168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Rins delivered a gritty ride to salvage twelfth in the Qatar MotoGP despite beinꩵg struck by a stone mid-race and falling deꦓep into the pack.

Starting nin♌th, the Monster Yamaha rider held his position early on but was soon caught in the thick of a fieꦿrce midfield battle.

A▨t one stage, riders from 6th to 19th were separated by less than 0ﷺ.7s.

Alex Rins struck by 'painful' stone at Qatar MotoGP

Then came what he would later describe on social media as a "huge stone iꦜmpact" on his arm.

"I had a better🔯 start than [the Sprint], but it was still a tough race, especially because I was hit byꦗ a stone in the middle of the straight on lap 7,” Rins said.

“It really hurt, to the point that I did think about going into the box because it 🐻was really painful.

“But I gave it everything.”

Rins found himself back in 15th with five laps🔯 to go, as he fought with Enea Bastianin🔯i and Ai Ogura.

Deꦰspite the arm pain, Rins regrouped in the final laps, pouncing for 14th, then huntingꦺ down Brad Binder to snatch 13th in the final sector.

“Ogura was doing his race, but I was stuc🅷k behind him,” Rins said.

“When he ma✨de a mistake, I overtook him, and luckily also Binder in the second-last corner, so I still finished P13.

“It later became P12 after the penalty handed to ꧑Maverick [Vinales]."

Team director Massimo Meregalli praised Rins’ determination: “Alex was in pain, which for sure did♒n't he𝓡lp him, but he rallied.”

Team-mate Fabio 🔥Quartararo, who qualified on the front row, finished in seventh place after the demotion of Vinales.