Dani Pedrosa won the final race of the FIM MotoGP World Championship season to claim third in the final standings ahead of Casey Stoner.
World champion Valentino Rossi was second in the race at Valencia ahead of Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo but drama before the start took Stoner out of the race and ended his bid to take second in the final points table from Lorenzo. The Press Association
“It’s really great to finish off the season with a win, especially here in front of my home fans. I was waiting on the grid with my visor up and I was looking to the side for Casey to arrive, but the marshal in front of me was walking to the side and I was thinking: ‘Where is he going!’ So I assumed something had happened to Casey on the warm-up lap. In the first few laps I had to be careful because you have to warm up the tyres here, especially on the right hand side. But once that was done, we maintained a good pace and kept focused. In the last laps, the wind was strong and it would have been easy to make a mistake, but I was able to control the gap to Valentino and take this win. I was thinking back to Laguna Seca where Valentino closed the gap a lot, and I also knew that Jorge was catching Valentino too, so I just kept pushing. I’m very happy for the team because we struggled quite a lot in practice here, and yet we were able to win in front of all the Spanish fans. I’d like to thank the fans too. To get third in the championship is not what I was expecting but it’s a nice surprise, even though Casey wasn’t in the race.” said Dani Pedrosa
Pos Rider Team 1 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 3 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 4 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 6 Toni Elias San Carlo Honda Gresini 7 Ben Spies Sterilgarda Yamaha Team 8 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 9 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 10 Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini 11 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 12 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha 13 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 14 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 15 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 16 Gabor Talmacsi Scot Racing Team MotoGP 17 Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team
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