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 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 43:02.788 2 25 2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +2.838 1 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +8.530 5 16 4 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +9.071 6 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 22 +17.433 10 11 6 5 Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +18.647 3 10 7 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +22.916 13 9 8 1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +23.057 9 8 9 4 Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +25.961 15 7 10 56 Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 22 +28.456 11 6 11 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin Ducati 22 +35.029 17 5 12 19 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +42.948 14 4 13 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR212V 22 +42.977 18 3 14 24 Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 22 +42.989 4 2 15 50 Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +51.639 16 1 16 6 Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +57.853 19 Ret 88 Andrew Pitt Ilmor GP Ilmor GP 15 Retirement 21 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 8 Accident 12 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 7 Accident 8 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 6 Accident 7 DNS 99 Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor GP Ilmor GP 0 Did not start 20 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 20 40:23.753 1 25 2 3 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 20 +1.224 3 20 3 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +2.911 2 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +3.234 5 13 5 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 20 +12.698 7 11 6 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 20 +21.568 11 10 7 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +31.540 9 9 8 60 Julián Simón Honda 20 +40.467 10 8 9 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +46.192 12 7 10 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 20 +58.678 13 6 11 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 20 +1:02.762 16 5 12 32 Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 20 +1:07.715 14 4 13 14 Anthony West Aprilia 20 +1:10.622 17 3 14 8 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +1:11.594 22 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:12.499 18 1 16 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 20 +1:23.751 23 17 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:33.143 20 18 50 Eugene Laverty Honda 20 +1:38.458 24 19 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 20 +1:38.548 19 Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 18 Retirement 8 Ret 9 Arturo Tizón Aprilia 14 Retirement 15 Ret 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 10 Retirement 25 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 7 Accident 21 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 2 Accident 4 Ret 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 2 Accident 6 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 38:12.029 2 25 2 14 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 18 +0.073 1 20 3 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 18 +17.499 4 16 4 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 18 +17.754 5 13 5 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 18 +25.642 10 11 6 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 18 +25.877 7 10 7 44 Pol Espargaró Aprilia 18 +28.437 12 9 8 12 Esteve Rabat Honda 18 +28.527 8 8 9 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 18 +28.708 11 7 10 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 18 +33.669 15 6 11 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 18 +40.665 20 5 12 38 Bradley Smith Honda 18 +40.679 9 4 13 60 Michael Ranseder Derbi 18 +40.915 13 3 14 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 18 +41.671 18 2 15 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 18 +41.764 14 1 16 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 18 +48.643 19 17 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +48.656 21 18 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 18 +48.858 28 19 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 18 +1:03.160 17 20 77 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 18 +1:23.074 27 21 37 Joey Litjens Honda 18 +1:23.147 25 22 51 Stevie Bonsey KTM 18 +1:31.521 29 23 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 18 +1:59.152 30 24 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 18 +2:00.040 31 Ret 99 Danny Webb Honda 16 Retirement 26 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 Retirement 3 Ret 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 14 Retirement 16 Ret 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 12 Retirement 6 Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 7 Retirement 23 Ret 15 Federico Sandi Aprilia 4 Retirement 22 Ret 95 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.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 25 2 Valentino Rossi 20 3 Dani Pedrosa 16 4 John Hopkins 13 5 Marco Melandri 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 25 2 Yamaha 20 3 Honda 16 4 Suzuki 13 5 Kawasaki 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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