Toni Elias (7th): “I saw the rain just before we were due to go out for the sighting lap and I thought ‘madre mía, this isn’t good for us!’ As it turned out it was completely the opposite and with seventh place and some bad results for my rivals we have actually made up more [...]

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Casey Stoner took his second victory in succession today with a display of absolute dominance in torrential conditions at Sepang, where his team-mate Nicky Hayden picked up a fantastic fifth place. A heavy tropical downpour just moments before the riders were due to take to the track for the penultimate round of the season saw [...]

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Following Valentino Rossi’s ninth career title in Sepang, and his seventh in the premier-class and his fourth since joining Yamaha in 2004. Here are some more statistics from the fourteenth season of his career: • Rossi has now matched Mike Hailwood and Carlo Ubbiali with nine titles in all classes. Only Agostini with 15 has [...]

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Today, Dani Pedrosa has achieved his first podium finish in the wet in MotoGP at the Sepang Circuit, after a heavy downpour completely flooded the track at the end of the 250cc race. The Repsol rider finished second, chased for a large part of the race by his teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, who spun out seven [...]

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Photos from Valentino Rossi’s celebrations as he takes the 2009 MotoGP World Championship in Sepang. After winning, Rossi stopped at the side of the track with his fan club to get changed into a celebratory t-shirt and helmet, and had his photo taken with a chicken. Rossi said: “My celebration was because in Italy we [...]

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