Andrea Dovizioso 'expected much more' after he limped over the line in 13th place in the 𝓀Malaysian MotoGP following a spi🌱ll on lap 10.

T🍸he 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 had serioꦓus chance of finishing on the rostrum.

"It's a real 💖pity that the rain c🐷ame this afternoon," he said.

"We did such a good job during the weekend w🔯ith the bike in the dry and we started strong from the first session, so to find these really bad conditions was unlucky for us today.

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

"We can't change it and I certainly didn't hav🌺e th﷽e same good feeling in the wet."

Dovi felt he was struggling on the exit of corners on the satel♊lite 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 𝔍to start a race in the rain 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 struggled 🅺at exit of the corner," he added.

"I pushed really hard trying to pass Casey and I lost the fron🐭t without braking while at maximum angle.

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