The season 2007 ends this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo track in Valencia. Only one World Champion is not known, in 125cc. Valencia, just like every year, will be a big party to bring an end to another season`s racing. For the Repsol riders Valencia is a race at home, for both the Spaniards as well as foreigners that defend the colours of the Spanish multinational.
In the top category the Repsol Honda Team riders will go to a track that they have a special relationship with. For Nicky Hayden it means returning to the place where last year he was proclaimed World MotoGP Champion after an exciting end to the season.
Dani Pedrosa, who still has a chance of finishing runner-up – he will have to win the race and Valentino Rossi not win any points – wants to say farewell to the season with a victory at a circuit where he has won three times, in 125cc and twice in 250cc. The two Repsol Honda Team riders will aim to be the stars this weekend at the Ricardo Tormo circuit. Julián Simón and Shuhei Aoyama also hope to end the season on a high, a track that is usually kind to Honda motorbikes.
Moreover, this circuit is well-known by the two Repsol riders as the team has practised a lot at the Ricardo Tormo. A podium finish will be the objective for Simón and Aoyama again, a result that they have not been able to achieve this season.In the smallest category, the situation is similar for Bradley Smith and Esteve Rabat, who after tasting the delights of the podium – Rabat in China and Smith in France – have not been lucky during the rest of the season. In Valencia the two want to end the 2007 season on the podium. The narrow, twisty circuit suits the characteristics of their bikes and both of them are very motivated.
