2011 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date March 20, 2011
Official Name Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Location Losail Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Casey Stoner Honda
Time 1:54.137
Fastest lap
Rider Casey Stoner Honda
Time 1:55.366
Podium
First Casey Stoner Honda
Second Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Stefan Bradl Kalex
Time 2:00.168
Fastest lap
Rider Alex de Angelis Motobi
Time 2:01.003
Podium
First Stefan Bradl Kalex
Second Andrea Iannone Suter
Third Thomas Lüthi Suter
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 2:06.605
Fastest lap
Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 2:06.463
Podium
First Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Second Sandro Cortese Aprilia
Third Sergio Gadea Aprilia

The 2011 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2011 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of March 17–20, 2011 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. In the MotoGP race Casey Stoner won finishing 3.44 seconds ahead of 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo with Dani Pedrosa in third place.[1]

Contents

MotoGP classification

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 27 Casey Stoner Honda 22 42:38.569 1 25
2 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 22 +3.440 3 20
3 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 22 +5.051 2 16
4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 22 +5.942 7 13
5 58 Marco Simoncelli Honda 22 +7.358 4 11
6 11 Ben Spies Yamaha 22 +10.468 5 10
7 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati 22 +16.431 9 9
8 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 22 +26.293 10 8
9 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati 22 +27.416 13 7
10 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 22 +28.920 12 6
11 35 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 22 +34.539 8 5
12 8 Héctor Barberá Ducati 22 +34.829 6 4
13 17 Karel Abraham Ducati 22 +37.957 15 3
Ret 24 Toni Elías Honda 18 Accident 16
Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati 1 Retirement 14
Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Ducati 0 Accident 11
DNS 19 Álvaro Bautista Suzuki Injured

Moto2 classification

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex 20 40:38.549 1 25
2 29 Andrea Iannone Suter 20 +4.330 16 20
3 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 20 +5.137 3 16
4 15 Alex de Angelis MotoBi 20 +5.925 8 13
5 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 20 +6.621 4 11
6 3 Simone Corsi FTR 20 +14.217 11 10
7 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 20 +14.257 5 9
8 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki 20 +14.501 9 8
9 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 20 +18.910 7 7
10 60 Julián Simón Suter 20 +19.174 6 6
11 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 20 +19.442 14 5
12 68 Yonny Hernández FTR 20 +20.830 20 4
13 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +20.837 15 3
14 34 Esteve Rabat FTR 20 +20.855 17 2
15 76 Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 20 +26.803 12 1
16 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 20 +27.295 23
17 88 Ricard Cardús Moriwaki 20 +28.080 22
18 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 20 +28.212 28
19 63 Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 20 +34.939 19
20 36 Mika Kallio Suter 20 +34.962 25
21 71 Claudio Corti Suter 20 +37.982 18
22 44 Pol Espargaró FTR 20 +43.491 24
23 53 Valentin Debise FTR 20 +43.659 26
24 9 Kenny Noyes FTR 20 +47.476 34
25 19 Xavier Simeon Tech 3 20 +47.755 35
26 21 Javier Forés Suter 20 +50.355 21
27 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +50.544 29
28 25 Alex Baldolini Suter 20 +1:04.879 31
29 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 20 +1:09.672 30
30 35 Raffaele De Rosa Moriwaki 20 +1:09.781 36
31 45 Scott Redding Suter 20 +1:23.743 10
32 96 Nasser Al Malki Moriwaki 20 +1:39.105 39
Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot FTR 10 Accident 27
Ret 49 Kev Coghlan FTR 6 Accident 33
Ret 93 Marc Márquez Suter 4 Accident 2
Ret 64 Santiago Hernández FTR 4 Accident 32
Ret 13 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 4 Accident 37
Ret 75 Mattia Pasini FTR 3 Accident 13
Ret 95 Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 0 Accident 38

125cc classification

Pos No Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 18 38:28.687 1 25
2 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +7.710 2 20
3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 +9.147 4 16
4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 18 +9.514 3 13
5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 18 +9.698 6 11
6 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 18 +15.260 7 10
7 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 18 +15.352 8 9
8 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 18 +15.696 10 8
9 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 18 +15.910 9 7
10 44 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 18 +27.396 12 6
11 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 +42.563 5 5
12 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 18 +43.772 21 4
13 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 18 +44.001 13 3
14 15 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 18 +44.272 14 2
15 96 Louis Rossi Aprilia 18 +50.030 11 1
16 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 18 +50.424 23
17 31 Niklas Ajo Aprilia 18 +1:01.545 16
18 17 Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 18 +1:02.931 20
19 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 18 +1:05.192 17
20 3 Luigi Morciano Aprilia 18 +1:05.273 19
21 77 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 18 +1:05.396 22
22 19 Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 18 +1:12.458 24
23 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 18 +1:30.629 26
24 12 Daniel Kartheininger KTM 18 +1:30.792 29
25 21 Harry Stafford Aprilia 18 +1:30.798 28
26 30 Giulian Pedone Aprilia 18 +1:54.387 27
27 43 Francesco Mauriello Aprilia 18 +1:54.548 30
28 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 14 +4 Laps 15
Ret 36 Joan Perelló Aprilia 9 Retirement 25
Ret 76 Hiroki Ono KTM 7 Retirement 18
DNQ 69 Sarath Kumar Aprilia Did not qualify

References

  1. ^ "Casey Stoner wins opening MotoGP of the season in Qatar". BBC Sport. 2011-03-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/9430945.stm. Retrieved 2011-03-23. 
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