Having sunk to e♕leventh with massive race-night chatter in Qatar, Ben Spies h🐻ad been looking to restart his season in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.

The signs were good 🎀after qualifying sixth on the grid, but race day saw an🐼other shock decline.

While Facto♕ry Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo battled Casey Stoner for victory, Spies plummeted to eleventh place within seven l💟aps, where he remained to the finish.

"I don't really kn🌳ow what happened," confeꦰssed Spies. "I got off to a pretty 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 apologi♒zed to the teamܫ and we've had a long meeting about what I was feeling with the bike.

"I just wasn't comfortable, 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 bik𝓰e is not great. It was a bad day at the office today."