2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Hungarian motorcycle racer Gábor Talmácsi (left), riding for the Bancaja Aspar Team on an Aprilia and Spanish rider Pablo Nieto (right), riding for the Blusens Aprilia Team during the warm up lap of the 125cc Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.

The 2007 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 59th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. The 2007 season was significant as it introduced a new regulation which specifies that competitors in the MotoGP class can use up to 800 cc motorcycles; between 2002 and 2006, competitors had been allowed to use 990 cc motorcycles. While the 800 cc motorcycles have less power, their ability to brake later and carry more speed through turns allowed them to break lap records in pre-season testing.

Up to the end of 2006, speculation suggested that Honda would have the advantage, as they could modify their existing engines to 800cc specification easier than other manufactuers. In practice, Honda suffered the most from the regulation change, with only Dani Pedrosa and Marco Melandri making any impression on the leaders. Casey Stoner scored a string of wins for Ducati, Suzuki saw Chris Vermeulen's first win since the advent of four-stroke regulations and John Hopkins' posted his first podium finish. The Kawasaki team also made progress with improved results.

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 cc winner	250 cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	March 10	Qatar Grand Prix	Losail	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
2	March 25	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	Gábor Talmácsi	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
3	April 22	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul	Simone Corsi	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
4	May 6	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
5	May 20	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Sergio Gadea	Jorge Lorenzo	Chris Vermeulen	Report
6	June 3	Italian Grand Prix	Mugello	Héctor Faubel	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	June 10	Catalan Grand Prix	Catalunya	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
8	June 24	British Grand Prix	Donington	Mattia Pasini	Andrea Dovizioso	Casey Stoner	Report
9	June 30	Dutch TT	Assen	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Valentino Rossi	Report
10	July 15	German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Dani Pedrosa	Report
11	July 22	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125 cc or 250 cc race		Casey Stoner	Report
12	August 19	Czech Republic Grand Prix	Brno	Héctor Faubel	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
13	September 2	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Mattia Pasini	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
14	September 16	Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	Hector Faubel	Alvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	September 23	Japanese Grand Prix	Motegi	Mattia Pasini	Mika Kallio	Loris Capirossi	Report
16	October 14	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Lukáš Pešek	Jorge Lorenzo	Casey Stoner	Report
17	October 21	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang	Gábor Talmácsi	Hiroshi Aoyama	Casey Stoner	Report
18	November 4	Valencian Grand Prix	Valencia	Hector Faubel	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Report

Season Standings

Riders standings

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.
• Point system: 25 for 1st, 20 for 2nd, 16 for 3rd, 13 for 4th, 11 for 5th and then one point less for each position so 15th gets one point. Rider has to finish race to earn points.

MotoGP

Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Casey Stoner Ducati 1 5 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 2 367 2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 3 2 Ret 4 4 2 3 8 4 1 5 4 Ret 2 Ret 4 3 1 242 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2 1 10 2 6 1 2 4 1 Ret 4 7 Ret 1 13 3 5 Ret 241 4 John Hopkins Suzuki 4 19 6 3 7 5 4 5 5 7 15 2 3 6 10 7 8 3 189 5 Marco Melandri Honda 5 8 5 5 2 9 9 10 10 6 3 Inj 4 5 5 10 2 4 187 6 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 7 9 11 7 1 8 7 3 16 11 2 5 2 13 11 8 7 6 179 7 Loris Capirossi Ducati Ret 12 3 6 8 7 6 Ret Ret 2 Ret 6 5 9 1 2 11 5 166 8 Nicky Hayden Honda 8 7 7 12 Ret 10 11 17 3 3 Ret 3 13 4 9 Ret 9 8 127 9 Colin Edwards Yamaha 6 3 Ret 11 12 12 10 2 6 4 11 Ret 9 10 14 9 10 13 124 10 Alex Barros Ducati 9 11 4 14 Ret 3 8 7 7 Ret 9 9 Ret Ret 8 5 12 7 115 11 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Ret 13 8 8 Ret Ret 5 6 Ret Ret 6 8 Ret Ret 2 6 4 9 108 12 Toni Elías Honda 14 4 2 Ret Ret 6 Ret 12 Inj Inj Inj 11 7 8 3 15 6 10 104 13 Alex Hofmann Ducati 11 DSQ 9 9 5 11 13 9 8 9 Inj Inj 11 Ret 65 14 Carlos Checa Honda Ret 6 12 10 Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 14 14 10 6 7 18 11 14 12 65 15 Anthony West Kawasaki 11 9 8 7 12 8 12 7 12 15 16 59 16 Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha 15 15 15 13 10 14 14 16 14 Ret 13 13 12 14 4 14 19 11 50 17 Shinya Nakano Honda 10 10 13 Ret Ret 13 15 14 12 Ret 12 14 10 11 16 13 16 14 47 18 Makoto Tamada Yamaha 16 14 14 Ret 9 15 12 15 13 13 8 17 14 Ret 12 16 18 15 38 19 Kurtis Roberts KR212V Ret 18 13 15 12 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 17 20 Ret 10 20 Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki 10 6 = Michel Fabrizio Honda 10 6 22 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki 11 5 23 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 12 18 Ret Inj Inj 16 Inj 4 24 Kenny Roberts, Jr. KR212V 13 16 16 15 Ret 17 16 4 25 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 13 3 26 Shinichi Itoh Ducati 15 1 27 Chaz Davies Ducati 16 Ret 17 0 28 Ivan Silva Ducati 16 0 29 Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki 17 Ret 0 = Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki 17 0 — Andrew Pitt Ilmor Ret 0 — Miguel Duhamel Honda Ret 0 — Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX)

