Malaysia 2008
YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT VALENTINO ROSSI MIGHT HAVE EASED UP NOW THAT HE HAS SECURED THE 2008 TITLE. NOT A BIT OF IT. FROM 2ND ON THE GRID HE HUNTED DOWN THE POLE-SITTER, DANI PEDROSA, AND, ALTHOUGH IT TOOK ABOUT HALF THE RACE TO DO IT, HE GOT PAST DANI AND OPENED UP ENOUGH OF A GAP TO ENSURE THAT HE CROSSED THE LINE IN FRONT.
THE STAR OF THE SHOW WAS ANDREA DOVIZIOSO WHO, ON A SATELLITE TEAM'S HONDA, MANAGED TO OUTPACE NICKY HAYDEN ON THE FACTORY BIKE AND CLAIM HIS FIRST PODIUM RESULT IN 3RD. AND YOU COULD NOT SAY THAT NICKY WAS NOT TRYING, EVEN THOUGH HE LEAVES HONDA FOR DUCATI SOON. THE PAIR BATTLED AWAY FOR MOST OF THE RACE AND OCCASIONALLY NICKY GOT HIS NOSE IN FRONT ONLY FOR ANDREA TO RETALIATE.
CASEY STONER CEMENTED HIS SECOND SPOT IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 6TH-PLACE FINISH AND, NO DOUBT, HE WILL BE GLAD TO GET THE OPERATION DONE ON HIS LEFT WRIST SOON SO THAT HE CAN BE COMPLETELY FIT FOR 2009. IT MUST HAVE HAMPERED HIM OVER THESE LAST FEW RACES.
ONLY ONE MORE TO GO BEFORE THE SEASON END. BUT IT IS VALENCIA WHERE GREAT THINGS OFTEN HAPPEN - REMEMBER 2006 WHEN TROY BAYLISS, COMING FROM WORLD SUPERBIKES TO RIDE AN UNFAMILIAR BIKE ON BRIDGESTONE TYRES THAT HE HAD NEVER USED BEFORE, ROMPED HOME TO AN UNFORGETTABLE VICTORY!
STARTING GRID
| | | | | |
| 1.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 2.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 3.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 4.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 5.
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Colin Edwards
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| 6.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 7.
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Casey Stoner
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| 8.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 9.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 10.
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John Hopkins
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| 11.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 12.
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James Toseland
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| 13.
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Anthony West
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| 14.
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Marco Melandri
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| 15.
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Shinya Nakano
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| 16.
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Sylvain Guintoli
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| 17.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 18.
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Nobuatsu Aoki
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| 19.
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Tony Elias
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RESULT
| |
| 1.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 4.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 5.
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Shinya Nakano
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| 6.
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Casey Stoner
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| 7.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 8.
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Colin Edwards
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| 9.
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Chris Vermeulen
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Valentino Rossi
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357
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| Casey Stoner
|
255
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| Dani Pedrosa
|
229
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| Jorge Lorenzo
|
182
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| Andrea Dovizioso
|
161
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| Nicky Hayden
|
144
|
| Colin Edwards
|
134
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| Chris Vermeulen
|
125
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| Shinya Nakano
|
117
|
Constructors :
|
| Yamaha
|
386
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| Ducati
|
296
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| Honda
|
295
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| Suzuki
|
174
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| Kawasaki
|
86
|
Race Results posted by
David Little
20th October 2008
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