# 2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2007 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 March 2007 at the 5.38 km Losail International Circuit in Qatar.
The MotoGP race was the first for the 800cc (48.8 cu in) engines and the Honda RC212V. These were brought in as replacements for the 990cc (60.4 cu in) engines and the Honda RC211V which were used since the beginning of the four-stroke era back in 2002.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | 43:02.788 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +2.838 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +8.530 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +9.071 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +17.433 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +18.647 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +22.916 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 1 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +23.057 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Alex Barros | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 22 | +25.961 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 22 | +28.456 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 22 | +35.029 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +42.948 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR212V | 22 | +42.977 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +42.989 | 4 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +51.639 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +57.853 | 19 | |
| Ret | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Ilmor GP | Ilmor GP | 15 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda LCR | Honda | 8 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 7 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| DNS | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Ilmor GP | Ilmor GP | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | 20 | 40:23.753 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 20 | +1.224 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +2.911 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +3.234 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | +12.698 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 20 | +21.568 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +31.540 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 60 | Julián Simón | Honda | 20 | +40.467 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +46.192 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +58.678 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +1:02.762 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Aprilia | 20 | +1:07.715 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.622 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +1:11.594 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +1:12.499 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 20 | +1:23.751 | 23 | |
| 17 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:33.143 | 20 | |
| 18 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 20 | +1:38.458 | 24 | |
| 19 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 20 | +1:38.548 | 19 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 18 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 9 | Arturo Tizón | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 18 | 38:12.029 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 18 | +0.073 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 18 | +17.499 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 18 | +17.754 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 18 | +25.642 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 18 | +25.877 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Aprilia | 18 | +28.437 | 12 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 18 | +28.527 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 18 | +28.708 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 18 | +33.669 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 18 | +40.665 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 18 | +40.679 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Derbi | 18 | +40.915 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 18 | +41.671 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 18 | +41.764 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 18 | +48.643 | 19 | |
| 17 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 18 | +48.656 | 21 | |
| 18 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 18 | +48.858 | 28 | |
| 19 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 18 | +1:03.160 | 17 | |
| 20 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Aprilia | 18 | +1:23.074 | 27 | |
| 21 | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | 18 | +1:23.147 | 25 | |
| 22 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | KTM | 18 | +1:31.521 | 29 | |
| 23 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 18 | +1:59.152 | 30 | |
| 24 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 18 | +2:00.040 | 31 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 15 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Derbi | 3 | Retirement | 24 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | 25 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 20 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 16 |
| 4 | John Hopkins | 13 |
| 5 | Marco Melandri | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 25 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 20 |
| 3 | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 13 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 4 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.