MotoGP

Chinese GP: Starting grid

Pos Driver Nat Team Time Gap To 1st --- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- ------- 1. Valentino Rossi I Fiat Yamaha Team 1:58.424 2. John Hopkins ...

Edited: May 6, 2007, 12:32 AM

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Pos Driver                 Nat Team                          Time     Gap  To 1st
--- ---------------------- --- ------------------------- -------- ------- -------
 1. Valentino Rossi        I   Fiat Yamaha Team          1:58.424
 2. John Hopkins           USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP       1:59.315   0.891   0.891
 3. Colin Edwards          USA Fiat Yamaha Team          1:59.406   0.091   0.982
 4. Casey Stoner           AUS Ducati Marlboro Team      1:59.516   0.110   1.092
 5. Dani Pedrosa           E   Repsol Honda Team         1:59.602   0.086   1.178
 6. Marco Melandri         I   Gresini Honda             1:59.863   0.261   1.439
 7. Randy De Puniet        F   Kawasaki Racing Team      1:59.985   0.122   1.561
 8. Alex Barros            BR  Pramac D'Antin MotoGP     2:00.052   0.067   1.628
 9. Nicky Hayden           USA Repsol Honda Team         2:00.087   0.035   1.663
10. Shinya Nakano          J   Konica Minolta Honda      2:00.157   0.070   1.733
11. Alex Hofmann           D   Pramac D'Antin MotoGP     2:00.175   0.018   1.751
12. Toni Elias             E   Gresini Honda             2:00.205   0.030   1.781
13. Carlos Checa           E   Honda LCR                 2:00.319   0.114   1.895
14. Loris Capirossi        I   Ducati Marlboro Team      2:00.369   0.050   1.945
15. Chris Vermeulen        AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP       2:00.680   0.311   2.256
16. Kenny Roberts          USA Team Roberts              2:00.763   0.083   2.339
17. Sylvain Guintoli       F   Tech 3 Yamaha             2:01.157   0.394   2.733
18. Makoto Tamada          J   Tech 3 Yamaha             2:01.178   0.021   2.754

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Read also :

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on WhatsApp

Share on Linkedin

Share on Pinterest

Share on Viber

Previous article Chinese GP: Practice 1 times

Next article Chinese GP: Kawasaki Racing Team Saturday notes

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

More from

Nicky Hayden



Nicky Hayden: Remembering motorsport's much-loved "one-off"

MotoGP

MotoGP

Nicky Hayden: Remembering motorsport's much-loved "one-off"



MotoGP retires Hayden’s famous #69 in Austin ceremony

MotoGP

MotoGP

MotoGP retires Hayden’s famous #69 in Austin ceremony



MotoGP to retire Hayden's number

MotoGP

MotoGP

MotoGP to retire Hayden's number

More from

Honda HRC



MotoGP riders resigned to racing in Qatar despite safety concerns

MotoGP

MotoGP

Qatar GP

21 h

MotoGP riders resigned to racing in Qatar despite safety concerns



Joan Mir returns without revealing illness that kept him out for 44 days: "It hasn't been an easy period"

MotoGP

MotoGP

Malaysian GP

Joan Mir returns without revealing illness that kept him out for 44 days: "It hasn't been an easy period"



No factory Honda bikes in Australian GP as Luca Marini withdraws due to virus

MotoGP

MotoGP

Australian GP

No factory Honda bikes in Australian GP as Luca Marini withdraws due to virus

Latest news



Dakar announces Portugal and Morocco as 2027 host destinations

Dakar

DAKR Dakar 18 min

Dakar announces Portugal and Morocco as 2027 host destinations



Jorge Martin declared fit to race in Malaysian GP after FP1

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP

Malaysian GP

3 h

Jorge Martin declared fit to race in Malaysian GP after FP1



Cetilar unveils blue Ferrari 499P ahead of Hypercar debut

Asian Le Mans

AsLM Asian Le Mans 5 h

Cetilar unveils blue Ferrari 499P ahead of Hypercar debut



2026 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP

Malaysian GP

6 h

2026 MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more

Feature

Discover prime content



Is MotoGP’s title fight over after the Australian GP swing?

MotoGP

Australian GP

By Rachit Thukral

Is MotoGP’s title fight over after the Australian GP swing?



MotoGP riders could get what they want, and fast, if only they would stand together

MotoGP

Indonesian GP

By Richard Asher

MotoGP riders could get what they want, and fast, if only they would stand together



Five things we learned from MotoGP's brutal Indonesian Grand Prix

MotoGP

Indonesian GP

By Richard Asher

Five things we learned from MotoGP's brutal Indonesian Grand Prix



The contrasting tactics used by Ducati and Aprilia in MotoGP 2026 title fight

MotoGP

Japanese GP

By Rachit Thukral

The contrasting tactics used by Ducati and Aprilia in MotoGP 2026 title fight

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts

Subscribe