Ducati MotoGP Team rider Casey Stoner scorched to his tenth victory of the year in faultless style at Sepang today, leading every one of the 21 laps and setting the new record on lap 15. Stoner got the holeshot from the front row of the grid and masterfully controlled the entire race, holding a slender lead over his pursuers Marco Melandri and Dani Pedrosa until he upped the pace and stretched his advantage. At one point he led by two seconds, finally crossing the line 1.7 seconds ahead. It was another remarkable performance from the World Champion who showed his mettle in sweltering hot and humid conditions.

Casey Stoner - Ducati Marlboro
The bike, the tyres and everything were performing really well but it was a very, very difficult race. The biggest battle I had was being out front by myself and not having anyone to focus on. I've been fine with it all year but this track seems to take it out of you a little bit more. Sometime after half-distance I had a couple of front-end loses, so I had to change my style a little bit, the way I was going into corners, to make sure I didn't lose the front any more. That took up a lot more of my energy and concentration, so it was quite hard to keep it up at the end. The reason the gap was going up and down so much was because I was trying to get a break for one lap, just to recover a little bit. Unfortunately I'd let them catch too much, so then I'd have to really concentrate for another lap which would take more of my energy away, so I think I'm very lucky and very happy to come out on top. Marco and Dani were fast right to the end, they were putting a lot of pressure on me and they never let me go. After I crossed the line I started to feel a bit dizzy, so it was definitely a hard race.

Marco Melandri - Gresini Honda
This podium feels like a victory to us. I was never on the podium here at Sepang and I don't think it is a circuit that suits my riding style or our bike. Anyway, today proved that when you have a great package of bike and tyres, as I did today, you can be fast anywhere. After a good warm-up this morning I was confident for the race. I was nervous before the start because I tried to move a little bit the valve for the drink but I made a mistake and pulled it out! The water was continually coming out so I tried to disconnect the tube but for the first two laps every time I was braking the water that still was in the tube was coming out inside the visor so it was difficult and I was a bit nervous. But after that I took my rhythm and I was pretty fast. I caught Dani, I tried to catch Casey but I had a big moment with the front end and I lost almost one second in one lap. After I tried to catch him back and i pushed a lot. Then, at 2 laps to go, when it was not possible to catch him, I thought it was really very good for me to be second so I just want to say thanks to Fausto and my team for these 3 years we have raced together.

Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda
I pushed very hard at the beginning because from what we'd seen in practice I was expecting the grip level from the tyres to fall away towards the end of the race. My plan was to make a gap if possible and handle the grip situation as well as I could. For the first few laps I was quite consistent behind Casey but when I started to brake later with a full tank of fuel I was losing the front end, so I dropped back a little and that's when Marco passed me. At that stage I was trying to maintain my rhythm and, as the race went on and the fuel load came down, I began to get a better feeling at the front of the machine under braking. I was really surprised about the high pace in the final part of the race because we didn't expect to maintain these lap times based on what we'd seen in practice. So I must say thank you to Michelin because we were able to get on the podium today thanks to the consistency of the tyre performance. Now I'm looking forward to Valencia because it's a home race and I'd like to get good result for the fans. I hope we can take another step forward and get even closer to taking the win.

Randy De Puniet - Kawasaki Racing
I'm very happy, it was a good race. For the first time in 17 rounds, I managed a good start and then I took Melandri by the first corner, holding third for a few laps. After that he passed me and I tried to stay with the leading group. I did make some small mistakes during the race but the gap between me and the others didn't change and towards the end I got within less than a second of Pedrosa. But then I had a few problems with stability under braking and decided to hold my place rather than push too hard and take any risks. The bike worked very well today and I'm so happy with this result.

Valentino Rossi - Fiat Yamaha
Of course I'm disappointed with fifth place, but I am very happy with my race today. It's a pity because we had great potential this afternoon and, if we had been able to start from the front row, I think we could have fought for the victory. We made some modifications today and luckily everything worked much better during the race than it had during practice. We were fast this afternoon, we had a great rhythm but unfortunately we really lost the race yesterday in qualifying! I took some time to find my rhythm at the start of the race but once I did I realised I had a great pace and that my bike and tyres were working very well. I tried to catch de Puniet but, even though I was a tiny bit faster than him, the difference was only one or two tenths and so it wasn't enough to be able to make up three seconds. My Michelin tyre worked very well to the end today so this is encouraging for Valencia, where we will be trying one more time to win before the end of the season.

2007 Malaysian GP Results:
1.  Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	43.04.405
2.  Melandri	Honda Gresini		43.06.106
3.  Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	43.06.731
4.  De Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	43.08.170
5.  Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	43.09.178
6.  Elias	Honda Gresini		43.22.072
7.  Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	43.25.355
8.  Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	43.26.603
9.  Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	43.26.855
10. Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	43.34.151
11. Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	43.39.328
12. Barros	Pramac d'Antin		43.40.072
13. Aoki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	43.48.518
14. Checa	Honda LCR		43.48.891
15. West	Kawasaki Racing Team	43.54.063
16. Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	43.56.131
17. Davies	Pramac d'Antin		44.03.310
18. Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	44.04.001
19. Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	44.27.524
20. Roberts	Team Roberts		44.55.365