Espargaro, who was fifth at the time of his Sprint ra♏ce crash, had four opportunities to k꧃eep hold of the lead due to red flags in both races resulting in the Sprint and Grand Prix to be restarted with the original grid positions. 

But on all four ౠoccasions Espargaro was passed by both factory KTM rider🍸s Brad Binder and Jack Miller, while Jorge Martin was also able to pass the Aprilia man into turn one several times.

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But once he fell behind his competitors, Espargaroꦍ made very little progressꦿ as his feeling with the RS-GP23 was completely different to that of riding alone.  

Esparღgaro told : "I can’t be happy with fifth place. Lastꦇ year, here, I achieved a podium and achieved the pole position yesterday. I was aiming for a better result. We have to improve on Sunday. 

"The bike, when I’m riding alone in the pra൩ctices, is very good, very competitive, very fast and has good stability. But when I’m in the mix fighting with the other bikes I can’t stop the bike and I don’t know whജy. 

"I have really bad feelings and I lose the front every time I try to get clo♐ser to the other riders to attempt and overt🔯ake. 

"I don’t really have a solution so we need to try and understand ꩵas soon as possible."

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Binder and Miller were two of the best riders 🔜throughout the Spanish MotoGP round as they stood on the podium during both 🦄races.

Binder’s best result was victory in the Sprint, his second win of the season after winning in Argentina, while Miller was third on both occasions𝕴.

And after following both riders for much of the two races, Espargaro claimed he was unable to🌟 ride the way Binder and Miller could which caused one of the problems he had w🐎hen trying to overtake.

Espargaro added: "When I’m alone it🌠’s a little bit easier. I can stop the bike whenever I want and I can do my lines. Normally my line is not like KTM. 

"I can’t brake deep like them and then re-accelerate. It’s more about flowing and corner speed. ღ;

"Anyway, I can do my lines and go fast but whe𝄹n I get close to other bikes everything is a lot worse."