Andrea Dovizioso and Yuki Takahashi head to Valencia, last race of 2008. Dovizioso will be looking to build on his first podium finish in the MotoGP premier class last weekend at Sepang

[from JIR Press release]

Gianluca Montiron – Director – JiR Team Scot
“The first race in Qatar seems to have been only yesterday, but we have already spent eight months ‘on the road’ and in a few days in Valencia we will take part in the eighteenth and final Grand Prix of the 2008 season. It has been a year of great satisfaction and one that we have committed to high-level goals, in both the individual races and the championship overall. Andrea, along with the Team, has grown as a rider and has increasingly been able to better handle the various situations that come to him during the year. The efforts and the professionalism of the team have been repaid by excellent race finishes, along with the first podium in Malaysia, which was the culmination of our and Andrea’s competitiveness so far. To be the top-ranked satellite team is a reality in Valencia and the final effort is now required to close our adventure with securing the top five finishing position in the World Championship.”

Cirano Mularoni – Team Manager – JiR Team Scot
“The Valencia race will have a special appeal this year. Andrea comes from a wonderful podium in Malaysia and even with our technical package we feel confident that we will be challenging strongly. We would like to end this season – which has been full of satisfaction for us – on a high. Yuki is equally motivated, and after two podiums at Jerez and Misano, he could end his adventure in the 250cc category with another well-deserved result. We have had a strong season, and both riders now have reached the goals set they and we set them at the beginning of the year. We now should be concentrating to conclude the top five positions in both championships.”

Andrea Dovizioso – Rider – JiR Team Scot MotoGP – HONDA RC212V
“Valencia will be my last race with the team that I made my debut with in the World Championship.These seven years have been important, we have collected many successes, including the world title in the 125 class. This season we wanted to be able to climb the podium, I would have preferred if it could have happened many other times, but we have only touched upon it before then finally reaching it in Malaysia. Valencia is not a circuit that I love in particular and make a prediction now that a good result will not be easy. We’ll do the best, as always, as I would like to make another ‘gift’, of a good result before my change of team at the end of the season.”

Yuki Takahashi – JiR Team Scot 250GP Rider – HONDA RS250RW
“The Valencia circuit I have always enjoyed. Although in recent seasons I have not managed to get the results that I should have deserved. I want to finish my last year in 250s – before my move to MotoGP – with a good result that I want to devote to the team, which has experienced with me this year an exciting championship. In Malaysia we secured an excellent fourth-place finish, and now we can move on and try and confirm for us fifth position in the championship.”

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