MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner fell while fighting with Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa forℱ victory at the penultimate turn of Sunday's German Grand ꧒Prix.

The factory RCV riders had been in a class of their own throughout the race, exchanging the lead several🔯 times, with Pedrosa ahead for the final eleven laps.

However title leader Stoner remained in his wheeltracks t🙈hroughout and was planning to try and snatch his fourthඣ victory of the season at the final turn.

But he never made it that far.

As the Australian pushed a little harder into the penultimate left hander at the bas꧂e of the hill, his front wheel folded and he slid off at high speed.

"I'm pretty disappointed, I had planned to go for my 'win or bin' efforᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt in the last corner, not that one!" said Stoner with a wry smile.

"I was comfortaౠble for the whole race and felt we had a few tenths a lap over Dani.

"Then on the final lap I made a small mistake going into the firs🐈t turn and knew I couldn't pass at the bottom of the hill [♏where he went on to crash].

"I basically just wanted to turn the bike underneath and get a 🃏good run going into the final turn, where I was confident I could make the pass.

"But as soon as I went to turn the bike in a little bit harder, the front just went awaౠy from me and it was 'game over'."

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo was 15 🐷seconds behind ꧃the Repsol riders at that point and Stoner slammed the trackside marshals for not helping him rejoin.

"[The fall is] disappo𝓀inting for sure, but for me the most disappointing thing about it was the marshals," he said.

"I've seen them pick up loads of different riders and get going and there was nothing wrong with my bike, but there was no way they were going t꧙o help me.

"Yet again, German marshals have kept me 𓆏from getting a decent result."

Stoner has now dropped from joint equal with Lorenzo for the titl🦩e lead to 20-points down in third.

The DNF also marked Stoner's first non-finishꦰ since he was taken down by Valentino Rossi at the 2011 Spanish MotoGP.

"We didn't dese🐬rve to take so many points back [from Lorenzo] at Assen, but then the same thing happened to me at Jerez la🤪st year," said Stoner.

"We ꦫjust have to keep going forward. Myself and Dani showed we had a huge pace advantage here. Dani's always been fast here and we managed to... to be honest I was coꦯnfident I had the edge over him today.

"I just made a slight mistake and gotღ caught out."

Round eight of 18 takes⛎ place at Mugello in Italy next weekend.

"Fast corners, high spee♛ds and a lot of wheelspin. That's what I enjoy about Mugello," said Stoner. "It's nꦺot a small dinky track.

"This track, this afternoon, I wouldn't have been on f💝ull throttle for more than a second at any one time due to the grip levels.

"It's frustrating🔴 to ride round at 20-30% throttl🍸e. It's nice to open it up."

Stoner finished third at Mugello last year,ꦺ behind Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso.