2007 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2007 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 May 2007
Official name	Alice Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Colin Edwards
Time	1:33.616
Fastest lap
Rider	John Hopkins
Time	1:38.678
Podium
First	Chris Vermeulen
Second	Marco Melandri
Third	Casey Stoner
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:37.934
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:38.566
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mattia Pasini
Time	1:43.111
Fastest lap
Rider	Lukáš Pešek
Time	1:43.859
Podium
First	Sergio Gadea
Second	Lukáš Pešek
Third	Bradley Smith

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	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	71	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	28	50:58.713	12	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	28	+12.599	9	20
3	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati	28	+27.347	2	16
4	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	28	+37.328	10	13
5	66	Alex Hofmann	Ducati	28	+49.166	17	11
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	28	+53.563	4	10
7	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki	28	+1:01.073	5	9
8	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	28	+1:21.241	15	8
9	6	Makoto Tamada	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	16	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Yamaha	27	+1 lap	11	6
11	11	Fonsi Nieto	Kawasaki	27	+1 lap	19	5
12	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	25	+3 laps	1	4
Ret	4	Alex Barros	Ducati	27	Accident	13
Ret	10	Kenny Roberts, Jr.	KR212V	26	Retirement	18
Ret	1	Nicky Hayden	Honda	25	Accident	7
Ret	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	20	Accident	20
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki	8	Accident	8
Ret	24	Toni Elías	Honda	7	Accident	6
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Honda	6	Accident	3
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	26	43:12.237	1	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	26	+0.156	8	20
3	3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	26	+2.733	6	16
4	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+5.971	3	13
5	60	Julián Simón	Honda	26	+6.111	2	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+22.753	7	10
7	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	26	+23.139	9	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	+27.416	5	8
9	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	26	+28.915	12	7
10	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+33.950	11	6
11	8	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+57.900	20	5
12	32	Fabrizio Lai	Aprilia	26	+58.011	13	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1:06.251	22	3
14	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	26	+1:06.720	18	2
15	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	26	+1:07.649	19	1
16	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:14.837	16
17	9	Arturo Tizón	Aprilia	26	+1:31.455	23
18	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	26	+1:39.701	14
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	15	Retirement	21
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	12	Retirement	10
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	5	Accident	15
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	5	Accident	17
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	2	Retirement	4
DNS	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	0	Did not start	24
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	41:50.112	6	25
2	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	24	+0.478	5	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	24	+2.963	2	16
4	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	24	+13.516	8	13
5	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	24	+13.845	18	11
6	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	+15.098	4	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	24	+15.603	14	9
8	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	24	+15.664	13	8
9	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	24	+15.777	10	7
10	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	24	+19.108	3	6
11	44	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	24	+23.920	19	5
12	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	24	+24.210	11	4
13	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	24	+29.517	15	3
14	60	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	24	+29.701	9	2
15	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	24	+34.936[N 1]	17	1
16	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	24	+45.124	16
17	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	24	+45.308	20
18	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	24	+46.142	21
19	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	24	+46.350	22
20	77	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	24	+1:00.825	25
21	13	Dino Lombardi	Honda	24	+1:00.948	23
22	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	24	+1:09.701	26
23	95	Robert Mureșan	Derbi	24	+1:10.101	24
24	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	24	+1:10.295	28
25	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	24	+1:10.471	29
26	15	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	24	+1:16.496	30
27	99	Danny Webb	Honda	24	+1:21.822	31
28	46	Romain Maitre	Honda	23	+1 lap	32
29	47	Steven Le Coquen	Honda	23	+1 lap	34
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	19	Retirement	1
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	15	Retirement	12
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	14	Accident	7
Ret	48	Julien Cartron	Honda	11	Retirement	33
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	KTM	3	Accident	27
DNS	12	Esteve Rabat	Honda		Did not start
DNS	45	Valentin Debise	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	49	Gwen Le Badezet	Honda		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Notes

1. Pablo Nieto received a 20-second penalty.