Having sunk to eleventh with massive race-night chatter in Qatarꦑ, Ben Spies had ওbeen looking to restart his season in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.

The signs were good aft𓆉er qualifying sixth on the grid, but race day saw another 🧸shock decline.

While Factory Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo battled Casey Stoner for victory, Spies plummeted to eleventh place w💫ithin seven laps, where he remained to the finish.

"I don't really know what happened," confessed Spiesไ. "I got off to a pr🐻etty good start from the line but after that I didn't have a good feeling with the bike, it was a pretty pathetic race really for me.

"I've apologized to the team and we've had a long meeting about what I was feeling with the𓃲 bike.

"I just wasn't c𝔉omfortable, I rode as hard as I could but the speed just wasn't there. We need to find something because we can see the Yamahas are working well but my feeling with the bike is not great. It was a bad day at the office today."