2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

July 2020 October 2011 Australian Australia GMC Australian Grand Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-australian-motogp 2007 Australian MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 18 May 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2007.html 2007 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttp://www.progcovers.com/motor/phillipisland.html Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 18 May 2018 Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg 2.764 4.448 16 18 14 October 2007 Dani Pedrosa Spain 1:29.201 Valentino Rossi Italy 1:30.801 Casey Stoner Australia Loris Capirossi Italy Valentino Rossi Italy Jorge Lorenzo Spain 1:32.884 Jorge Lorenzo Spain 1:33.761 Jorge Lorenzo Spain Álvaro Bautista Spain Andrea Dovizioso Italy Mattia Pasini Italy 1:38.078 Gábor Talmácsi Hungary 1:38.061 Lukáš Pešek Czech Republic Joan Olivé Spain Héctor Faubel Spain The 2007 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held over the weekend of 12–14 October 2007 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Philip Island, Victoria. MotoGP race report This race was most notable for Casey Stoner's first victory in front of his home crowd, two weeks after the Australian became Ducati's first ever world champion at the previous round in Japan.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/79637/1/stoner-wins-2007-motogp-world-championship Stoner wins 2007 MotoGP World Championship! 23 September 2007 Crash The team also won the constructors championship, the first time a European manufacturer has done this since 1973.https://www.crash.net/motogp/race-report/79731/1/stoner-flattens-phillip-island Stoner flattens Phillip Island. 14 October 2007 Crashhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-10-14/stoner-wins-australian-motogp/698118 Stoner wins Australian MotoGP 14 October 2007 www.abc.net.au Dani Pedrosa took pole position on Saturday, followed by Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner. Nicky Hayden took the first spot on the second row in fourth, Loris Capirossi was fifth and Randy de Puniet in sixth.https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/79715/1/pedrosa-my-best-ever Pedrosa: My best ever. 13 October 2007 Crash All riders take off and do their usual warm-up lap before lining up in their respective grid slots. As the lights went out, Stoner immediately went into the lead on the opening lap going into the Doohan corner. Hayden also managed to pass both Rossi and Pedrosa for second, with Pedrosa and Rossi losing two places (first to third, second to fourth). Capirossi did not make up any positions and was still in fifth place. Stoner and Hayden open up a small gap to Pedrosa and Rossi during the lap. As lap two begins, Marco Melandri makes a move on the Pramac Ducati of Alex Barros for sixth, overtaking him on the start/finish straight. Rossi then makes a move on Pedrosa for third spot, overtaking him at the Honda Corner as he does not want the two at the front to ride away. However, coming out of the fast, unnamed Turn 12 corner, Rossi went slightly wide and onto the grass, undoing all his hard work and dropping him back to fourth behind Pedrosa. Lap three and Rossi now needs to make up the lost ground to Pedrosa again. Stoner and Hayden are opening up a gap at the front, with Pedrosa still in third. Capirossi meanwhile is slowly closing in on the two, with Hayden shadowing Stoner all throughout the lap, as does Rossi. Melandri overtakes Capirossi for fifth place at the fast, unnamed Turn 8 right hander. Rossi's rear tyre smokes as he tries to get a better exit out of Turn 12, with Stoner almost going onto the grass as he uses the full kerb for maximum acceleration coming out of Turn 12. On lap four, Hayden is still trying to get past Stoner but he refuses him the opportunity in the first two corners. Rossi meanwhile finally manages to overtake Pedrosa at the Southern Loop by going through on the inside with a tighter line. Pedrosa tries to get back at him by lining up a pass at the Honda Corner, but fails to brake in time, runs in too deep and loses fourth to Melandri instead. Rossi then tries to close in on the top two. Lap five and Pedrosa retakes fourth by overtaking Melandri on the start/finish straight, going into Doohan Corner. Melandri takes the position back by outbraking Pedrosa at the Honda corner and at the front, Stoner is slowly opening up a gap to Hayden. On lap six, Pedrosa overtakes Melandri once more for fourth down at the start/finish straight, with Melandri trying replicate his overtaking manoeuver at the Honda Corner. This time however, he fails as he goes too wide, allowing Pedrosa to keep the place. Rossi also set a fastest lap so far. As lap seven gets underway, Hayden's gap to Stoner is increasing, with Rossi slowly reeling in Hayden in return. No overtakes happen at the front. Lap eight and Stoner has a moment exiting the Southern Loop, but he does not lose any time because of it. Still no overtakes at the front. On lap nine, Nicky Hayden suddenly started to lose ground to Stoner halfway around the lap. Exiting Turn 12, Rossi had almost wholly caught him entering the start/finish straight. Lap ten and Rossi overtakes an ever fading Hayden into the Doohan Corner, moving him up to second. On lap eleven, Rossi starts to pull away from Hayden. Pedrosa meanwhile was closing in on Hayden, cutting −0.813 seconds off of the gap. Lap twelve and Pedrosa has now caught Hayden. Just before Lukey Heights, his bike suddenly slows – a result of motor problems. He sticks out his leg to warn others but almost hits Pedrosa in the process. Furiously, he hits the front of his bike, then rides off into te gravel to retire. thumb|Casey Stoner, riding his Ducati at the MotoGP race. He won the race, the first time an Australian had won his home race since Mick Doohan's victory in 1998. As lap thirteen begins, Hayden is still angry