Andrea Dovizioso 'expected muc𒐪h more' after he limped over the line in 13th place in the Malaysian MotoGP following a spill on lap 10.

The Italian had been chasing Casey Stoner in third place when he fell but was able🌠 to remount his Tech 3 Yamaha and finish the race.

Dovizioso, though, was bitterly disappointed with how the weekend🔯 panned out at Sepang, where he felt he hღad serious chance of finishing on the rostrum.

"It's a real pity that the rain came this ܫafternoon," he said.

"We did such﷽ a good job during the weekend with the bike in the dry and we started strong from the first session, so to find these really ba🎃d conditions was unlucky for us today.

"I was ready for a really hard race in hot weather and I'm sure I would have b💛een fighting for the podium in the dry.

"We can't change it and I certainly didn't have the samꩵe good feeling in the wet."

Dovi felt he was struggling on the exit of corners on the💎 satellite Yamaha although he was confident on the brakes despite the slippery track surface.

"I had a big slide off the start and lost some places but🌸 I managed to get into a fast pace quite quickly," he said.

"It is very difficult to start a race in the♐ 𓂃rain with no other time on track in the wet all weekend. I was quite fast but I was lacking rear grip.

"I could brake very strong but I strug☂gled at exit of the corner," he added.

"I pushed really hard trying to pass Casey and I lost t🎃he front without braking while at m♋aximum angle.

"I still managed to score some points aꦜnd finis💞h the race but we expected much more and I am determined to bounce back quickly next week in Australia."