2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round

  2007 European Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2007 Superbike World Championship season.
and
Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2007 Supersport World Championship season.
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Australia	Spain
Date	1 April, 2007
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Troy Bayliss
1'32.333
Fastest lap race 1	Fastest lap race 2
Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga
1'31.575	1'31.634
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
Pere Riba
1'34.066
Fastest lap
Katsuaki Fujiwara
1'33.848

The 2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 30 March–1 April 2007. The round at Donington marked World Superbike's 20th year anniversary with the first ever meeting being held at the Derbyshire circuit on 3 April 1988. For the 2007 season World Superbike returned to Donington Park for the first time since 2001.

Overview

In celebration of the 20th anniversary a parade lap of former Superbike stars and champions was organised featuring Fred Merkel, Aaron Slight, Scott Russell, Piergiorgio Bontempi, Peter Goddard, Marco Lucchinelli, Davide Tardozzi, Fabrizio Pirovano, Roger Burnett, James Whitham, Pierfrancesco Chili, Neil Hodgson and John Reynolds.

On lap six of the first World Superbike race of the day, Troy Bayliss crashed at Coppice corner. His right hand was momentarily caught between the handle bar and the frame of the motorcycle during the crash; the resulting injury required the surgical removal of the intermediate and distal phalanges of his little finger. In the same incident he also suffered an injury to the groin described by the rider as a split atom.<ref name"bayliss">Troy's Diary troybayliss.com</ref>

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	52	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	23	35:28.222	4	25
2	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+1.368	8	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7	23	+2.448	7	16
4	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+9.249	2	13
5	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 999 F07	23	+18.028	5	11
6	10	Fonsi Nieto	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+18.956	10	10
7	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+29.998	3	9
8	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	23	+30.296	11	8
9	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+30.525	16	7
10	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 999 F05	23	+36.661	17	6
11	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+39.389	9	5
12	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+48.045	15	4
13	84	Michel Fabrizio	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+51.290	13	3
14	159	Giovanni Bussei	Ducati 999 F06	23	+51.402	12	2
15	42	Dean Ellison	Ducati 999RS	23	+1:00.156	20	1
16	22	Luca Morelli	Ducati 999RS	22	+1 Lap	22
17	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1 Lap	21
18	64	Aaron Zanotti	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1 Lap	19
19	99	Steve Martin	Honda CBR1000RR	18	+5 Laps	14
Ret	111	Ruben Xaus	Ducati 999 F06	21	Retirement	6
Ret	73	Christian Zaiser	MV Agusta F4 312 R	11	Retirement	23
Ret	53	Alex Polita	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	10	Retirement	18
Ret	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 999 F07	5	Retirement	1

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	35:26.734	2	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7	23	+0.111	7	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+1.100	8	16
4	111	Ruben Xaus	Ducati 999 F06	23	+5.927	6	13
5	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 999 F07	23	+9.834	5	11
6	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+12.203	3	10
7	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+22.287	16	9
8	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 999 F05	23	+30.060	17	8
9	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+37.734	9	7
10	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6	23	+39.893	11	6
11	159	Giovanni Bussei	Ducati 999 F06	23	+41.524	12	5
12	84	Michel Fabrizio	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+45.617	13	4
13	99	Steve Martin	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+52.547	14	3
14	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+1:01.669	21	2
15	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:20.586	15	1
16	64	Aaron Zanotti	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+1:26.912	19
17	22	Luca Morelli	Ducati 999RS	23	+1:27.181	22
Ret	10	Fonsi Nieto	Kawasaki ZX-10R	11	Retirement	10
Ret	42	Dean Ellison	Ducati 999RS	7	Retirement	20
Ret	52	James Toseland	Honda CBR1000RR	3	Retirement	4
Ret	73	Christian Zaiser	MV Agusta F4 312 R	0	Retirement	23

Supersport classification

Aggregate

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time/Retired	Laps	Points
1	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR600RR	34'56.601	22	25
2	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	34'57.365	22	20
3	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Honda CBR600RR	34'57.944	22	16
4	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	35'06.816	22	13
5	Simone Sanna	Honda CBR600RR	35'08.736	22	11
6	Davide Giugliano	Kawasaki ZX-6R	35'09.583	22	10
7	Yoann Tiberio	Honda CBR600RR	35'13.243	22	9
8	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'13.265	22	8
9	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'19.566	22	7
10	Gianluca Nannelli	Ducati 749R	35'20.453	22	6
11	Sebastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'21.463	22	5
12	Gianluca Vizziello	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'22.654	22	4
13	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'23.113	22	3
14	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	35'26.046	22	2
15	Pere Riba	Kawasaki ZX-6R	35'26.049	22	1
16	Chris Peris	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'40.419	22
17	Javier Fores	Honda CBR600RR	35'41.442	22
18	Gilles Boccolini	Kawasaki ZX-6R	35'46.707	22
19	Vladimir Ivanov	Yamaha YZF-R6	35'48.301	22
20	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	36'04.999	22
21	Jesco Günther	Honda CBR600RR	36'21.302	22
22	David Forner	Yamaha YZF-R6	36'52.086	20
Ret	Gregory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	23'08.219	14
Ret	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR600RR	17'37.863	11
Ret	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	18'00.121	11
Ret	Gergo Talmacsi	Yamaha YZF-R6	18'13.147	11
Ret	Nikola Milovanovic	Honda CBR600RR	18'14.393	11
Ret	Arnaud Vincent	Yamaha YZF-R6	16'41.229	10
Ret	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	14'36.485	9
Ret	Tatu Lauslehto	Honda CBR600RR	13'16.906	8
Ret	Vesa Kallio	Suzuki GSX-R600	14'16.391	8
Ret	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	11'33.800	7
Ret	Yves Polzer	Ducati 749R	8'47.651	5

References