Marco Bezzecchi's ho♐pes of scoring a best-yet Moto2 race finish ended when he was sick inside his helmet midway through Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.

Worryingly, it was the second event in a row where the rookie has thrown up while riding, after a 𒉰similar incident during pract🧔ice in Thailand.

At Motegi, the Italian was holding ninth when he🌌 suddenly sat up and ran off track with what looked like some kind of technical problem, but th🐷e reality was more unpleasant.

“Until half race distance, I was feeling well on the bike and managed t🏅o truly stick with the front guys," said Bezzecchi, who has taken a best finish of tenth so far this season.

"We 🅰had a best result in sight, but unfortunately, I felt ♑sick around halfway of the race and after throwing up I didn’t see any possibility to finish the 22 laps.

"I’m sorry to my guys! I don’t understand, where this was coming from, but I will for sure try to find a solution in order to repeat this performance in ꩲAustralia and bri💃ng it to the finish line.”

Red Bull KTM Tech3 team manager Herve Poncharal added: “Until around half of the race we were very, very excited to see Marco fighting in the top group... Unfortunately for the second time in a row he has been throwing up inside his helmet. The 𒐪same thing happened in Thailand, fortunately there in practice.

"He couldn’t see, he couldn’t ride anymore. I think, this is a big shame, because I don’t know what exactly happened, maybe he was❀ a bit nervous or he ate too close to the start of the race, either way, we couldn’t finish the race due to something 🍎that is very silly and very strange.

"It’s a pity, but anyway, if we want to take the♌ positives out of it; he was fast in Qualifying, fast in the race and we are very proud. So, let’s hope we can fix that situation and understand where it’s coming from."

Team-mate Philipp Oettl finished in 20th place.