Globe Hopper: Valencia race.

Crash.net, the first website to publish the often uncompromising reports of Desiree Crossman, girlfriend of Suzuki star John 'Hopper' Hopkins, presents her latest report from the season ending Valencia Grand Prix...

"Wow what a race! Today's atmosphere was unbelievable. Again, there were so many people out and running around. The weather was so nice that I even got to wear a skirt! :)

"The stands were absolutely packed with spectators and they did the "wave". They also did the Spanish flag with the coloured sheets, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about I can't describe it word for word but it was cool. After each race, there were fireworks going off and airhorns screamin' - Good Ol' Valencia.

"For the MotoGP race, let's just say another successful procedure in the operating room for "The Doctor". Calm and collective as usual and then takes it home. Sete (Gibernau) was on his tail for awhile but couldn't match him. I'm sure he's pleased to get on the podium in front of home crowds though.

"Not very many crashes except for Nicky (Hayden) on the second lap but he got back up and rode till the end. He actually got 16th, passing the Kawasaki's and Nobu (Aoki). Shinya (Nakano) and Tohru (Ukawa) crashed together, hmmm???? What's that? A racing incident? I don't know what exactly happened cause' they never replayed it but there was a crash involving 2 riders... Ok, I'll get over it.

"Colin (Edwards) rode a good race too. He and Troy (Bayliss) were battling like ol' times but Troy ended up leaving him behind. Makoto (Tamada) did really well. He came from behind and just kinda blew passed everyone in his way. Alex (Barros) did well too.

"John was battling with Olivier (Jacque) majority of the time, but Olivier ran off the track in turn on towards the end and then Nori (Haga) ran off as well. I'm assuming that cause' he ended placing behind John. Chris Burns didn't ride for WCM but David (de Gea) did, and although they're struggling, he rode till the very end and that's good sportsmanship.

"After the race, most of the riders were doing burnouts everywhere. John's side of the team said for all the times John has pestered them during the year that they were going to get him back. So as soon as John came in, he did his debriefing and they tackled him. The all tied him up with ducktape and threatened to shave his hair. Instead, they just put him outside and everyone was laughing at him. Got some pictures of it and I'll put them up later. It was funny.

"Well now we must pack to go home and for the testing season. Tomorrow we go home back to Cali where it's burnt. It will be good to get home though after these tough weeks. So I'm signing off from Valencia and will catch up later from Ramona.

"Bye,"

Desiree