Dani Pedrosa doubled his race-victory numbers for the MotoGP racing season in the last race of the year with a victory at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. 2009 champion Valentino Rossi and runner up Jorge Lorenzo completed the podium.
It was a home victory for Pedrosa at the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana, as the Repsol Honda rider lead from the start to win the final race of the 2009 season.
Original pole position holder Casey Stoner went out of the race before the start after a crash on the warm-up lap meant he was unable to start from the grid. This elevated Pedrosa to the front row, and after leading coming out of the first corner, the Spaniard kept it to seal third spot in the overall standings.
World Champion Valentino Rossi followed the Repsol Honda rider home in second, as he ended his title-winning season with his 13th MotoGP podium spot of the season.
Rossi's team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, notched third place almost 3 seconds later but was already assured of overall second spot in the campaign due to Stoner's failure to start the race.
The Australian ended the season in fourth place overall, with Colin Edwards' fourth spot in the race giving him fifth in the overall 2009 standings. Italian Andrea Dovizioso picking up sixth.
Wildcard rider Ben Spies notched an impressive seventh-placed finish, pushing Dovizioso into eighth. Britains James Toseland agian struggled to make an impact finishing 12th in the race leaving him well down the order at 14th in the overall championship standings.
