Alvaro Bautista's 🐷Aprilia MotoGP debut lasted just a few corners before contact with reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez fatally damaged his RS-GP.

Marquez had run wide at the first turn and was carving his way back through t♕he pack when he made the 'aggressive' move.

"Unfortunately the race test that we had pla🌺nned ended straight away: Marquez got off to a bad start and he wanted to make up positions quickly, but without considering the fact that there were other riders on the track," Bautista said.

"In turn 6 he squeezed between Barbera and me, I have no idea how, hitting me and ruining the front brake area, lines and sensors. It was impossible to cont🉐inue. I'm sorry because Marc is a good guy, but he has been too aggressive in the past in these types of situations. I think it is only right to point it out to him because it's risky. Today I was lucky because I didn't crash, but it doesn't take much to get hurt out there.

"So, like I said, we weren't able to complete our test today but we must not forget this episode and we need to be thinking about the next round in Austin already. It is a very different track than this one where 🍬we'll have the opportunity to check all the data gathered this weekend to develop the bike and look for ways to imp꧙rove."

Team-mate Marco Melandri finished the race in 2😼1st, ahead of only Loris Baz, who ♔suffered technical problems.

"It wasn't the fastest race of my life, but on a new bike in a new category it's what we expected," said the Italian. "On the other hand, we finished the race, our first true long run, and we gathered a lot of data that will be essential to our development procesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs.

"We need time. When the bike starts working well my riding style will also improve and we'll be able to take a decisive step. Now it's up to the guys at Aprilia to interpret my sensations and translate them into changes t♔o the RS-GP."

Losail was A༺prilia's first race as a factory M𓄧otoGP entry since 2004.