250 cc

Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Lorenzo Aprilia 1 1 2 1 1 8 1 Ret 1 4 1 1 3 11 1 3 7 312 2 Dovizioso Honda 5 3 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 5 2 Ret 2 2 3 11 4 260 3 de Angelis Aprilia 2 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 11 5 6 5 9 Ret 2 235 4 Bautista Aprilia Ret 2 3 2 8 1 5 Ret 3 17 5 8 1 15 2 Ret Ret 181 5 Barberá Aprilia 3 Ret 8 6 4 3 8 Ret 7 6 4 3 5 3 Ret 2 5 177 6 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM Ret 6 Ret 9 Ret 21 7 3 5 1 6 2 Ret 8 4 1 10 160 7 Kallio KTM Ret Ret 6 5 7 Ret 6 6 8 2 3 Ret Ret 1 Ret 4 1 157 8 Lüthi Aprilia 4 Ret 5 8 Ret 5 4 Ret Ret 9 7 4 4 10 5 5 9 133 9 Simón Honda 8 Ret 7 7 5 7 10 7 Ret Ret 8 10 8 6 6 6 6 123 10 Simoncelli Gilera 9 Ret 9 Ret 6 9 9 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 7 7 7 8 11 97 11 Y.Takahashi Honda 7 8 Ret INJ 11 Ret 4 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 4 10 9 9 90 12 S. Aoyama Honda 10 7 16 Ret 9 6 11 5 13 12 9 6 Ret 9 8 13 17 90 13 Locatelli Gilera 6 INJ DNS 18 12 Ret 9 10 10 7 Ret 16 11 7 13 59 14 Lai Aprilia 12 11 10 10 12 13 Ret 11 11 18 12 Ret 9 Ret 17 20 Ret 49 15 Espargaró Aprilia 11 Ret 11 11 18 12 20 Ret 17 11 13 12 12 17 14 10 12 47 16 Abraham Aprilia Ret 15 12 Ret Ret 16 14 10 15 Ret 14 14 10 Ret 13 12 Ret 31 17 Wilairot Honda 14 12 15 12 11 Ret 17 8 14 19 16 13 Ret Ret 19 16 15 30 18 Debón Aprilia 5 16 Ret 3 27 19 West Aprilia 13 9 Ret 13 10 10 21 25 20 Heidolf Aprilia 15 10 13 Ret 16 17 Ret 12 16 13 17 Ret 11 Ret 15 15 16 24 21 Cluzel Aprilia 16 16 Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 20 15 18 11 13 13 12 19 Ret 19 22 Baldolini Aprilia 17 13 14 Ret 13 14 18 14 19 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 14 18 23 Sekiguchi Aprilia Ret 17 Ret 14 14 15 15 13 12 16 INJ 18 18 19 13 24 Linfoot Aprilia 9 Ret Ret 20 Ret Ret Ret 7 25 Laverty Honda 18 14 17 17 15 20 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret 15 14 19 16 17 21 6 26 Oikawa Yamaha 12 4 27 Ui Yamaha 14 2 28 Imre Tóth Aprilia 19 18 Ret 18 Ret 22 22 15 22 Ret 19 17 15 18 Ret 21 23 2 29 Vazquez Aprilia 16 18 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 1 30 Tizón Aprilia Ret Ret Ret 15 17 23 DNS 1 31 Molina Aprilia Ret 23 Ret 16 22 0 32 Chow Aprilia DNQ 17 Ret 0 33 Markham Yamaha 17 0 34 Menghi Aprilia Ret 18 0 35 Xiao Aprilia 19 0 36 Sandi Aprilia 20 Ret 20 0 37 Hamamoto Yamaha 20 0 38 Barragan Honda Ret DNQ DNQ 24 0 = Tallevi Yamaha 24 0 — Sommer Honda Ret Ret 0 — Walther Honda Ret 0 — T.Takahashi Honda Ret 0 — Pradita Yamaha Ret 0 — Huang Aprilia INJ 0 — Sawford Yamaha DNQ 0 — Kenchington Yamaha DNQ 0 — Lawrence Honda DNQ DNQ 0 — Mayer Honda DNQ 0 — Wang Aprilia DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ESP TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR POR JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Withdrawn due to injury (INJ) Excluded (EX)

