Aprilia rider Espargaro’s hopes of closing the gap to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Quartararo were 👍dashed when he desperately swapped bikes aft⛦er the warm-up lap at Motegi because his RS-GP was stuck in ‘eco’ mode.

Due to start in sixth, he instead joined last and finished in 16th - he arrives for the Thailand MotoGP third in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP 2022 standings but 25 points behind Quartararo.

“I was quite sad, not angry, about what🌟 happene🎀d on Sunday,” he said.

“I went to Tokyo, had dinner wit♍h my team, I love every single peꦉrson, and they were more down than me! I am the leader. I said: 'Head up'.

“I will try to recover points here.

“We used that m🌳istake to reanalyse everythin🎐g, to try to improve. It was not as simple as it looked, the problem.

“It was a human mistake. It can happen.”

Espargaro’s misery was cemented when his two title rivals, Quartararo and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia, never contested victory in Japan.

Bagnaia crashed out and Quartararo finished eighth, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jack Miller won, meaning Espargaro missed his chance to drastically reduce his gap to the top spo🥃t in 💟the standings.

“I was upset, not just for the mistake, but for how the race went,” he said. “It was shocki🍰ng tha🐻t they were fighting for eighth place.

“25 points is not that mu𒁏ch. The𝓡 level is very high. If the leader has a bad day he can finish out of the top 10.

“I am fully positive.

“I hope we can ride on dry𓄧 but, if it's wet, I was fast in Japan.”