Rizla Suzuki racer Loris Capirossi had disappointment behind him in Malaysia on Sunday, after placing in ninth spot from fifth on the grid.

The Italian equalled his second best form of the year to start from the second row of the grid, and following two first corners he had arrived to second place.

However, Capirossi had grip issues on the slippery circuit fell further down the order, before creating balance and eventually arriving in ninth place.

“I don't really have a lot of things to say about today - I am just so disappointed!” states Capirossi. “The team did such a good job this weekend and we thought we would have a good race this afternoon, especially after this morning's warm-up was good as well, but then for the race it rained really hard.”

“The set-up of the bike for the wet was pretty good, but I struggled a lot for the first ten laps because I couldn't get any feeling from the left of the tyres. I dropped down to 13th and I then managed to overtake three or four riders and finish ninth. The result was not really good for this track and we weren't lucky with the conditions, but sometimes things happen like that.”