Michael Lav🔯erty pushed his ART across the finish line of Sunday's Japanese MotoGP, after 💞running out of fuel.

The PBM rider, classified 19th and the final rider not to be lapped, saꩲid: "Starting a r༒ace with only 18 laps under my belt in the dry was always going to make things difficult. I got gradually faster throughout the race as I figured the circuit out and managed to catch back up to Petrucci.

"I began to run out of fuel on the penultimate lap🤡 and had to nurse it home so I wasn't able to𒉰 make a pass. I ran dry on the home straight and had to push it the final 100 metres. I enjoyed Japan and the Motegi circuit although it was a little bit frustrating with the lack of track time this weekend meaning we didn't reach our true potential."

Team-mate Damian Cudlin ina📖dvertently held up race winner Jorge Lorenzo in the latter stages on his way to 21st out𓆉 of the 23 finishers.

"I got into a good rhythm and was riding my own race and I apologise if I held Jorge up but the flags were not clear to me," said th✨e Australian. "I'd like to thank the team for their hard work as it has been a difficult couple of rounds but I am happy to record another finish."