| Rossi wins Grand Prix of Japan and overall title Italy's Valentino Rossi stormed to victory at the Grand Prix of Japan, claiming his sixth MotoGP world championship. Rossi, riding a Yamaha, pulled ahead of defending MotoGP champion Casey Stoner of Australia with 11 laps to go and finished the race 1.943 seconds ahead of Stoner. It was Rossi's eighth victory of the season and fifth straight since he took the United States Grand Prix in July. |