as he walks off of the gravel trap. Hayden's retirement moves Pedrosa up to third, Melandri to fourth, Capirossi to fifth and Barros to sixth place. Stoner has created a gap that's over 4 seconds to Rossi as well. Further back, Capirossi's Bridgestone-shod Ducati had caught Melandri at a rapid pace. On lap fourteen, Melandri's Bridgestone-shod Gresini Honda of started to close the gap slightly to Pedrosa's Michelin-shod Repsol Honda, with Capirossi doing likewise to Melandri. Stoner extended his lead to around +4.7 seconds over Rossi at the front. Lap fifteen and Melandri is now all over the back of Pedrosa. Melandri wanted to overtake him going up the hill at Lukey Heights, but made a mistake and ran wide, almost gifting Capirossi fourth position. On lap sixteen, Capirossi was harassing Melandri for the fourth spot. Chaz Davies meanwhile had reached the pits after retiring a few laps earlier. Rossi now started to lose ground to Pedrosa as well, the Spaniard catching up to the Italian's rear wheel. Going into lap seventeen, Capirossi made his move at the start/finish straight. Using the superior top speed of his Ducati, he goes side by side and outbreaks Melandri going into Doohan Corner for third place. Pedrosa meanwhile went side by side on the outside with Rossi into said corner and overtook him at the next one – the Southern Loop – to take second from him. He then had a major wobble with his front wheel before going into the Stoner Corner, but lost no ground to anyone. Lap eighteen and Stoner's lead over Pedrosa is +6.716 seconds. Rossi refuses to let him run away with second and hangs on and Capirossi is slowly catching up with the two. Pedrosa then went wide at the Honda Corner, almost allowing Rossi to pass him. Rossi then harasses Pedrosa for the remainder of the lap. As lap nineteen begins, Capirossi once again uses his Ducati's superior top speed to blast past the Yamaha of Rossi and moves up into third position before the Doohan Corner. He then surprises Pedrosa by moving up his inside at the Southern Loop to take two positions in two corners – making full use of his superior Bridgestone tyres – and make it a Ducati 1–2, much to the delight of the Ducati pit box. Pedrosa – now suffering badly with the tyres – is also overtaken by Rossi at the Honda Corner to take the bottom step of the podium. Lap twenty and there's only seven laps to go. Stoner is still comfortably ahead with a +7.420 lead over Capirossi. Rossi meanwhile almost gets overtaken by Pedrosa at the start/finish straight, but he denies Pedrosa going into the Doohan Corner. Further back, Melandri – who has been suffering with his tyres since his mistake – has been caught by the Pramac Ducati of Barros, and gets passed by him at Turn 11. On lap twenty-one, no overtakes happened at the front, though Rossi was still trying to find a way past Capirossi. Lap twenty-two and the midfield runners Chris Vermeulen and Anthony West battle for ninth position. West passes Vermeulen going into the Doohan Corner. Behind them are also Colin Edwards and Carlos Checa, fighting for tenth place. Lap twenty-three and Capirossi now starts to open up a gap to Rossi. No overtakes happened at the front. On lap twenty-four, no overtakes happened. Lap twentyfive – the penultimate lap – and Stoner has lost some margin, shrinking his gap to +6.869 seconds to Capirossi, who himself has now pulled a +1.783 second gap back to Rossi down in third position. Rossi himself has also pulled a significant gap of +1.679 seconds back to Pedrosa. The final lap – lap twentysix – has begun and the top four is as follows: Stoner, Capirossi, Rossi and Pedrosa. Further back, Kawasaki rider Randy de Puniet and Suzuki rider John Hopkins had passed Melandri for sixth and seventh place. Vermeulen also passed Melandri for eighth not much later. Stoner had no problems on this lap and crossed it to win his ninth race of the season. Capirossi and Rossi crossed the line in second and third, Pedrosa in fourth and Barros fifth – his third highest position of the season. De Puniet and Hopkins finished sixth and seventh and Vermeulen and Edwards eighth and ninth. On the parade lap back to parc fermé, Stoner waved the Australian flag, while Capirossi waved a small Italian flag. Supporters in the grandstands applauded and waved Australian and number 27 flags. Hopkins and Vermeulen congratulated Stoner after the race. Rossi arrives to parc fermé and hugs one of his crewmembers. Stoner also arrives and talks to his delighted crewmembers, as does a visibly tired Capirossi. The Ducati teammates hug each other as well. The three then talk to the press before the podium ceremony. The riders walk up to the podium, with Rossi the first to emerge, followed by Capirossi and Stoner. They take their places on their respective podium slots and the important figures hand out the trophies to the third, second and first place riders. The Australian national anthem plays for Stoner and the trio sprays the champagne.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JqAQR5mLM https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/i6JqAQR5mLM 2021-12-12 live 2007 #AustralianGP | Vintage MotoGP April 2020 YouTube 2020-04-02 MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 41:12.244 3 25 2 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +6.763 5 20 3 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +10.038 2 16 4 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +11.663 1 13 5 4 BRA Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 27 +19.475 7 11 6 14 FRA Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +27.313 6 10 7 21 USA John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +29.243 14 9 8 71 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +34.833 16 8 9 5 USA Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +35.073 11 7 10 33 ITA Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 27 +36.971 12 6 11 7 ESP Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 