| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
|||
| Date | July 24, 2011 | ||
| Location | Laguna Seca | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.602 km (2.238 mi) |
||
| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Jorge Lorenzo | ||
| Time | 1:21.202 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Casey Stoner | ||
| Time | 1:21.673 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Casey Stoner | ||
| Second | Jorge Lorenzo | ||
| Third | Dani Pedrosa | ||
The 2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 22–24, 2011 at Laguna Seca. As in previous years, only the MotoGP class raced at Laguna Seca, with the domestic Superbike, Sportbike, and Supersport championships joining the MotoGP class instead of the Moto2 and 125cc classes.
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 32 | 43:52.545 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 32 | +5.634 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 32 | +9.467 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 32 | +20.562 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 32 | +20.885 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 32 | +30.351 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 32 | +31.031 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 32 | +45.502 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 32 | +51.549 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 32 | +1:08.850 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 32 | +1:09.132 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati | 31 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 31 | +1 lap | 16 | 3 |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Suzuki | 13 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Ben Bostrom | Honda | 8 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Honda | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Ducati | Injury | |||
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT | |||||||
| Previous race: 2011 German Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2011 season |
Next race: 2011 Czech Republic Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2010 United States Grand Prix |
United States motorcycle Grand Prix | Next race: 2012 United States Grand Prix |