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Despite a highly-creditable 12th place finish at the San Marino Grand Prix, LCR Honda rider Jack Miller was left pondering what might have been after a chaotic race at Misano.

Intermittent rain ensured there was incident galore throughout Sunday’s showpiece at the Rimini circuit. But having switched back to slicks after the rain, Miller looked poised to secure his first top 10 finish of the season.

However, an electrical problem late on saw the Australian lose places as he eventually had to settle for 12th place and a fifth point-scoring finish of the campaign.

“With about six or seven laps to go we had an electrical problem with the bike,” Miller said. “The thing starting losing power and wouldn’t go into anything lower than fourth gear, so I had to start short-shifting through second and third and as a result my lap times dropped considerably.

“It was a good race, but being a rookie to this bike change thing I stayed out longer than I should and it cost me dearly, I lost a good 30, 35 seconds. I thought it was all over, but then I was really happy when I came in and put the wets on.

“When we went to slicks it just took me a little longer to get into the groove of things than Scott [Redding, who finished third] and you can see what he did. We started picking things up, but then it all sort of came to an end with about seven laps to go and I just had to limp the thing home really.”

Miller now sits 18th in the world championship standings, logging 16 points to date in his rookie Open class MotoGP campaign.