AS it stands Valentino Rossi leads the MotoGP world championship with 312 points compared to Lorenzo’s 305, with just the Valencia GP left on the 8th of November.
Seven points is all that stands between Rossi and Lorenzo in the championship standings, but Rossi has his work cut out as he will start the final round in Valencia from the back of the grid after his controversial clash with Marc Marquez in Sepang.
Marquez remains in third, which is most probably where he will finish in the championship with his teammate Dani Pedrosa in fourth.
The two Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso are fifth and seventh with British rider Bradley Smith breaking up the Italians as he sits in sixth. Cal Crutchlow is in eighth.
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | ITA | 312 |
| 2 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | SPA | 305 |
| 3 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | SPA | 222 |
| 4 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | SPA | 190 |
| 5 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | ITA | 188 |
| 6 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | GBR | 171 |
| 7 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | ITA | 153 |
| 8 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Honda | GBR | 118 |
| 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | Ducati | ITA | 107 |
| 10 | Pol ESPARGARO | Yamaha | SPA | 103 |
| 11 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Suzuki | SPA | 97 |
| 12 | Maverick VIÑALES | Suzuki | SPA | 92 |
| 13 | Scott REDDING | Honda | GBR | 83 |
| 14 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | COL | 53 |
| 15 | Hector BARBERA | Ducati | SPA | 33 |
| 16 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Aprilia | SPA | 29 |
| 17 | Loris BAZ | Yamaha Forward | FRA | 28 |
| 18 | Stefan BRADL | Aprilia | GER | 17 |
| 19 | Jack MILLER | Honda | AUS | 17 |
| 20 | Nicky HAYDEN | Honda | USA | 16 |
| 21 | Eugene LAVERTY | Honda | IRL | 9 |
| 22 | Katsuyuki NAKASUGA | Yamaha | JPN | 8 |
| 23 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati | ITA | 8 |
| 24 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Ducati | FRA | 8 |
| 25 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | Honda | JPN | 5 |
| 26 | Takumi TAKAHASHI | Honda | JPN | 4 |
| 27 | Toni ELIAS | Yamaha Forward | SPA | 2 |
| 28 | Alex DE ANGELIS | ART | RSM | 2 |
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