Enea Bastianini and Franco Morbidelli were both🔯 in the hunt for a podium finish at the German MotoGP.

But their tussle eve🧸ntually slowed them both down and cost them whatever slim chance they had of catch🙈ing Alex Marquez, who completed the podium.

Jorge Martin fell out of theꦜ lead allowing Pecco Bagဣnaia to win, and Marc Marquez to finish second.

Morbidelli had qualified impressively in sixth, but was soon contesting P2 with Pram🔥ac teammate Martin.

Bagnaia eventually demoted Morbidelli do🅘wn to th✨ird, then the Pramac rider lost his spot to Alex Marquez.

Notably, Morbidelli and Marc Marquez were involv⛦ed ꦺin a big contact - remarkably, neither rider went down.

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

“Thi🃏s time, missing the podium, I am not reaꦺlly happy,” Bastianini said.

“It has been a difficult race for me, starting 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 t𓆏o come back. Lap by lap, I was better. I was cl▨ose to the podium.

“When I was clo🧸se to him, I fought with Frankie. We lost time.

“Well, Marc was gone. And… nothing!”

Alex Ma๊rquez, clinging onto third, admitted he 🌄was wary of Bastianini.

But Bastianini overtaking Morbidelli for🦩 fourth gave Alex enough time to secure the podium.

Mওorbidelli reacted to the German MotoGP: “I enjoye꧂d it very much. I had great speed, especially in the first half of the race.

“Then I lost so𒀰me performance. Probably𓆉, 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 that I could get there, which is 🌊positive for us.”

P5 is the sec🔯ond-best result of a season which is kicking into gear for Morbidelli.

It started with an injury suffered in preseason.

However, he is on the lookout for a 2025 seat a🦋s P👍ramac prepare to flee Ducati for Yamaha.