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29 September 2008
Rossi wins Japan Moto GP, sixth world championship
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123676/Rossi-wins-Japan-Moto-GP-sixth-world-championship
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MOTEGI, Japan – Italy's Valentino Rossi stormed to victory at the Grand Prix of Japan of Sunday, claiming his sixth Moto GP world championship.
Rossi, riding a Yamaha, pulled ahead of defending Moto GP champion Casey Stoner of Australia with 11 laps to go and won the race with a time of 43 minutes, 09.599 seconds, 1.943 seconds ahead of Stoner after 24 laps at the 4.8-km Twin Ring Motegi course.
Spain's Dani Pedrosa was third, 4.866 seconds back, while pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo, also of Spain, was fourth.
It was Rossi's eighth victory of the season and fifth straight since he took the United States Grand Prix in July.
He came into Sunday's race needing just a podium finish to claim the title, his first since 2005.
29 September 2008
Rossi wins Japan Moto GP, sixth world championship
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/123676/Rossi-wins-Japan-Moto-GP-sixth-world-championship
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MOTEGI, Japan – Italy's Valentino Rossi stormed to victory at the Grand Prix of Japan of Sunday, claiming his sixth Moto GP world championship.
Rossi, riding a Yamaha, pulled ahead of defending Moto GP champion Casey Stoner of Australia with 11 laps to go and won the race with a time of 43 minutes, 09.599 seconds, 1.943 seconds ahead of Stoner after 24 laps at the 4.8-km Twin Ring Motegi course.
Spain's Dani Pedrosa was third, 4.866 seconds back, while pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo, also of Spain, was fourth.
It was Rossi's eighth victory of the season and fifth straight since he took the United States Grand Prix in July.
He came into Sunday's race needing just a podium finish to claim the title, his first since 2005.