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2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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Qatar  2007 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the
2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date10 March 2007
Official nameCommercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
LocationLosail International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:55.002
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:56.528
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:59.432
Fastest lap
Rider San Marino Alex de Angelis
Time 2:00.121
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second San Marino Alex de Angelis
Third Spain Héctor Barberá
125cc
Pole position
Rider Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Time 2:06.011
Fastest lap
Rider Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Time 2:06.267
Podium
First Spain Héctor Faubel
Second Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Third Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek

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.

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

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "2007 Qatar MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2007 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motrosportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF). Resources.motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Commercialbank GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2007". Motogp.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2007. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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