2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix
Appearance
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Race 5 of 18 races in the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 20 May 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Alice Grand Prix de France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | 71 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | 50:58.713 | 12 | 25 |
2 | 33 | ![]() |
Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +12.599 | 9 | 20 |
3 | 27 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +27.347 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 26 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +37.328 | 10 | 13 |
5 | 66 | ![]() |
Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 28 | +49.166 | 17 | 11 |
6 | 46 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +53.563 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 21 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +1:01.073 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 65 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 28 | +1:21.241 | 15 | 8 |
9 | 6 | ![]() |
Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 16 | 7 |
10 | 50 | ![]() |
Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +1 lap | 11 | 6 |
11 | 11 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | 5 |
12 | 5 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 25 | +3 laps | 1 | 4 |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 27 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Team Roberts | KR212V | 26 | Retirement | 18 | |
Ret | 1 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 20 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 8 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() |
Honda Gresini | Honda | 7 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Honda LCR | Honda | 6 | Accident | 3 | |
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250 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | 43:12.237 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 34 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +0.156 | 8 | 20 |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +2.733 | 6 | 16 |
4 | 80 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +5.971 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 60 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +6.111 | 2 | 11 |
6 | 58 | ![]() |
Gilera | 26 | +22.753 | 7 | 10 |
7 | 36 | ![]() |
KTM | 26 | +23.139 | 9 | 9 |
8 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +27.416 | 5 | 8 |
9 | 73 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +28.915 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 14 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +33.950 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 8 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +57.900 | 20 | 5 |
12 | 32 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +58.011 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:06.251 | 22 | 3 |
14 | 44 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:06.720 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 50 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1:07.649 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 28 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:14.837 | 16 | |
17 | 9 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:31.455 | 23 | |
18 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:39.701 | 14 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
KTM | 12 | Retirement | 10 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 4 | |
DNS | 15 | ![]() |
Gilera | 0 | Did not start | 24 | |
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
125 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | 41:50.112 | 6 | 25 |
2 | 52 | ![]() |
Derbi | 24 | +0.478 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 38 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +2.963 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 14 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +13.516 | 8 | 13 |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +13.845 | 18 | 11 |
6 | 55 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +15.098 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +15.603 | 14 | 9 |
8 | 24 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +15.664 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 63 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +15.777 | 10 | 7 |
10 | 71 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +19.108 | 3 | 6 |
11 | 44 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +23.920 | 19 | 5 |
12 | 7 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +24.210 | 11 | 4 |
13 | 34 | ![]() |
KTM | 24 | +29.517 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 60 | ![]() |
Derbi | 24 | +29.701 | 9 | 2 |
15 | 22 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +34.936[N 1] | 17 | 1 |
16 | 8 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +45.124 | 16 | |
17 | 27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +45.308 | 20 | |
18 | 53 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +46.142 | 21 | |
19 | 18 | ![]() |
Derbi | 24 | +46.350 | 22 | |
20 | 77 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:00.825 | 25 | |
21 | 13 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +1:00.948 | 23 | |
22 | 20 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:09.701 | 26 | |
23 | 95 | ![]() |
Derbi | 24 | +1:10.101 | 24 | |
24 | 56 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:10.295 | 28 | |
25 | 37 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +1:10.471 | 29 | |
26 | 15 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +1:16.496 | 30 | |
27 | 99 | ![]() |
Honda | 24 | +1:21.822 | 31 | |
28 | 46 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 32 | |
29 | 47 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 34 | |
Ret | 75 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 1 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 12 | |
Ret | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 14 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 48 | ![]() |
Honda | 11 | Retirement | 33 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() |
KTM | 3 | Accident | 27 | |
DNS | 12 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not start | |||
DNS | 45 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not start | |||
DNQ | 49 | ![]() |
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.[5]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ Pablo Nieto received a 20-second penalty.
References
- ^ "2007 French MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "2007 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).
- ^ "motogp.com · ALICE GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2007". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "motogp.com · MotoGP World Standing 2007". www.motogp.com.