Britain's Bradley Smith has shrugged off his debut MotoGP crash on the first day of testing at Sepang as part of the learning curve.

The Monster Yamaha man lost the front into turn seven but walked away from the incident, saying he experienced a couple of warning before it let go but cracked on as he was trying to find the limit.

“This morning was another good learning process for me because the track condition was completely different to the first test. It was dirty and slippery and it meant that I had to ride smoothly, which is how I need to be riding this bike all of the time," said Smith.

"I've been a little too aggressive but in those conditions I had to ride the bike in a completely different way. The crash was another part of the learning process too. I'd had a couple of warnings in the previous two laps but I kind of shrugged them off because I'm not sure what the limit is.

"Now I know the limit although a crash is never ideal. I'd done all my laps on the same set of tyres and now I know what the warning signs are I'll be better prepared in the future.”