Dani Pedrosa lost the lead of Sunday's Catalunya MotoGP for the final time when his Honda RC213V wheelied onto the back straight w♓ith five laps to go.

The Spaniard was forced to back off ⛄to bring the front wheel down in time to brake for the following turn, but still ran slightly wide - allow♉ing Jorge Lorenzo through to victory.

Afterwards, Pedrosa was asked why the wheelie was possible - given all the complex electronic𒉰 controls present on the Mot🔯oGP prototypes.

"These bikes have traction control and wheelie control, but they are not magic," said Pedrosa. "We have𒐪 everything set at the limit, to help but not stop [wheelies], because if we have all th💙e controls set to never make a wheelie the bike would not be fast enough.

"Perhaps on that lap I went more o༒nto the zebra [kerb] and then I had a small shake and then I got a wheelie. By then it was already fourth gear and a🧜t that speed it is like an aeroplane, the air gets under and then you make even more of a wheelie.

"So I had to 🌱close the throttle and then I braked too late because I thought Jorge was right behind me.❀"

Although desperately disappointed to lose h🌄is home race, Pedrosa admits that Lorenzo's form is hard to f🍃ault.

"For sure Jorge is almos♎t doing a perfect season," he said "He is only missing ten points out of the total possible so far. He's really on the pace and we have to be there also if we want to keep up in the championship."

"Iꦇ have everything good this year, but I am not🏅 winning," added Dani, frequently injured in previous seasons. "That is more disappointing than anything else for me at the moment."

Pedrosa is third in the world championship after five of 18 rounds, but already 30 points - more than one race win - behind Lorenzo. Pedrosa's team-mate Stoner, the only rider other than Lorenzo to win this year, is 20 points from the Yama🐎ha riderཧ.

B🎶ut one thing that didn't impress Pedrosa on Sunday was Lorenzo's turn one pass earli🍃er in the race.

"I had a tough moment when Jorge passed me the first time. He almost didn't lea♒ve me space. I didn't know if I had to go straight or could make the corner. I finally made it but lost some ground and had to catch back up," he said.

With the silly season already in full swing following Stoner's retirement decision, rumours🔥 suggestꦇ Honda will make a determined effort to sign Lorenzo for 2013.

"These things alwa𒁃ys occur in years when every rider is out of contract," said Pedrosa of the paddock specಌulation. "I have other people to take care of that. I really care more about winning."