MotoGP title contender Dani Pedrosa is out of 💯the San Marino Grand Prix after a series of incidents ended with the po🤡le sitter being taken out on the opening lap at Misano.

All was going normally until Karel Abraham stalled his Ducati just moments befor💝e the red lights went out for the planned start - causing several riders to leave their grid places before spotting the stoppage.

Pedrosa's Repsol Honda team then struggled to r⭕emove the front tyre warmer for the restart - it is unclear if this was the symptom or cause of a locked front wheel - forcing Pedrosa's bike to be wheeled off the grid.

Although the tyre warmer/locked wheel then released, allowing Pedrosa's RC213V to be wheeled back in time to re-join the sighting lap, Pedrosa was still trying to fix some kind of 🤪problem as he rode to the grid.

Forced to start in last plac🦹e, Pedrosa made swift progress through the initial turns - only to have his back wheel struck by Hector Barbera at the apex of a left hander, at the end of the first back straight, launching Pedrosa into a highside and his first non-score of the year.

Pramac💧 Ducati rider Barbera was starting his first race since a trainiꦏng injury in July.

Pedrosa was seeking his third wꦓin in a row and had closed to within 13 point of Jorge Lorenzo, who now leads the race from Valentino Rossi and Stefan Br🐻adl.

Cal Crutchlow, who qualified on the front row, crashed🦂 out on lap 5𒊎.