2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2007 F.I.M Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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2007 World Champions

MotoGP: Casey Stoner

250cc: Jorge Lorenzo

125cc: Gábor Talmácsi

The 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 59th F.I.M Road Racing World Championship season. The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class can use up to 800 cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990 cc motorcycles. While the 800cc motorcycles have less power than their 990cc counterparts, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns due to their lighter weight 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 massive breakthrough season on the Ducati, the team winning its first world title on the Grand Prix scene. It was also the first time since 1973 that the premiere category had not been won by a Japanese constructor. The new 800 cc Ducati engine had a significant advantage over the other manufacturers in straightline speed but was tricky to ride through corners for Stoner's experienced team mate 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 FIAT Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo used Michelins.

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 cc winner	250 cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	10 March	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
2	25 March	Gran Premio bwin.com de España	Jerez	Gábor Talmácsi	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
3	22 April	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul	Simone Corsi	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
4	6 May	Sinopec Great Wall Lubricants GP of China	Shanghai	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
5	20 May	Alice Grand Prix de France	Le Mans	Sergio Gadea	Jorge Lorenzo	Chris Vermeulen	Report
6	3 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice	Mugello	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	10 June	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya	Catalunya	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
8	24 June	Nickel & Dime British Grand Prix	Donington	Mattia Pasini	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
9	30 June	A-Style TT Assen	Assen	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	15 July	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa	Report
11	22 July	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Casey Stoner	Report
12	19 August	Cardion AB Grand Prix České Republiky	Brno	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
13	2 September	GP Cinzano di San Marino e Riviera di Rimini	Misano	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
14	16 September	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Estoril	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	23 September	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan	Motegi	Mattia Pasini	Mika Kallio	Loris Capirossi	Report
16	14 October	GMC Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
17	21 October	Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Casey Stoner	Report
18	4 November	G.P. bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Valencia	Héctor Faubel	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Report

Season standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders standings

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

MotoGP

Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Casey Stoner Ducati 1 5 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 2 367 2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 3 2 Ret 4 4 2 3 8 4 1 5 4 Ret 2 Ret 4 3 1 242 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2 1 10 2 6 1 2 4 1 Ret 4 7 Ret 1 13 3 5 Ret 241 4 John Hopkins Suzuki 4 19 6 3 7 5 4 5 5 7 15 2 3 6 10 7 8 3 189 5 Marco Melandri Honda 5 8 5 5 2 9 9 10 10 6 3 Inj 4 5 5 10 2 4 187 6 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 7 9 11 7 1 8 7 3 16 11 2 5 2 13 11 8 7 6 179 7 Loris Capirossi Ducati Ret 12 3 6 8 7 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 9 1 2 11 5 166 8 Nicky Hayden Honda 8 7 7 12 Ret 10 11 17 3 3 Ret 3 13 4 9 Ret 9 8 127 9 Colin Edwards Yamaha 6 3 Ret 11 12 12 10 2 6 4 11 Ret 9 10 14 9 10 13 124 10 Alex Barros Ducati 9 11 4 14 Ret 3 8 7 7 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 8 5 12 7 115 11 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Ret 13 8 8 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret Ret 6 8 Ret Ret 2 6 4 9 108 12 Toni Elías Honda 14 4 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 Inj Inj Inj 11 7 8 3 15 6 10 104 13 Alex Hofmann Ducati 11 DSQ 9 9 5 11 13 9 8 9 Inj Inj 11 Ret 65 14 Carlos Checa Honda Ret 6 12 10 Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 14 14 10 6 7 18 11 14 12 65 15 Anthony West Kawasaki 11 9 8 7 12 8 12 7 12 15 16 59 16 Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 15 15 15 13 10 14 14 16 14 Ret 13 13 12 14 4 14 19 11 50 17 Shinya Nakano Honda 10 10 13 Ret Ret 13 15 14 12 Ret 12 14 10 11 16 13 16 14 47 18 Makoto Tamada Yamaha 16 14 14 Ret 9 15 12 15 13 13 8 17 14 Ret 12 16 18 15 38 19 Kurtis Roberts KR212V Ret 18 13 15 12 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 17 20 Ret 10 20 Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki 10 6 21 Michel Fabrizio Honda 10 6 22 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki 11 5 23 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 12 18 Ret Inj Inj 16 Inj 4 24 Kenny Roberts, Jr. KR212V 13 16 16 15 Ret 17 16 4 25 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 13 3 26 Shinichi Ito Ducati 15 1 Chaz Davies Ducati 16 Ret 17 0 Iván Silva Ducati 16 0 Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki 17 Ret 0 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 17 0 Andrew Pitt Ilmor Ret 0 Miguel Duhamel Honda Ret 0 Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

