2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round

The 2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round was the seventh round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 25–27, 2007, at the 3.561 km Silverstone International Circuit in the United Kingdom. Troy Bayliss won the only Superbike race, as race 2 was cancelled because of heavy rain. Anthony West won the Supersport race.

United Kingdom   2007 British Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 7 of 13 rounds in the
2007 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 7 of 13 rounds in the
2007 Supersport World Championship.
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San Marino
DateMay 27, 2007
LocationSilverstone
CoursePermanent racing facility
3.561 km (2.213 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Australia Troy Bayliss
1'24.558
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
Japan Noriyuki Haga
1'37.005
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
France Sébastien Charpentier
1'26.706
Fastest lap
Australia Anthony West
1'44.188

Races summary

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Heavy rains made for a wet first Superbike race and Supersport race at Silverstone and also caused the second Superbike race to be cancelled.

Troy Bayliss took the win in the only Superbike race over Noriyuki Haga. Third was Troy Corser. Roberto Rolfo rode a good race to score fourth position, Regis Laconi took fifth place, his best result of the year so far. Max Biaggi finished sixth and Lorenzo Lanzi was seventh and the last rider not to be lapped by the Bayliss.

Championship leader James Toseland crashed on lap three and he rejoined the race down in 18th place and eventually finished eighth. Ruben Xaus also fell on lap 24, allowing Toseland through, but also rejoined to finish ninth. Only 13 riders finished the race at Silverstone.

In the Supersport race, Anthony West scored a fabulous win in only his second Supersport race, proving to be the clear victor by some 33 seconds from Robbin Harms. The race was red-flagged six laps earlier than scheduled when a fallen machine blocked the racing line. Katsuaki Fujiwara was the final podium finisher. Championship leader Kenan Sofuoğlu fell on lap one and was ruled out of the points for the first time this year.

Superbike race 1 classification

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Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 21   Troy Bayliss Ducati 999 F07 28 46:02.875 1 25
2 41   Noriyuki Haga Yamaha YZF-R1 28 +2.035 2 20
3 11   Troy Corser Yamaha YZF-R1 28 +4.568 5 16
4 44   Roberto Rolfo Honda CBR1000RR 28 +50.039 13 13
5 55   Régis Laconi Kawasaki ZX-10R 28 +1:09.634 14 11
6 3   Max Biaggi Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 28 +1:20.982 8 10
7 57   Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 999 F07 28 +1:33.061 4 9
8 52   James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR 27 +1 Lap 3 8
9 111   Ruben Xaus Ducati 999 F06 27 +1 Lap 6 7
10 76   Max Neukirchner Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 27 +1 Lap 16 6
11 13   Vittorio Iannuzzo Kawasaki ZX-10R 27 +1 Lap 17 5
12 22   Luca Morelli Honda CBR1000RR 27 +1 Lap 20 4
13 38   Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha YZF-R1 26 +2 Laps 18 3
Ret 10   Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 Retirement 11
Ret 71   Yukio Kagayama Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 20 Retirement 7
Ret 96   Jakub Smrž Ducati 999 F05 17 Retirement 12
Ret 25   Josh Brookes Honda CBR1000RR 13 Retirement 10
Ret 53   Alex Polita Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 12 Retirement 19
Ret 42   Dean Ellison Ducati 999RS 6 Retirement 21
Ret 31   Karl Muggeridge Honda CBR1000RR 1 Retirement 9
Ret 84   Michel Fabrizio Honda CBR1000RR 0 Retirement 15

Superbike race 2 cancelled

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The second World Superbike race at Silverstone was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Supersport classification

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Pos Rider Bike Time/Retired Laps Points
1   Anthony West Yamaha YZF-R6 39'16.245 22 25
2   Robbin Harms Honda CBR600RR 39'49.722 22 20
3   Katsuaki Fujiwara Honda CBR600RR 40'04.302 22 16
4   Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 40'08.022 22 13
5   Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha YZF-R6 40'10.540 22 11
6   Matthieu Lagrive Honda CBR600RR 40'17.824 22 10
7   Javier Fores Honda CBR600RR 40'53.821 22 9
8   Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda CBR600RR 41'08.351 22 8
9   Julien Enjolras Yamaha YZF-R6 41'09.429 22 7
10   Barry Veneman Suzuki GSX-R600 39'16.868 21 6
11   Miguel Praia Honda CBR600RR 39'26.330 21 5
12   Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R6 39'36.066 21 4
13   Jesco Günther Honda CBR600RR 39'49.023 21 3
14   Gregory Leblanc Honda CBR600RR 40'44.006 21 2
15   Joan Lascorz Honda CBR600RR 40'51.121 21 1
16   Vladimir Ivanov Yamaha YZF-R6 41'01.472 21
17   David Salom Yamaha YZF-R6 39'52.278 20
18   David Forner Yamaha YZF-R6 40'26.767 20
19   Yves Polzer Ducati 749R 40'28.890 20
Ret   Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 38'17.721 21
Ret   Gergo Talmacsi Yamaha YZF-R6 39'11.043 18
Ret   Broc Parkes Yamaha YZF-R6 23'17.576 13
Ret   Vesa Kallio Suzuki GSX-R600 22'24.021 12
Ret   Pere Riba Kawasaki ZX-6R 16'16.461 9
Ret   Davide Giugliano Kawasaki ZX-6R 17'14.018 9
Ret   Sébastien Charpentier Honda CBR600RR 16'14.947 8
Ret   Craig Jones Honda CBR600RR 12'41.503 7
Ret   David Checa Yamaha YZF-R6 11'24.741 6
Ret   Gilles Boccolini Kawasaki ZX-6R 4'24.314 2
Ret   Simone Sanna Honda CBR600RR 4'27.513 2
Ret   Yoann Tiberio Honda CBR600RR 1'53.465 1
Ret   Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda CBR600RR 0