The first-ever Mandalika Moto2 race ended in mixed fortunes for 🌱British riders Jake Dixon and Sam Lowes, with the former faili💟ng to convert his maiden pole into victory following a front-end crash. 

Dixon, who had been one of th♍e stars of the weekend up until the race, lost two places from pole coming out of turn one. 

However, after getting back through on Lowes for🍸 second, the GASGAS Aspar rider attempted to push on and close down eventual race winner Somkiar Chan🐲tra. 

In his attempts to do so, Dixon lost the front-end and with it washed awa♌y any chance of winning a firs🐻t world championship race.

In the immediate aftermath, a hugely disappointed Dixon, said: "I had a tricky start, and caught up to Sam [Lowes], and then passed him. Then I re-focused to try and chase down [Somkiat] Ch♏antra. I 🥂felt I had the pace to do that. 

"When I got to turn ten, I braked in the same place I did every lap - even on the data I did everything identical to the lap before🍷, but for some reason I lost the front. 

"I’m incredibly annoyed at myself - I want to say sorry first of all to the team, they gave me the bike to win 👍th🍒e race today and I wasn't able to back that up!"

While it wasn’t a podium finish like in round one at Qatar, Lowe❀s managed to claim a determined fourth place despite not having the pace he had hoped for. 

It’s a result that the Brit felt ‘was really imp🐟ortant’ as he currently sits 16 points behind championship leader Celestino 💧Vietti, who finished second in Indonesia.

Lowes added: ♍"The race wasn’t the best but it was really important to finish and get some points. 🅺;

"This weekend I felt a lot better on the bike. In the morn🍰ing I had a step upജ in performance. In the race I had a different feeling. 

"When it started to rain, I was not really aggressive and stayed quite relaxed. I 🎶saw another rider crash and it was more important for me to finish the race and get some points to give me something to build on – the opposite to 2021. 

"I want to thank the team. The bike was good. It was another decent fi🦄nish. That’s what it’s all about at the minute: using my head more in certain situations. 

"When I saw it was difficult to go with Chantra and fight for the podium, I decided to finish fourth. I had a big gap behind. We’ll now go to Argentina and try to✅ impr♛ove."