250cc

Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 11 1 3 7 312 2 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 5 3 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 5 2 Ret 2 2 3 11 4 260 3 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 6 5 9 Ret 2 235 4 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Ret 2 3 2 8 1 5 Ret 3 17 5 8 1 15 2 Ret Ret 181 5 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 3 Ret 8 6 4 3 8 Ret 7 6 4 3 5 3 Ret 2 5 177 6 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret 21 7 3 5 1 6 2 Ret 8 4 1 10 160 7 Mika Kallio KTM Ret Ret 6 5 7 Ret 6 6 8 2 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 1 157 8 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 4 Ret 5 8 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 9 7 4 4 10 5 5 9 133 9 Julián Simón Honda 8 Ret 7 7 5 7 10 7 Ret Ret 8 10 8 6 6 6 6 123 10 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 9 9 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 7 7 7 8 11 97 11 Yuki Takahashi Honda 7 8 Ret INJ 11 Ret 4 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 4 10 9 9 90 12 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 10 7 16 Ret 9 6 11 5 13 12 9 6 Ret 9 8 13 17 90 13 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 6 INJ DNS 18 12 Ret 9 10 10 7 Ret 16 11 7 13 59 14 Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 12 11 10 10 12 13 Ret 11 11 18 12 Ret 9 Ret 17 20 Ret 49 15 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 11 Ret 11 11 18 12 20 Ret 17 11 13 12 12 17 14 10 12 47 16 Karel Abraham Aprilia Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 16 14 10 15 Ret 14 14 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 31 17 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 14 12 15 12 11 Ret 17 8 14 19 16 13 Ret Ret 19 16 15 30 18 Alex Debón Aprilia 5 16 Ret 3 27 19 Anthony West Aprilia 13 9 Ret 13 10 10 21 25 20 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 15 10 13 Ret 16 17 Ret 12 16 13 17 Ret 11 Ret 15 15 16 24 21 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 16 16 Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 20 15 18 11 13 13 12 19 Ret 19 22 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 13 14 Ret 13 14 18 14 19 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 14 18 23 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 17 Ret 14 14 15 15 13 12 16 INJ 18 18 19 13 24 Dan Linfoot Aprilia 9 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Eugene Laverty Honda 18 14 17 17 15 20 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 15 14 19 16 17 21 6 26 Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 12 4 27 Youichi Ui Yamaha 14 2 28 Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 18 Ret 18 Ret 22 22 15 22 Ret 19 17 15 18 Ret 21 23 2 29 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 16 18 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 1 30 Arturo Tizón Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 15 17 23 DNS 1 Álvaro Molina Aprilia Ret 23 Ret 16 22 0 Ho Wan Chow Aprilia DNQ 17 Ret 0 Federico Sandi Aprilia 20 Ret 20 0 Santiago Barragán Honda Ret DNQ DNQ 24 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

250cc wildcard riders results

Rider Positions Zhu Wang DNQ in Czech Rep. and Portugal Luke Lawrence DNQ in Britain and Portugal Andrew Sawford DNQ in Britain Doni Tata Pradita Ret in Malaysia Thomas Walther Ret in Germany Thomas Tallevi 24th in Italy Jin Xiao 19th in China Toby Markham 17th in Britain Ronald Beitler 23rd in Netherlands Randy Gevers 24th in Netherlands

Rider Positions Hans Smees Ret in Netherlands Mike Velthuijzen DNS in Netherlands Jiri Mayer DNQ in Czech Rep. Alex Kenchington DNQ in Britain Huang Shi Zhao DNS in China Takumi Takahashi Ret in Japan Joshua Sommer Ret in Germany and Valencia Yuki Hamamoto 20th in Japan Omar Menghi Ret in Italy, 18th in San Marino

