Motor Sport : Valentino Rossi wins sixth MotoGP title with victory at Japan MotoGP

3rd ~ 5th Oct 2008 Valentino Rossi of Fiat Yamaha Team won his sixth MotoGP World Riders Championship title when he won the recent Japan MotoGP Grand Prix. Valentino Rossi secured his MotoGP championship with 312 points, 92 points clear of last year’s MotoGP champion Casey Stoner of Ducatti. With 3 MotoGP races left in the season, it is impossible for Casey Stoner to win the MotoGP championship.

Casey Stoner managed a 2nd place finish in the Japan MotoGP with Dani Pedrosa of Honda earning the last spot of the podium at 3rd place.

The next MotoGP race will be the 2008 Australian MotoGP at Philip Island in Melbourne, which was won last year by Australian rider Casey Stoner. Certainly, Casey Stoner will be hoping to win the 2008 Australian MotoGP in front of his fellow countrymen, but he will have to get past a very fast Valentino Rossi.

Many feel that Valentino Rossi might take things a little easier in the last 3 MotoGP races of the season, considering that Rossi has already clinched the 2008 MotoGP Championship. But, of course, there’s really no such thing as taking it easy for Valentino Rossi who will look to end the season on a high note by booking a few more victories in the remaining races.

Other riders expecting to perform well in the 2008 Australian MotoGP include Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards, Chris Vermeulen, Nick Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso.

In the MotoGP Constructors’ Standings, Yamaha are very dominant with 341 points, 80 points ahead of Ducati who have 261 points. Honda is not that far from Ducati with 259 points.

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