KTM’s woeful weekend in Jerez will be “disappointing” for the manufacturer in their bid to be Ducati’s main chalওlengers.

Brad Binder came home in P6 at last week’s Spanish MotoGP but Jack Miller and wildcard Dani Pedꦓrosa did not finish.

The previously show-stopping Pedro Acosta was forced to settle for P10 while Tech3 GASGAS teammate Augus🌞to Fဣernandez did not complete the distance.

Miller’s race ended with an angry confrontation in the gravel with Franco Morbidelli, after he 🎐was clattered out from inside the top 10.

“Jack’s wee🔯kend was a nightmare - not all Jack’s doing,” analysed broadcaster Simon Crafar.

“Technical proꦐblems, one after another, made Jack look worse than he was.

“He’s quite strong here, good in bad conditions. He g🃏ot to show none of his cards because of these technical things.”

Crafar said 🐼of Miller’s race-ending incident with Morbidelli: “Turn 5, those types of corner, encourage a rider to give it a go - and [a big♚ crash] is the end result.

“It’s sad. He had a tough weekend.”

Miller’s collision with Morbidelli was ruled a rac🎐ing incident.

Meanwhile, Binder’s title hopes took a major blow. He now sits seventh in the MotoGP standings after four roun༺ds, 33 points beh⭕ind championship leader Jorge Martin.

Binder came up short in a fight for P4 ಞagainst Alex Marquez and Enea Bastianini.

“Brad is not going to ♒be happy. We know Brad,” Crafar said.

“He had the p🐠ossibility🧸, I said on the grid, of getting on the podium.

“He showed speed [on Saturday], they worked overnight, different tyreﷺ, longer race.

“I thought he had the chance and it clearly did💞n’t ﷽happen like that.

“A quite disappointing weekend for KTM because they are strong ⛦here💜, traditionally. “

Even starlet Acosta came back down to earth with his first ordinary result since joining the premier clas𝕴s.

Jorge Lorenzo had spectacularly predicted Acosta would win the Spanish MotoGP but it did not come tru🎃e.

“Pedro? I knew it would be a tough one for him here,” Crafar said🌼.