Fabio Quartararo wasn’t the only rider to struggle with a lack of ཧfuel at the end of Sunday’s Japanese MotoGP.

But while the Yamaha rider lamented the lack of warning before his bike spluttered in the last few corners, Aprilia’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aleix Espargaro was at least aware he was in trouble.

Starting 15th, Espargaro gained early💫 ground t💃o eighth but couldn’t keep the VR46 Ducatis at bay.

A lack of rear grip led to excessive wheelspin, which burned through his fuel at the notoriously ‘th꧒irs🌟ty’ track.

“One of the most difficult races of th♑e last three seasons. We had no grip at all,” Espargaro said.

“I was sliding all theꦅ way, spinning. I ♏made it to the end just for a couple of corners, because I had no fuel already.”

“The last five or six laps, I started to have 🍬the [low fuel] alarms,” Espargaro explained.

“I went to [engine] 🎀map 2, then map 3🦄, and then the bike started to have no power even on map 3.

“I knew it, I saw from t🉐he beginning of the race that I was over the limit riding the bike, spinning, spinning,ꦕ spinning.

“I'm c꧙ompletely destroyed physically! Because the bike had no grip at all. So I had to fight a lot, and then the [f🃏uel] consumption is higher than expected.

“We made 𒅌it. ✅I think half a lap more and my bike stops.”

Team-mate Maverick Vinales cr🤡ashed out of elev🌜enth place at mid-distance.

Espargaro is tied with VR46's Fabio di Giannantonio for tenth i🅠n the wo💜rld championship, three places behind Vinales.

Outscored by KTM at the last two rounds, Aprilia is now 20 points behind the Austrian manufacture𝓰r in the fight for runner-up behind Ducati in the constructors’ standings.