2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

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
250cc
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
125cc
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

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.

MotoGP classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

  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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