The 2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2007 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit.
The MotoGP race was subject to wet weather and the race saw the first time in the 800cc MotoGP formula era where riders changed bikes mid-race as a result of the conditions.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 50:58.713 12 25 2 33 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 28 +12.599 9 20 3 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +27.347 2 16 4 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +37.328 10 13 5 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antin Ducati 28 +49.166 17 11 6 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +53.563 4 10 7 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +1:01.073 5 9 8 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +1:21.241 15 8 9 6 Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1 lap 16 7 10 50 Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1 lap 11 6 11 11 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1 lap 19 5 12 5 Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 25 +3 laps 1 4 Ret 4 Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 27 Accident 13 Ret 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Team Roberts KR212V 26 Retirement 18 Ret 1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 Accident 7 Ret 56 Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 20 Accident 14 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 8 Accident 8 Ret 24 Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 7 Accident 6 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 6 Accident 3
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 26 43:12.237 1 25 2 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 26 +0.156 8 20 3 3 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 26 +2.733 6 16 4 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +5.971 3 13 5 60 Julián Simón Honda 26 +6.111 2 11 6 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +22.753 7 10 7 36 Mika Kallio KTM 26 +23.139 9 9 8 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 +27.416 5 8 9 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 26 +28.915 12 7 10 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +33.950 11 6 11 8 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 26 +57.900 20 5 12 32 Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 26 +58.011 13 4 13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:06.251 22 3 14 44 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 26 +1:06.720 18 2 15 50 Eugene Laverty Honda 26 +1:07.649 19 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:14.837 16 17 9 Arturo Tizón Aprilia 26 +1:31.455 23 18 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 26 +1:39.701 14 Ret 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 15 Retirement 21 Ret 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 12 Retirement 10 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 5 Accident 15 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 5 Accident 17 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 2 Retirement 4 DNS 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 0 Did not start 24 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 41:50.112 6 25 2 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 24 +0.478 5 20 3 38 Bradley Smith Honda 24 +2.963 2 16 4 14 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +13.516 8 13 5 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 24 +13.845 18 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +15.098 4 10 7 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 24 +15.603 14 9 8 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 24 +15.664 13 8 9 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 24 +15.777 10 7 10 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 24 +19.108 3 6 11 44 Pol Espargaró Aprilia 24 +23.920 19 5 12 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 24 +24.210 11 4 13 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 24 +29.517 15 3 14 60 Michael Ranseder Derbi 24 +29.701 9 2 15 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +34.936 17 1 16 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 24 +45.124 16 17 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24 +45.308 20 18 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 24 +46.142 21 19 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 24 +46.350 22 20 77 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 24 +1:00.825 25 21 13 Dino Lombardi Honda 24 +1:00.948 23 22 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 24 +1:09.701 26 23 95 Robert Mureșan Derbi 24 +1:10.101 24 24 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 24 +1:10.295 28 25 37 Joey Litjens Honda 24 +1:10.471 29 26 15 Federico Sandi Aprilia 24 +1:16.496 30 27 99 Danny Webb Honda 24 +1:21.822 31 28 46 Romain Maitre Honda 23 +1 lap 32 29 47 Steven Le Coquen Honda 23 +1 lap 34 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 19 Retirement 1 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 15 Retirement 12 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 14 Accident 7 Ret 48 Julien Cartron Honda 11 Retirement 33 Ret 51 Stevie Bonsey KTM 3 Accident 27 DNS 12 Esteve Rabat Honda Did not start DNS 45 Valentin Debise Honda Did not start DNQ 49 Gwen Le Badezet Honda 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 five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 102 2 Valentino Rossi 81 3 Dani Pedrosa 62 4 Marco Melandri 61 5 Chris Vermeulen 55
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 102 2 Honda 89 3 Yamaha 81 4 Suzuki 71 5 Kawasaki 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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