2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round

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 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.

  2007 European Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2007 Superbike World Championship. and Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2007 Supersport World Championship.
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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

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.[1]

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	Rubén 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	Rubén 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.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR600RR	22	34:56.601	3	25
2	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	22	+0.764	11	20
3	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Honda CBR600RR	22	+1.343	8	16
4	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	22	+10.215	19	13
5	116	Simone Sanna	Honda CBR600RR	22	+12.135	2	11
6	34	Davide Giugliano	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+12.982	14	10
7	32	Yoann Tiberio	Honda CBR600RR	22	+16.642	5	9
8	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+16.664	20	8
9	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+22.965	9	7
10	69	Gianluca Nannelli	Ducati 749R	22	+23.852	12	6
11	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+24.862	10	5
12	45	Gianluca Vizziello	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+26.053	15	4
13	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+26.512	17	3
14	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	22	+29.445	4	2
15	7	Pere Riba	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+29.448	1	1
16	8	Chris Peris	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+43.818	25
17	12	Javier Forés	Honda CBR600RR	22	+44.841	18
18	35	Gilles Boccolini	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+50.106	21
19	60	Vladimir Ivanov	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+51.700	22
20	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	22	+1:08.398	31
21	46	Jesco Günther	Honda CBR600RR	22	+1:24.701	30
22	39	David Forner	Yamaha YZF-R6	20	+2 laps	34
Ret	38	Grégory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	27
Ret	4	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	6
Ret	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	16
Ret	88	Gergő Talmácsi	Yamaha YZF-R6	11	Retirement	23
Ret	96	Nikola Milovanovic	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	33
Ret	121	Arnaud Vincent	Yamaha YZF-R6	10	Retirement	28
Ret	81	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	9	Retirement	13
Ret	25	Tatu Lauslehto	Honda CBR600RR	8	Retirement	29
Ret	31	Vesa Kallio	Suzuki GSX-R600	8	Retirement	24
Ret	9	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	7	Retirement	7
Ret	73	Yves Polzer	Ducati 749R	5	Retirement	32
DNS	5	Alessio Velini	Yamaha YZF-R6	0	Did not start	26

References

1. Troy's Diary troybayliss.com

• Superbike Race 1
• Superbike Race 2
• Supersport Race