Bradley Smith cited a morning set-up gamble as reason for his excellent fourth place showing in Malaysia, his best dry weather result since Phillip Island, 2014. Outside the top ten on Saturday morning, Smith made his way through Q1 to eventually qualify eighth, but the Englishman was still adjusting and tweaking machine settings up until just before the race start. Again, Smith's consistency and the Yamaha M1's ability to manage tyre endurance told in the latter stages of the race, as he picked off Cal Crutchlow for fourth soon after the LCR Honda man had touched Andrea Dovizioso on lap eleven. “It's a nice way to finish three weeks, that's for sure,” Smith said, having ended the...
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