• 2024 Qatar MotoGP, Lusail - Race Results

The 2024 season-opening Qatar MotoGP was forced into a last-gasp r🍎estart💙 when Raul Fernandez stalled.

The Trackhouse rider experienced a technical issue on ജthe starting grid, with the new season just seconds away from beginning.

As a result, the start was waved off.

Fernandez's bike was taken back to 🌠the pits, the Spanish rider was forced to sheepishly follow, and the remaining riders were looking around ba🦋ffled until they realised what happened.

Fernandez was due to begin from 12🥀th on the grid. It seemed like he might be forced to restart from the pitlane, but instead he started from 🐟the back of the grid, giving up 10 positions.

The race was then reduced from 22 to 21 laps.

It was a remarkable and anti-climatic star🌳t to the 2024 season, just moments befo🅘re the roar of 22 MotoGP machines was set to fill the Qatar night.

The delay, of approximately 10 minutes, �෴�eventually did nothing to dampen the excitement.

Ferna♓ndez was 🤡able to swiftly start making progress despite his nightmare start.

But, with four laps to go, Fernandez's strange outing came to a prema🐻ture end when he retired into the pits.

He was the only rider noꦉt to complete the season-opening grand prix.