125 cc

Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	2	1	5	4	4	4	2	Ret	3	1	4	2	2	2	8	1	2	282
2	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	1	3	10	2	6	1	Ret	3	2	3	1	17	1	3	3	3	1	277
3	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	6	Ret	3	Ret	10	5	1	2	6	2	5	3	7	14	6	2	9	193
4	Lukáš Pešek	Derbi	3	2	6	1	2	Ret	13	18	7	6	3	20	13	12	1	6	5	182
5	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	1	1	Ret	2	1	8	1	8	8	4	174
6	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	Ret	5	Ret	6	1	2	4	4	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	8	9	5	3	170
7	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	Ret	1	5	8	3	7	10	5	4	7	Ret	4	6	4	7	12	168
8	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	11	8	2	19	5	Ret	8	5	18	11	12	12	5	5	2	4	30	131
9	Pol Espargaró	Aprilia	7	4	11	9	11	9	5	Ret	11	Ret	6	5	3	Ret	11	Ret	10	110
10	Bradley Smith	Honda	12	26	8	8	3	8	6	7	INJ	8	13	8	12	Ret	16	9	8	101
11	Esteve Rabat	Honda	8	Ret	14	3	INJ		12	Ret	13	12	11	11	11	Ret	5	5	6	74
12	Michael Ranseder	Derbi	13	9	12	7	14	11	10	20	9	10	8	10	Ret	9	22	Ret	13	73
13	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	19	17	15	27	13	13	3	13	12	5	9	6	10	19	12	17	15	69
14	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	17	7	Ret	18	7	7	11	12	8	7	10	15	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	66
15	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	9	6	13	16	15	Ret	20	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	12	7	57
16	Raffaele de Rosa	Aprilia	4	Ret	4	12	Ret	14	Ret	8	14	Ret	18	9	9	Ret	Ret	28	Ret	56
17	Mike di Meglio	Honda	14	INJ		14	9	Ret	19	6	Ret	15	20	13	16	4	14	14	23	42
18	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia							9		10	13		7	6	15	Ret	13	Ret	39
19	Lorenzo Zanetti	Aprilia	18	10	7	15	16	10	14	11	15	28	17	16	17	Ret	18	19	Ret	30
20	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	15	12	9	11	Ret	Ret	17	15	20	24	Ret	14	18	10	20	18	20	26
21	Alexis Masbou	Honda	10	Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	16	19	16	19	14	21	14	21	Ret	10	14	25
22	Nicolás Terol	Derbi	16	14	16	Ret	19	12	23	24	17	22	22	18	Ret	17	13	11	11	19
23	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	Ret	11	17	Ret	17	Ret		Ret	19	16	15	Ret	15	Ret		16	17	7
24	Dominique Aegerter	Aprilia	20	19	24	21	20	15	15	Ret	28	21	29	23	Ret	11	19	Ret	18	7
25	Steve Bonsey	KTM	22	13	25	Ret	Ret	20	Ret	23	27	18	16	26	Ret	Ret	15	26	16	4
26	Daniel Webb	Honda	Ret	Ret	23	23	27	21	26	25	Ret	27	28	30	20	13	Ret	22	21	3
27	Enrique Jerez	Honda								14	23									2
28	Georg Fröhlich	Honda										14								2
29	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	Ret	15	Ret	17	18	22	Ret	17		Ret	30	28	21	Ret	21	20	Ret	1
30	Robert Muresan	Derbi	Ret	18	22	26	23	19	24	16	Ret	17	Ret	29	23	Ret	DNQ	23	22	0
31	Joey Litjens	Honda	21	21	20	22	25	16	Ret	21	26	Ret	24	27	DNS		17	24	24	0
32	Roberto Tamburini	Aprilia	23	25	18	20	22	24	22	29	22	20	21	19	22	16	23	21	19	0
33	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia		16					18						Ret				27	0
34	Simone Sancioni	Aprilia						17						22						0
35	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	Ret	Ret	19	Ret	26	18	21	Ret	24	23	19	Ret	19	Ret				0
36	Kazuma Watanabe	Honda														18				0
37	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	24	20	26	25	24	23	25	26	21	25	27	31						0
38	Nayuta Mizuno	Yamaha														20				0
39	Dino Lombardi	Honda		23	Ret	24	21	Ret				DNS	26	Ret	Ret	Ret	24	NC	25	0
40	Kevin Coghlan	Honda			21					Ret										0
41	Ivan Maestro	Aprilia		22					27										Ret	0
42	Luke Jones	Honda								22										0
=	Shouya Tomizawa	Honda														22				0
44	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Aprilia												24			23	27	28	0
45	Cardus	Aprilia											23		INJ					0
