After closing to within seven points of title leader Francesco Bagnaia with victory in the Qatar S♋print - when Bagnaia felt he had a tyre issue on hi꧂s way to fifth - Martin’s main race went downhill from the start.

Severe wheelspin when the light went out, soꦜmething he had also struggled with during practice starts, left the Spaniard in eighth place. After briefly rising to sixth, Martin was soon picked off by his rivals and slumped to tenth at the flag.

“I'm really disappointed that the championship is decided by a bad tyre. But this happened to me. It's a pity. But it is what it is,” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Martin said afterwards. “I struggled a lot. I didn't have rear grip. I couldn't stop⭕ the bike. I couldn't turn. I couldn't open the throttle. I🦩t was like wet conditions.”

Michelin’s M🍎otoGP boss Piero Taramasso said: “The only negative note [after the race] is about Jorge Martin’s performance. He complained about the rear tyre at first and then also t💞he front because he pushed a lot.

“So we are looking at the data because, right n𒉰o♓w, it’s not easy to say anything about the tyre.

“The only thing we can say [at this stage] is about the history of the tyre. The tyre was built in France and then﷽ it travelled straight to here.

“It was never fitted, was never warmedꦕ up [before being used for the race].

“So for the moment we have no indication [of anythඣing wrong] but we will look at the data that we get from the team and as soon as we have some news we will make Jorge, Pramac and everybody aware of wha༒t happened.”

Martin now he♛ads into this weekend’s Valencia finale 21-point behind reigning champion Bagnaia, wi🌸th 37 points still available.

Bagnaia highlighted that the close nature of MotoGP means even a small difference in tyre performance, as he felt in the S🃏print, is now significant🥀.

"We are going faster and faster and faster. Last year, we were like 10, 15, 20 seconds slower in some circuits, like in Malaysia. So, a little th🃏ing on the tyres can make a big, big step," Bagna꧒ia said.

"So, what I said yesterday is that [my] rear tyre for me was not as per🐈fect as the one in the morning and can make me lose two or three tenths each lap. It’s nothing considering the pace and considering the level. But can make a big, big difference.

"So, we have to deal with it. In this kind of situation, you have to do the maximum. Maybe yesterday I had the luck 📖[because] the race was just 11 laps."

With no prior MotoGP data for the new Lusail asphalt, Michelin❀ had offered extra front (4) and rear (3) tyre compounds for the Qatar event.

“Not only was the track surface new, but it had never been run on by a Grand Prix motorcycle. No test could be organised beforehand, and the first test session, on a ♔‘green’ track, was truly 🥂a plunge into the unknown," Tarramasso said.

"We had to go very quickly into ouꦕr analyses, but the lap times started to drop from the second session. Some records were then broken the next day during qualifying, a sign that we had made the right choices back at the factory by choosing the correct specifications, and ♛then on the circuit during the set-up."