Dani Pedrosa broke his left collarbone in Japan last Friday and is not riding this weekend.
With Pedrosa out,
Jorge Lorenzo only needs to score seven points (ninth place) to win the title in today's race…
1.
Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team
2m 2.269s 2.
Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team
2m 2.359s 3.
Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha Team
2m 2.472s 4.
Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
2m 2.642s 5.
Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team
2m 2.730s 6.
Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team
2m 2.770s 7.
Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
2m 3.141s 8.
Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
2m 3.178s 9.
Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP
2m 3.230s 10.
Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing
2m 3.283s 11.
Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
2m 3.285s 12.
Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP
2m 3.462s 13.
Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini
2m 3.639s 14.
Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP
2m 3.812s 15.
Hector Barbera ESP Paginas Amarillas Aspar
2m 3.820s 16.
Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing
2m 3.858s Pole position:Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha
2m 1.537s2009 Malaysian Grand Prix - 25/10/2009:Pole position: Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha
2m 0.518sFastest race lap:Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha
2m 13.694s (wet)