Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli were both in the hunt for a podium fi⭕nish 💮at the German MotoGP.

But th🧔eir tussle eventually slowed them both down and cost them whatever slim c🐭hance they had of catching Alex Marquez, who completed the podium.

Jorg෴e Martin fell out of the lead allowing Pecco Bagnaia to win, and Marc🦹 Marquez to finish second.

M🐓orbidelli had qualified impressively in sixth, but was soon contesting P2 with Pramac teammate Martin.

Bagnaia ev🍷entually demoted Morbidelli down to third, then the Pramacꦓ rider lost his spot to Alex Marquez.

Notably, Morbidelli and Marc Marquez were invoಌlved in a big🍎 contact - remarkably, neither rider went down.

Marquez overto💙ok Morbidelli for fourth, at the same time that factory Ducati rider Bastianini made a trademark late charge. He was up to fifth.

“Thi𒁃s time, missing the podium, I am not really h🔯appy,” Bastianini said.

“It has been a difficult race for me, sta🐼rting fr♔om the first lap.

“Because I made mistakes with the rear device. I did the whole lap with the♎ bike down.

“At the end, I tried to come back. Lap by lap, I was better💧.🌱 I was close to the podium.

“When I was close to him, I fo🉐ught ♔with Frankie. We lost time.

“Well, Marc was gone. And… nothing!”

Alex Marquez, clinging onto third, admitted he was wary of Bastianini🙈.

But Bastianini over🥀taking Morbidelli for fourth gave A♊lex enough time to secure the podium.

Morbidelli reacted to the German MotoGP: “I enjoyed it very much. I had great speed, espe⛄cially in🗹 the first half of the race.

“Then I lost some perf෴ormance. Probably, I was aggressive on the tyres and couldn’t hang on until the end.

“But I had fun. I had overtakes in the beginning.

“I had the feeling th🌄at I could get the♈re, which is positive for us.”

P5 is the second-best result of a season which is kicking i𝕴nto gea♌r for Morbidelli.

It started with an injury suffered in preseason.

However, he is on the lookout for a 2025 seat as P🧔ramac prepare to flee Ducati for Yamaha.