2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class were allowed use up to 800 cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990 cc motorcycles. While the 800cc motorcycles had less power than their 990cc counterparts, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns due to their lighter weight (which actually increased their power to weight ratio) allowed them to break lap records in pre-season testing.^[1]

Casey Stoner won the MotoGP title, winning 10 of the 18 races to finish with a lead of 125 points over second placed Dani Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo won his second 250cc title, and Gábor Talmácsi won the 125cc title.

Stoner had a breakthrough season on the Ducati, the team winning its first world title on the Grand Prix scene. It was also the first time since 1974 that the premiere category had not been won by a Japanese constructor. The new 800cc Ducati engine had a significant advantage over the other manufacturers in straight line speed but was tricky to ride through corners for Stoner's experienced teammate Loris Capirossi. Stoner was in strong contention early on but Valentino Rossi was very close for a long period of the season, before Stoner started to pull away at mid-season and sealed his title with several races to go, with Rossi's title challenge fading.

Up to the end of 2006, speculation suggested that Honda would have the advantage of the new 800cc engines, as they could modify their existing engines easier than other manufacturers. In practice, Honda suffered the most from the regulation change, with only Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri making any impression on the leaders. Stoner scored a string of wins for Ducati, Suzuki saw Chris Vermeulen take their first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and John Hopkins posted his first podium finish. The Kawasaki team also made progress with improved results.

In addition to the capacity reduction, MotoGP teams were also restricted to 31 tires per race weekend per rider. This change seemed to have favored the Bridgestone's wider performance range over the more temperature- and track-specific Michelins.^[2] Pressure from top riders and declining viewership led Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta to propose a single-tire manufacturer for MotoGP.^[3] In the end, rules were amended to allow 9 more tires per weekend per rider, and Valentino Rossi switched to Bridgestone for the 2008 season while his factory Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo used Michelins.

2007 was also final season of Dunlop competed in MotoGP class to date.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2007:^[4][5]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	10 March ††	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
2	25 March	Gran Premio bwin.com de España	Circuito de Jerez
3	22 April	Grand Prix of Turkey	Istanbul Park
4	6 May	Sinopec Great Wall Lubricants Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
5	20 May	Alice Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
6	27 May	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice	Mugello Circuit
7	10 June	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
8	24 June	Nickel & Dime British Grand Prix	Donington Park
9	30 June ††	A-Style TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
10	15 July	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	22 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
12	19 August	Cardion AB Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
13	2 September	Gran Premio Cinzano di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit
14	16 September	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
15	23 September	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
16	14 October	GMC Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
17	21 October	Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
18	4 November	Gran Premio bwin.com de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

• The Spanish and Qatar Grand Prix swapped places, with Qatar hosting the opening round instead of Spain.
• The Dutch TT and British Grand Prix swapped places, with Britain hosting the eighth round while the Netherlands hosted the ninth round.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the 125 and 250cc classes from racing.
• The San Marino Grand Prix was added on the calendar after an 18-year absence. The venue hosting the round was the Misano World Circuit instead of the previously used Mugello Circuit.
• The Malaysian and Australian Grand Prix were moved back, from 10 and 17 September to 21 and 14 October respectively.
• The Malaysian and Australian Grand Prix swapped places, with Australia hosting the sixteenth round while Malaysia hosting the seventeenth round.
• The Japanese and Portuguese Grand Prix were moved forward, from 24 September and 15 October to 23 and 16 September respectively.
• The Japanese and Portuguese Grand Prix swapped places, with Portugal hosting the fourteenth round while Japan hosted the fifteenth round.

The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2007 season:^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

• A rider cannot stop in the pits when observing a ride-through penalty.

• Any use of two-way radio voice communication is now prohibited.

• Originally in 2004, it was decided to reduce the engine capacity of all bikes from 990cc to 900cc from the 2007 season onwards in the MotoGP class. However, it was decided to instead limit it to 800cc instead in 2005.

• The minimum weights for the bikes has been changed for the MotoGP class. The weights are now as follows:
  • For bikes with two cylinders or less, the minimum weight will be 133 kg.
  • For bikes with three cylinders, the minimum weight will be 140,5 kg.
  • For bikes with four cylinders, the minimum weight will be 148 kg.
  • For bikes with five cylinders, the minimum weight will be 155, 5 kg.
  • For bikes with six cylinders or more, the minimum weight will be 163 kg.

