The 2007 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 November 2007 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain. In the MotoGP class Dani Pedrosa took 2nd in the championship by a single point from Valentino Rossi, while John Hopkins overhauled Marco Melandri to take 4th. In the 125cc class Gábor Talmácsi finished second behind teammate Héctor Faubel, which meant the Hungarian became the world champion of 2007.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 46:43.533 1 25 2 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +5.447 2 20 3 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +20.404 7 16 4 33 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda 30 +24.827 10 13 5 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +25.804 8 11 6 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +25.862 11 10 7 4 Alex Barros Pramac d'Antin Ducati 30 +29.470 12 9 8 1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +30.333 3 8 9 14 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +30.895 4 7 10 24 Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda 30 +31.030 14 6 11 50 Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +38.763 5 5 12 7 Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda 30 +42.506 9 4 13 5 Colin Edwards Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +46.572 15 3 14 56 Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda 30 +50.220 13 2 15 6 Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +56.879 6 1 16 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:15.369 16 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 19 Retirement 17 Ret 80 Kurtis Roberts Team Roberts KR212V 10 Retirement 18 DNS 57 Chaz Davies Pramac d'Antin Ducati Did not start Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 27 43:28.349 1 25 2 3 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 27 +0.371 9 20 3 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +6.797 8 16 4 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 27 +6.880 10 13 5 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +12.767 5 11 6 60 Julián Simón Honda 27 +13.030 7 10 7 1 Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 27 +14.751 2 9 8 55 Yuki Takahashi Honda 27 +16.437 3 8 9 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 27 +16.551 14 7 10 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 27 +20.223 11 6 11 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 27 +23.626 4 5 12 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 27 +31.805 12 4 13 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 27 +34.310 13 3 14 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +58.825 20 2 15 8 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 27 +58.845 19 1 16 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +59.688 18 17 73 Shuhei Aoyama Honda 27 +1:01.510 15 18 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 27 +1:19.620 23 19 11 Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia 27 +1:20.598 27 20 21 Federico Sandi Aprilia 27 +1:24.412 24 21 50 Eugene Laverty Honda 27 +1:27.529 25 22 31 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22 23 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 26 +1 lap 26 24 53 Santiago Barragán Honda 26 +1 lap 28 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 20 Accident 6 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 20 Accident 21 Ret 18 Joshua Sommer Honda 19 Retirement 29 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Aprilia 15 Accident 17 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 0 Accident 16 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 40:14.228 2 25 2 14 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +0.185 1 20 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +0.286 3 16 4 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 24 +0.826 8 13 5 52 Lukáš Pešek Derbi 24 +0.878 4 11 6 12 Esteve Rabat Honda 24 +5.850 11 10 7 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +9.038 5 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Honda 24 +13.034 12 8 9 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 24 +20.734 15 7 10 44 Pol Espargaró Aprilia 24 +21.002 9 6 11 18 Nicolás Terol Derbi 24 +21.346 7 5 12 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 24 +32.078 6 4 13 60 Michael Ranseder Derbi 24 +39.542 16 3 14 7 Alexis Masbou Honda 24 +39.548 18 2 15 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 24 +39.706 17 1 16 51 Stevie Bonsey KTM 24 +39.880 27 17 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 24 +40.877 19 18 77 Dominique Aegerter Aprilia 24 +40.998 23 19 20 Roberto Tamburini Aprilia 24 +44.169 26 20 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 24 +44.173 25 21 99 Danny Webb Honda 24 +54.912 28 22 95 Robert Mureșan Derbi 24 +1:09.235 29 23 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 24 +1:12.208 21 24 37 Joey Litjens Honda 24 +1:12.315 32 25 13 Dino Lombardi Honda 24 +1:12.770 34 26 78 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 24 +1:12.786 31 27 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 24 +1:12.868 33 28 79 Ferruccio Lamborghini Aprilia 24 +1:16.195 36 29 40 Alen Győrfi Aprilia 24 +1:38.850 37 30 6 Joan Olivé Aprilia 23 +1 lap 13 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Aprilia 11 Accident 24 Ret 53 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 11 Retirement 35 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 9 Accident 10 Ret 98 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 9 Accident 20 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Aprilia 7 Accident 22 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 1 Accident 14 Ret 76 Iván Maestro Aprilia 0 Retirement 30 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 367 2 Dani Pedrosa 242 3 Valentino Rossi 241 4 John Hopkins 189 5 Marco Melandri 187
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 394 2 Honda 313 3 Yamaha 283 4 Suzuki 241 5 Kawasaki 144
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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