125cc

Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 2 1 5 4 4 4 2 Ret 3 1 4 2 2 2 8 1 2 282 2 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 1 3 10 2 6 1 Ret 3 2 3 1 17 1 3 3 3 1 277 3 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 6 Ret 3 Ret 10 5 1 2 6 2 5 3 7 14 6 2 9 193 4 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 3 2 6 1 2 Ret 13 18 7 6 3 20 13 12 1 6 5 182 5 Mattia Pasini Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 6 Ret 1 1 Ret 2 1 8 1 7 8 4 174 6 Simone Corsi Aprilia 5 Ret 1 5 8 3 7 10 5 4 7 Ret 4 6 4 7 12 168 7 Sergio Gadea Aprilia Ret 5 Ret 6 1 2 4 4 4 Ret Ret 4 Ret 8 9 5 3 160 8 Joan Olivé Aprilia 11 8 2 19 5 Ret 8 5 18 11 12 12 5 5 2 4 30 131 9 Pol Espargaró Aprilia 7 4 11 9 11 9 5 Ret 11 Ret 6 5 3 Ret 11 Ret 10 110 10 Bradley Smith Honda 12 26 8 8 3 8 6 7 INJ 8 13 8 12 Ret 16 9 8 101 11 Esteve Rabat Honda 8 Ret 14 3 INJ 12 Ret 13 12 11 11 11 Ret 5 5 6 74 12 Michael Ranseder Derbi 13 9 12 7 14 11 10 20 9 10 8 10 Ret 9 22 Ret 13 73 13 Randy Krummenacher KTM 19 17 15 27 13 13 3 13 12 5 9 6 10 19 12 17 15 69 14 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 17 7 Ret 18 7 7 11 12 8 7 10 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 66 15 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 9 6 13 16 15 Ret 20 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 12 7 57 16 Raffaele de Rosa Aprilia 4 Ret 4 12 Ret 14 Ret 8 14 Ret 18 9 9 Ret Ret 28 Ret 56 17 Mike Di Meglio Honda 14 INJ 14 9 Ret 19 6 Ret 15 20 13 16 4 14 14 23 42 18 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 9 10 13 7 6 15 Ret 13 Ret 39 19 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 10 7 15 16 10 14 11 15 28 17 16 17 Ret 18 19 Ret 30 20 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 15 12 9 11 Ret Ret 17 15 20 24 Ret 14 18 10 20 18 20 26 21 Alexis Masbou Honda 10 Ret Ret 13 12 Ret 16 19 16 19 14 21 14 21 Ret 10 14 25 22 Nicolás Terol Derbi 16 14 16 Ret 19 12 23 24 17 22 22 18 Ret 17 13 11 11 19 23 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 20 19 24 21 20 15 15 Ret 28 21 29 23 Ret 11 19 Ret 18 7 24 Stefano Bianco Aprilia Ret 11 17 Ret 17 Ret Ret 19 16 15 Ret 15 Ret 16 17 7 25 Steve Bonsey KTM 22 13 25 Ret Ret 20 Ret 23 27 18 16 26 Ret Ret 15 26 16 4 26 Danny Webb Honda Ret Ret 23 23 27 21 26 25 Ret 27 28 30 20 13 Ret 22 21 3 27 Georg Fröhlich Honda 14 2 28 Enrique Jerez Honda 14 23 2 29 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia Ret 15 Ret 17 18 22 Ret 17 Ret 30 28 21 Ret 21 20 Ret 1 Robert Mureşan Derbi Ret 18 22 26 23 19 24 16 Ret 17 Ret 29 23 Ret DNQ 23 22 0 Joey Litjens Honda 21 21 20 22 25 16 Ret 21 26 Ret 24 27 DNS 17 24 24 0 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 23 25 18 20 22 24 22 29 22 20 21 19 22 16 23 21 19 0 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 16 18 Ret 27 0 Federico Sandi Aprilia Ret Ret 19 Ret 26 18 21 Ret 24 23 19 Ret 19 Ret 0 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 24 20 26 25 24 23 25 26 21 25 27 31 0 Dino Lombardi Honda 23 Ret 24 21 Ret DNS 26 Ret Ret Ret 24 NC 25 0 Ferruccio Lamborghini Aprilia 24 23 27 28 0 Stefano Musco Honda INJ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