• The use of oval pistons will now be banned in the MotoGP class.
• From this year onwards, the use of two-stroke engines will now be banned in the MotoGP class.
• The fuel tank capacity for all bikes will be lowered from 22 to 21 litres in the MotoGP class.
• Changes have been made for the use of fuel, oil and other coolants. Unleaded petrol will comply with the FIM specifications if they have the following features:

- Property Units Min. Max. Test Method RON 95.0 102.0 ISO 5164
- MON 85.0 90.0 ISO 5163
- Oxygen % m/m 2.7 ASTM D 4815
- Nitrogen % m/m 0.2 ASTM D 4629
- Benzene % v/v 1.0 EN 238
- RVP kPa 90 EN 13016-1
- Lead g/L 0.005 EN 237
- Density at 15 °C kg/m3 720.0 775,0 780.0 ASTM D 4052
- Oxidation Stability minutes 360 ASTM D 525
- Existent gum mg/100 mL 5.0 EN ISO 6246
- Sulphur mg/kg 50,0 ASTM D 5453
- Copper Corrosion rating C1 ISO 2160
- Distillation:
- E at 70 °C % v/v 22,0 15.0 50.0 ISO 3405
- E at 100 °C % v/v 46.0 71.0 ISO 3405
- E at 150 °C % v/v 75.0 ISO 3405
- Final Boiling Point °C 210,0 215.0ISO 3405
- Residue % v/v 2.0 ISO 3405
- Olefins(*) % v/v 18.0 ASTM D 1319:1998
- Gas Chromatography
- Aromatics(*) % v/v 35,0 42.0 ASTM D 1319:1998
- Gas Chromatography
- Total di-olefins % m/m 1.0 GCMS / HPLC

• New tyre restrictions will be introduced for the MotoGP class. A wet tyre is specified as 'a tyre which has a land to sea ratio of at least 20% overall, and a minimum ratio of 7% in each third of the section profile'. The tyre can be shaped or hand cut, but each groove must have a minimum depth of at least three millimeters over 90% of its total length. Any tyre with a land to sea ratio which is lower than 20% will be marked as a slick tyre. If there is a dispute, the decision of the Technical Director will be considered final.

• Before the start of the season (defined as 'the day before the start of the first IRTA MotoGP test of the current year'), all teams must register the tyre brand they will be using with the Grand Prix Technical Director. If a team opts to change its designated tyre brand during the season, said team must inform the Technical Director via writing prior to the start before the start of examining at the event where the change will happen.

• Teams that are supplied by a tyre manufacturer that has accomplished at least two MotoGP race wins in dry conditions since the first race of the 2005 season will be restricted in the number of slick tyres that each of the teams' riders can use at a single event. The amount will be as follows: During all practice sessions, the warm-up and the race, a maximum of 31 slick tyres will be permitted. Of this, the amount of allowed front tyres are fourteen and the amount of allowed rear tyres are seventeen.

• When a tyre manufacturer who is not subject to the limitations at the beginning of the season manages to score two MotoGP wins in dry conditions during the current season, it will become subject to the restrictions at the third event after the one where the second win was accomplished.

• Between 12:00 and 17:00 on the day before the start of the first official practice session, the Technical Director will mark the available tyres for each entered rider.

• Every motorcycle entering the track fitted with either slick or hand cut tyres must have its tyres checked for compliance.

• In the event of an interrupted race, a rider must use tyres from his designation of marked tyres for the restarted race.

• In the unlikely event of a tyre being damaged accidentally during the process of fitting it on, it may be replaced with a new tyre of the same specification with the consent of the Technical Director. These replacement tyres will be marked and included in the assignment of the specific rider.

• If an uncommon or unpredictable safety concern emerges for a manufacturer during an even, causing a team supplied with its tyres to not safely compete in the race, then that manufacturer must inform and prove the seriousness of the problem to the Technical Director. The Technical Director may then ask the Race Direction to permit an exception. A request must be made before 17:00 on the day of qualifying practice. If an exception is allowed, each rider using tyres supplied by the manufacturer which is permitted the exception will be supplied with three tyres of a new specification (front and/or rear depending on the discovery of the problem). Such replacement tyres will be marked by the Technical Director and only these tyres can be used in the race. A new provisional starting grid will be published with all of the riders supplied with the tyres of the manufacturers granted the exception starting at the bottom of the grid in the order of their qualifying positions.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	10 March ††	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Losail	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
2	25 March	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Gábor Talmácsi	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
3	22 April	Turkish motorcycle Grand Prix	Istanbul	Simone Corsi	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
4	6 May	Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix	Shanghai	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
5	20 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Sergio Gadea	Jorge Lorenzo	Chris Vermeulen	Report
6	27 May	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	10 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
8	24 June	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Mattia Pasini	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
9	30 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	15 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa	Report
11	22 July †	United States motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Casey Stoner	Report
12	19 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
13	2 September	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Misano	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
14	16 September	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	23 September	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Mattia Pasini	Mika Kallio	Loris Capirossi	Report
16	14 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
17	21 October	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Casey Stoner	Report
18	4 November	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Héctor Faubel	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Report

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday Race

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds   Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team (rd 11) Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 27   Casey Stoner All 65   Loris Capirossi All   Pramac d'Antin 4   Alex Barros All 66   Alex Hofmann 1–10, 13–14 57   Chaz Davies 11, 16–18 22   Iván Silva 12 72   Shinichi Ito 15   Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M 1   Nicky Hayden All 26   Dani Pedrosa All   Honda Gresini B 24   Toni Elías 1–9, 12–18 84   Michel Fabrizio 10 17   Miguel Duhamel 11 33   Marco Melandri All   Konica Minolta Honda M 56   Shinya Nakano All   Honda LCR 7   Carlos Checa All   Ilmor GP† Ilmor GP X3 M 88   Andrew Pitt 1 99   Jeremy McWilliams 1   Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 14   Randy de Puniet All 19   Olivier Jacque 1–4, 6–7 11   Fonsi Nieto 5 13   Anthony West 8–18 95   Roger Lee Hayden 11 87   Akira Yanagawa 15   Team Roberts Team Roberts KR212V M 10   Kenny Roberts Jr. 1–7 80   Kurtis Roberts 8–18 80   Kurtis Roberts 6–7   Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B 21   John Hopkins All 71   Chris Vermeulen All 64   Kousuke Akiyoshi 2, 15 9   Nobuatsu Aoki 17   Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 5   Colin Edwards All 46   Valentino Rossi All   Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 D 6   Makoto Tamada All 50   Sylvain Guintoli All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

† Ilmor GP withdrew before Spanish race.

• On 15 March 2007, Mario Illien of Ilmor announced that the team would be taking a break from the MotoGP series as a result of funding issues.^[14]
• During practice for the Chinese GP, Olivier Jacque injured his arm in a crash and withdrew from the event. He missed his home race, at Le Mans, and was replaced by Fonsi Nieto.^[15][16]
• Team Roberts announced they expanded to a second bike from the Mugello race onwards, which was ridden by Kurtis Roberts.^[17]
• Kenny Roberts Jr. withdrew from the series in June. In those rounds the sole KR212V was ridden by his brother Kurtis.^[18]
• On 21 June, it was announced that Anthony West would be replacing Olivier Jacque at Kawasaki for the remainder of the season.^[19]
• During practice for the Dutch TT, Toni Elías broke his left femur.^[20] He was replaced by Michel Fabrizio at the German Grand Prix and Miguel Duhamel at the United States Grand Prix.^[21]
• During the first practice session at the US GP, Alex Hofmann broke a bone and sustained a soft tissue injury in his left hand in a collision with Sylvain Guintoli and he was unable to compete during the remainder of the weekend. Chaz Davies was invited to take his ride for the remainder of the weekend despite having no experience on any MotoGP bike or Bridgestone tyres. Hofmann was also sidelined from Czech GP, where Iván Silva replaced him.
• Shinichi Itoh rode as a replacement rider on a Pramac d'Antin Ducati after Alex Hofmann was released from the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix.

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Fortuna Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 1   Jorge Lorenzo 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia Racing 6   Alex Debón 2, 7, 12, 18 Master MVA Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 3   Alex de Angelis 1–10, 12–18 19   Álvaro Bautista 1–10, 12–18 Red Bull KTM 250 KTM KTM 250 FRR D 4   Hiroshi Aoyama 1–10, 12–18 36   Mika Kallio 1–10, 12–18 Thai Honda PTT-SAG Honda Honda RS250R D 8   Ratthapark Wilairot 1–10, 12–18 Blusens Aprilia Germany Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 9   Arturo Tizón 1–6 7   Efrén Vázquez 8–10, 12–18 41   Aleix Espargaró 1–10, 12–18 Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 10   Imre Tóth 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RSA 250 80   Héctor Barberá 1–10, 12–18 Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 12   Thomas Lüthi 1–10, 12–18 Team Sicilia Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 14   Anthony West 1–7 45   Dan Linfoot 8–10, 12–15 21   Federico Sandi 16–18 Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera Gilera RSW 250 LE D 15   Roberto Locatelli 1–2, 5–10, 12–18 58   Marco Simoncelli 1–10, 12–18 Angaia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 16   Jules Cluzel 1–10, 12–18 Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 17   Karel Abraham 1–10, 12–18 Kiefer-Bos-Sotin Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 25   Alex Baldolini 1–10, 12–18 28   Dirk Heidolf 1–10, 12–18 Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 32   Fabrizio Lai 1–10, 12–18 44   Taro Sekiguchi 1–10, 12, 16–18 Humangest Racing Team 250cc Kopron Team Scot Honda Honda RS250RW D 34   Andrea Dovizioso 1–10, 12–18 55   Yuki Takahashi 1–4, 6–10, 12–18 Honda LCR Honda Honda RS250R D 50   Eugene Laverty 1–10, 12–18 Repsol Honda 250cc Honda Honda RS250RW D 60   Julián Simón 1–10, 12–18 73   Shuhei Aoyama 1–10, 12–18 Motorcycle Comp Service Honda Honda RS250R D 18   Joshua Sommer 10, 12–18 Burning Blood Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 20   Takumi Takahashi 15 Andalucia GFC MAS Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 31   Álvaro Molina 2, 7, 10, 14, 18 Yamaha Indonesia Pertamina RT Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 35   Doni Tata Pradita 17 AMC Schleizer Dreieck ADAC Honda Honda RS250R D 38   Thomas Walther 10 Postmus Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 49   Erwin Postmus 9 Team Extremadura Honda Honda RS250R D 53   Santiago Barragán 2, 7, 14, 18 Yes! Yamaha Tianjian Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 62   Shi Zhao Huang 4 63   Xiao Jin 4 VET Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 64   Omar Menghi 6, 13 History Racing TZ Club Italia Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 65   Thomas Tallevi 6 De Arend Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 68   Randy Gevers 9 Maro Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 69   Ronald Beitler 9 MRTT Hagen Racing Honda Honda RS250R D 70   Mike Velthuijzen 9 Jaap Kingma Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 72   Hans Smees 9 Malossi & Spruce & Pro-Tec Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 75   Youichi Ui 15 Will Access With Plus Myu Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 76   Seijin Oikawa 15 TEC-2 & Kyushukyoritsu Univ. Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 77   Yuki Hamamoto 15 BM Groundworks Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 81   Toby Markham 8 St Neot's Motorcycle Co Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 82   Andrew Sawford 8 Dennis Trollope Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 83   Alex Kenchington 8 TNT Express Team Fila Honda Honda RS250R D 84   Luke Lawrence 8 Team McDonald's Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 14 Klub Racing Team Mayer Honda Honda RS250R D 87   Jiri Mayer 12 Zongshen Team Of China Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 88   Zhu Wang 12, 14 89   Chow Ho-Wan 12, 14, 16

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• Roberto Locatelli was seriously injured in a practise session crash at the Spanish GP weekend. Gilera didn't replace him and Locatelli returned to the series in the French GP.^[22]
• As a result of a crash in qualifying in China, Yuki Takahashi broke his left arm and missed the French GP, which he won in 2006. He was not replaced for the event.^[23]
• Starting from the French GP, Humangest Racing was officially called Kopron Team Scot.
• Following Anthony West's step up to the Moto GP class with Kawasaki, Dan Linfoot was signed to replace him from the Donington Park round. Also, Arturo Tizón was sacked by his team and replaced by Efrén Vázquez.^[24]
• Federico Sandi replaced Dan Linfoot from Australian GP onwards.
• Taro Sekiguchi missed couple of rounds after being injured in Czech Republic Grand Prix. Having had many injuries during the last couple of seasons, he decided to change his race number in his return, in the Australian Grand Prix.

