Fabio Qu👍artararo𝄹 wasn’t the only rider to struggle with a lack of fuel at the end of Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP.

But while the Yamaha rider lamented the lack of warning before his bike spluttered in the last few corners, Aprilia’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro was at least aware he was in trouble.

Starting🍎 15th, Espargaro gained early ground to eighth but couldn’t keep the VR46 Ducatis at bay.

A lack of rear grip led to excessive wheelsꦕpin, which burned through his fuel at the notoriously ‘thirsty’ track.

“O🍸ne of the most difficult races of the last three seasons. We had no grip at all,” Espargaro said.

“I was sliding all the way, spinning. I made it to the end just for a couple of corners, because I𓄧 had no fuel already.”

“The last five or s𒊎ix laps, I🐠 started to have the [low fuel] alarms,” Espargaro explained.

“I went to [engine] map🏅 2, then map 3, and then the bike started to have no 🙈power even on map 3.

“I knew it, I saw from the beginning of the race that I was over the limit riding 🌄the bike, spinning, spinཧning, spinning.

“I'm completely destroyed physically! Because the bike had no grip at all. So I had to fight a lot, and then the [fuel] consumption is higher than𒀰 expected.

“We made it. I think h🍃alf a lap more and my bike stops.”

Team-mate Maverick Vinaဣles crashed out of eleventh place at mid-distance.

Esp🃏argaro is tied with VR46's Fabio 𓆉di Giannantonio for tenth in the world championship, three places behind Vinales.

Outscored by KTM at the last two round🐭s, Aprilia is now 20 points behind the Austrian manufacturer in the fight for runner-up behind Ducati in the constructors’ standings.