2007 Donington Park Superbike World Championship round
# 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. 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.

## 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.

## 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 | |
