Valentino Rossi is the legend, while Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo are the leading lights now.
Kallio is replacing 2007 world champion Casey Stoner for three races due to the Australian's ongoing health problems.
Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner produced courageous rides to finish third and fourth respectively after both men had suffered huge qualifying crashes.
Ducati and Bridgestone's Casey Stoner will be hoping to continue his scorching start to the season and increase his surprise Championship lead.
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Defending champion Casey Stoner is the man in Rossi's sights.
He is excellent around the Sepang circuit, but with the form Casey Stoner is in I'm sure he will be happy to take it easy and finish in second.
Fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa powered his Honda to the front row, just five hundredths behind with Australia's Casey Stoner on a Ducati half a second back in qualifying third fastest.
One of the dark horses will be Casey Stoner.
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Former world champion Casey Stoner will also be eager to get back into action this weekend, after illness problems meant he had to settle for fourth place in last year's title race.
Rossi's passes on Casey Stoner at Laguna Seca in 2008 and on Lorenzo at Barcelona in 2009 are probably the best for sheer outlandishness, and the effect they had on the championship both seasons.
The Spaniard lost his crown to Casey Stoner last year but tops this season's standings by 23 points from Honda's Dani Pedrosa with five wins and four second-placings from 10 of the 18 races so far.
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