Dani Pedrosa suffered a major scare at the start of Sunday's Catalan Grand Prix when he arrived at the first tu♊rn with 'no brakes'.

Fortunately Pedrosa was leading at the time, otherwise he may have caused a repeat of the Moto2 turn one pile-up, and although🌠 the incident cost him 🍷time, he was able to rejoin and spend most of the race battling with Casey Stoner.

When Pedrosa's Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso fell from second on lap 15 of 25, Pedrosa moved into the runner-up position, which he 🐷was just able to keep f♌rom Stoner by just 0.202sec.

"I started very well. I was leading, but just before the end of the straight I got a big shake on the front of the bike and when I went for the brake - empty - no brakes!" sai𝓡d Pedro🎃sa.

"I tell you, at that mom🔯ent my heart was out! I saw the w𒁃all coming towards me and I started to pump the front brake and finally I got it. But anyway I ran off the track.

"I took it slow before I rejoi🐼ned so I didn't get penalised and then tr♐ied to recover because I was far behind.

"I caught Casey when he also made the mistake and we raced together for a lot of laps and finally second. After the start it's🎐 not so bad."

Pedrosa remains second in the championship but has lost another five points to Lorenzo and is n⛎ow 52 behind the Yamaha rider heading into round eighth of 18 at Sachsenring in two weeks' time.