2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 2007 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 May 2007 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	44:12.891	4	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+3.036	1	20
3	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+6.663	2	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+14.090	5	13
5	33	Marco Melandri	Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+17.276	6	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+26.256	14	10
7	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+26.591	15	9
8	14	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+27.025	7	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	22	+28.108	11	7
10	7	Carlos Checa	Honda LCR	Honda	22	+32.957	13	6
11	5	Colin Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+35.053	3	5
12	1	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+37.327	9	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+50.705	17	3
14	4	Alex Barros	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	22	+55.264	8	2
15	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Team Roberts	KR212V	22	+57.736	16	1
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	3	Accident	10
Ret	6	Makoto Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	3	Accident	18
Ret	24	Toni Elías	Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Accident	12
WD	19	Olivier Jacque	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki		Withdrew
Sources:[2] [3] [4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	21	44:17.095	1	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	21	+3.904	6	20
3	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+5.031	5	16
4	3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	21	+6.560	8	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	21	+10.248	3	11
6	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	+10.502	2	10
7	60	Julián Simón	Honda	21	+10.832	4	9
8	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	21	+30.484	7	8
9	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	21	+32.895	11	7
10	32	Fabrizio Lai	Aprilia	21	+50.977	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	21	+51.699	15	5
12	8	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	21	+53.036	16	4
13	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	21	+1:01.663	13	3
14	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	21	+1:14.603	22	2
15	9	Arturo Tizón	Aprilia	21	+1:14.754	23	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	21	+1:39.890	19
17	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	21	+1:47.005	21
18	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	21	+1:50.516	18
19	63	Jin Xiao	Yamaha	20	+1 lap	24
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	13	Accident	10
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	12	Accident	17
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	10	Retirement	20
Ret	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	8	Accident	9
Ret	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	2	Retirement	14
DNS	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda		Did not start
DNS	62	Shi Zhao Huang	Yamaha		Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	19	42:25.923	3	25
2	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	19	+0.187	2	20
3	12	Esteve Rabat	Honda	19	+0.481	12	16
4	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	+0.782	4	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	19	+1.140	7	11
6	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+1.191	6	10
7	60	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	19	+2.375	9	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	19	+2.400	5	8
9	44	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	19	+2.717	18	7
10	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+3.423	1	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+8.360	15	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	19	+8.640	11	4
13	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	19	+12.680	22	3
14	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+16.671	23	2
15	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	19	+16.777	21	1
16	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	19	+24.444	13
17	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	19	+27.337	25
18	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	19	+32.924	10
19	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+35.029	14
20	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	19	+36.883	17
21	77	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	19	+46.084	28
22	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	19	+46.456	29
23	99	Danny Webb	Honda	19	+48.131	30
24	13	Dino Lombardi	Honda	19	+1:08.983	31
25	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	19	+1:09.714	32
26	95	Robert Mureșan	Derbi	19	+1:50.417	26
27	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	18	+1 lap	24
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	18	Retirement	8
Ret	15	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	9	Retirement	19
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	8	Retirement	20
Ret	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	1	Accident	16
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	KTM	1	Accident	27
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Casey Stoner	86
2	Valentino Rossi	71
3	Dani Pedrosa	49
4	Marco Melandri	41
5	John Hopkins	39

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Ducati	86
2	Yamaha	71
3	Honda	69
4	Suzuki	46
5	Kawasaki	23

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2007 Chinese MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorpsortmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
2. Web site: 2007 Chinese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
3. Web site: OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT.
4. Web site: motogp.com · SINOPEC GREAT WALL LUBRICANTS GP OF CHINA · MotoGP Race Classification 2007. www.motogp.com.
5. Web site: Standings . 2007. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2023-04-17.