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Polaris World Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 6   Joan Olivé 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RSA 125 75   Mattia Pasini 1–10, 12–18 FFM Honda GP 125 Honda Honda RS125R D 7   Alexis Masbou 1–10, 12–18 36   Cyril Carrillo 17 62   Louis Rossi 14 Team Sicilia Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 8   Lorenzo Zanetti 1–10, 12–18 20   Roberto Tamburini 1–10, 12–18 Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 11   Sandro Cortese 1–10, 12–18 Repsol Honda 125cc Honda Honda RS125R D 12   Esteve Rabat 1–5, 7–10, 11–18 38   Bradley Smith 1–10, 12–18 Bancaja Aspar Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 14   Gábor Talmácsi 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RSA 125 33   Sergio Gadea 1–10, 12–18 55   Héctor Faubel 1–10, 12–18 Skilled ISPA Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 15   Federico Sandi 1–10, 12–15 24   Simone Corsi 1–10, 12–18 79   Ferruccio Lamborghini 16–18 Valsir Seedorf Derbi Derbi Derbi RS 125 R D 18   Nicolás Terol 1–10, 12–18 52   Lukáš Pešek 1–10, 12–18 Blusens Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 22   Pablo Nieto 1–10, 12–18 56   Hugo van den Berg 1–10, 12–13 Blusens Aprilia Germany 17   Stefan Bradl 7, 9–10, 13–18 WTR Blauer USA Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 27   Stefano Bianco 1–6, 8–10, 12–15, 17–18 29   Andrea Iannone 1–10, 12–18 68   Glenn Scott 16 Red Bull KTM 125 KTM KTM 125 FRR D 34   Randy Krummenacher 1–10, 12–18 51   Stevie Bonsey 1–10, 12–18 71   Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–10, 12–18 Multimedia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 35   Raffaele De Rosa 1–10, 12–18 53   Simone Grotzkyj 1–8, 10, 12–18 77   Dominique Aegerter 1–10, 12–18 Arie Molenaar Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 37   Joey Litjens 1–10, 12–14, 16–18 99   Danny Webb 1–10, 12–18 Belson Campetella Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 44   Pol Espargaró 1–10, 12–18 Ajo Motorsport Derbi Derbi RS 125 R D 60   Michael Ranseder 1–10, 12–18 95   Robert Mureșan 1–10, 12–18 Humangest Racing Team 125cc Kopron Team Scot Honda Honda RS125R D 63   Mike Di Meglio 1–2, 4–10, 12–18 76   Stefano Musco 1 13   Dino Lombardi 2–6, 10, 12–18 31   Enrique Jerez 8–9 54   Kev Coghlan 3 FMCV Team Machado Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 30   Pere Tutusaus 2, 7, 14, 18 Cemelog-Hanusch Honda Honda RS125R D 39   Nikolett Kovács 3 Superbike Gyorsasagi MSE Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 40   Alen Győrfi 3, 18 ADAC Nordbayern EV Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 41   Tobias Siegert 3, 6 RCGM Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 42   Simone Sancioni 6, 13 Équipe de France Espoir Honda Honda RS125R D 45   Valentin Debise 5 TVX Racing - TJP Honda Honda RS125R D 46   Romain Maitre 5 Villiers Team Competition Honda Honda RS125R D 47   Steven Le Coquen 5 48   Julien Cartron 5 Bretagne Organisation Sport Honda Honda RS125R D 49   Gwen Le Badezet 5 IKI Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 54   Kev Coghlan 8 Metallico 18 Garage Honda Honda RS125R D 57   Yuuichi Yanagisawa 15 Project Muy FRS Honda Honda RS125R D 58   Shoya Tomizawa 15 Honda Suzuka Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 59   Iori Namihira 15 SGM Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 61   Ivo Relvas 14 Abbink Bos Racing Honda Honda RS125R B 64   Georg Fröhlich 10 D 89   Jasper Iwema 9 Sachsenring Motorrad Unger Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 65   Eric Hübsch 10 66   Patrick Unger 10 Adac Sachsen Junior Team Honda Honda RS125R D 67   Sebastian Eckner 10 TEC-2 & Ogiya Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 D 69   Nayuta Mizuno 15 Leigh-Smith Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 70   Blake Leigh-Smith 16 Lemstra Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 72   Patrick van de Waarsenburg 9 Leigh-Smith Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 73   Jackson Leigh-Smith 16 Dydo Miu Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 74   Kazuma Watanabe 15 Matteoni Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 76   Iván Maestro 2, 7 Ascat. Madrid Team 18 Quinto Almoradi Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 78   Daniel Sáez 2, 18 Junior GP Racing Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 79   Ferruccio Lamborghini 13 Friba Friba Friba D 80   Federico Biaggi 13 KRP Honda Honda RS125R D 81   Tom Hayward 8 83   Nikki Coates 8 84   Robbie Stewart 8 SP12/KGD Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 82   Luke Jones 8 Wintex Racing Austria Honda Honda RS125R D 85   Philipp Eitzinger 7, 9 Racc Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 86   Ricard Cardús 12, 14 MC Terzo Bandini Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 87   Roberto Lacalendola 6 Ellegi Racing 13 Motorsportklazienaveen Honda Honda RS125R D 88   Ferry Stoffer 9 Cool Rental Racing TH Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 90   Roy Pouw 9 FGR 07 Team FGR FGR D 91   Karel Majek 12 Intermoto Czech Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 92   Karel Pešek 12 Rohac & Fetja Honda Honda RS125R D 93   Michal Prášek 12 Honda Schumann Reisen Honda Honda RS125R D 94   Toni Wirsing 12 Rhys Moller Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 96   Rhys Moller 16 Red Bull MotoGP Academy Honda Honda RS125R D 98   Takaaki Nakagami 18

