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Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 June 2007
Official name	Nickel & Dime British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Colin Edwards Time 1:28.531 Fastest lap Rider Toni Elías Time 1:41.428 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Colin Edwards Third Chris Vermeulen
250cc
Pole position Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:32.391 Fastest lap Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:45.461 Podium First Andrea Dovizioso Second Alex de Angelis Third Hiroshi Aoyama
125cc
Pole position Rider Mattia Pasini Time 1:37.399 Fastest lap Rider Mattia Pasini Time 1:38.188 Podium First Mattia Pasini Second Tomoyoshi Koyama Third Héctor Faubel

The 2007 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2007 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 2007 at Donington Park in Castle Donington, Great Britain.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	51:40.739	5	25
2	5	Colin Edwards	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+11.768	1	20
3	71	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+15.678	12	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+21.827	2	13
5	21	John Hopkins	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+35.518	6	11
6	14	Randy de Puniet	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+36.474	8	10
7	4	Alex Barros	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	30	+38.094	15	9
8	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+38.992	3	8
9	66	Alex Hofmann	Pramac d'Antin	Ducati	30	+39.239	14	7
10	33	Marco Melandri	Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+1:01.526	9	6
11	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+1:06.486	17	5
12	24	Toni Elías	Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+1:34.074	10	4
13	80	Kurtis Roberts	Team Roberts	KR212V	29	+1 lap	19	3
14	56	Shinya Nakano	Konica Minolta Honda	Honda	29	+1 lap	11	2
15	6	Makoto Tamada	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+2 laps	18	1
16	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+2 laps	16
17	1	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+4 laps	4
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	Accident	13
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Honda LCR	Honda	4	Accident	7
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	27	48:40.173	6	25
2	3	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	27	+22.102	1	20
3	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+1:03.137	10	16
4	55	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+1:03.370	11	13
5	73	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda	27	+1:25.269	12	11
6	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	27	+2:07.333	5	10
7	60	Julián Simón	Honda	26	+1 lap	3	9
8	8	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+1 lap	17	8
9	45	Dan Linfoot	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	21	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	24	6
11	32	Fabrizio Lai	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	14	5
12	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	19	4
13	44	Taro Sekiguchi	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	22	3
14	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	18	2
15	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	23	1
16	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	25	+2 laps	25
17	81	Toby Markham	Yamaha	25	+2 laps	26
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	23	Retirement	16
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	14	Accident	13
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Aprilia	14	Retirement	20
Ret	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Aprilia	10	Accident	2
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	10	Accident	9
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	9	Accident	7
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	8	Accident	4
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Honda	6	Accident	15
Ret	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	5	Retirement	8
DNQ	82	Andrew Sawford	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	83	Alex Kenchington	Yamaha		Did not qualify
DNQ	84	Luke Lawrence	Honda		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	25	41:49.049	1	25
2	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	25	+3.253	3	20
3	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	25	+5.094	6	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+6.781	5	13
5	6	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	25	+7.212	10	11
6	63	Mike Di Meglio	Honda	25	+7.335	15	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Honda	25	+13.505	9	9
8	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Aprilia	25	+13.885	12	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	25	+14.367	7	7
10	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+26.672	2	6
11	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	25	+27.060	17	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	25	+27.403	16	4
13	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	25	+38.212	11	3
14	31	Enrique Jerez	Honda	25	+41.905	24	2
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	25	+48.782	14	1
16	95	Robert Mureșan	Derbi	25	+1:05.000	26
17	53	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	25	+1:05.720	31
18	52	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	25	+1:05.847	21
19	7	Alexis Masbou	Honda	25	+1:18.100	8
20	60	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	25	+1:18.438	18
21	37	Joey Litjens	Honda	25	+1:23.222	29
22	82	Luke Jones	Honda	25	+1:24.001	33
23	51	Stevie Bonsey	KTM	25	+1:24.309	30
24	18	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	25	+1:27.391	22
25	99	Danny Webb	Honda	25	+1:33.592	37
26	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	25	+1:38.942	27
27	83	Nikki Coates	Honda	25	+1:40.403	34
28	84	Robbie Stewart	Honda	25	+1:40.553	32
29	20	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	19
30	81	Tom Hayward	Honda	24	+1 lap	36
Ret	15	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	20	Retirement	23
Ret	14	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	Retirement	4
Ret	54	Kev Coghlan	Honda	15	Retirement	35
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	Honda	13	Accident	28
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	10	Retirement	20
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	10	Retirement	13
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	4	Accident	25
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 165 2 Valentino Rossi 139 3 Dani Pedrosa 106 4 Chris Vermeulen 88 5 John Hopkins 83

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Ducati 168 2 Yamaha 146 3 Honda 133 4 Suzuki 111 5 Kawasaki 49

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2007 British MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2007 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "2007 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT" (PDF).
6. "motogp.com · NICKEL & DIME BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2007". motogp.com.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

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