Ayumu Sasaki was left 'v🐲ery disappointeꦉd' after losing out on a first Moto3 win at Qatar. 

The Japanese rider stormed cl🤡ear of the battle for second and seemed to be in a league of his own during the early stagesไ.

In fact, it was shaping up to be as good a ride as anything we saw from the likes of Pedro Acosta, Dennis Foggia and Romano Fenati last seas🐽on. 

Initially, Sasaki came close to a highside on lap ten which loosened the left side of his fairing, however, the same mechanical issues as he suffered du🧸ring Friday practice ultimately led to him retiring. 

A gutted Sasaki said: "I am very disappointed. The team did a fantastic job a༺nd I did a great job, I felt good on the bike and I was enjoying all the moments until lap 9. 

"The first ten laps went so quick, I was living the dream, because riding 1st i🍬n the GP is always a good feeling.🌟 

"I was steady, calm, but we had some issues with the bike, but that was no one’s fault. It was one unlu🌜cky thing that happened to us.

"Thisꩲ week maybe we had some bad luck because it happened already on Friday, but th🌊at had also nothing to do with us and the team. 

"I feel sorry for the team, as well as for myself. We did a fantasti🅺c job I think. We can’t say it, but I think we were winning the race, so that’s a positive mindset, we have 20 races to go, and we have 20 races that we can do exactly the same things. 

"We will travel fa🍬st and let’s see what we ca꧋n do in the next race in Indonesia."

While it was a case of bad luck on Sasaki's side, team-mate John McPhee managed to 𝓰secure a top five finish on his debut with the Sterilgarda Max Racing Team.&nb🌄sp;

McPhee looked to be in contention for a 🅠podium before losing touch on the final lap.&✱nbsp;

"The fifth position is a really solid way to start the year," added McPhee. "I did not know how my setup was ꦰgoing t🦩o be across the race distance, as it was my first race with the Husqvarna bike. 

"We managed to compose our𝓰selves really well in the race and would have been perfect if I could attack just a little bit more, but I was feeling a little bit on the limit with our packꦿage at the moment. 

"Overall ﷽I feel strong, we got good points for the championship and it was important to have these points to start the season 🍰in a good way. 

"So a huge thank y💙ou to the team, because they work so hard all weekend to 🔯help me adapt more to the Husqvarna bike and to try to understand the way to ride this bike. 

"For now I am really happy, we have some more progress that we can make and this is good bec൲ause we keep on trying to make it better."