2007 Silverstone Superbike World Championship round
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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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| Date | May 27, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Location | Silverstone | ||||||||||||
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Permanent racing facility 3.561 km (2.213 mi) | ||||||||||||
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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
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
| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 21 |  Troy Bayliss |
Ducati 999 F07 | 28 | 46:02.875 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 41 |  Noriyuki Haga |
Yamaha YZF-R1 | 28 | +2.035 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Troy Corser |
Yamaha YZF-R1 | 28 | +4.568 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 |  Roberto Rolfo |
Honda CBR1000RR | 28 | +50.039 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 55 |  Régis Laconi |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 28 | +1:09.634 | 14 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Max Biaggi |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 | 28 | +1:20.982 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi |
Ducati 999 F07 | 28 | +1:33.061 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 52 |  James Toseland |
Honda CBR1000RR | 27 | +1 Lap | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 111 |  Ruben Xaus |
Ducati 999 F06 | 27 | +1 Lap | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 76 |  Max Neukirchner |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 | 27 | +1 Lap | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 27 | +1 Lap | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 22 | Luca Morelli |
Honda CBR1000RR | 27 | +1 Lap | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi |
Yamaha YZF-R1 | 26 | +2 Laps | 18 | 3 |
| Ret | 10 | Fonsi Nieto |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 21 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 71 | Yukio Kagayama |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K7 | 20 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 96 |  Jakub Smrž |
Ducati 999 F05 | 17 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 25 | Josh Brookes |
Honda CBR1000RR | 13 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 53 | Alex Polita |
Suzuki GSX-R1000 K6 | 12 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 42 | Dean Ellison |
Ducati 999RS | 6 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 31 | Karl Muggeridge |
Honda CBR1000RR | 1 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio |
Honda CBR1000RR | 0 | Retirement | 15 |
Superbike race 2 cancelled
The second World Superbike race at Silverstone was cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Supersport classification
| Pos | Rider | Bike | Time/Retired | Laps | Points |
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| 1 | Anthony West |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 39'16.245 | 22 | 25 |
| 2 |  Robbin Harms |
Honda CBR600RR | 39'49.722 | 22 | 20 |
| 3 | Katsuaki Fujiwara |
Honda CBR600RR | 40'04.302 | 22 | 16 |
| 4 | Fabien Foret |
Kawasaki ZX-6R | 40'08.022 | 22 | 13 |
| 5 | Gianluca Vizziello |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 40'10.540 | 22 | 11 |
| 6 | Matthieu Lagrive |
Honda CBR600RR | 40'17.824 | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | Javier Fores |
Honda CBR600RR | 40'53.821 | 22 | 9 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Alfonsi |
Honda CBR600RR | 41'08.351 | 22 | 8 |
| 9 | Julien Enjolras |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 41'09.429 | 22 | 7 |
| 10 |  Barry Veneman |
Suzuki GSX-R600 | 39'16.868 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 |  Miguel Praia |
Honda CBR600RR | 39'26.330 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | Sébastien Gimbert |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 39'36.066 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | Jesco Günther |
Honda CBR600RR | 39'49.023 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | Gregory Leblanc |
Honda CBR600RR | 40'44.006 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | Joan Lascorz |
Honda CBR600RR | 40'51.121 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 |  Vladimir Ivanov |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 41'01.472 | 21 | |
| 17 | David Salom |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 39'52.278 | 20 | |
| 18 | David Forner |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 40'26.767 | 20 | |
| 19 |  Yves Polzer |
Ducati 749R | 40'28.890 | 20 | |
| Ret | Massimo Roccoli |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 38'17.721 | 21 | |
| Ret |  Gergo Talmacsi |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 39'11.043 | 18 | |
| Ret | Broc Parkes |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 23'17.576 | 13 | |
| Ret |  Vesa Kallio |
Suzuki GSX-R600 | 22'24.021 | 12 | |
| Ret | Pere Riba |
Kawasaki ZX-6R | 16'16.461 | 9 | |
| Ret | Davide Giugliano |
Kawasaki ZX-6R | 17'14.018 | 9 | |
| Ret | Sébastien Charpentier |
Honda CBR600RR | 16'14.947 | 8 | |
| Ret | Craig Jones |
Honda CBR600RR | 12'41.503 | 7 | |
| Ret | David Checa |
Yamaha YZF-R6 | 11'24.741 | 6 | |
| Ret | Gilles Boccolini |
Kawasaki ZX-6R | 4'24.314 | 2 | |
| Ret | Simone Sanna |
Honda CBR600RR | 4'27.513 | 2 | |
| Ret | Yoann Tiberio |
Honda CBR600RR | 1'53.465 | 1 | |
| Ret |  Kenan Sofuoğlu |
Honda CBR600RR | 0 |