46	Saez	Aprilia		24															26	0
47	Rossi	Honda													24					0
=	Carrillo	Honda																24		0
49	Lacalendola	Aprilia						Ret						25						0
=	Wirsing	Honda											25							0
51	Huebsch	Aprilia										26								0
=	Scott	Aprilia															26			0
53	Siegert	Aprilia			27			DNS												0
=	Coates	Honda								27										0
55	Maitre	Honda					28													0
=	Stewart	Honda								28										0
57	Eitzinger	Honda							Ret		29									0
=	Alen Győrfi	Aprilia			Ret														29	0
=	le Coquen	Honda					29													0
=	Eckner	Honda										29								0
61	Hayward	Honda								30										0
62	K.Pešek	Aprilia											31							0
63	Biaggi	Friba												32						0
—	Cartron	Honda					Ret													0
—	Unger	Aprilia										Ret								0
—	Prasek	Honda											Ret							0
—	Majek	FGR											Ret							0
—	Namihira	Honda														Ret				0
—	Namagisawa	Honda														Ret				0
—	Nakagami	Honda																	Ret	0
—	Debise	Honda					INJ													0
—	Nikolett Kovács	Honda			DNQ															0
—	le Badezet	Honda					DNQ													0
—	Relvas	Aprilia													DNQ					0
—	B.Leigh-Smith	Honda															DNQ			0
—	J.Leigh-Smith	Honda															DNQ			0
—	Moller	Honda															DNQ			0
Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	SMR	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Color	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
Blank	Did not participate
	Withdrawn due to injury (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

MotoGP constructors final standings

Place	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Ducati	394	11
2	Honda	313	2
3	Yamaha	283	4
4	Suzuki	241	1
5	Kawasaki	144	0
6	KR212V	14	0

Participants

MotoGP participants

No Rider Team Constructor Chassis Tyre 1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M 4 Alex Barros Pramac d'Antín Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 5 Colin Edwards FIAT Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 6 Makoto Tamada Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha YZR-M1 D 7 Carlos Checa Honda LCR Honda RC212V M 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki B 10 Kenny Roberts, Jr. Team Roberts Team Roberts KR212V M 11 Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 14 Randy de Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 17 Miguel Duhamel Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B 19 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 21 John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R800 B 22 Ivan Silva Pramac d'Antín Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 24 Toni Elías Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 33 Marco Melandri Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B 46 Valentino Rossi FIAT Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 M 50 Sylvain Guintoli Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha YZR-M1 D 56 Shinya Nakano Konica Minolta Honda Honda RC212V M 57 Chaz Davies Pramac d'Antín Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R800 B 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 66 Alex Hofmann Pramac d'Antín Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 71 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R800 B 72 Shinichi Itoh Pramac d'Antín Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 80 Kurtis Roberts Team Roberts Team Roberts KR212V M 84 Michel Fabrizio Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B 87 Akira Yanagawa Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 88 Andrew Pitt Ilmor GP Ilmor X3 M 95 Roger Lee Hayden Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 99 Jeremy McWilliams Ilmor GP Ilmor X3 M

