After three intense race weekends overseas, Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi enters the final round determined to keep hold of fourth place in the championship rankings.
The Doctor has a 12-point advantage over his closest rival and will push to the maximum to further increase it in the 2017 Grand Finale.
Out of the 17 premier class races that the nine-time World Champion took part in at the Ricardo Tormo trackย so far, he has taken two MotoGP wins, in 2003 and 2004, and he stood on the podium eight times in total, having secured second places in 2002, 2009 and 2014 and third places in 2005, 2008 and 2010.
โThe last race of the season has come. It wasn't an exciting end of the season for us, but during the three races overseas we've got some more data for our bike and we've always been fine on the dry,โ Rossi said.
โWe hope that there will be good weather in Valencia to work in the best way. We are not fighting for the championship this weekend, but we will try to make it a good race anyway, and we will try to use next week's two-day test to start working on the 2018 season
The 4.0 km long Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana - Ricardo Tormo was completed in 1999 and was immediately added to the MotoGP calendar for that same year.
The twisty track lay-out (featuring nine left and five right corners and an 876 m longest straight) is challenging for both man and machine, but beloved by many riders as well as the fans.
The stadium offers spectators a perfect view of all parts of the circuit from every stand, so they wonโt miss any of the action as the MotoGP season comes to a close.
