2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

China  2007 Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the
2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 May 2007
Official nameSinopec Great Wall Lubricants Grand Prix of China[1]
LocationShanghai International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:58.424
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:59.857
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third United States John Hopkins
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:04.543
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:05.738
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Spain Álvaro Bautista
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Mattia Pasini
Time 2:11.946
Fastest lap
Rider Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek
Time 2:12.420
Podium
First Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek
Second Spain Héctor Faubel
Third Spain Esteve Rabat

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27   Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 44:12.891 4 25
2 46   Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +3.036 1 20
3 21   John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +6.663 2 16
4 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +14.090 5 13
5 33   Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 22 +17.276 6 11
6 65   Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +26.256 14 10
7 71   Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +26.591 15 9
8 14   Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +27.025 7 8
9 66   Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +28.108 11 7
10 7   Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 22 +32.957 13 6
11 5   Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +35.053 3 5
12 1   Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +37.327 9 4
13 50   Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +50.705 17 3
14 4   Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +55.264 8 2
15 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR212V 22 +57.736 16 1
Ret 56   Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 3 Accident 10
Ret 6   Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 3 Accident 18
Ret 24   Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 0 Accident 12
WD 19   Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Withdrew
Sources:[2][3][4]

250 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 21 44:17.095 1 25
2 19   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +3.904 6 20
3 34   Andrea Dovizioso Honda 21 +5.031 5 16
4 3   Alex de Angelis Aprilia 21 +6.560 8 13
5 36   Mika Kallio KTM 21 +10.248 3 11
6 80   Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +10.502 2 10
7 60   Julián Simón Honda 21 +10.832 4 9
8 12   Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 21 +30.484 7 8
9 4   Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +32.895 11 7
10 32   Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 21 +50.977 12 6
11 41   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 21 +51.699 15 5
12 8   Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 21 +53.036 16 4
13 14   Anthony West Aprilia 21 +1:01.663 13 3
14 44   Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 21 +1:14.603 22 2
15 9   Arturo Tizón Aprilia 21 +1:14.754 23 1
16 16   Jules Cluzel Aprilia 21 +1:39.890 19
17 50   Eugene Laverty Honda 21 +1:47.005 21
18 10   Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:50.516 18
19 63   Jin Xiao Yamaha 20 +1 lap 24
Ret 58   Marco Simoncelli Gilera 13 Accident 10
Ret 25   Alex Baldolini Aprilia 12 Accident 17
Ret 17   Karel Abraham Aprilia 10 Retirement 20
Ret 73   Shuhei Aoyama Honda 8 Accident 9
Ret 28   Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 2 Retirement 14
DNS 55   Yuki Takahashi Honda Did not start
DNS 62   Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 52   Lukáš Pešek Derbi 19 42:25.923 3 25
2 55   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 19 +0.187 2 20
3 12   Esteve Rabat Honda 19 +0.481 12 16
4 14   Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +0.782 4 13
5 24   Simone Corsi Aprilia 19 +1.140 7 11
6 33   Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +1.191 6 10
7 60   Michael Ranseder Derbi 19 +2.375 9 9
8 38   Bradley Smith Honda 19 +2.400 5 8
9 44   Pol Espargaró Aprilia 19 +2.717 18 7
10 75   Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 +3.423 1 6
11 29   Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +8.360 15 5
12 35   Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 19 +8.640 11 4
13 7   Alexis Masbou Honda 19 +12.680 22 3
14 63   Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +16.671 23 2
15 8   Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 19 +16.777 21 1
16 22   Pablo Nieto Aprilia 19 +24.444 13
17 53   Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 19 +27.337 25
18 11   Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 +32.924 10
19 6   Joan Olivé Aprilia 19 +35.029 14
20 20   Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 19 +36.883 17
21 77   Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 19 +46.084 28
22 37   Joey Litjens Honda 19 +46.456 29
23 99   Danny Webb Honda 19 +48.131 30
24 13   Dino Lombardi Honda 19 +1:08.983 31
25 56   Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 19 +1:09.714 32
26 95   Robert Mureșan Derbi 19 +1:50.417 26
27 34   Randy Krummenacher KTM 18 +1 lap 24
Ret 71   Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 18 Retirement 8
Ret 15   Federico Sandi Aprilia 9 Retirement 19
Ret 27   Stefano Bianco Aprilia 8 Retirement 20
Ret 18   Nicolás Terol Derbi 1 Accident 16
Ret 51   Stevie Bonsey KTM 1 Accident 27
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[5]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2007 Chinese MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2007 Chinese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).
  4. ^ "motogp.com · SINOPEC GREAT WALL LUBRICANTS GP OF CHINA · MotoGP Race Classification 2007". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2007. Retrieved 2023-04-17.


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