The 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 59th F.I.M Road Racing World Championship season. The season consisted out of 18 races for the MotoGP class and 17 for the 125cc and 250cc classes, beginning with the Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix on 10 March 2007 and ending with the Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix on 4 November.
The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class were allowed use up to 800cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990 cc motorcycles. While the 800cc motorcycles had less power than their 990cc counterparts, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns due to their lighter weight (which actually increased their power to weight ratio) allowed them to break lap records in pre-season testing. [1]
Casey Stoner won the MotoGP title, winning 10 of the 18 races to finish with a lead of 125 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo won his second 250cc title, and Gábor Talmácsi won the 125cc title.
Stoner had a breakthrough season on the Ducati, the team winning its first world title on the Grand Prix scene. It was also the first time since 1974 that the premiere category had not been won by a Japanese constructor. The new 800cc Ducati engine had a significant advantage over the other manufacturers in straight line speed but was tricky to ride through corners for Stoner's experienced teammate Loris Capirossi. Stoner was in strong contention early on but Valentino Rossi was very close for a long period of the season, before Stoner started to pull away at mid-season and sealed his title with several races to go, with Rossi's title challenge fading.
Up to the end of 2006, speculation suggested that Honda would have the advantage of the new 800cc engines, as they could modify their existing engines easier than other manufacturers. In practice, Honda suffered the most from the regulation change, with only Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri making any impression on the leaders. Stoner scored a string of wins for Ducati, Suzuki saw Chris Vermeulen take their first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and John Hopkins posted his first podium finish. The Kawasaki team also made progress with improved results.
In addition to the capacity reduction, MotoGP teams were also restricted to 31 tires per race weekend per rider. This change seemed to have favored the Bridgestone's wider performance range over the more temperature- and track-specific Michelins. [2] Pressure from top riders and declining viewership led Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta to propose a single-tire manufacturer for MotoGP. [3] In the end, rules were amended to allow 9 more tires per weekend per rider, and Valentino Rossi switched to Bridgestone for the 2008 season while his factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo used Michelins.
2007 was also final season of Dunlop competed in MotoGP class to date.
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2007: [4] [5]
The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2007 season: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
- Property Units Min. Max. Test Method RON 95.0 102.0 ISO 5164 - MON 85.0 90.0 ISO 5163 - Oxygen % m/m 2.7 ASTM D 4815 - Nitrogen % m/m 0.2 ASTM D 4629 - Benzene % v/v 1.0 EN 238 - RVP kPa 90 EN 13016-1 - Lead g/L 0.005 EN 237 - Density at 15 °C kg/m3 720.0 775,0 780.0 ASTM D 4052 - Oxidation Stability minutes 360 ASTM D 525 - Existent gum mg/100 mL 5.0 EN ISO 6246 - Sulphur mg/kg 50,0 ASTM D 5453 - Copper Corrosion rating C1 ISO 2160 - Distillation: - E at 70 °C % v/v 22,0 15.0 50.0 ISO 3405 - E at 100 °C % v/v 46.0 71.0 ISO 3405 - E at 150 °C % v/v 75.0 ISO 3405 - Final Boiling Point °C 210,0 215.0ISO 3405 - Residue % v/v 2.0 ISO 3405 - Olefins(*) % v/v 18.0 ASTM D 1319:1998 - Gas Chromatography - Aromatics(*) % v/v 35,0 42.0 ASTM D 1319:1998 - Gas Chromatography - Total di-olefins % m/m 1.0 GCMS / HPLC
† Ilmor GP withdrew before Spanish race.
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Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
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1 | Ducati | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 394 |
2 | Honda | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 313 |
3 | Yamaha | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 283 |
4 | Suzuki | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 241 |
5 | Kawasaki | 12 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 144 |
6 | KR212V | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 20 | Ret | 14 |
Ilmor GP | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
Pos | Team | Bike No. | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
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1 | Ducati Marlboro Team | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 533 |
65 | Ret | 12 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |||
2 | Repsol Honda Team | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 13 | 4 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 8 | 369 |
26 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
3 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | 21 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 368 |
71 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |||
4 | Fiat Yamaha Team | 5 | 6 | 3 | Ret | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 365 |
46 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | Ret | |||
5 | Honda Gresini | 17 | Ret | 297 | |||||||||||||||||
24 | 14 | 4 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 12 | WD | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 10 | |||||
33 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | WD | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | |||
84 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Pramac d'Antin | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 181 |
22 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 16 | Ret | 17 | DNS | |||||||||||||||||
66 | 11 | DSQ | 9 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | WD | 11 | Ret | ||||||||
72 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Kawasaki Racing Team | 11 | 11 | 176 | |||||||||||||||||
13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||
14 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | |||
19 | 12 | 18 | Ret | WD | 16 | WD | |||||||||||||||
8 | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 9 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 12 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 88 |
50 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 11 | |||
9 | Honda LCR | 7 | Ret | 6 | 12 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 65 |
10 | Konica Minolta Honda | 56 | 10 | 10 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | Ret | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
11 | Team Roberts | 10 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||
80 | 13 | 15 | 12 | Ret | 15 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 20 | Ret | ||||||||||
Ilmor GP | 88 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | DNS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Bike No. | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | USA | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
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1 | Aprilia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 387 |
2 | Honda | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 275 |
3 | KTM | Ret | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 226 |
4 | Gilera | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 116 |
5 | Yamaha | 19 | 24 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 4 | ||||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole position |
Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
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1 | Aprilia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 410 |
2 | Derbi | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 199 |
3 | KTM | 6 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 196 |
4 | Honda | 8 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 146 |
Yamaha | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Friba | 32 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
FGR | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT | SPA | TUR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | SMR | POR | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | Pts |
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