27 +37.721 13 5 12 13 AUS Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +38.426 10 4 13 56 JPN Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 27 +47.430 8 3 14 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +54.324 9 2 15 24 ESP Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 27 +1:10.471 18 1 16 6 JPN Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1:12.904 15 17 80 USA Kurtis Roberts Team Roberts KR212V 27 +1:13.020 19 Ret 1 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 12 Retirement 4 Ret 57 UK Chaz Davies Pramac d'Antin Ducati 12 Retirement 17 Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-australian-motogp 2007 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2007/MotoGP/AUS/RAC/classification.pdf Official MotoGP Reporthttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2007/AUS/MotoGP/RAC/ motogp.com · GMC Australian Grand Prix · MotoGP Race Classification 2007 www.motogp.com 10 September 2018 17 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017015944/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2007/AUS/MotoGP/RAC/ dead 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points1 1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 25 39:25.727 1 252 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 25 +19.634 3 203 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +19.724 7 164 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 25 +19.797 6 135 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 25 +20.066 8 116 60 Spain Julián Simón Honda 25 +21.045 9 107 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 25 +32.960 5 98 73 Japan Shuhei Aoyama Honda 25 +33.043 10 89 3 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 25 +33.051 4 710 55 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 25 +44.814 12 611 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 25 +48.733 13 512 16 France Jules Cluzel Aprilia 25 +54.010 15 413 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 25 +1:03.218 21 314 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 25 +1:09.368 14 215 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 25 +1:17.807 17 116 50 IRL Eugene Laverty Honda 25 +1:21.239 2417 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 25 +1:31.245 1618 11 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 25 +1:33.575 2219 8 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 25 +1:33.916 2320 21 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 24 +1 lap 25Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 18 Retirement 19Ret 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 5 Retirement 18Ret 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 3 Accident 20Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 1 Accident 11Ret 89 China Ho Wan Chow Aprilia 1 Retirement 26Ret 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 0 Retirement 2 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT 125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points1 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Derbi 23 38:03.020 3 252 6 ESP Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +0.090 8 203 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +0.190 6 164 24 ITA Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 +0.405 5 135 12 ESP Esteve Rabat Honda 23 +0.915 11 116 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 23 +1.315 4 107 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +1.316 1 98 14 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +1.371 9 89 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +1.457 7 710 11 GER Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 +14.652 10 611 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Aprilia 23 +21.745 17 512 34 SWI Randy Krummenacher KTM 23 +22.687 20 413 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Derbi 23 +26.491 19 314 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Honda 23 +26.563 12 215 51 USA Stevie Bonsey KTM 23 +37.823 18 116 38 UK Bradley Smith Honda 23 +37.981 1317 37 NED Joey Litjens Honda 23 +40.406 2318 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 23 +40.453 1419 77 SWI Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 23 +44.271 2820 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +44.831 2221 53 ITA Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 23 +51.482 2422 60 AUT Michael Ranseder Derbi 23 +1:01.153 1523 20 ITA Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 23 +1:03.614 2924 13 ITA Dino Lombardi Honda 23 +1:18.524 2725 79 ITA Ferruccio Lamborghini Aprilia 23 +1:37.558 3026 68 AUS Glenn Scott Aprilia 22 +1 lap 31Ret 17 GER Stefan Bradl Aprilia 19 Retirement 26Ret 22 ESP Pablo Nieto Aprilia 17 Retirement 16Ret 7 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 15 Accident 21Ret 99 UK Danny Webb Honda 13 Accident 25Ret 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 5 Retirement 2 DNQ 70 AUS Blake Leigh-Smith Honda Did not qualify DNQ 96 AUS Rhys Moller Honda Did not qualify DNQ 73 AUS Jackson Leigh-Smith Honda Did not qualify DNQ 95 ROU Robert Mureșan Derbi Did not qualify OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2007/MotoGP/AUS/world%2bstanding.pdf? Standings 2007 resources.motogp.com PDF 2023-04-17 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 AUS Casey Stoner 322 2 ITA Valentino Rossi 230 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 201 4 USA John Hopkins 165 5 AUS Chris Vermeulen 160 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 ITA Ducati 349 2 JPN Honda 268 3 JPN Yamaha 267 4 JPN Suzuki 216 5 JPN Kawasaki 124 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Australian motorcycle Grand Prix 2007 2007 Japanese Grand Prix 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix 2006 Australian Grand Prix 2008 Australian Grand Prix Category:Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Australian Motorcycle Category:Motorsport at Phillip Island