New world champion Jorge Lorenzo rounded off the MotoGP season with victory in the Valencia Grand Prix to break the record for points scored in a season.
The Spaniard won his ninth race of a dominant year to take his tally to 383 points, breaking the mark set by Yamaha teammate Valentino Rossi of 373.
Rossi finished third in his final race for Yamaha before riding for Ducati next seaon. Casey Stoner of Australia took second after leading until eight laps to go.
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American Ben Spies took fourth behind for the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team, while Dani Pedrosa sealed the runners-up spot in the championship with seventh place for Honda. CNN International
It was a landmark race too for Rossi as he bade farewell to the Yamaha team after seven years.
“It was a great experience,” the Italian stated. “We enjoyed a lot with Yamaha so I’m happy to do a good race to finish the experience together.
“I enjoyed it a lot but unfortunately at the end I don’t have any more power to stop the bike - third place is ok, it’s another podium. I had fun.” BBC Sport
Pos. Points Num. Rider Team 1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha Team 2 20 27 Casey STONER Ducati Team 3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha Team 4 13 11 Ben SPIES Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda Team 6 10 58 Marco SIMONCELLI San Carlo Honda Gresini 7 9 26 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda Team 8 8 40 Hector BARBERA Paginas Amarillas Aspar 9 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 10 6 14 Randy DE PUNIET LCR Honda MotoGP 11 5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Pramac Racing Team 12 4 5 Colin EDWARDS Monster Yamaha Tech 3 13 3 33 Marco MELANDRI San Carlo Honda Gresini 14 2 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Interwetten Honda MotoGP 15 1 71 Carlos CHECA Pramac Racing Team Not Classified 65 Loris CAPIROSSI Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 69 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Team
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