Nieto retires, ready to run Gibernau?

Pablo Nieto, son o🐈f '12+1' world champion Angel Nieto, 🃏has announced that he will retire from racing at next weekend's Valencia season finale and concentre on team management.

The 28-year-old has raced in the 125cc class for ten full seasons, claiming one race victory, eight podiums and three pole positions. T💝he Spaniard's highest championship ranking is sixth, in both 2002 and 2004, when he rode an Aspar Apriliꦡa.

Nieto, Malaysian 125GP 2008
Nieto, Malaysian 125GP 2008
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Pablo Nieto, son of '12+1' world champion Angel Nieto, has announced that he🏅 will retire from racing at next weekend's Valencia season finale and concentre on team management.

The 28-year-old has raced in the 125cc class for ten full seasons, claiming one race victory, eight podiums and three pole positions. The Spaniar🐼d's highest championship ranking is sixth, in both 2002 and 2004, when he rode an Aspar Aprilia.

Nieto has steered an Onde 2000-backed KTM this season and will join brother Gelete in a management role at the team - which is tipped to graduate to the 𒁏MotoGP class in 2009, running former double MotoGP World Championship runner-up Sete Gibernau on a fifth Ducati ♏Desmosedici.

The Onde 2000 team's plans are expected to be announced𒐪 at Valencia.

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