We arrive in Malaysia wanting to make up for the bad Sunday in Thailand. Qualifying leaves a little bitter taste in my mouth, I couldn’t find a good feeling with the mota: a lot of forward thrust but I can’t get into the corners as I would like. I start behind, from P14 it is difficult to climb back up, especially in the heat of Malaysia. In the Sprint I get a good start (finally) and have fun. I tangle with Jack (Miller) and Pedro (Acosta), then in the finale the tire gets hot and I have to give up. Sunday the race is tough, I manage to recover positions and start a nice bagaree with Johann (Zarco). Still in the final the tire is really hot, the conditions are on the limit and the bike very difficult to ride.

Now we have the last race ahead of us; we don’t know where and when it will be held. All we know is that the Valencia race was (rightly) canceled: it would have made no sense to race after what happened.