2007 Supersport World Championship Explained

The 2007 Supersport World Championship was the ninth F.I.M. Supersport World Championship season—the eleventh taking into account the two held under the name of Supersport World Series. The season started on 24 February at Losail and finished on 7 October at Magny-Cours after 13 rounds. Kenan Sofuoğlu won the riders' championship with a record 8 wins. Honda won the manufacturers' championship.

Race calendar and results

Round	Date	Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Race winner	Report
1	24 February	Qatar	Losail	Kevin Curtain	Sébastien Charpentier	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report
2	4 March	Australia	Phillip Island	Fabien Foret	Sébastien Charpentier	Fabien Foret	Report
3	1 April	Europe	Donington Park	Pere Riba	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report
4	15 April	Spain	Valencia	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report
5	29 April	Netherlands	Assen	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report
6	13 May	Italy	Monza	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu		Report
7	27 May	Great Britain	Silverstone	Sébastien Charpentier	Anthony West	Anthony West	Report
8	17 June	San Marino	Misano	Broc Parkes	Anthony West	Anthony West	Report
9	22 July	Czech Republic	Brno	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu		Report
10	5 August	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Sébastien Charpentier	Broc Parkes	Broc Parkes	Report
11	9 September		EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Sébastien Charpentier	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Broc Parkes	Report
12	30 September	Italy	Vallelunga	Craig Jones	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report
13	7 October	France	Magny-Cours	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Report

Entry list

Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Fabricom MCT Racing Ducati Ducati 749R 92 Ghisbert Van Ginhoven 5 LBR Racing Team 73 Yves Polzer 1–8 91 Christian Kellner 9 173 Christian Zaiser 10–11 Team Caracchi Ducati SC 69 Gianluca Nannelli 1–7, 9–13 100 Alessio Brugnoni 8 Althea Honda Team Honda Honda CBR600RR 4 Lorenzo Alfonsi All 21 Katsuaki Fujiwara All CRS Grand Prix 46 Jesco Günther 1–11 48 Joe Dickinson 13 112 Stefano Cruciani 12 Duntep Racing Team 29 Joan Veijer 5 Glaner Motorcard.com 26 Joan Lascorz All Hanns-G J&E Sport TKR Honda 28 Arie Vos 5 Hannspree Ten Kate Honda 15 Andrew Pitt 4 15 Andrew Pitt 5 16 Sébastien Charpentier 1–3, 5–13 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu All Hidalva Team 41 Javier Hidalgo 4 HP Racing 12 Javier Forés All Improve Racing Team 112 Stefano Cruciani 8 Intermoto Czech 25 Tatu Lauslehto 1–5 37 William De Angelis 1, 6, 8–9 58 Tomas Miksovsky 5 71 Mauro Sanchini 10–11, 13 79 Michal Filla 12 81 Matthieu Lagrive 2–4, 6–12 87 Kenny Foray 13 Racing Team Parkalgar 17 Miguel Praia All 116 Simone Sanna All Revè Ekerold Honda Racing 18 Craig Jones All Sunstate Racing 74 Judd Greedy 2 Stiggy Motorsport Honda 32 Yoann Tiberio 1–8 111 Arne Tode 12–13 125 Josh Brookes 9–13 127 Robbin Harms 1–11 Team Benjan Motoren 61 Rigo Richter 11 62 Nicklas Cajback 11 62 Nicklas Cajback 13 96 Nikola Milovanovic 1–7, 9 181 Graeme Gowland 10–12 196 Sascha Hommel 8 Vazy Racing Team 38 Gregory Leblanc 1–4, 6–13 Lightspeed Kawasaki Supported Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-6R 33 Stefan Nebel 11–13 34 Davide Giugliano 1–10 Scratch Moto Racing Team 118 David Perret 13 Team Gil Motor Sport 7 Pere Riba All 9 Fabien Foret All Team PMS Corse Team PMS Kawasaki Supported 35 Gilles Boccolini All Pioneer Hoegee Suzuki Racing Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R600 31 Vesa Kallio All 77 Barry Veneman All Electro Regenesis Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6 75 Chris Seaton 2 KRTZ IV 78 Radomil Rous 9 79 Michal Filla 9 Moto 1 - Yamaha Bikersdays 8 Chris Peris 1–6 RG Team 5 Alessio Velini 3, 6 45 Gianluca Vizziello All Tati Team Beaujolais Racing 121 Arnaud Vincent 3 169 Julien Enjolras 1–2, 4–13 Vector Racing Team 60 Vladimir Ivanov 1–12 72 Attila Magda 10 88 Gergo Talmacsi 1–3, 6–9 WCR Bike Service 8 Alessandro Brannetti 8 Yamaha Factory 82 Adrian Bonastre 4 Yamaha - GMT 94 94 David Checa All 194 Sébastien Gimbert All Yamaha Team Italia Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni 55 Massimo Roccoli All Yamaha Spain 10 Arturo Tizón 9–13 39 David Forner 1–8 44 David Salom All Yamaha World SSP Racing Team 3 Jason O'Halloran 9 6 Tommy Hill 10–13 11 Kevin Curtain 1–4 14 Anthony West 6–8 23 Broc Parkes All 99 Steve Martin 5

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• All entries used Pirelli tyres.

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS EUR ESP NED ITA GBR SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts 1 Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 1 2 2 1 1 276 2 Broc Parkes Yamaha Ret 3 5 Ret Ret Ret 2 13 1 1 4 2 133 3 Fabien Foret Kawasaki 4 1 Ret 4 3 2 4 Ret 3 6 Ret 14 Ret 128 4 Honda 3 5 3 18 Ret 6 3 8 6 Ret Ret 10 8 101 5 Craig Jones Honda 12 14 4 10 20 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 2 3 94 6 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha 7 26 8 7 14 11 Ret 4 4 3 7 Ret 10 90 7 Robbin Harms Honda 6 7 2 DNS DNS Ret 2 5 Ret 4 DNS 83 8 Barry Veneman Suzuki 9 8 14 Ret 4 5 10 13 10 8 10 Ret 23 70 9 Anthony West Yamaha 3 1 1 66 10 Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha 15 Ret 12 11 18 20 5 9 Ret 11 13 5 4 60 11 Sébastien Charpentier Honda Ret 4 6 Ret Ret 10 8 DSQ 9 9 Ret 51 12 David Checa Yamaha 23 18 9 14 7 14 Ret Ret 7 17 6 15 6 50 13 Gianluca Nannelli Ducati 8 Ret 10 3 Ret 4 DNS 15 Ret 11 DNS 49 14 Matthieu Lagrive Honda Ret Ret DNS Ret 6 12 Ret 10 3 6 46 15 Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda 13 9 Ret 13 11 8 8 16 14 7 Ret Ret 17 45 16 Simone Sanna Honda 31 21 5 Ret 13 10 Ret 6 Ret Ret 14 8 13 43 17 Andrew Pitt Honda 2 2 40 18 Joan Lascorz Honda Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 15 15 17 17 12 8 3 22 38 19 Pere Riba Kawasaki 5 6 15 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 25 9 17 Ret Ret 37 20 Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha Ret 13 11 15 Ret 17 12 14 9 13 12 13 11 37 21 David Salom Yamaha 14 15 13 6 5 9 17 Ret 21 24 20 Ret Ret 34 22 Tommy Hill Yamaha 5 5 Ret 5 33 23 Vesa Kallio Suzuki 10 Ret Ret 9 8 13 Ret Ret 11 Ret 24 12 21 33 24 Yoann Tiberio Honda Ret 10 7 Ret 22 7 Ret 11 29 25 Kevin Curtain Yamaha 2 11 Ret 25 26 Javier Forés Honda 11 Ret 17 17 19 Ret 7 7 18 16 Ret Ret Ret 23 27 Davide Giugliano Kawasaki 20 Ret 6 12 9 DNS Ret Ret 20 21 28 Josh Brookes Honda 5 Ret 16 Ret 7 20 29 Gregory Leblanc Honda Ret 12 Ret DNS Ret 14 18 16 14 18 Ret 9 15 30 Arne Tode Honda 7 12 13 31 Julien Enjolras Yamaha Ret Ret 25 24 19 9 22 22 DNS 22 Ret 19 7 32 Steve Martin Yamaha 10 6 33 Graeme Gowland Honda 19 21 11 5 34 Miguel Praia Honda 19 24 20 21 Ret 21 11 21 Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret 5 35 Jason O'Halloran Yamaha 12 4 36 Jesco Günther Honda 22 25 21 Ret 25 24 13 Ret Ret 23 Ret 3 37 Kenny Foray Honda 14 2 38 David Perret Kawasaki 15 1 39 Stefan Nebel Kawasaki 15 16 16 1 40 Mauro Sanchini Honda 15 Ret Ret 1 41 Gilles Boccolini Kawasaki Ret 20 18 16 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 18 Ret 18 18 1 42 Arie Vos Honda 15 1 Vladimir Ivanov Yamaha 16 16 19 19 17 16 16 20 Ret 20 Ret 19 0 Chris Peris Yamaha 17 Ret 16 20 16 Ret 0 Tatu Lauslehto Honda 18 17 Ret Ret 23 0 David Forner Yamaha Ret 27 22 23 27 25 18 24 0 Chris Seaton Yamaha 19 0 Yves Polzer Ducati Ret 23 Ret 24 28 22 19 Ret 0 Alessandro Brannetti Yamaha 19 0 Arturo Tizón Yamaha 19 22 19 20 Ret 0 Joe Dickinson Honda 20 0 Gergo Talmacsi Yamaha 21 28 Ret DNQ Ret 25 Ret 0 Joan Veijer Honda 21 0 Michal Filla Yamaha 23 0 Honda 21 Judy Greedy Honda 22 0 Adrian Bonastre Yamaha 22 0 Nikola Milovanovic Honda 24 29 Ret Ret Ret 23 DNS Ret 0 Sascha Hommel Honda 23 0 Rigo Richter Honda 23 0 Radomil Rous Yamaha 24 0 Nicklas Cajback Honda 25 Ret 0 Javier Hidalgo Honda 26 0 Tomas Miksovsky Honda 26 0 Ghisbert Van Ginhoven Ducati 29 0 William De Angelis Honda Ret DNQ Ret DNS 0 Arnaud Vincent Yamaha Ret 0 Alessio Brugnoni Ducati Ret 0 Stefano Cruciani Honda Ret Ret 0 Christian Kellner Ducati Ret 0 Attila Magda Yamaha Ret 0 Christian Zaiser Ducati Ret WD 0 Alessio Velini Yamaha DNS DNS Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS EUR ESP NED ITA GBR SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2007 final manufacturers' standings[1]
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT	AUS	EUR	ESP	NED	ITA	GBR	SMR	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	Pts
1	Honda	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	296
2	Yamaha	2	3	8	5	5	3	1	1	4	1	1	4	2	228
3	Kawasaki	4	1	6	4	3	2	4	15	3	6	15	14	15	141
4	Suzuki	9	8	14	9	4	5	10	13	10	8	10	12	21	81
5	Ducati	8	23	10	3	28	4	19	Ret	15	Ret	11	17		49
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT	AUS	EUR	ESP	NED	ITA	GBR	SMR	CZE	GBR	GER	ITA	FRA	Pts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Magny Cours, 05–06–07 October 2007 – Supersport – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 7 October 2007. 12 June 2016.