2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

2007 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the; 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21 October 2007
Official name	Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.548 km (3.447 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	2:01.877
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	2:02.108
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Hiroshi Aoyama
Time	2:07.429
Fastest lap
Rider	Hiroshi Aoyama
Time	2:08.266
Podium
First	Hiroshi Aoyama
Second	Héctor Barberá
Third	Jorge Lorenzo
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Héctor Faubel
Time	2:13.327
Fastest lap
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	2:13.987
Podium
First	Gábor Talmácsi
Second	Tomoyoshi Koyama
Third	Héctor Faubel

The 2007 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held on 19–21 October at the Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Selangor.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	43:04.405	2	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Honda Gresini	Honda	21	+1.701	3	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+2.326	1	16
4	14	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+3.765	4	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+4.773	9	11
6	24	Toni Elías	Honda Gresini	Honda	21	+17.667	8	10
7	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+20.950	7	9
8	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+22.198	10	8
9	1	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+22.450	6	7
10	5	Colin Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	+29.746	13	6
11	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+34.923	11	5
12	4	Alex Barros	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	21	+35.667	12	4
13	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+44.113	19	3
14	7	Carlos Checa	Honda LCR	Honda	21	+44.486	16	2
15	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+49.658	5	1
16	56	Shinya Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	21	+51.726	14
17	57	Chaz Davies	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	21	+58.905	17
18	6	Makoto Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+59.596	18
19	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	21	+1:23.119	15
20	80	Kurtis Roberts	Team Roberts	KR212V	21	+1:50.960	20
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	43:09.316	1	25
2	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+2.251	7	20
3	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	20	+2.957	3	16
4	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	20	+2.965	2	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	20	+7.305	6	11
6	60	Julián Simón	Honda	20	+8.747	8	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	20	+16.105	10	9
8	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+26.101	11	8
9	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+28.032	12	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	20	+34.754	14	6
11	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	20	+35.888	4	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	20	+42.514	13	4
13	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	20	+48.020	16	3
14	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+48.058	17	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	20	+49.190	19	1
16	8	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	20	+49.273	15
17	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	20	+53.468	20
18	11	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	20	+1:02.665	25
19	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	20	+1:15.625	18
20	32	Fabrizio Lai	Aprilia	20	+1:17.024	21
21	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	20	+1:32.646	24
Ret	21	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	17	Retirement	23
Ret	35	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	16	Retirement	26
Ret	3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	10	Accident	9
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	9	Retirement	22
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	6	Retirement	5
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	42:50.831	2	25
2	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	19	+6.753	6	20
3	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	19	+7.793	1	16
4	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	+8.180	8	13
5	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+8.947	11	11
6	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	19	+9.935	7	10
7	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	19	+10.132	5	9
8	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	+10.335	10	8
9	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	19	+23.426	15	7
10	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	19	+24.808	12	6
11	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	19	+24.909	13	5
12	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	19	+26.194	9	4
13	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	19	+29.490	19	3
14	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	19	+29.775	18	2
15	12	Esteve Rabat	Honda	19	+31.011	17	1
16	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	19	+35.455	24
17	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	19	+35.829	23
18	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+54.666	21
19	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	19	+56.956	26
20	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	19	+57.356	30
21	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	19	+1:05.426	20
22	99	Danny Webb	Honda	19	+1:08.541	25
23	95	Robert Mureșan	Derbi	19	+1:08.549	31
24	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	19	+1:19.477	27
25	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	19	+1:22.382	29
26	51	Stevie Bonsey	KTM	19	+1:30.374	28
27	79	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Aprilia	19	+1:33.736	33
28	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	19	+1:41.013	14
NC	13	Dino Lombardi	Honda	19	+2:16.481	32
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	18	Retirement	3
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	15	Accident	4
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	5	Retirement	22
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	0	Accident	16
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.^[5]

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