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• Fontana Racing was called Skilled Racing Team before the season started following the withdrawal of their sponsor ISPA for Team Sicilia.
• Stefano Musco missed the Qatar & Spanish GPs through injury and was replaced by Dino Lombardi. Later Lombardi replaced Musco on regular basis.
• Mike Di Meglio sustained a broken collarbone in a crash in qualifying for the Spanish GP and was told by doctors to allow more time to recover. He was replaced at the Turkish GP by Kev Coghlan, who had been originally on the 250cc entry list prior to the withdrawal of his team, Winona Racing.^[25]
• Starting from the French GP, Scot Racing Team was officially called Kopron Team Scot.
• At the British GP, Enrique Jerez replaced Dino Lombardi.
• From Portuguese GP onwards, Stefan Bradl replaced Hugo van den Berg on regular basis.
• Following Federico Sandi's move to 250cc class, Ferruccio Lamborghini replaced him in Skilled Racing Team, starting from Australian Grand Prix.
• Glenn Scott replaced Stefano Bianco in Australian Grand Prix.

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos Rider Bike Team QAT   SPA   TUR   CHN   FRA   ITA   CAT   GBR   NED   GER   USA   CZE   SMR   POR   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts 1   Casey Stoner Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team 1 5 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 2 367 2   Dani Pedrosa Honda Repsol Honda Team 3 2 Ret 4 4 2 3 8 4 1 5 4 Ret 2 Ret 4 3 1 242 3   Valentino Rossi Yamaha Fiat Yamaha Team 2 1 10 2 6 1 2 4 1 Ret 4 7 Ret 1 13 3 5 Ret 241 4   John Hopkins Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 4 19 6 3 7 5 4 5 5 7 15 2 3 6 10 7 8 3 189 5   Marco Melandri Honda Honda Gresini 5 8 5 5 2 9 9 10 10 6 3 WD 4 5 5 10 2 4 187 6   Chris Vermeulen Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 7 9 11 7 1 8 7 3 16 11 2 5 2 13 11 8 7 6 179 7   Loris Capirossi Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team Ret 12 3 6 8 7 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 9 1 2 11 5 166 8   Nicky Hayden Honda Repsol Honda Team 8 7 7 12 Ret 10 11 17 3 3 Ret 3 13 4 9 Ret 9 8 127 9   Colin Edwards Yamaha Fiat Yamaha Team 6 3 Ret 11 12 12 10 2 6 4 11 Ret 9 10 14 9 10 13 124 10   Alex Barros Ducati Pramac d'Antin 9 11 4 14 Ret 3 8 7 7 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 8 5 12 7 115 11   Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team Ret 13 8 8 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret Ret 6 8 Ret Ret 2 6 4 9 108 12   Toni Elías Honda Honda Gresini 14 4 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 WD 11 7 8 3 15 6 10 104 13   Alex Hofmann Ducati Pramac d'Antin 11 DSQ 9 9 5 11 13 9 8 9 WD 11 Ret 65 14   Carlos Checa Honda Honda LCR Ret 6 12 10 Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 14 14 10 6 7 18 11 14 12 65 15   Anthony West Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 11 9 8 7 12 8 12 7 12 15 16 59 16   Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 15 15 15 13 10 14 14 16 14 Ret 13 13 12 14 4 14 19 11 50 17   Shinya Nakano Honda Konica Minolta Honda 10 10 13 Ret Ret 13 15 14 12 Ret 12 14 10 11 16 13 16 14 47 18   Makoto Tamada Yamaha Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 16 14 14 Ret 9 15 12 15 13 13 8 17 14 Ret 12 16 18 15 38 19   Kurtis Roberts KR212V Team Roberts Ret 18 13 15 12 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 17 20 Ret 10 20   Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 10 6 21   Michel Fabrizio Honda Honda Gresini 10 6 22   Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 11 5 23   Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 12 18 Ret WD 16 WD 4 24   Kenny Roberts Jr. KR212V Team Roberts 13 16 16 15 Ret 17 16 4 25   Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 13 3 26   Shinichi Ito Ducati Pramac d'Antin 15 1   Chaz Davies Ducati Pramac d'Antin 16 Ret 17 DNS 0   Iván Silva Ducati Pramac d'Antin 16 0   Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 17 Ret 0   Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 17 0   Miguel Duhamel Honda Honda Gresini Ret 0   Andrew Pitt Ilmor GP Ilmor GP Ret 0   Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor GP Ilmor GP DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike Team QAT   SPA   TUR   CHN   FRA   ITA   CAT   GBR   NED   GER   USA   CZE   SMR   POR   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

• Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Ducati	1	5	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	394
2	Honda	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	8	3	1	3	3	4	2	3	4	2	1	313
3	Yamaha	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	2	1	4	4	7	9	1	4	3	5	11	283
4	Suzuki	4	9	6	3	1	5	4	3	5	7	2	2	2	6	10	7	7	3	241
5	Kawasaki	12	13	8	8	11	16	5	6	9	8	6	8	8	12	2	6	4	9	144
6	KR212V	13	16	16	15	Ret	17	16	13	15	12	Ret	15	15	Ret	Ret	17	20	Ret	14
	Ilmor GP	Ret																		0
Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

• Each team got the total points scored by their two riders, including replacement riders. In one rider team, only the points scored by that rider was counted. Wildcard riders did not score points.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Ducati Marlboro Team	27	1	5	1	1	3	4	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	3	6	1	1	2	533
		65	Ret	12	3	6	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	6	5	9	1	2	11	5
2	Repsol Honda Team	1	8	7	7	12	Ret	10	11	17	3	3	Ret	3	13	4	9	Ret	9	8	369
		26	3	2	Ret	4	4	2	3	8	4	1	5	4	Ret	2	Ret	4	3	1
3	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	21	4	19	6	3	7	5	4	5	5	7	15	2	3	6	10	7	8	3	368
		71	7	9	11	7	1	8	7	3	16	11	2	5	2	13	11	8	7	6
4	Fiat Yamaha Team	5	6	3	Ret	11	12	12	10	2	6	4	11	Ret	9	10	14	9	10	13	365
		46	2	1	10	2	6	1	2	4	1	Ret	4	7	Ret	1	13	3	5	Ret
5	Honda Gresini	17											Ret								297
		24	14	4	2	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	12	WD			11	7	8	3	15	6	10
		33	5	8	5	5	2	9	9	10	10	6	3	WD	4	5	5	10	2	4
		84										10
6	Pramac d'Antin	4	9	11	4	14	Ret	3	8	7	7	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	8	5	12	7	181
		22												16
		57											16					Ret	17	DNS
		66	11	DSQ	9	9	5	11	13	9	8	9	WD		11	Ret
		72															15
7	Kawasaki Racing Team	11					11														176
		13								11	9	8	7	12	8	12	7	12	15	16
		14	Ret	13	8	8	Ret	Ret	5	6	Ret	Ret	6	8	Ret	Ret	2	6	4	9
		19	12	18	Ret	WD		16	WD
8	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	6	16	14	14	Ret	9	15	12	15	13	13	8	17	14	Ret	12	16	18	15	88
		50	15	15	15	13	10	14	14	16	14	Ret	13	13	12	14	4	14	19	11
9	Honda LCR	7	Ret	6	12	10	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	11	14	14	10	6	7	18	11	14	12	65
10	Konica Minolta Honda	56	10	10	13	Ret	Ret	13	15	14	12	Ret	12	14	10	11	16	13	16	14	47
11	Team Roberts	10	13	16	16	15	Ret	17	16												14
		80								13	15	12	Ret	15	15	Ret	Ret	17	20	Ret
	Ilmor GP	88	Ret																		0
		99	DNS
Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	SPA	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos Rider Bike QAT   SPA   TUR   CHN   FRA   ITA   CAT   GBR   NED   GER   CZE   SMR   POR   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts 1   Jorge Lorenzo Aprilia 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 11 1 3 7 312 2   Andrea Dovizioso Honda 5 3 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 5 2 Ret 2 2 3 11 4 260 3   Alex de Angelis Aprilia 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 6 5 9 Ret 2 235 4   Álvaro Bautista Aprilia Ret 2 3 2 8 1 5 Ret 3 17 5 8 1 15 2 Ret Ret 181 5   Héctor Barberá Aprilia 3 Ret 8 6 4 3 8 Ret 7 6 4 3 5 3 Ret 2 5 177 6   Hiroshi Aoyama KTM Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret 21 7 3 5 1 6 2 Ret 8 4 1 10 160 