125cc wildcard riders results

Rider Positions Kev Coghlan 21st in Turkey, retired in Britain Iván Maestro 22nd in Spain, 27th in Catalonia Ricard Cardús 23rd in Czech Republic, injured in Portugal Rhys Moller DNQ in Australia Jackson Leigh-Smith DNQ in Australia Blake Leigh-Smith DNQ in Australia Ivo Relvas DNQ in Portugal Gwen le Badezet DNQ in France Nikolett Kovács DNQ in Turkey Valentin Debise Injured in Portugal Takaaki Nakagami Ret in Valencia Yuuichi Yanagisawa Ret in Japan Iori Namihira Ret in Japan Karel Majek Ret in Czech Republic Michal Prášek Ret in Czech Republic Patrick Unger Ret in Germany Nayuta Mizuno 20th in Japan Luke Jones 22nd in Britain Ferry Stoffer 33rd in Netherlands Patrick vd Waarsenburg 31st in Netherlands Shoya Tomizawa 22nd in Japan Kazuma Watanabe 18th in Japan

Rider Positions Julien Cartron Ret in France Federico Biaggi 32nd in San Marino Karel Pešek 31st in Czech Republic Tom Hayward 30th in Britain Jasper Iwema 32nd in Netherlands Roy Pouw 30th in Netherlands Sebastian Eckner 29th in Germany Steven Le Coquen 29th in France Alen Győrfi Ret in Turkey, 29th in Valencia Philipp Eitzinger Ret in Catalonia, 29th in the Netherlands Robbie Stewart 28th in Britain Romain Maitre 28th in France Nikki Coates 27th in Britain Tobias Siegert 27th in Turkey, DNS in Italy Glenn Scott 26th in Australia Eric Hübsch 26th in Germany Toni Wirsing 25th in Germany Roberto Lacalendola Ret in Italy, 25th in San Marino Daniel Sáez 24th in Spain, 25th in Valencia Louis Rossi 24th in Portugal Cyril Carrillo 24th in Malaysia Simone Sancioni 17th in Italy, 22nd in San Marino

Manufacturers standings

Points gained by the designers in the season

• Each manufacturer gets the same amount of points as their best placed rider in each Grand Prix.

MotoGP manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
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	5	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
5	KR212V	13	16	16	15	Ret	17	16	13	15	12	Ret	15	15	Ret	Ret	17	20	Ret	14

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Repsol Honda Honda Honda RC212V M 1 Nicky Hayden All 26 Dani Pedrosa All Pramac d'Antín Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 4 Alex Barros All 22 Iván Silva 12 57 Chaz Davies 11, 16–18 66 Alex Hofmann 1–10, 13–14 72 Shinichi Itoh 15 FIAT Yamaha Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5 Colin Edwards All 46 Valentino Rossi All Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 D 6 Makoto Tamada All 50 Sylvain Guintoli All Honda LCR Honda Honda RC212V M 7 Carlos Checa All Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSV-R B 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 17 21 John Hopkins All 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi 2, 15 71 Chris Vermeulen All Team Roberts KR212V KR212V M 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. 1–7 80 Kurtis Roberts 6–18 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-RR B 11 Fonsi Nieto 5 13 Anthony West 8–18 14 Randy de Puniet All 19 Olivier Jacque 1–4, 6–7 87 Akira Yanagawa 15 95 Roger Lee Hayden 11 Honda Gresini Honda Honda RC212V B 17 Miguel Duhamel 11 24 Toni Elías 1–9, 12–18 33 Marco Melandri All 84 Michel Fabrizio 10 Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 27 Casey Stoner All 65 Loris Capirossi All Konica Minolta Honda Honda Honda RC212V M 56 Shinya Nakano All Ilmor GP† Ilmor GP Ilmor X3 M 88 Andrew Pitt 1 99 Jeremy McWilliams 1

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

† Ilmor withdrew before Spanish race.

Mid-season changes

• On 15 March 2007, Mario Illien of Ilmor announced that the team would be taking a break from the Moto GP series as a result of funding issues.^[4]
• During practice for the Chinese GP, Olivier Jacque injured his arm in a practice crash and withdrew from the event. He missed his home race, at Le Mans, and was replaced by Fonsi Nieto.^[5][6]
• Team Roberts announced that they would expand to a second bike from the Mugello race onwards, which will be ridden by Kurtis Roberts.^[7]
• Kenny Roberts, Jr. withdrew from the series in June. In those rounds the sole KR212V was ridden by his brother Kurtis.^[8]
• On 21 June, it was announced that Anthony West would be replacing Olivier Jacque at Kawasaki for the remainder of the season.^[9]
• During practice for the Dutch TT, Toni Elías broke his left femur.^[10] He was replaced by Michel Fabrizio at the German Grand Prix and Miguel Duhamel at the United States Grand Prix.^[11]
• During the first practice session at the US GP, Alex Hofmann broke a bone and sustained a soft tissue injury in his left hand in a collision with Sylvain Guintoli and he was unable to compete during the remainder of the weekend. Chaz Davies was invited to take his ride for the remainder of the weekend despite having no experience on any MotoGP bike or Bridgestone tyres. Hofmann was also sidelined from Czech GP, where Iván Silva replaced him.
• Shinichi Itoh rode as a replacement rider on a Pramac d'Antin Ducati after Alex Hofmann was released from the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix.

250cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor Rounds Tyre 1 Jorge Lorenzo Fortuna Aprilia Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 3 Alex de Angelis Master MVA Aspar Team Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Red Bull KTM KTM 1-10, 12-18 D 6 Alex Debón Aprilia Racing Aprilia 2, 7, 12, 18 D 7 Efrén Vázquez Blusens Aprilia Germany Aprilia 8-10, 12-18 D 8 Ratthapark Wilairot Thai Honda PTT-SAG Honda 1-10, 12-18 D 9 Arturo Tizón Blusens Aprilia Germany Aprilia 1-6 D 10 Imre Tóth Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 12 Thomas Lüthi Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 14 Anthony West Team Sicilia Aprilia 1-7 D 15 Roberto Locatelli Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera 1-2, 5-10, 12-18 D 16 Jules Cluzel Angaia Racing Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 18 Joshua Sommer Motorcycle Comp Service Honda 10, 12-18 D 19 Álvaro Bautista Master MVA Aspar Team Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 20 Takumi Takahashi Burning Blood Racing Honda 15 D 21 Federico Sandi Team Sicilia Aprilia 16-18 D 25 Alex Baldolini Kiefer-Bos-Sotin Racing Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 28 Dirk Heidolf Kiefer-Bos-Sotin Racing Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 31 Álvaro Molina Andalucia GFC MAS Aprilia 2, 7, 10, 14, 18 D 32 Fabrizio Lai Campetella Racing Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 34 Andrea Dovizioso Humangest Racing Honda 1-10, 12-18 D 35 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha Indonesia Pertamina RT Yamaha 17 D 36 Mika Kallio Red Bull KTM KTM 1-10, 12,18 D 38 Thomas Walther AMC Schleizer Dreieck ADAC Honda 10 D 41 Aleix Espargaró Blusens Aprilia Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 44/11 Taro Sekiguchi Campetella Racing Aprilia 1-10, 12, 16-18 D 45 Dan Linfoot Team Sicilia Aprilia 8-10, 12-15 D 49 Erwin Postmus Postmus Racing Yamaha D 50 Eugene Laverty Honda LCR Honda 1-10, 12-18 D 53 Santiago Barragán Team Extremadura Honda 2, 7, 14, 18 D 55 Yuki Takahashi Humangest Racing Team Honda 1-4, 6-10, 12,18 D 58 Marco Simoncelli Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera 1-10, 12-18 D 60 Julián Simón Repsol Honda Team Honda 1-10, 12-18 D 62 Shi Zhao Huang Yes! Yamaha Tianjian Yamaha 4 D 63 Xiao Jin Yes! Yamaha Tianjian Yamaha 4 D 64 Omar Menghi VET Racing Aprilia 6, 13 D 65 Thomas Tallevi History Racing TZ Club Italia Yamaha 6 D 68 Randy Gevers De Arend Racing Aprilia 9 D 69 Ronald Beitler Maro Racing Honda 9 D 70 Mike Velthuijzen MRTT Hagen Racing Honda 9 D 72 Hans Smees Jaap Kingma Aprilia 9 D 73 Shuhei Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda 1-10, 12-18 D 75 Youichi Ui Malossi & Spruce & Pro-Tec Yamaha 15 D 76 Seijin Oikawa Will Access With Plus Myu Yamaha 15 D 77 Yuki Hamamoto TEC-2 & Kyushukyoritsu Univ. Yamaha 15 D 80 Héctor Barberá Team Toth Aprilia 1-10, 12-18 D 81 Toby Markham BM Groundworks Yamaha 8 D 82 Andrew Sawford St Neot's Motorcycle Co Yamaha 8 D 83 Alex Kenchington Dennis Trollope Racing Yamaha 8 D 84 Luke Lawrence TNT Express Team Fila Honda 8 D Team McDonalds Aprilia 14 D 87 Jiri Mayer Klub Racing Team Mayer Honda 12 D 88 Zhu Wang Zongshen Team Of China Aprilia 12, 14 D 89 Chow Ho-Wan Zongshen Team Of China Aprilia 12, 14, 16 D

