2007 Superbike World Championship Explained

The 2007 Superbike World Championship was the twentieth FIM Superbike World Championship season. The season started on 24 February at Losail and finished on 7 October at Magny-Cours after 13 rounds.

The main title contenders were 2004 champion James Toseland on a Honda, 2006 champion Troy Bayliss on a Ducati, former MotoGP rider Max Biaggi on a Suzuki, and Noriyuki Haga on a Yamaha. Bayliss spent the season riding a Ducati 999, even though production of the 999 had ended in 2006 and the bike had been replaced by the Ducati 1098. To satisfy homologation requirements, Ducati produced 150 limited edition 999 models.

The championship was won by James Toseland in the final race of the season. Toseland's 415 points gave him a 2-point margin over Haga, with Biaggi in third position with 397 points. The manufacturers' championship was won by Yamaha.

This was also the final season Corona Extra provided title sponsorship, having done so since 1998. From 2008 HANNspree took on this role in a deal up to and including the 2010 season.

Race calendar and results

Round		Country	Circuit	Date	Superpole	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	R1	Qatar	Losail	24 February	Troy Corser	Max Biaggi	Max Biaggi	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2					Max Biaggi	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda
2	R1	Australia	Phillip Island	4 March	Troy Bayliss	Troy Corser	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda
3	R1	Europe	Donington Park	1 April	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia
4	R1	Spain	Valencia	15 April	Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Rubén Xaus	Team Sterilgarda	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda
5	R1	Netherlands	Assen	29 April	James Toseland	Troy Bayliss	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati
6	R1	Italy	Monza	13 May	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia
7	R1	Great Britain	Silverstone	27 May	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Race cancelled
8	R1	San Marino	Misano Adriatico	17 June	Troy Corser	Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati	Report
	R2					Troy Bayliss	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati
9	R1	Czech Republic	Brno	22 July	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					Troy Corser	Max Biaggi	Alstare Suzuki
10	R1	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	5 August	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda	Report
	R2					James Toseland	James Toseland	Ten Kate Honda
11	R1	Germany	Lausitzring	9 September	Fonsi Nieto	Noriyuki Haga	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia	Report
	R2					Noriyuki Haga	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati
12	R1	Italy	Vallelunga	30 September	Troy Bayliss	Noriyuki Haga	Max Biaggi	Alstare Suzuki	Report
	R2					Max Biaggi	Troy Bayliss	Xerox Ducati
13	R1	France	Magny-Cours	7 October	James Toseland	Max Neukirchner	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia	Report
	R2					Max Biaggi	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha Motor Italia

1. – Second race at Silverstone was cancelled due to heavy rain.^[1]

Championship standings

Riders' standings

2007 final riders' standings^[2] Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS EUR ESP NED ITA GBR SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 Toseland Honda 2 1 2 1 1 Ret 5 1 1 2 4 2 8 C 4 6 1 2 1 1 9 4 3 11 7 6 415 2 Haga Yamaha 8 4 4 3 4 1 2 3 2 Ret 1 1 2 C Ret 2 4 4 7 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 413 3 Biaggi Suzuki 1 2 3 4 3 2 8 2 6 3 3 5 6 C Ret 3 2 1 3 8 2 3 1 2 6 2 397 4 Bayliss Ducati 5 8 1 2 Ret DNS 3 6 4 1 2 3 1 C 1 1 Ret 6 Ret 7 4 1 2 1 2 5 372 5 Corser Yamaha 9 3 5 5 2 3 4 9 17 4 5 6 3 C 2 5 7 Ret 2 3 3 5 Ret 4 3 4 296 6 Xaus Ducati 10 9 7 6 Ret 4 1 4 3 Ret 12 13 9 C 8 7 12 10 4 6 12 6 Ret 6 8 10 201 7 Lanzi Ducati 3 7 6 7 5 5 6 5 5 Ret 7 Ret 7 C 6 9 8 7 9 12 8 12 6 7 Ret DNS 192 8 Rolfo Honda 7 Ret 11 10 9 7 10 12 9 5 Ret 4 4 C 5 8 5 5 6 11 5 7 Ret 5 10 7 192 9 Suzuki 6 10 8 8 8 10 12 10 10 7 10 12 10 C 9 10 9 12 10 10 Ret 10 Ret 10 4 Ret 149 10 Laconi Kawasaki Ret 11 Ret Ret 7 6 11 8 16 10 Ret 8 5 C 7 11 11 14 8 9 6 11 7 Ret 9 8 137 11 Fabrizio Honda Ret 12 Ret 9 13 12 7 11 12 6 8 11 Ret C Ret Ret 6 3 5 4 Ret 13 5 Ret 14 9 132 12 Nieto Kawasaki Ret 5 9 14 6 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 Ret Ret Ret C Ret 12 Ret 8 12 13 7 8 8 8 5 3 125 13 Kagayama Suzuki 4 6 DNS DNS DNS DNS 15 13 7 11 6 7 Ret C 3 4 3 Ret Ret 5 DNS DNS DNS DNS 116 14 Smrž Ducati 14 16 14 11 10 8 14 17 11 9 15 10 Ret C 10 13 Ret 13 14 Ret 13 16 11 Ret Ret Ret 66 15 Nakatomi Yamaha 12 17 13 13 17 14 Ret 16 13 12 DNS DNS 13 C Ret 14 10 9 13 15 11 15 9 9 11 Ret 66 16 Muggeridge Honda Ret 14 DNS DNS 11 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 9 Ret C DNS DNS Ret 11 Ret 14 10 10 13 13 12 11 62 17 Brookes Honda Ret 13 12 12 12 15 9 7 Ret 13 11 Ret Ret C 40 18 Martin Honda 11 18 10 Ret 19 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 27 Yamaha 11 16 Suzuki 14 14 14 14 16 Ret 19 Iannuzzo Kawasaki 11 C 13 15 10 12 19 20 Borciani Ducati 13 Ret 11 Ret 12 18 12 21 Bussei Ducati 14 11 13 15 11 22 Morelli Ducati 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret DNS 11 Honda 12 C 13 18 Ret 16 17 18 Ret Ret 16 17 Ret 14 23 Tiberio Honda 15 18 15 15 13 12 10 24 Polita Suzuki 13 15 15 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS 14 Ret Ret C Ret 17 WD WD 8 25 Ellison Ducati 15 19 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret 14 16 Ret 15 Ret C 14 19 Ret Ret 18 17 Ret Ret 17 19 Ret 15 8 26 Sanchini Kawasaki 17 Ret 12 15 5 27 Dietrich Suzuki 15 13 4 28 Dražďák Yamaha Ret Ret 18 Ret 14 Ret 16 19 2 29 Pietri Yamaha Ret 14 2 30 Morales Yamaha Ret 14 2 31 Svoboda Yamaha 15 15 Ret Ret 2 32 Nutt Yamaha 15 DNS 1 33 Cruciani Suzuki 15 18 16 Ret 1 34 Zaiser 16 Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret DNS 15 Ret Ret Ret 1 Zanotti Yamaha 18 16 0 Conforti Honda Ret 16 0 Brignola Ducati Ret 16 0 Al Naimi Kawasaki 17 20 0 Čihák Suzuki Ret 17 0 Bauer Honda Ret 17 0 Pos. Rider Bike QAT AUS EUR ESP NED ITA GBR SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA Pts

Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

Manufacturers' standings

2007 final manufacturers' standings^[3]
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		EUR		ESP		NED		ITA		GBR		SMR		CZE		GBR		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
1	Yamaha	8	3	4	3	2	1	2	3	2	4	1	1	2	C	2	2	4	4	2	2	1	2	4	3	1	1	467
2	Honda	2	1	2	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	4	2	4	C	4	6	1	2	1	1	5	4	3	5	7	6	439
3	Ducati	3	7	1	2	5	4	1	4	3	1	2	3	1	C	1	1	8	6	4	6	4	1	2	1	2	5	439
4	Suzuki	1	2	3	4	3	2	8	2	6	3	3	5	6	C	3	3	2	1	3	5	2	3	1	2	4	2	419
5	Kawasaki	17	5	9	14	6	6	11	8	8	8	17	8	5	C	7	11	11	8	8	9	6	8	7	8	5	3	192
6	MV Agusta	16	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS					15	Ret	Ret	Ret									1
Pos.	Manufacturer	QAT		AUS		EUR		ESP		NED		ITA		GBR		SMR		CZE		GBR		GER		ITA		FRA		Pts

