| | | | MotoGP Valencia : Dani wins the last race |  Written: 05/11/2007 : 14:45. Read 1791 times (10/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | Dani Pedrosa has won the last race of the season 2007 on his Honda.
The spaniard was followed by Casey Stoner and John Hopkins. This grand prix was not so spectacular, compared to the others yesterday (125cc and 250cc).
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Pedrosa who made the pole position has had to follow Casey Stoner duriong the first few laps, then he could take the lead.
After that the spaniard managed to keep the leadership and made a small (but enough) gap toward the end of the race.
Dani Pedrosa made the best operation of the week-end by taking the runner up position at the championship after the retirement of Valentino Rossi.
Dani Pedrosa:
"I'm very happy with this result. I really wanted to win this race very much and so actually achieving it feels fantastic. The race was very tough and I had to push at the maximum from start to finish. In the early laps I was struggling a little with grip from the front tyre but then in the second half of the race is was very good. The pace today was really fast and Casey was chasing hard so there was no moment to relax or back off. Towards the end of the race I was sliding in some of the left-handers but I was still able to push hard. I must say thanks to the team because they have worked very hard for me this weekend and all year and the bike was perfect today. Also I must thank Michelin too because the tyres were very good today. I didn't know until I arrived in the parc ferme that I had second in the world championship and this was nice surprise. I didn’t expect this because there was only a very, very slim chance of doing this coming into this weekend. After quite a difficult season second place is better than third and gives the Repsol Honda Team some reward for sticking with it and never giving up this year. It will give us even more motivation for winter testing because we must now take another step forward so that we can arrive at the first race of 2008 with the best possible package. I think the crowd has enjoyed this weekend and I'm very proud to have given my fans a great result at my home circuit – it’s a great feeling!"
The second rider to have crossed the line is the world champion Casey Stoner.
Obviously contender for the victory, it was impossible for him to stay on the wheel of ...
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