2007 Valencia Sprint Race

The 2007 Valencia Sprint Race, formally known as the 2007 Valencia GP2 Series Race 2, was the twenty-first and final race of the 2007 FIA GP2 Series, staged at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, Valencian Community, Spain, on 30 September 2007. The race would see Timo Glock claim victory and fastest lap, a result which ensured that the German racer clinched the 2007 GP2 Series title.

Pole for the final Sprint Race of the campaign had been awarded to Javier Villa, after the Spanish racer claimed eighth place in the Feature Race. He would share the front row with Champion-elect Glock, who simply had to finish ahead of his now lone rival Lucas di Grassi, with the Brazilian racer starting from 23rd.

Glock would ultimately win the race, and the Championship, at the start, arguably making his best getaway of the campaign to charge past Villa to claim the lead. Villa himself was a comfortable second, as behind Marcos Martínez shot up from fifth to third as Andy Soucek got too distracted trying to keep Borja García at bay.

Glock and Villa quickly broke away, with the German racer working to build a lead while Villa clung desperately to the #5 iSport's tail to try and keep in the hunt. Martínez, meanwhile, would be unable to match their opening pace, before running wide and dropping into the midfield on the second tour.

As the order settled post Martínez's incident attention focused on di Grassi, who was steadily climbing the field from his lowly grid slot. Indeed, the Brazilian racer would make impressive progress to gain ten places, before his charge stalled in the wake of Glock's teammate Andreas Zuber, who put up a ferocious defence of twelfth in a bid to aid Glock's title charge.

With that the finale was effectively over, with Glock able to escape from Villa during the middle and late phase of the race to claim victory, five seconds clear of the Spaniard. Behind them would come Soucek, who had García in his mirrors from the first corner of the race to the last, while Giorgio Pantano and Luca Filippi rounded out the scorers, the latter having made a storming run from eighteenth.

Glock was hence declared as the Champion with 88 points, eleven ahead of di Grassi after the Brazilian's miserable weekend in Spain. iSport International, meanwhile, were officially declared as the Teams' Champions, defeating previously unbeaten Champions ART Grand Prix by 31 points.

Background
There would be no changes made to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo for the final race of the campaign, although there was a change to the schedule as the organisers permitted the GP2 Series to stage a warm-up session ahead of the race. This change was made due to the fact that GP2 was the headline act of the weekend, while also allowing teams to adjust to a dry circuit after two days of running on a wet and/or damp circuit. Otherwise, it would be business as usual for the finale, with Javier Villa set to start from pole after claiming eighth of the Feature Race.

Glock Glory?
Timo Glock had inched closer to the Championship ahead of the final race of the season, the German racer having ended the Feature Race four points ahead of his closest challenger. Indeed, Lucas di Grassi would have to finish on the podium if he was to even hope of taking the title, and would likely have to see Glock fail to score regardless. In contrast, Glock would secure the title if he finished fourth, regardless of what di Grassi could do, and would crucially start the final race ahead of the Brazilian.

In the Teams' Championship the title fight was over, with iSport International having moved onto an unbeatable total of 111 points with a race to spare. That meant that ART Grand Prix had finally been defeated after claiming the two previous GP2 Teams' titles, and would instead look to consolidate second in the final race. Indeed, the French squad held a nine point advantage over Campos Grand Prix and ten ahead of Super Nova Racing in third and fourth, a comfortable but not unassailable tally with a maximum twelve points left to fight for.

Entry List
The full entry list for the is displayed below:

Grid
The grid for the Sprint Race was formed from the finishing positions from the Feature Race, with the top eight reversed as per-FIA GP2 Series rules:

Results
The final classification of the is displayed below:
 * Italics indicate that a driver set fastest lap.

Milestones

 * Timo Glock declared as the 2007 FIA GP2 Series Champion.
 * Alexandre Negrão made his 64th and final start.
 * Nicolas Lapierre made his 58th and final GP2 Series start.
 * 46th and final race for Sergio Hernández.
 * 40th and final start for Glock and Jason Tahincioğlu.
 * 21st and final race for Kohei Hirate and Kazuki Nakajima.
 * Marcos Martínez made his eighth and final start.
 * Seventh and final start for Markus Niemelä.
 * Fourth and final race for Filipe Albuquerque.
 * Final appearance for Mikhail Aleshin until the 2011 Barcelona Feature Race.
 * Seventh victory for Glock.
 * Also Glock's fifteenth and final podium.
 * iSport International claimed their tenth win as an entrant.
 * Fifth and final fastest lap recorded by Glock.

Standings
After 21 races across eleven rounds it was Timo Glock who was declared as the third FIA GP2 Series Champion, the German ace having ended the 2007 campaign with 88 points to his credit. Lucas di Grassi hence ended the season as the runner-up, eleven off the lead, while Giorgio Pantano claimed third with 59 points. Luca Filippi and Kazuki Nakajima then completed the overall top five, with 28 of the 37 drivers to have entered a GP2 Series race in 2007 having scored.

In the Teams' Championship it was iSport International who claimed the Championship, defeating the previously invincible ART Grand Prix squad with 118 points. The French entry hence lost their title by 31 points, having scored fewer points than Drivers' Champion Glock, while Campos Grand Prix enjoyed their best ever season in third, 38 off the lead. Super Nova Racing and DAMS then completed the top five, while all thirteen teams had scored during the campaign.

Only point scoring drivers are shown.