MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner fell while fighting with Repsol Honda teaওm-mate Dani Pedrosa for victory at the penultimate turn of Sunday's German Grand Prix.

The factory RCV riders haꦐd been in a class of their own throughout the r🌞ace, exchanging the lead several times, with Pedrosa ahead for the final eleven laps.

However title leader Stoner remained in his wheeltracks throughout and was planning to try and snatch his fourth victory of the 𓆉season at the final turn.

But he never made it that far.

As the Australian pushed a little🅰 harder into the penultimate left hander at the base of the hill, hi𒅌s front wheel folded and he slid off at high speed.

"I'm pretty disappointed, 🍸I had planned to go for▨ my 'win or bin' effort in the last corner, not that one!" said Stoner with a wry smile.

"I was comfꦉortable for the whole race and felt we had a few tenths a lap over Dani.

"Then on the final lap I made a small mistake going into the first turn and kn🐠ew I couldn't pass at the bottom꧂ of the hill [where he went on to crash].

"I basically just wanted to turn the bike underneath and get a good ꦫrun going into the final turn, where I was confident I⛎ could make the pass.

"But as soon as I went to turn the bike🅘 in a little bit harder, the front just went away from me and it was 'game ov🐽er'."

Yamaha's Jor🐻ge Lorenzo was 15 seconds behind the Repsol riders at that point and Stoner slammed the trackside marshals for not helping him rejoin.

"[The fall is] disappointing for sur𒅌e, but for me the most disappointing thing about it was the marshals,𒊎" he said.

"I've seen them pick up loads of different riders and get going and there was nothing wrong with my bike, but there was no way th⭕ey were going to help me.

"Yet again, German marshals have kept me from ღgetting a decent result."

Stoner has now dropped from joint🅷 equal with Lorenzo for t𓂃he title lead to 20-points down in third.

The DNF also mar𝔉ked Stoner's first non-finish since he was tak𒁏en down by Valentino Rossi at the 2011 Spanish MotoGP.

"We didn't deserve to൲ take so many points back [from Lorenzo] at Assen, but then the same thing happened to me at Jerez💫 last year," said Stoner.

"We just have to keep going forward. Myself and Dani showed we had a huge pace advantage here. Dan𒉰i's always been fast here and we managed to... to be honest I was confident I had the edge ove♎r him today.

"I just made a slight mistake a🔯nd got caught out."

Round eig💯ht of 18 takes place at ꦡMugello in Italy next weekend.

"Fast corners, high speeds and a lo🎃t of wheelspin. That's what I enjoy aboutꦡ Mugello," said Stoner. "It's not a small dinky track.

"This track, this afternoon, I wouldn't have been on f🔥ull throttle for more than a second at any o♎ne time due to the grip levels.

"It's frus🅰trating to ride round at 20-30% thrott🥃le. It's nice to open it up."

Stoner finished third at Mugello last year, behind Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioꦫso.