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Capirossi blames tyre choice

Loris Capirossi says that opting for the harder tyre compound in today's race at Brno is the reason why he finished almost 20 seconds behind his victorious Ducati team-mate Casey Stoner.

"It's a shame because today was a wasted opportunity," Capirossi said. "I made a mistake when I chose my tyre allocation on Thursday. I decided to trust one type of construction that worked very well last year, especially getting into the corners. But unfortunately it wasn't competitive from the early stages of today's race. I used a harder compound and it didn't work so well."

Capirossi believes he could have done a lot better than his sixth position and that even a podium could have been on the cards had he not got caught up in a scrap with Valentino Rossi over sixth. However, the Italian feels he can do a better job at the next Grand Prix - his home race at Misano.

"I was slow going into the corners and I took a couple of big risks in the last long corner," said Capirossi. "Valentino overtook me on one of those occasions, the front tucked and I went wide. After that I was able to pass him again but I couldn't catch the front group. It's a real shame because I think I could have stayed with Nicky. We will do better in the next race at Misano, it's another home GP and I look forward to racing there."

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