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Capirossi focused on strong Malaysian result

Loris Capirossi is focused on achieving a strong result at the next race in Malaysia after two impressive rounds in which he has claimed a first and second place.

"These last two races are really important to me and I love to ride Sepang, so I will be working hard to get another good result there," said Capirossi who lies seventh in the championship. "The track really suits me, the Ducati has always gone well there and the Bridgestones work well too, but we will have to wait and see what happens this time because it seems like they have had some problems resurfacing the track."

"They laid a new surface a couple of months ago but it was too bumpy, so they had to put down another new surface in some areas recently, so everything will be completely new from a tyre point of view," he added. "I just hope the surface is okay because the last two years I have had great weekends there - first in 2005, a very close second place last year. The Sepang layout is great - very wide and with some fast corners, so it's a lovely circuit to ride and it's great for fighting, so you get some exciting races there. Of course, the weather is very hot and humid but that is okay for me, this is what we train for."

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