2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 18 races in the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 23 September 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | A-Style Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Twin Ring Motegi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2007 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It was held on 21–23 September at Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Tochigi. Loris Capirossi won the MotoGP race, his last career victory, as well the last victory for a Ducati rider other than Casey Stoner until the 2016 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix. Even more significant for the Ducati team was that teammate Stoner secured his and Ducati's first MotoGP title with a sixth place, the only title for a Ducati rider until 2022.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 65 | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | 47:05.484 | 8 | 25 | |
| 2 | 14 | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +10.853 | 4 | 20 | |
| 3 | 24 | Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +11.526 | 5 | 16 | |
| 4 | 50 | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +12.192 | 18 | 13 | |
| 5 | 33 | Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +28.569 | 10 | 11 | |
| 6 | 27 | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +31.179 | 9 | 10 | |
| 7 | 13 | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +50.001 | 6 | 9 | |
| 8 | 4 | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 24 | +52.343 | 15 | 8 | |
| 9 | 1 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +53.629 | 3 | 7 | |
| 10 | 21 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +59.715 | 11 | 6 | |
| 11 | 71 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +1:02.804 | 17 | 5 | |
| 12 | 6 | Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +1:09.313 | 16 | 4 | |
| 13 | 46 | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +1:09.699 | 2 | 3 | |
| 14 | 5 | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +1:11.735 | 7 | 2 | |
| 15 | 72 | Pramac d'Antin | Ducati | 24 | +1:12.290 | 20 | 1 | |
| 16 | 56 | Konica Minolta Honda | Honda | 24 | +1:32.979 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 87 | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 23 | +1 lap | 19 | ||
| 18 | 7 | Honda LCR | Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 14 | ||
| Ret | 64 | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 20 | Retirement | 13 | ||
| Ret | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 14 | Accident | 1 | ||
| Ret | 80 | Team Roberts | KR212V | 1 | Retirement | 21 | ||
| Sources: [4][5][6] | ||||||||
250 cc classification
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 36 | KTM | 23 | 48:28.585 | 5 | 25 | |
| 2 | 34 | Honda | 23 | +4.893 | 2 | 20 | |
| 3 | 80 | Aprilia | 23 | +21.527 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4 | 55 | Honda | 23 | +23.488 | 8 | 13 | |
| 5 | 3 | Aprilia | 23 | +25.378 | 9 | 11 | |
| 6 | 60 | Honda | 23 | +42.264 | 7 | 10 | |
| 7 | 58 | Gilera | 23 | +48.782 | 12 | 9 | |
| 8 | 4 | KTM | 23 | +57.782 | 6 | 8 | |
| 9 | 73 | Honda | 23 | +1:09.049 | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | 12 | Aprilia | 23 | +1:10.837 | 10 | 6 | |
| 11 | 1 | Aprilia | 23 | +1:13.035 | 3 | 5 | |
| 12 | 76 | Yamaha | 23 | +1:26.371 | 28 | 4 | |
| 13 | 16 | Aprilia | 23 | +1:36.236 | 25 | 3 | |
| 14 | 75 | Yamaha | 23 | +1:47.098 | 17 | 2 | |
| 15 | 19 | Aprilia | 23 | +1:50.081 | 11 | 1 | |
| 16 | 15 | Gilera | 23 | +1:58.741 | 13 | ||
| 17 | 41 | Aprilia | 23 | +2:06.782 | 22 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Aprilia | 23 | +2:10.415 | 23 | ||
| 19 | 50 | Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 21 | ||
| 20 | 77 | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 26 | ||
| Ret | 45 | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 27 | ||
| Ret | 32 | Aprilia | 17 | Retirement | 15 | ||
| Ret | 20 | Honda | 3 | Retirement | 16 | ||
| Ret | 8 | Honda | 2 | Accident | 14 | ||
| Ret | 28 | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 20 | ||
| Ret | 17 | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 19 | ||
| Ret | 25 | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 18 | ||
| Ret | 7 | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 24 | ||
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