# 2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2007 Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 April 2007 at the Istanbul Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | 42:02.850 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +6.207 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +8.102 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Barros | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 22 | +8.135 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +8.289 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | John Hopkins | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +10.186 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 1 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.239 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +14.734 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 66 | Alex Hofmann | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 22 | +16.042 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +18.999 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +26.249 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda LCR | Honda | 22 | +29.546 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 22 | +36.922 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +38.540 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +39.337 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Team Roberts | KR212V | 22 | +1:09.336 | 18 | |
| Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
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## 250cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | 39:31.153 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Aprilia | 20 | +0.103 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 20 | +0.318 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 20 | +4.894 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +19.755 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 20 | +22.946 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 60 | Julián Simón | Honda | 20 | +23.283 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +47.678 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +58.482 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Aprilia | 20 | +58.734 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +1:08.588 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.032 | 24 | 4 |
| 13 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.005 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:14.509 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +1:17.732 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 73 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda | 20 | +1:28.469 | 12 | |
| 17 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Honda | 20 | +1:49.828 | 21 | |
| Ret | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 9 | Arturo Tizón | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 4 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 44 | Taro Sekiguchi | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 55 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 1 | Retirement | 11 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 19 | 40:03.557 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 19 | +0.098 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 19 | +1.943 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Aprilia | 19 | +2.191 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 14 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 19 | +2.646 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Derbi | 19 | +2.939 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Aprilia | 19 | +3.119 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Honda | 19 | +3.120 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +10.353 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 19 | +10.842 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Aprilia | 19 | +14.446 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Derbi | 19 | +15.421 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 19 | +15.665 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Honda | 19 | +15.870 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 19 | +15.974 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Derbi | 19 | +16.136 | 9 | |
| 17 | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 19 | +24.203 | 22 | |
| 18 | 20 | Roberto Tamburini | Aprilia | 19 | +33.668 | 20 | |
| 19 | 15 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 19 | +34.531 | 23 | |
| 20 | 37 | Joey Litjens | Honda | 19 | +45.615 | 24 | |
| 21 | 54 | Kev Coghlan | Honda | 19 | +45.630 | 27 | |
| 22 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Derbi | 19 | +46.162 | 28 | |
| 23 | 99 | Danny Webb | Honda | 19 | +49.852 | 30 | |
| 24 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Aprilia | 19 | +51.982 | 29 | |
| 25 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | KTM | 19 | +1:11.252 | 25 | |
| 26 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 19 | +1:55.696 | 31 | |
| 27 | 41 | Tobias Siegert | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 18 | Retirement | 1 | |
| Ret | 40 | Alen Győrfi | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 53 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 7 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 11 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Honda | 9 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNQ | 39 | Nikolett Kovács | 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 three has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | 61 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 51 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 36 |
| 4 | Toni Elías | 35 |
| 5 | Marco Melandri | 30 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Ducati | 61 |
| 2 | Honda | 56 |
| 3 | Yamaha | 51 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 30 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 15 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.