2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round

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United Kingdom   2007 British Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 7 of 13 rounds in the
2007 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 7 of 13 rounds in the
2007 Supersport World Championship.
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DateMay 27, 2007
LocationSilverstone
CoursePermanent racing facility
3.561 km (2.213 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Australia Troy Bayliss
1'24.558
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
Japan Noriyuki Haga
1'37.005
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
France Sébastien Charpentier
1'26.706
Fastest lap
Australia Anthony West
1'44.188

The 2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round was the seventh round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 25–27, 2007, at the 3.561 km Silverstone International Circuit in the United Kingdom. Troy Bayliss won the only Superbike race, as race 2 was cancelled because of heavy rain. Anthony West won the Supersport race.

Races summary[edit]

Heavy rains made for a wet first Superbike race and Supersport race at Silverstone and also caused the second Superbike race to be cancelled.

Troy Bayliss took the win in the only Superbike race over Noriyuki Haga. Third was Troy Corser. Roberto Rolfo rode a good race to score fourth position, Regis Laconi took fifth place, his best result of the year so far. Max Biaggi finished sixth and Lorenzo Lanzi was seventh and the last rider not to be lapped by the Bayliss.

Championship leader James Toseland crashed on lap three and he rejoined the race down in 18th place and eventually finished eighth. Ruben Xaus also fell on lap 24, allowing Toseland through, but also rejoined to finish ninth. Only 13 riders finished the race at Silverstone.

In the Supersport race, Anthony West scored a fabulous win in only his second Supersport race, proving to be the clear victor by some 33 seconds from Robbin Harms. The race was red-flagged six laps earlier than scheduled when a fallen machine blocked the racing line. Katsuaki Fujiwara was the final podium finisher. Championship leader Kenan Sofuoğlu fell on lap one and was ruled out of the points for the first time this year.

Superbike race 1 classification[edit]

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 21 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati 999 F07 28 46:02.875 1 25
2 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Yamaha YZF-R1 28 +2.035 2 20
3 11 Australia Troy Corser Yamaha YZF-R1 28 +4.568 5 16
4 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda CBR1000RR 28 +50.039 13 13
5 55 France Régis Laconi Kawasaki ZX-10R 28 +1:09.634 14 11
6 3 Italy Max Biaggi Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 28 +1:20.982 8 10
7 57 Italy Lorenzo Lanzi Ducati 999 F07 28 +1:33.061 4 9
8 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Honda CBR1000RR 27 +1 Lap 3 8
9 111 Spain Ruben Xaus Ducati 999 F06 27 +1 Lap 6 7
10 76 Germany Max Neukirchner Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 27 +1 Lap 16 6
11 13 Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo Kawasaki ZX-10R 27 +1 Lap 17 5
12 22 Italy Luca Morelli Honda CBR1000RR 27 +1 Lap 20 4
13 38 Japan Shinichi Nakatomi Yamaha YZF-R1 26 +2 Laps 18 3
Ret 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 Retirement 11
Ret 71 Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 20 Retirement 7
Ret 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Ducati 999 F05 17 Retirement 12
Ret 25 Australia Josh Brookes Honda CBR1000RR 13 Retirement 10
Ret 53 Italy Alex Polita Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 12 Retirement 19
Ret 42 United Kingdom Dean Ellison Ducati 999RS 6 Retirement 21
Ret 31 Australia Karl Muggeridge Honda CBR1000RR 1 Retirement 9
Ret 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio Honda CBR1000RR 0 Retirement 15

Superbike race 2 cancelled[edit]

The second World Superbike race at Silverstone was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Supersport classification[edit]

Pos Rider Bike Time/Retired Laps Points
1 Australia Anthony West Yamaha YZF-R6 39'16.245 22 25
2 Denmark Robbin Harms Honda CBR600RR 39'49.722 22 20
3 Japan Katsuaki Fujiwara Honda CBR600RR 40'04.302 22 16
4 France Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 40'08.022 22 13
5 Italy Gianluca Vizziello Yamaha YZF-R6 40'10.540 22 11
6 France Matthieu Lagrive Honda CBR600RR 40'17.824 22 10
7 Spain Javier Fores Honda CBR600RR 40'53.821 22 9
8 Italy Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda CBR600RR 41'08.351 22 8
9 France Julien Enjolras Yamaha YZF-R6 41'09.429 22 7
10 Netherlands Barry Veneman Suzuki GSX-R600 39'16.868 21 6
11 Portugal Miguel Praia Honda CBR600RR 39'26.330 21 5
12 France Sébastien Gimbert Yamaha YZF-R6 39'36.066 21 4
13 Germany Jesco Günther Honda CBR600RR 39'49.023 21 3
14 France Gregory Leblanc Honda CBR600RR 40'44.006 21 2
15 Spain Joan Lascorz Honda CBR600RR 40'51.121 21 1
16 Russia Vladimir Ivanov Yamaha YZF-R6 41'01.472 21
17 Spain David Salom Yamaha YZF-R6 39'52.278 20
18 Spain David Forner Yamaha YZF-R6 40'26.767 20
19 Austria Yves Polzer Ducati 749R 40'28.890 20
Ret Italy Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 38'17.721 21
Ret Hungary Gergo Talmacsi Yamaha YZF-R6 39'11.043 18
Ret Australia Broc Parkes Yamaha YZF-R6 23'17.576 13
Ret Finland Vesa Kallio Suzuki GSX-R600 22'24.021 12
Ret Spain Pere Riba Kawasaki ZX-6R 16'16.461 9
Ret Italy Davide Giugliano Kawasaki ZX-6R 17'14.018 9
Ret France Sébastien Charpentier Honda CBR600RR 16'14.947 8
Ret United Kingdom Craig Jones Honda CBR600RR 12'41.503 7
Ret Spain David Checa Yamaha YZF-R6 11'24.741 6
Ret Italy Gilles Boccolini Kawasaki ZX-6R 4'24.314 2
Ret Italy Simone Sanna Honda CBR600RR 4'27.513 2
Ret France Yoann Tiberio Honda CBR600RR 1'53.465 1
Ret Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu Honda CBR600RR 0