 1 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Sepang is a state-of-the-art facility, designed by Herman Tilke that opened in 1999. It is 60kms from Kuala Lumpur in Selangor State and is 5.54 kms in length. It is everything that Phillip Island isn't: clean, modern, excellent facilities for spectators, toilets that work, food that you can eat, etc. And unlike Phillip Island, It usually produces boring, processional racing. |
 2 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 The circuit can be broken into two circuits for smaller event such as go-karts hence the dual-straight layout. Valentino took a commanding pole with Lorenzo in second and Pedrosa in third, The second row was Stoner, Capirossi and Elias. |
 3 Moto GP Malaysia Round 16 Sepang Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team leads the start of the race |
 4 50 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Rossi completely botched the turn, ran wide and found himself in eighth place shortly after. This is coming out of turn 1into turn 2 on the first lap and Rossi is way back. |
 5 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Even Marco Melandri on the under developed Hayate passed Rossi. |
 6 16 GP Malasia 23, 24 y 25 de octubre de 2009 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 At this point Pedrosa leads the race but Stoner is comeing fast. |
 7 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 At the end of the first lap Rossi is in tenth and Stoner has taken the lead. Worse, Lorenzo (the only person who can mathematically still win the championship) is in eighth. |
 8 Moto GP Malaysia Round 16 Sepang Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team |
 9 Moto GP Malaysia Round 16 Sepang Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda crashes out of third |
 10 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Casey rode an amazing race. He rode away and, by lap 14, had created an 18 second gap back to Pedrosa in second. He then slowed to match Pedrosa's pace and then slowed some more over the final two laps. He won by 14.6 seconds. |
 11 16 GP Malasia 23, 24 y 25 de octubre de 2009 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Pedrosa came in second with Rossi about 5 seconds behind in third. Lorenzo came in fourth over 6 seconds behind. Hayden straggled in 38 seconds behind the leader and the rest of the field was even more spread out. That's the type of racing that the Sepang circuit produces, even when it's raining and things should be more equal. |
 12 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 At turn 7, Rossi's fan club was waiting for him and they produced a live chicken replete with Rossi's colours, helmet and T Shirt. All very funny but no English speaking person got the joke. Gallina Vechia means Old Hen. Still no one understood the joke although it was obvious that Rossi was laughing at himself - somehow. |
 13 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 At parc ferme Jorge Lorenzo came to offer his congratulations to Rossi. Rossi knows his time at the top is coming to a close as do Lorenzo and Stoner. |
 14 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 This was Pedrosa's first podium in the wet and he said that it felt just like his first podium. Despite missing three rounds, this was Casey's fourth win of the season. Notice the egg that Rossi is holding. |
 15 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 The joke: it's an old Italian saying that old hens make good soup but they can't lay eggs. Rossi is saying that the old hen has just laid its ninth egg. He even had a special helmet made with the old hen theme. |
 16 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Rossi paid tribute to his team but made special mention of crew chief Jerry Burgess. Burgess is nearing retirement - he's won thirteen GPs - but said he'll stay for as long as Rossi continues racing. |
 17 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Look at the gaps - dreadful! Toseland came home nearly two minutes after the leader. That's nearly a full lap. He worked hard to lose his MotoGP ride. |
 18 Round 15 - Sepang, Malaysia, Sunday, October 25, 2009 If Rossi comes third or better at the final round in Valencia, he'll break 300 points. This is not necessarily going to happen as his competition is strong and Valencia is one of his less successful tracks. It's depressing to think that the season's nearly over. |
