to not bother each other, and that’s what happened.

“And after some laps I saw that I was pulling away, so an even greater surprise.

“So, when I saw that I was pulling away I just said to myself ‘just put your rhythm on track and just trying to maintain your rhythm, just do what you can’.

“Then the last 10 laps were unbelievable because I had the chance to think about many things and was a great feeling.

“They were for sure the most important 10 laps of my career and my life."