As the top MotoGP rookie with tenth place in the opening Qatar race, Enea Bastianini may have expected to extend his poin✨ts lead over 💝the other newcomers with an eleventh in the second outing.

But a stunning podium, from pole position, by Jorge Marti🦂n means that the Pramac (G21) rider leapfrogged Bastianini and heads to Europe with a six-point advantage over the Avintia (GP19) rider.

However,ಌ it could be a 'new look' Bastianini that tur♐ns up in Portimao next weekend, after suffering an unusual problem at the end of the second Losail race; his long hair hampering his visibility.

"Unfortunately, 6 or 7 laps from the endꦍ, my hair and sweat [went in my eyes] did not let me have good visib♌ility and I couldn't stay focused," he said.

Nonetheless, it had been another strong performance fr𒀰ಌom the reigning Moto2 champion, who had qualified just 19th on the grid.

“We made a great race," said Bastianini. "If I would ha🐎ve qualified much better, I am sure that I could have fought with the first 🥂ones."

That might sound like quite a claim, but Bastianini crossed🅠 the finish line just 5.550s from race winner Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha). That compares with 9.288s behind round one winner Maverick Vinales.

Bastianin꧂i was also just four-seconds behind Martin and a podium and ten-seconds clear of Esponsorama team-mate Luca Marini, in 18th place.

The other rookie on the grid, Aprilia's Lo🍸renzo Savadori, was 20th and last.