2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

• The Spanish and Qatar Grand Prix swapped places, with Qatar hosting the opening round instead of Spain.
• The Dutch TT and British Grand Prix swapped places, with Britain hosting the eighth round while the Netherlands hosted the ninth round.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the 125 and 250cc classes from racing.
• The San Marino Grand Prix was added on the calendar after an 18-year absence. The venue hosting the round was the Misano World Circuit instead of the previously used Mugello Circuit.
• The Malaysian and Australian Grand Prix were moved back, from 10 and 17 September to 21 and 14 October respectively.
• The Malaysian and Australian Grand Prix swapped places, with Australia hosting the sixteenth round while Malaysia hosting the seventeenth round.
• The Japanese and Portuguese Grand Prix were moved forward, from 24 September and 15 October to 23 and 16 September respectively.
• The Japanese and Portuguese Grand Prix swapped places, with Portugal hosting the fourteenth round while Japan hosted the fifteenth round.

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 6–7 80 Kurtis Roberts 8–18 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 Team (rd 11) 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.

• 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.[6]
• During practice for the Chinese GP, Olivier Jacque injured his arm in a crash and withdrew from the event. He missed his home race, at Le Mans, and was replaced by Fonsi Nieto.[7][8]
• Team Roberts announced they expanded to a second bike from the Mugello race onwards, which was ridden by Kurtis Roberts.[9]
• Kenny Roberts, Jr. withdrew from the series in June. In those rounds the sole KR212V was ridden by his brother Kurtis.[10]
• On 21 June, it was announced that Anthony West would be replacing Olivier Jacque at Kawasaki for the remainder of the season.[11]
• During practice for the Dutch TT, Toni Elías broke his left femur.[12] He was replaced by Michel Fabrizio at the German Grand Prix and Miguel Duhamel at the United States Grand Prix.[13]
• 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.

• 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.[14]
• 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.[15]
• 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.[16]
• 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.

• 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.[17]
• 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.

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

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos. Rider Team 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 WD 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 WD 11 7 8 3 15 6 10 104 13 Alex Hofmann Ducati 11 DSQ 9 9 5 11 13 9 8 9 WD 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 WD 16 WD 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 DNS 0 Iván Silva Ducati 16 0 Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki 17 Ret 0 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 17 0 Miguel Duhamel Honda Ret 0 Andrew Pitt Ilmor GP Ret 0 Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor GP 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) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos. Rider Team 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 DNS 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 DNS 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 DNS 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 Toby Markham Yamaha 17 0 Omar Menghi Aprilia Ret 18 0 Jin Xiao Yamaha 19 0 Federico Sandi Aprilia 20 Ret 20 0 Yuki Hamamoto Yamaha 20 0 Ronald Beitler Honda 23 0 Santiago Barragán Honda Ret DNQ DNQ 24 0 Randy Gevers Aprilia 24 0 Thomas Tallevi Yamaha 24 0 Joshua Sommer Honda Ret Ret 0 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha Ret 0 Takumi Takahashi Honda Ret 0 Thomas Walther Honda Ret 0 Hans Smees Aprilia Ret 0 Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha DNS 0 Zhu Wang Aprilia DNQ DNQ 0 Luke Lawrence Honda DNQ 0 Aprilia DNQ Jiří Mayer Honda DNQ 0 Mike Velthuijzen Honda DNQ 0 Andrew Sawford Yamaha DNQ 0 Alex Kenchington Yamaha DNQ 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) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

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

• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos. Rider Team 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 WD 8 13 8 12 Ret 16 9 8 101 11 Esteve Rabat Honda 8 Ret 14 3 DNS 12 Ret 13 12 11 11 11 Ret 5 15 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 DNS 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 Stevie 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 25 Ret 30 28 21 Ret 21 20 Ret 1 Robert Mureșan 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 Simone Sancioni Aprilia 17 22 0 Federico Sandi Aprilia Ret Ret 19 Ret 26 18 21 Ret 24 23 19 Ret 19 Ret 0 Kazuma Watanabe Honda 18 0 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 24 20 26 25 24 23 25 26 21 25 27 31 0 Nayuta Mizuno Yamaha 20 0 Dino Lombardi Honda 23 Ret 24 21 Ret DNS DNS 26 Ret Ret Ret 24 NC 25 0 Kev Coghlan Honda 21 Ret 0 Iván Maestro Aprilia 22 27 Ret 0 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 22 0 Luke Jones Honda 22 0 Ferruccio Lamborghini Aprilia 24 23 27 28 0 Ricard Cardús Aprilia 23 DNS 0 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 24 26 0 Louis Rossi Honda 24 0 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia Ret 25 0 Cyril Carrillo Honda 25 0 Toni Wirsing Honda 25 0 Glenn Scott Aprilia 26 0 Eric Hübsch Aprilia 26 0 Tobias Siegert Aprilia 27 DNS 0 Nikki Coates Honda 27 0 Robbie Stewart Honda 28 0 Romain Maitre Honda 28 0 Alen Győrfi Aprilia Ret 29 0 Philipp Eitzinger Honda Ret 29 0 Sebastian Eckner Honda 29 0 Steven Le Coquen Honda 29 0 Roy Pouw Aprilia 30 0 Tom Hayward Honda 30 0 Karel Pešek Aprilia 31 0 Patrick van de Waarsenburg Honda 31 0 Federico Biaggi Friba 32 0 Jasper Iwema Honda 32 0 Ferry Stoffer Honda 33 0 Takaaki Nakagami Honda Ret 0 Iori Namihira Honda Ret 0 Yuuichi Yanagisawa Honda Ret 0 Michal Prášek Honda Ret 0 Karel Majek FGR Ret 0 Patrick Unger Aprilia Ret 0 Julien Cartron Honda Ret 0 Valentin Debise Honda DNS 0 Blake Leigh-Smith Honda DNQ 0 Rhys Moller Honda DNQ 0 Jackson Leigh-Smith Honda DNQ 0 Ivo Relvas Aprilia DNQ 0 Gwen Le Badezet Honda DNQ 0 Nikolett Kovács Honda DNQ 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) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap