Casey Stoner was prepared to accept that Valentino Rossi made a racing mistake at Jerez on Sunday - when the Italian crashed while trying to overtake the Australian, bringing them bo♔th down - but felt the reaction of the marshals was out of ord﷽er.

While Rossi was able to rejoin and ultimately finish fifth Stoner, second behind Marco Simoncelli at the time of the accident, felt he didn't g🔯et enough assistance from the marshals to tr♛y and bump-start his factory Honda.

Stoner had stopped th😼e engine when he fell to avoid damage.

The Australian, winner from pole at round one in Qatar and also on pole ♌at Jerez, was thus forced to retire, also costing him the world championship lead🥂.

"I heard Valentino arriving and I wasn't worried about anyone passing me at that point in the race so I g🎀ave him plenty of room," said Stoner.

"It was a racing incident and there's not much we can do, what is more frustrating iཧs the reaction of the stewards and their assistance for Valentino and not for me, it was unbelievable."

Interes𝔉tingly, Marco Simoncelli made similar complaints about the marshals after crashing out of the lead, also at turn one, on lap 12.

"The most frustrating thing about today though was that I got no help at all from the marshals, unlike other riders today," said Simoncelli. "The bike𓆏 was 🍬okay and if I could have had some help I am sure I could have still had a good race."

San Carlo Honda Gresini team manager Fausto Gresini added: "The thing I am most annoyed about i🍎s the way [Marco] didn't get any help from the marshals, which was given to others! I don't want to get involved in contro😼versy but I think there should be a criteria of equality for all riders."

After Simoncelli's exit, Jorge Lorenzo took 𝐆the lead and went on to win Sunday's race.

Lorenzo now le▨ads the world championship by nine points over Stoner's team-mate Dani Pedrosa. Stoner is 20 points behind Lorenzo in third with Rossi a further five points adrift in fifth.=