"[Then], the same thing happened as in the qualifying. I don't know why but when I opened the gas, the bike was making failing, like "boh-boh-boh-boh" [stuttering sounds].
"So I thought I had some kind of problem, but I kept running and running and running and it was OK, but in the last laps it kept doing it more.
"Also it was very strange, because I didn't receive the track limits warning or Long Lap [penalty message on the dash]. I did it because I saw it on the main straight [pit board]. If not, I wouldn't do it.
"Maybe when I saw 'pit lane' it was actually track limits. I don't know. But on my dashboard all the time was 'pit lane', 'pit lane'. Every lap. That's why at the end I stopped. Because I don't know, maybe I am losing oil or something?"
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