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Mid-season changes

• On March 15, 2007, Mario Illien of Ilmor announced that the team would be taking a break from the Moto GP series as a result of funding issues.
• During practice for the Chinese GP, Olivier Jacque injured his arm in a practice crash and withdrew from the event. He missed his home race, at Le Mans, and was replaced by Fonsi Nieto.
• Team Roberts announced that they would expand to a second bike from the Mugello race onwards, which will be ridden by Kurtis Roberts.
• Kenny Roberts, Jr. withdrew from the series in June. In those rounds the sole KR212V was ridden by his brother Kurtis.
• On June 21, it was announced that Anthony West would be replacing Olivier Jacque at Kawasaki for the remainder of the season.
• During practice for the Dutch TT, Toni Elías broke his left femur. He was replaced by Michel Fabrizio at the German Grand Prix and Miguel Duhamel at the United States Grand Prix.
• During the first practice session at the US GP, Alex Hofmann broking a bone and sustaining a soft tissue injury in his left hand in a collision with Sylvain Guintoli and he was unable to compete during the remainder of the weekend. Chaz Davies was invited to take his ride for the remainder of the weekend despite having no experience on the any MotoGP bike or on Bridgestone tyres. Hofmann was also sidelined from Czech GP, where Ivan Silva replaced him.
• Shinichi Itoh rode as a replacement rider on a Pramac d'Antin Ducati after Alex Hofmann was released from the team following the Portuguese Grand Prix.

250cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor Chassis Tyre 1 Jorge Lorenzo Fortuna Aprilia Aprilia TBA D 3 Alex De Angelis Master MVA Aspar Team Aprilia TBA D 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Red Bull KTM KTM TBA D 6 Alex Debon Aprilia Racing Aprilia TBA D 7 Efren Vazquez Blusens Aprilia Germany Aprilia TBA D 8 Ratthapark Wilairot Thai Honda PTT-SAG Honda TBA D 9 Arturo Tizon Blusens Aprilia Germany Aprilia TBA D 10 Imre Toth Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia TBA D 12 Thomas Luthi Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia TBA D 14 Anthony West Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA D 15 Roberto Locatelli Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera TBA D 16 Jules Cluzel Angaia Racing Aprilia TBA D 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia TBA D 18 Joshua Sommer Motorcycle Comp Service Honda TBA D 19 Álvaro Bautista Master MVA Aspar Team Aprilia TBA D 20 Takumi Takahashi Burning Blood Racing Honda TBA D 21 Federico Sandi Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA D 25 Alex Baldolini Kiefer-Bos-Sotin Racing Aprilia TBA D 28 Dirk Heidolf Kiefer-Bos-Sotin Racing Aprilia TBA D 31 Álvaro Molina Andalucia GFC MAS Aprilia TBA D 32 Fabrizio Lai Campetella Racing Aprilia TBA D 34 Andrea Dovizioso Humangest Racing Honda TBA D 36 Mika Kallio Red Bull KTM KTM TBA D 38 Thomas Walther AMC Schleizer Dreieck ADAC Honda TBA D 41 Aleix Espargaró Blusens Aprilia Honda TBA D 44/11 Taro Sekiguchi Campetella Racing Aprilia TBA D 45 Dan Linfoot Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA D 49 Erwin Postmus Postmus Racing Yamaha TBA D 50 Eugene Laverty Honda LCR Honda TBA D 53 Santiago Barragan Team Extremadura Honda TBA D 55 Yuki Takahashi Humangest Racing Team Honda TBA D 58 Marco Simoncelli Squadra Corse Metis Gilera Gilera TBA D 60 Julián Simón Repsol Honda Team Honda TBA D 62 Shi Zhao Huang Yes! Yamaha Tianjian Yamaha TBA D 63 Jin Xiao Yes! Yamaha Tianjian Yamaha TBA D 64 Omar Menghi VET Racing Aprilia TBA D 65 Thomas Tallevi History Racing TZ Club Itlia Yamaha TBA D 68 Randy Gevers De Arend Racing Aprilia TBA D 69 Ronald Beitler Maro Racing Honda TBA D 70 Mike Velthuijzen MRTT Hagen Racing Honda TBA D 72 Hans Smees Jaap Kingma Aprilia TBA D 73 Shuhei Aoyama Repsol Honda Team Honda TBA D 75 Youichi Ui Malossi & Spruce & Pro-Tec Yamaha TBA D 76 Seijin Oikawa Will Access With Plus Myu Yamaha TBA D 77 Yuki Hamamoto TEC-2 & Kyushukyoritsu Univ. Yamaha TBA D 80 Héctor Barberá Team Toth Aprilia TBA D 81 Toby Markham BM Groundworks Yamaha TBA D 82 Andrew Sawford St Neot's Motorcycle Co Yamaha TBA D 83 Alex Kenshington Dennis Trollope Racing Yamaha TBA D 84 Luke Lawrence TNT Express Team Fila Honda TBA D 87 Jiri Mayer Klub Racing Team Mayer Honda TBA D 88 Zhu Wang Zongshen Team Of China Aprilia TBA D 89 Ho Wan Chow Zongshen Team Of China Aprilia TBA D

