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Valentino Rossi wins race and MotoGP title

Indexed: Mon Sep 29, 2008 @ 11:00:08PM 3 months 1 week ago

Yamaha team leader Valentino Rossi was holding an 87-point championship lead after fourteen races in the 2008 MotoGP series. With four races left to run, the Italian needed only one more podium result to deny his nearest challenger and therefore secure his eighth GP title, and his sixth in the top class. The Japanese race at Motegi was the likely scene of Rossi’s historic achievement.

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