Valentino Rossi's chances of finishing higher up the MotoGP leaderboard at Brno were thwarted by an oi🐠l leak on his works Ducat⭕i.

Smoke could clearly be seen emanating from Rossi's Desmosedici during the race and although the is👍sue did not affect engine performance, the Italian had to contend with oil lea💯king onto the footrests of the bike.

Rossi, wh꧂o finished🦹 in seventh place, also experienced a loss of grip in the closing stages, which further impacted on his final result.

"I started well and the early laps weren🅘't bad, although the bike started to lose oil right from the beginning," he said.

"It went on the f꧑ootrests and the brake and s♈hift levers which bothered me, as my feet were slipping everywhere.

"I probably coul♏d have dဣone a bit better without that inconvenience, and maybe I would have finished close to [Andrea] Dovizioso.

"Anyway, I als🔯o had to slow down because the rear tyre began slid𝄹ing too much after some laps, which has been our problem," he added.

"Now we'll see in the test at Misano in two days if we can ♍mℱanage to find something to help us in the last races."

Rossi and ꦅthe Ducati team will test at Misano on Tuesday and Wednesday rather than staying in the Czech Republic t꧂o test with the remaining MotoGP teams and riders.

His team-mate, Nicky Hayden, willᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤🐽⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ miss the test as he continues to recover from injury in the USA.

Hayd👍en is expected to return for the San Marino round of the champio𒁃nship.