KTM’s woeful weekend in Jerez will be “disappointing” for the manufacturer in their bid to be Ducati’s main challenꦜgers.

Brad Binder came home in P6 a🍸t last week’s Spanish Mot🌼oGP but Jack Miller and wildcard Dani Pedrosa did not finish.

The previously show-stopping Pedro Acosta was forced to settle for P10 while Tech3 GASGAS teammate Augusto Fernandez did ꦜnot complete the distance.

Miller’s race ended with an angry confrontation in the gravel with Franco Morbidelli, after he was clattered out from🍌 inside tꦰhe top 10.

“Ja✨ck’s weekend was a nightmare - not all Jack’s doing,” ana𓆏lysed broadcaster Simon Crafar.

“Technical problems, one after another, ꦫm👍ade Jack look worse than he was.

“He’s quite strong here, good i🧸n bad conditions. He got ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚto show none of his cards because of these technical things.”

Crafar said of Miller’s race-ending incident with Morbidelli: “Turn 5, those types of corner, encourage a rider to give it a go - and [a big crash] is the🤪 end result.

“It’s sad. He had a tough weekend.”

Miller’s collision with Morbidelli was rule🧔d a racing incident.

Meanwhile, Binder’s title hopes took a major blow. He now ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsits seventh in the MotoGP standings afte🌼r four rounds, 33 points behind championship leader Jorge Martin.

Binder came up shor🐽t in a fight for P4 against Alex Marquez and Enea Bastianini.

“🐻Brad is not going to be happy. We know ꦰBrad,” Crafar said.

“He had the possibility, I said on the gridꦉ, of getting on the podium.

“He showed speed [on Saturday], they worked ove𒈔rnight, different ty🔯re, longer race.

“I thought he had the chance ❀and it clearly di🦩dn’t happen like that.

“A quite disappointing weekend for KTM because th💟ey are strong here, traditionally. “

Even starlet Ac🐠osta came back down to earth with his first ordinary result since joining the premier class.

Jorge Lorenzo had spectacularly predicted Acosta would win the Spanish MotoGPﷺ but it did not come true.

“Pedro? I knew it would b𓂃e a tough one for him here,” Crafar sai🌄d.