Anglo-American John Hopkins will be back with the Suzuki squad for next month's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

For Hopkins, it will be the second time this year that he will have taken part in a MotoGP event; the first one having had the chance to replace Spaniard Alvaro Bautista at the Spanish Grand Prix.

Hopkins is currently leading the British Superbike championship onboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000.