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Mid-season changes

• Roberto Locatelli was seriously injured in a practise session crash at the Spanish GP weekend. Gilera didn't replace him and Locatelli returned to the series in the French GP.
• As a result of a crash in qualifying in China, Yuki Takahashi broke his left arm and missed the French GP, which he won in 2005. He was not replaced for the event.
• Following Anthony West's step up to the Moto GP class with Kawasaki, Dan Linfoot was signed to replace him from the Donington Park round. Also, Arturo Tizon was sacked by his team and replaced by Efren Vazquez.
• Federico Sandi replaced Dan Linfoot from Australian GP onwards.
• Taro Sekiguchi missed couple of rounds after being injured in Czech Republic Grand Prix. Having had lots of injuries during last couple of seasons, he decided to change his race number in his return, in the Australian Grand Prix.

125cc participants

No Rider Team Constructor Chassis Tyre 6 Joan Olive Polaris World Aprilia TBA D 7 Alexis Masbou FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA D 8 Lorenzo Zanetti Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA D 11 Sandro Cortese Emmi Caffe Latte Aprilia TBA D 12 Esteve Rabat Repsol Honda Honda TBA D 13 Dino Lombardi Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D 14 Gábor Talmácsi Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA D 15 Federico Sandi Skilled ISPA Racing Team Aprilia TBA D 17 Stefan Bradl Blusens Aprilia Aprilia RS125 D 18 Nicolas Terol Valsir Seedorf Derbi Derbi TBA D 20 Roberto Tamburini Team Sicilia Aprilia TBA D 22 Pablo Nieto Blusens Aprilia Aprilia TBA D 24 Simone Corsi Skilled ISPA Racing Team Aprilia TBA D 27 Stefano Bianco WTR Blauer USA Aprilia RS125 D 29 Andrea Iannone WTR Blauer USA Aprilia RS125 D 30 Pere Tutusaus FMCV Team Machado Aprilia RS125 D 31 Enrique Jerez Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D 33 Sergio Gadea Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA D 34 Randy Krummenacher Red Bull KTM KTM TBA D 35 Raffaele de Rosa Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA D 36 Cyril Carrillo FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA D 37 Joey Litjens Arie Molenaar Racing Aprilia TBA D 38 Bradley Smith Repsol Honda Honda TBA D 39 Nikolett Kovács Cemelog-Hanusch Honda TBA D 40 Alen Győrfi Superbike Gyorsasagi MSE Aprilia RS125 D 41 Tobias Siegert ADAC Nordbayern EV Aprilia RS125 D 42 Simone Sancioni RCGM Team Aprilia RS125 D 44 Pol Espargaro Belson Campetella Racing Aprilia TBA D 45 Valentin Debise Équipe de France Espoir Honda TBA D 46 Romain Maitre TVX Racing - TJP Honda TBA D 47 Steven Le Coquen Villiers Team Competition Honda TBA D 48 Julien Cartron Villiers Team Competition Honda TBA D 49 Gwen Le Badezet Bretagne Organisation Sport Honda TBA D 51 Steve Bonsey Red Bull KTM KTM TBA D 52 Lukáš Pešek Valsir Seedorf Derbi Derbi TBA D 53 Simone Grotzkyj Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA