2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 March 2007 at the 5.38 km Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

  2007 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 March 2007
Official name	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:55.002 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:56.528 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Valentino Rossi Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:59.432 Fastest lap Rider Alex de Angelis Time 2:00.121 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Alex de Angelis Third Héctor Barberá
125 cc
Pole position Rider Gábor Talmácsi Time 2:06.011 Fastest lap Rider Gábor Talmácsi Time 2:06.267 Podium First Héctor Faubel Second Gábor Talmácsi Third Lukáš Pešek

The MotoGP race was the first for the 800cc (48.8 cu in) engines and the Honda RC212V. These were brought in as replacements for the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines and the Honda RC211V which were used since the beginning of the four-stroke era back in 2002.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	43:02.788	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+2.838	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+8.530	5	16
4	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+9.071	6	13
5	33	Marco Melandri	Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+17.433	10	11
6	5	Colin Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+18.647	3	10
7	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+22.916	13	9
8	1	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+23.057	9	8
9	4	Alex Barros	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	22	+25.961	15	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	22	+28.456	11	6
11	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	22	+35.029	17	5
12	19	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+42.948	14	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR212V	22	+42.977	18	3
14	24	Toni Elías	Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+42.989	4	2
15	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+51.639	16	1
16	6	Makoto Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+57.853	19
Ret	88	Andrew Pitt	Ilmor GP	Ilmor GP	15	Retirement	21
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Honda LCR	Honda	8	Accident	12
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	7	Accident	8
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	6	Accident	7
DNS	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Ilmor GP	Ilmor GP	0	Did not start	20
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	20	40:23.753	1	25
2	3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	20	+1.224	3	20
3	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+2.911	2	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	20	+3.234	5	13
5	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+12.698	7	11
6	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	20	+21.568	11	10
7	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+31.540	9	9
8	60	Julián Simón	Honda	20	+40.467	10	8
9	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+46.192	12	7
10	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	20	+58.678	13	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	20	+1:02.762	16	5
12	32	Fabrizio Lai	Aprilia	20	+1:07.715	14	4
13	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	20	+1:10.622	17	3
14	8	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	20	+1:11.594	22	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+1:12.499	18	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	20	+1:23.751	23
17	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+1:33.143	20
18	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	20	+1:38.458	24
19	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	20	+1:38.548	19
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	18	Retirement	8
Ret	9	Arturo Tizón	Aprilia	14	Retirement	15
Ret	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	10	Retirement	25
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	7	Accident	21
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	2	Accident	4
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	2	Accident	6
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	18	38:12.029	2	25
2	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	18	+0.073	1	20
3	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	18	+17.499	4	16
4	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	18	+17.754	5	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	18	+25.642	10	11
6	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	18	+25.877	7	10
7	44	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	18	+28.437	12	9
8	12	Esteve Rabat	Honda	18	+28.527	8	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	18	+28.708	11	7
10	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	18	+33.669	15	6
11	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	18	+40.665	20	5
12	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	18	+40.679	9	4
13	60	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	18	+40.915	13	3
14	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	18	+41.671	18	2
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	18	+41.764	14	1
16	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	18	+48.643	19
17	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	18	+48.656	21
18	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	+48.858	28
19	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	18	+1:03.160	17
20	77	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	18	+1:23.074	27
21	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	18	+1:23.147	25
22	51	Stevie Bonsey	KTM	18	+1:31.521	29
23	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	18	+1:59.152	30
24	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	18	+2:00.040	31
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Honda	16	Retirement	26
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	15	Retirement	3
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	14	Retirement	16
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	12	Retirement	6
Ret	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	7	Retirement	23
Ret	15	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	4	Retirement	22
Ret	95	Robert Mureșan	Derbi	3	Retirement	24
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Casey Stoner	25
2	Valentino Rossi	20
3	Dani Pedrosa	16
4	John Hopkins	13
5	Marco Melandri	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	25
2	Yamaha	20
3	Honda	16
4	Suzuki	13
5	Kawasaki	4

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

External links

• "FIM results archive". Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2010-11-23. (Click on More details... for full classification)