Entry list

2007 entry list^[4] Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 3 Max Biaggi All 71 Yukio Kagayama 1–12 83 Guillaume Dietrich 13 Kawasaki PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 10 Fonsi Nieto All 13 Vittorio Iannuzzo 7, 9, 12 55 Régis Laconi All 92 Mauro Sanchini 6, 8 Yamaha Motor Italia Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 11 Troy Corser All 41 Noriyuki Haga All Prorace Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 15 Miloš Čihák 9 Team Sterilgarda Ducati Ducati 999 F06 20 Marco Borciani 6, 8, 12 111 Rubén Xaus All 200 Giovanni Bussei 3–4 Ducati Xerox Team Ducati Ducati 999 F07 21 Troy Bayliss All 57 Lorenzo Lanzi All D.F.X. Corse Honda Honda CBR1000RR 22 Luca Morelli 7–13 84 Michel Fabrizio All 99 Steve Martin 1–4, 6 Alto Evolution Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 25 Joshua Brookes 1–7 31 Karl Muggeridge 1–7, 9–13 32 Yoann Tiberio 11–13 Emmebi Team Honda Honda CBR1000RR 34 Luca Conforti 8 Yamaha Jr. Pro SBK Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 36 Jiří Dražďák 1–2, 9, 11 85 Marek Svoboda 5–6 Yamaha YZF Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 38 Shinichi Nakatomi All 99 Steve Martin 10 Team Giesse Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 40 Robertino Pietri 6 Team Pedercini Ducati Ducati 999RS 22 Luca Morelli 3–6 42 Dean Ellison All Hannspree Ten Kate Honda Honda Honda CBR1000RR 44 Roberto Rolfo All 52 James Toseland All Holzhauer Racing Promotion Honda Honda CBR1000RR 45 Martin Bauer 11 Celani Team Suzuki Italia Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 53 Alessandro Polita 1–3, 5–8 99 Steve Martin 11–13 112 Stefano Cruciani 9–10 SMT Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 64 Aaron Zanotti 3 LBR Racing Team MV Agusta MV Agusta F4 312 R 73 Christian Zaiser 1–5, 8–9 Suzuki Germany Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 76 Max Neukirchner All Nuttravel.com Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 77 Marty Nutt 10 D'Antin MotoGP Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 95 Mashel Al Naimi 1 Team Caracchi Ducati SC Ducati Ducati 999 F05 96 Jakub Smrž All Team Guandalini Ducati Ducati 999 F05 117 Norino Brignola 12 Team Laglisse Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R1 131 Carmelo Morales 4

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

• All entries utilized Pirelli tyres.

On 20 March DFX Honda dropped Steve Martin from their rider lineup due to a lack of funds.^[5] On 27 March DFX Honda and Steve Martin reached an agreement which saw the rider on track at Donington and from there, on a race by race basis for the next three races.^[6]

References

1. http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/Articles/sbk_07_silverstone.htm SBK 2007 Silverstone
2. Web site: Magny Cours, 05–06–07 October 2007 – Superbike – Championship Standings & Ranking Progression. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 7 October 2007. 3 June 2016.
3. Web site: Magny Cours, 05–06–07 October 2007 – Superbike – Manufacturers Standings & Ranking Progression. resources.worldsbk.com. Dorna WSBK. 7 October 2007. 3 June 2016.
4. http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st111512.htm Motorcycle Racing Online – Entry information for World Superbike 2007
5. Web site: DFX drop Martin . Eurosport . 5 July 2018 . 21 March 2007.
6. http://www.motocorse.com/news/sbk/13433_Steve_Martin_To_Race_At_Donington.php Steve Martin To Race At Donington