Taken out of a pod💮ium place at the previous two events, Andrea Dovizioso was forced to retire from Sunday's Spanish Moto🌌GP after a water pump failure.

The factory Ducati star, who had qualified in fourth, was holding seventh when water 🍎began to leak onto his rear wheel, meaning his race was ove❀r by lap 10 of 27.

"Water went on to the rear tyre andꦦ I almost crashed two times. I had to retire," Dovizioso confirmed. "In the last three races I've go𝄹t zero points and for the championship it's really, really bad.

"Looking at the poꦏsitives, we didn't crash, which would have been easy and my feeling with the bike is ဣgood. I'm going to Le Mans with the same confidence, but we have to analyse this weekend.

"It was quite difficult for many reasons, especially for the rear tyre. In this track our speed was less than the first three raceꦡs. We will work on that. We knew when we came to Europe that the style of track was different so we ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhave to work on that."

Like team-mate Andrea Iannone, Dovizi♔oso had struggled with wheel spin all weekend.

"I think from the first test in Malaysia until now there were some changes from Michelin. So it became more difficult for everybody to manage the tyres, especially the rear because the 🍃grip is not high like at the beginning," explained the Italian. "Everybody is struggling and everybody is spinning and sliding.

"💜A track l🤪ike Jerez, which is very small and tight. The corners are very long. You have to keep a lot of angle. Every time you make a strong acceleration in first or second gear, the traction on the rear tyre is a lot, the tyre is struggling.

"That I think is the reason why everybody is struggling. Maybe the Ducati rider🌱s more. We have an advantage with the speed but to manage the grip in some conditions can be more difficult."