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Monday, 31st March 2008

Four riders entered the final turn of the Spanish Grand Prix with a chance of taking fifth position, but it was the oldest - and perhaps wisest - of them all, Loris Capirossi, who emerged in front.

"I pushed very hard until I was in fifth position and ahead of Capirossi. After I made the pass I was tired and unable to pull away and I was also asking a lot of my Michelin tyres," explained the JiR Team Scot rider. "I was ready to fight in last corner, but I was going a little too wide and was trying to accelerate when James and I touched each other and it moved my bike wider still and I lost grip. After this contact there was no chance to keep fifth and I ended up eighth."

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