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Mid-season changes

• Roberto Locatelli was seriously injured in a practise session crash at the Spanish GP weekend. Gilera didn't replace him and Locatelli returned to the series in the French GP.^[12]
• As a result of a crash in qualifying in China, Yuki Takahashi broke his left arm and missed the French GP, which he won in 2006. He was not replaced for the event.^[13]
• Starting from the French GP, Humangest Racing was officially called Kopron Team Scot.
• Following Anthony West's step up to the Moto GP class with Kawasaki, Dan Linfoot was signed to replace him from the Donington Park round. Also, Arturo Tizón was sacked by his team and replaced by Efrén Vázquez.^[14]
• Federico Sandi replaced Dan Linfoot from Australian GP onwards.
• Taro Sekiguchi missed couple of rounds after being injured in Czech Republic Grand Prix. Having had lots of injuries during last couple of seasons, he decided to change his race number in his return, in the Australian Grand Prix.

125cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor Chassis Rounds Tyre 6 Joan Olivé Polaris World Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 7 Alexis Masbou FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 11 Sandro Cortese Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 12 Esteve Rabat Repsol Honda Honda TBA 1-5, 7-10, 11-18 D 13 Dino Lombardi Scot Racing Team Honda TBA 2-6, 10, 12-18 D 14 Gábor Talmácsi Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 15 Federico Sandi Skilled ISPA Racing Team Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-15 D 17 Stefan Bradl Blusens Aprilia Aprilia RS125 7, 9-10, 13-18 D 18 Nicolás Terol Valsir Seedorf Derbi Derbi TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 20 Roberto Tamburini Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 22 Pablo Nieto Blusens Aprilia Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 24 Simone Corsi Skilled ISPA Racing Team Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 27 Stefano Bianco WTR Blauer USA Aprilia RS125 1-6, 8-10, 12-15, 17-18 D 29 Andrea Iannone WTR Blauer USA Aprilia RS125 1-10, 12-18 D 30 Pere Tutusaus FMCV Team Machado Aprilia RS125 2, 7, 14, 18 D 31 Enrique Jerez Scot Racing Team Honda TBA 8-9 D 33 Sergio Gadea Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 34 Randy Krummenacher Red Bull KTM KTM TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 35 Raffaele De Rosa Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 36 Cyril Carrillo FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA 17 D 37 Joey Litjens Arie Molenaar Racing Honda TBA 1-10, 12-14, 16-18 D 38 Bradley Smith Repsol Honda Honda TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 39 Nikolett Kovács Cemelog-Hanusch Honda TBA 3 D 40 Alen Győrfi Superbike Gyorsasagi MSE Aprilia RS125 3, 18 D 41 Tobias Siegert ADAC Nordbayern EV Aprilia RS125 3, 6 D 42 Simone Sancioni RCGM Team Aprilia RS125 6, 13 D 44 Pol Espargaró Belson Campetella Racing Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 45 Valentin Debise Équipe de France Espoir Honda TBA 5 D 46 Romain Maitre TVX Racing - TJP Honda TBA 5 D 47 Steven Le Coquen Villiers Team Competition Honda TBA 5 D 48 Julien Cartron Villiers Team Competition Honda TBA 5 D 49 Gwen Le Badezet Bretagne Organisation Sport Honda TBA 5 D 51 Stevie Bonsey Red Bull KTM KTM TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 52 Lukáš Pešek Valsir Seedorf Derbi Derbi TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 53 Simone Grotzkyj Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA 1-8, 10, 12-18 D 54 Kev Coghlan Scot Racing Team Honda TBA 3 D IKI Racing 8 55 Héctor Faubel Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 56 Hugo van den Berg Blusens Aprilia Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-13 D 57 Yuuichi Yanagisawa Metallico 18 Garage Honda TBA 15 D 58 Shoya Tomizawa Project Muy FRS Honda TBA 15 D 59 Iori Namihira Honda Suzuka Racing Honda TBA 15 D 60 Michael Ranseder Ajo Motorsport Derbi TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 61 Ivo Relvas SGM Racing Aprilia TBA 14 D 62 Louis Rossi FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA 14 D 63 Mike Di Meglio Scot Racing Team Honda TBA 1-2, 4-10, 12-18 D 64 Georg Fröhlich Abbink Bos Racing Honda TBA 10 B 65 Eric Hübsch Sachsenring Motorrad Unger Aprilia RS125 10 D 66 Patrick Unger Sachsenring Motorrad Unger Aprilia RS125 10 D 67 Sebastien Eckner Adac Sachsen Junior Team Honda TBA 10 D 68 Glenn Scott WTR Blauer USA Aprilia TBA 16 D 69 Nayuta Mizuno TEC-2 & Ogiya Yamaha TBA 15 D 70 Blake Leigh-Smith Leigh-Smith Racing Honda TBA 16 D 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Red Bull KTM KTM TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 72 Patrick vd Waarsenburg Lemstra Racing Honda TBA 9 D 73 Jackson Leigh-Smith Leigh-Smith Racing Honda TBA 16 D 74 Kazuma Watanabe Dydo Miu Racing Honda TBA 15 D 75 Mattia Pasini Polaris World Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 76 Stefano Musco Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D 76 Iván Maestro Matteoni Racing Honda TBA 2, 7 D Ascat. Madrid Team 18 77 Dominique Aegerter Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 78 Daniel Sáez Quinto Almoradi Aprilia TBA 2, 18 D 79 Ferruccio Lamborghini Junior GP Racing Team Aprilia TBA 13 D Skilled ISPA Racing Team 16-18 80 Federico Biaggi Friba Friba TBA 13 D 81 Tom Hayward KRP Honda TBA 8 D 82 Luke Jones SP12/KGD Racing Honda TBA 8 D 83 Nikki Coates KRP Honda TBA 8 D 84 Robbie Stewart KRP Honda TBA 8 D 85 Philipp Eitzinger Wintex Racing Austria Honda TBA 7, 9 D 86 Ricard Cardús Racc Aprilia Aprilia TBA 12, 14 D 87 Roberto Lacalendola MC Terzo Bandini Aprilia TBA 6 D Ellegi Racing 13 88 Ferry Stoffer Motorsportklazienaveen Honda TBA 9 D 89 Jasper Iwema Abbink Bos Racing Honda TBA 9 D 90 Roy Pouw Cool Rental Racing TH Aprilia TBA 9 D 91 Karel Majek FGR 07 Team FGR TBA 12 D 92 Karel Pešek Intermoto Czech Aprilia TBA 12 D 93 Michal Prášek Rohac & Fetja Honda TBA 12 D 94 Toni Wirsing Honda Schumann Reisen Honda TBA 12 D 95 Robert Mureşan Ajo Motorsport Derbi TBA 1-10, 12-18 D 96 Rhys Moller Rhys Moller Racing Honda TBA 16 D 98 Takaaki Nakagami Red Bull MotoGP Academy Honda TBA 18 D 99 Danny Webb Arie Molenaar Racing Honda TBA 1-10, 12-18 D

