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2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
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Qatar Qatar Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatarhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-qatar-motogp 2007 Qatar MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 18 May 2018 Losail International Circuit Losail.svg 3.343 5.380 1 18 10 March 2007 Valentino Rossi Italy 1:55.002 Casey Stoner Australia 1:56.528 Casey Stoner Australia Valentino Rossi Italy Dani Pedrosa Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain 1:59.432 Alex de Angelis San Marino 2:00.121 Jorge Lorenzo Spain Alex de Angelis San Marino Héctor Barberá Spain Gábor Talmácsi Hungary 2:06.011 Gábor Talmácsi Hungary 2:06.267 Héctor Faubel Spain Gábor Talmácsi Hungary Lukáš Pešek Czech Republic
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
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 43:02.788 2 25 2 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +2.838 1 20 3 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +8.530 5 16 4 21 USA John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +9.071 6 13 5 33 ITA Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 22 +17.433 10 11 6 5 USA Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +18.647 3 10 7 71 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +22.916 13 9 8 1 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +23.057 9 8 9 4 BRA Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +25.961 15 7 10 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +28.456 11 6 11 66 DEU Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +35.029 17 5 12 19 FRA Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +42.948 14 4 13 10 USA Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR212V 22 +42.977 18 3 14 24 ESP Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 22 +42.989 4 2 15 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +51.639 16 1 16 6 JPN Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +57.853 19 Ret 88 AUS Andrew Pitt Ilmor GP Ilmor GP 15 Retirement 21 Ret 7 ESP Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 8 Accident 12 Ret 14 FRA Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 7 Accident 8 Ret 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 6 Accident 7 DNS 99 GBR Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor GP Ilmor GP 0 Did not start 20 Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-qatar-motogp 2007 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motrosportmagazine.com 8 September 2018http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2007/MotoGP/QAT/RAC/classification.pdf OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT Resources.motogp.com 8 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2007/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ Commercialbank GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2007 Motogp.com 8 September 2018 17 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017060504/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2007/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ dead
250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 40:23.753 1 25 2 3 SMR Alex de Angelis Aprilia 20 +1.224 3 20 3 80 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +2.911 2 16 4 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +3.234 5 13 5 34 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +12.698 7 11 6 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Gilera 20 +21.568 11 10 7 55 JPN Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +31.540 9 9 8 60 ESP Julián Simón Honda 20 +40.467 10 8 9 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +46.192 12 7 10 73 JPN Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +58.678 13 6 11 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 20 +1:02.762 16 5 12 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 20 +1:07.715 14 4 13 14 AUS Anthony West Aprilia 20 +1:10.622 17 3 14 8 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +1:11.594 22 2 15 28 DEU Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:12.499 18 1 16 16 FRA Jules Cluzel Aprilia 20 +1:23.751 23 17 25 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:33.143 20 18 50 IRL Eugene Laverty Honda 20 +1:38.458 24 19 10 HUN Imre Tóth Aprilia 20 +1:38.548 19 Ret 36 FIN Mika Kallio KTM 18 Retirement 8 Ret 9 ESP Arturo Tizón Aprilia 14 Retirement 15 Ret 44 JPN Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 10 Retirement 25 Ret 17 CZE Karel Abraham Aprilia 7 Accident 21 Ret 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 2 Accident 4 Ret 4 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2 Accident 6 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 38:12.029 2 25 2 14 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 18 +0.073 1 20 3 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Derbi 18 +17.499 4 16 4 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 18 +17.754 5 13 5 24 ITA Simone Corsi Aprilia 18 +25.642 10 11 6 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 18 +25.877 7 10 7 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Aprilia 18 +28.437 12 9 8 12 ESP Esteve Rabat Honda 18 +28.527 8 8 9 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 18 +28.708 11 7 10 7 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 18 +33.669 15 6 11 6 ESP Joan Olivé Aprilia 18 +40.665 20 5 12 38 GBR Bradley Smith Honda 18 +40.679 9 4 13 60 AUT Michael Ranseder Derbi 18 +40.915 13 3 14 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Honda 18 +41.671 18 2 15 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 18 +41.764 14 1 16 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Derbi 18 +48.643 19 17 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +48.656 21 18 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 +48.858 28 19 34 CHE Randy Krummenacher KTM 18 +1:03.160 17 20 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 18 +1:23.074 27 21 37 NLD Joey Litjens Honda 18 +1:23.147 25 22 51 USA Stevie Bonsey KTM 18 +1:31.521 29 23 20 ITA Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 18 +1:59.152 30 24 56 NLD Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 18 +2:00.040 31 Ret 99 GBR Danny Webb Honda 16 Retirement 26 Ret 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 Retirement 3 Ret 27 ITA Stefano Bianco Aprilia 14 Retirement 16 Ret 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 12 Retirement 6 Ret 53 ITA Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 7 Retirement 23 Ret 15 ITA Federico Sandi Aprilia 4 Retirement 22 Ret 95 ROU 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.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2007/MotoGP/QAT/world%2bstanding.pdf? Standings 2007 resources.motogp.com PDF 2023-04-17
Riders' Championship standings
Pos. Position Rider Points 1 AUS Casey Stoner 25 2 ITA Valentino Rossi 20 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 16 4 USA John Hopkins 13 5 ITA Marco Melandri 11
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 ITA Ducati 25 2 JPN Yamaha 20 3 JPN Honda 16 4 JPN Suzuki 13 5 JPN Kawasaki 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links
http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/grands-prix/events/sport-event-detail/item/event/road-racing-world-championship-grand-prix-qatar-9/ FIM results archive Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 2010-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120527140043/http://www.fim-live.com/en/sport/grands-prix/events/sport-event-detail/item/event/road-racing-world-championship-grand-prix-qatar-9/ 2012-05-27 dead (Click on More details... for full classification)
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