Valentin finish in 13th position, in search for his best result Shoya did crash while he was in 10th position.
Once again Shoya show his speed by battling with a group of riders equiped with better machinery, trying to keep up with this group he will later crash outbraking himself at the hairpin. In this hot and humid weather conditions same as Valentin he suffer from a low top speed due to the high engine temperature.
Valentin a eu du mal a trouver un bon rythme sur le circuit de Sepang, son chrono des essais de 2'12''17 a plus de 5 seconde de H.Aoyama était assez loin du chrono qu'il aurait du realiser car en étudiant ses partiels il aurait du realiser 2'10'' 87. Il y avait donc un petit problème a résoudre.
Valentin a pris un mauvais départ mais il a su rapidement mettre en pratique ce qu'il avait commencé a appliquer lors du warm up, il a ainsi doubler ses adversaires les plus proches. A noter son meilleur chrono en course de 2'10''99 a 3'3 du nouveau record du tour établi par Hiroshi Aoyama le vainqueur du jour.
Hiroshi Aoyama qui se trouve maintenant a 4 points du bonheur pour décrocher le dernier titre de champion du monde de la categorie 250cc.
Valentin struggle during practice, unable to put a lap together he end up a 5' from the poleman with a best of 2'12''17, going through the data it appear he was able to do a 2'10''87, so something was wrong!
Valentin has a miserable start but soon start to do what he initiate during the warm up session, soon he was able to lap faster and passing other riders, his best lap time 2'10''99 at 3'3 from winner's Hiroshi Aoyama new lap record and current leader in the standing;
Hiroshi Aoyama now 4 points away to clinch the last 250cc class crown.