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Mid-season changes

• Fontana Racing was called Skilled Racing Team before the season started following the withdrawal of their sponsor ISPA for Team Sicilia.
• Stefano Musco missed the Qatar & Spanish GPs through injury and was replaced by Dino Lombardi. Later Lombardi replaced Musco on regular basis.
• Mike Di Meglio sustained a broken collarbone in a crash in qualifying for the Spanish GP and was told by doctors to allow more time to recover. He was replaced at the Turkish GP by Kev Coghlan, who had been originally on the 250cc entry list prior to the withdrawal of his team, Winona Racing.^[15]
• Starting from the French GP, Scot Racing Team was officially called Kopron Team Scot.
• At the British GP, Enrique Jerez replaced Dino Lombardi.
• From Portuguese GP onwards, Stefan Bradl replaced Hugo van den Berg on regular basis.
• Following Federico Sandi's move to 250cc class, Ferruccio Lamborghini replaced him in Skilled Racing Team, starting from Australian Grand Prix.
• Glenn Scott replaced Stefano Bianco in Australian Grand Prix.

References

• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-07.

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5. Jacque pulls out of Chinese GP
6. Kawasaki confirm Jacque will miss France
7. Roberts confirm second bike for Mugello
8. Roberts Jr won't ride at Donington
9. West secures Kawasaki ride
10. Elias breaks leg in practice crash
11. Fabrizio and Duhamel to replace Elias
12. Locatelli targets Mugello return
13. Takahashi to miss Le Mans
14. 250s Linfoot signs Sicilia deal
15. 125s: Coghlan to race in Turkey