Jorge Lorenzo has been crowned MotoGP champion for the second time in his career

Spain's Jorge Lorenzo has won the MotoGP world championship after finishing runner-up to Casey Stoner at Phillip Island in Australia.

Special day

Lorenzo said: "I'm really happy with this championship, because only we know how difficult it is to fight with riders like Casey, like Dani, and to fight with a factory like Honda. It is very hard. "You must be very consistent, never make a mistake and always try to finish the races and be very focused, so today is a very special day."