Michelin Man Dani Pedrosa Ends 2007 with a Flourish at 2007 MotoGP World Championship

11/04/2007 -- Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) rode to a thrilling victory in today’s MotoGP season finale at Valencia, beating Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici) by an impressive 5.447 seconds after a nail-biting 30 laps.

Dani Pedrosa was in astonishing form, starting the race from pole position and leading from lap five all the way to the chequered flag, breaking the 990cc lap record by 0.176 seconds aboard his 800cc RC212V.

His second victory of the year secured him second overall in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, just one point ahead of Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) who didn’t finish today’s race. Rossi crashed out of yesterday’s qualifying session, breaking three bones in his right hand, and although he bravely elected to race he was unable to finish the gruelling 30 lap event. The final event of the MotoGP season was watched by a record weekend crowd of 237,000 fans.

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