After Rossi dissapointing performance at Qatar and Gibernau's win there, the series was at Sepang this weekend. Rossi pretty much dominated the weekend. He eventually won the race. Gibernau finished a dissapointing 7th, and with only two races left and 30 points behind Rossi, winning the championship will be extremely hard.
Top Ten Finishers from Sepang:
1. Valentino Rossi
2. Max Biaggi
3. Alex Barros
4. Nicky Hayden
5. Makoto Tamada
6. Loris Capirossi
7. Sete Gibernau
8. Shinya Nakano
9. Carlos Checa
10. Troy Bayliss
Here's how the Championship standings look after Sepang.
1. Rossi - 254
2. Gibernau - 224
3. Biaggi - 188
4. Barros - 144
5. Edwards - 136
6. Tamada - 131
7. Checa - 109
8. Hayden - 107
9. Capirossi - 94
10. Melandri - 75