Hafizh Syahrin's third race day as a MotoGP rider got off to a scary start when he was thrown from his Monster Yamaha Tech3 bike on the out-lap ofꦆ morning warm-up.

Taken to the Me✤dical Centre for checks, the Malaysian was fortunately given the all-clear 🃏to race but missed the entire warm-up session.

Syahrin showed no hesitation as he charged from 16th to twelfth by the end of the opening lap, a position he was holding when he slid into his first MotoGP non-finish aftꦯer a mistake at Turn 1 on lap 9 of 20.

“I felt really strong at the start of the race, but maybe I was pushing a bit too much on the brakes. I had some great🔯 sensations and a truly good pace, but honestly, I’m a bit disappointed for myself," he said.

"This morning we had a huge crash and didn't try a different setup, therefore we had to go back to the Free Practice settings and the✃ bike was quite soft. Anyway, I was one of the strongest rookies on this difficult track, but leaving it a bit defeated to lose the points of round three.

"I just lost the front, which was maybe because I tried to figh♕t with a Ducati, which is very fast on the straight, so I tried to make up for it on the brake.

"🐠Yet, I’m sure to be back strong at the next r🌱ace.”

Team manager Her🥀ve Poncharal said: "I feel really sorry for Hafizh, who did another excellent weekend. It could have been a really strong finish, but the crash in the warm-uℱp trying a new tyre brought him almost out of contention.

"Bravely 🔯he wanted to start the race, he did, ✱he was fast, but he made a small mistake that caused him the crash.

"Anyway, he is still leading the rookie classification, which 🌜we are very proud of. He’s learning and I think will be very stro♌ng in Spain and France. Get well soon, Hafizh, look at your body and recover well!"

With Takaaki Nakagami the only rookie to score points𓃲 on Sunday, Syahrin continue⭕s to be the top newcomer in the world championship standings, in 13th overall.