Lorenzo disappointed after early exit

The Spaniard wasn't happy afterwards and was down on his own performance in today's race as well as in recent events, having crashed out after starting from the front row alongside race winner Valentino Rossi and second-place finisher Dani Pedrosa.

"I didn't feel good today and I was riding much worse than yesterday," said a disappointed Lorenzo. "I was having some problems in braking and acceleration and this is really a pity because I thought I had the chance to be on the podium today.

Lorenzo was not that surprised by his exit, having struggled with tyres at the start of the race as well as experiencing a few moments before falling at turn one on lap twelve.

"I had many problems with my tyres in the first few laps and in fact I had a lot of warnings about the crash, but in the end I just couldn't avoid it. I got a bad start and it seems this part of the race is getting more difficult every time.

"If I had a better start I could have tried to go with Valentino and Pedrosa but today was terrible. We have to change something here because at the moment it's quite difficult.

"Apart from these problems I know I didn't have the same feeling in myself as I had yesterday, so it really wasn't a good day!"