D 54 Kevin Coghlan Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D IKI Racing 55 Hector Faubel Bancaja Aspar Aprilia TBA D 56 Hugo van den Berg Blusens Aprilia Aprilia TBA D 57 Yuuchi Yanagisawa Metallico 18 Garage Honda TBA D 58 Shouya Tomizawa Project Muy FRS Honda TBA D 59 Iori Namihira Honda Suzuka Racing Honda TBA D 60 Michael Ranseder Ajo Motorsport Derbi TBA D 61 Ivo Relvas SGM Racing Aprilia TBA D 62 Louis Rossi FFM Honda GP 125 Honda TBA D 63 Mike Di Meglio Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D 64 Georg Froehlich Abbink Bos Racing Honda TBA B 65 Eric Huebsch Sachsenring Motorrad Unger Aprilia RS125 D 66 Patrick Unger Sachsenring Motorrad Unger Aprilia RS125 D 67 Sebastien Eckner Adac Sachsen Junior Team Honda TBA D 68 Glenn Scott WTR Blauer USA Aprilia TBA D 69 Nayuta Mizuno TEC-2 & Ogiya Yamaha TBA D 70 Blake Leigh-Smith Leigh-Smith Racing Honda TBA D 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Red Bull KTM KTM TBA D 73 Jackson Leigh-Smith Leigh-Smith Racing Honda TBA D 74 Kazuma Watanabe Dydo Miu Racing Honda TBA D 75 Mattia Pasini Polaris World Aprilia TBA D 76 Stefano Musco Scot Racing Team Honda TBA D 76 Ivan Maestro Matteoni Racing Honda TBA D 77 Dominique Aegerter Multimedia Racing Aprilia TBA D 78 Daniel Saez Quinto Almoradi Aprilia TBA D 79 Ferruccio Lamborghini Junior GP Racing Team Aprilia TBA D Skilled ISPA Racing Team 80 Federico Biaggi Friba Friba TBA D 81 Tom Hayward KRP Honda TBA D 82 Luke Jones SP12/KGD Racing Honda TBA D 83 Nikki Coates KRP Honda TBA D 84 Robbie Stewart KRP Honda TBA D 85 Philipp Eitzinger Wintex Racing Austria Honda TBA D 86 Ricard Cardus Racc Aprilia Aprilia TBA D 87 Roberto Lacalendola MC Terzo Bandini Aprilia TBA D Ellegi Racing 91 Karel Majek FGR 07 Team FGR TBA D 92 Karel Pešek Intermoto Czech Aprilia TBA D 93 Michal Prasek Rohac & Fetja Honda TBA D 94 Toni Wirsing Honda Schumann Reisen Honda TBA D 95 Robert Muresan Ajo Motorsport Derbi TBA D 96 Rhys Moller Rhys Moller Racing Honda TBA D 98 Takaaki Nakagami Red Bull MotoGP Academy Honda TBA D 99 Daniel Webb Arie Molenaar Racing Honda TBA D

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Mid-season changes

• Stefano Musco missed the Spanish & Turkish GPs through injury and was replaced by Dino Lombardi. Later Lombardi replaced Musco on regular basis.
• Mike Di Meglio sustained a broken collarbone in a crash in qualifying for the Spanish GP and was told by doctors to allow more time to recover. He was replaced at the Turkish GP by Kevin Coghlan, who had been originally on the 250cc entry list prior to the withdrawal of his team, Winona Racing.
• At the British GP, Enrique Jerez replaced Dino Lombardi.
• From Portuguese GP onwards, Stefan Bradl replaced Hugo van den Berg on regular basis.
• Following Federico Sandi's move to 250cc class, Ferruccio Lamborghini replaced him in Skilled ISPA Racing Team, starting from Australian Grand Prix.
• Glenn Scott replaced Stefano Bianco in Australian Grand Prix.