7   Mika Kallio KTM Ret Ret 6 5 7 Ret 6 6 8 2 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 1 157 8   Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 4 Ret 5 8 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 9 7 4 4 10 5 5 9 133 9   Julián Simón Honda 8 Ret 7 7 5 7 10 7 Ret Ret 8 10 8 6 6 6 6 123 10   Marco Simoncelli Gilera 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 9 9 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 7 7 7 8 11 97 11   Yuki Takahashi Honda 7 8 Ret DNS 11 Ret 4 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 4 10 9 9 90 12   Shuhei Aoyama Honda 10 7 16 Ret 9 6 11 5 13 12 9 6 Ret 9 8 13 17 90 13   Roberto Locatelli Gilera 6 DNS DNS 18 12 Ret 9 10 10 7 Ret 16 11 7 13 59 14   Fabrizio Lai Aprilia 12 11 10 10 12 13 Ret 11 11 18 12 Ret 9 Ret 17 20 Ret 49 15   Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 11 Ret 11 11 18 12 20 Ret 17 11 13 12 12 17 14 10 12 47 16   Karel Abraham Aprilia Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 16 14 10 15 Ret 14 14 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 31 17   Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 14 12 15 12 11 Ret 17 8 14 19 16 13 Ret Ret 19 16 15 30 18   Alex Debón Aprilia 5 16 Ret 3 27 19   Anthony West Aprilia 13 9 Ret 13 10 10 21 25 20   Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 15 10 13 Ret 16 17 Ret 12 16 13 17 Ret 11 Ret 15 15 16 24 21   Jules Cluzel Aprilia 16 16 Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 20 15 18 11 13 13 12 19 Ret 19 22   Alex Baldolini Aprilia 17 13 14 Ret 13 14 18 14 19 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 14 18 23   Taro Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 17 Ret 14 14 15 15 13 12 16 DNS 18 18 19 13 24   Dan Linfoot Aprilia 9 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 7 25   Eugene Laverty Honda 18 14 17 17 15 20 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 15 14 19 16 17 21 6 26   Seijin Oikawa Yamaha 12 4 27   Youichi Ui Yamaha 14 2 28   Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 18 Ret 18 Ret 22 22 15 22 Ret 19 17 15 18 Ret 21 23 2 29   Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 16 18 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 1 30   Arturo Tizón Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 15 17 23 DNS 1   Álvaro Molina Aprilia Ret 23 Ret 16 22 0   Ho Wan Chow Aprilia DNQ 17 Ret 0   Toby Markham Yamaha 17 0   Omar Menghi Aprilia Ret 18 0   Jin Xiao Yamaha 19 0   Federico Sandi Aprilia 20 Ret 20 0   Yuki Hamamoto Yamaha 20 0   Ronald Beitler Honda 23 0   Santiago Barragán Honda Ret DNQ DNQ 24 0   Randy Gevers Aprilia 24 0   Thomas Tallevi Yamaha 24 0   Joshua Sommer Honda Ret Ret 0   Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha Ret 0   Takumi Takahashi Honda Ret 0   Thomas Walther Honda Ret 0   Hans Smees Aprilia Ret 0   Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha DNS 0   Zhu Wang Aprilia DNQ DNQ 0   Luke Lawrence Honda DNQ 0 Aprilia DNQ   Jiří Mayer Honda DNQ 0   Mike Velthuijzen Honda DNQ 0   Andrew Sawford Yamaha DNQ 0   Alex Kenchington Yamaha DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT   SPA   TUR   CHN   FRA   ITA   CAT   GBR   NED   GER   CZE   SMR   POR   JPN   AUS   MAL   VAL   Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap