• 2024 Qatar MotoGP, Lusail - Race Results

The 2024 season-opening Qatar MotoGP was fo🌄rced into a last-gasp restart when Raul Fernandez stalled.

The Trackhouse rider experienced a technical 🐻issue on the starting grid, with the new season just seconds 🌠away from beginning.

As a result, the start was waved off.

Fernandez's bike was taken back to the pits, the Spanish rider was forced to sheepishly follow, and the remaining riders were looking around baffled un🌸til they realised what happened.

Fernandez was due to begin from 12th on the grid. It seemed like he might be forced to restart from the pitlane, but instead he starte🎃d from the back of the grid, giving up 10 positions.

The race was then reduced from 22 to 21 laps.

It was a remarkable and anti-climatic start to the 2024 season, just moments before the roar of 22 MotoGP machines was sᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚet to fill the 𒉰Qatar night.

The de🌟lay, of approximately 10 minutes, eventually did nothing to dampen the excitement.

Fernandez was able to swiftly start making progress despite his nightmar൲e start.

But, wi🦩th four laps to go, Fernandez's strange outing came to a premature end when he retired into the pits.

He was the only rider not to complete the season-opening gr♚and prix.