2011 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 April 2011 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. This was Nicky Hayden's final MotoGP podium finish before he switched to World Superbikes in 2016 and his death in 2017.

Spain  2011 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 April 2011
Official nameGran Premio bwin de España[1][2][3]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner Honda
Time 1:38.757
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati
Time 1:48.753
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Third United States Nicky Hayden Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex
Time 1:42.706
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone Suter
Time 1:53.893
Podium
First Italy Andrea Iannone Suter
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Third Italy Simone Corsi FTR
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia
Time 1:47.399
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia
Time 1:55.605
Podium
First Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Second Germany Jonas Folger Aprilia
Third France Johann Zarco Derbi

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 27 50:49.046 3 25
2 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +19.339 2 20
3 69   Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 27 +29.085 11 16
4 7   Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +29.551 10 13
5 46   Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 27 +1:02.227 12 11
6 8   Héctor Barberá Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 27 +1:08.440 13 10
7 17   Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 27 +1:14.120 16 9
8 35   Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +1:19.110 9 8
9 24   Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +1:42.906 17 7
10 21   John Hopkins Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +1:48.395 14 6
11 65   Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 27 +1:51.876 15 5
12 4   Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 26 +1 lap 6 4
Ret 5   Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 26 Accident 8
Ret 11   Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 Accident 4
Ret 14   Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati 16 Retirement 7
Ret 58   Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 11 Accident 5
Ret 27   Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 7 Collision 1
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 29   Andrea Iannone Suter 26 49:56.423 11 25
2 12   Thomas Lüthi Suter 26 +7.850 3 20
3 3   Simone Corsi FTR 26 +12.625 18 16
4 38   Bradley Smith Tech 3 26 +15.355 5 13
5 65   Stefan Bradl Kalex 26 +17.850 1 11
6 60   Julián Simón Suter 26 +24.247 10 10
7 15   Alex de Angelis Motobi 26 +27.991 6 9
8 49   Kev Coghlan FTR 26 +36.181 24 8
9 51   Michele Pirro Moriwaki 26 +36.775 7 7
10 76   Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 26 +41.407 36 6
11 13   Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 26 +41.711 30 5
12 14   Ratthapark Wilairot FTR 26 +41.870 31 4
13 75   Mattia Pasini FTR 26 +42.313 34 3
14 68   Yonny Hernández FTR 26 +45.384 22 2
15 34   Esteve Rabat FTR 26 +47.193 21 1
16 54   Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 26 +47.204 12
17 36   Mika Kallio Suter 26 +47.316 14
18 21   Javier Forés Suter 26 +50.677 26
19 19   Xavier Siméon Tech 3 26 +57.958 32
20 44   Pol Espargaró FTR 26 +58.554 27
21 71   Claudio Corti Suter 26 +1:07.467 9
22 88   Ricard Cardús Moriwaki 26 +1:10.925 19
23 45   Scott Redding Suter 26 +1:16.149 13
24 40   Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 26 +1:19.512 8
25 35   Raffaele De Rosa Moriwaki 26 +1:22.459 33
26 63   Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 26 +1:26.753 29
27 4   Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +1:37.226 28
28 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 26 +1:42.838 15
29 9   Kenny Noyes FTR 26 +1:54.532 25
30 53   Valentin Debise FTR 26 +1:57.120 17
31 64   Santiago Hernández FTR 25 +1 lap 37
32 97   Steven Odendaal Suter 25 +1 lap 38
33 95   Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 23 +3 laps 39
Ret 25   Alex Baldolini Suter 12 Retirement 23
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Suter 10 Collision 4
Ret 16   Jules Cluzel Suter 10 Collision 16
Ret 72   Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 9 Accident 2
Ret 39   Robertino Pietri Suter 4 Accident 35
Ret 99   Łukasz Wargala Moriwaki 1 Accident 40
Ret 80   Axel Pons Pons Kalex 0 Retirement 20
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 18   Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 44:50.646 2 25
2 94   Jonas Folger Aprilia 23 +17.446 7 20
3 5   Johann Zarco Derbi 23 +23.955 5 16
4 52   Danny Kent Aprilia 23 +32.883 9 13
5 17   Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 23 +34.713 16 11
6 11   Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 +51.515 1 10
7 84   Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 23 +54.920 17 9
8 76   Hiroki Ono KTM 23 +1:00.164 21 8
9 7   Efrén Vázquez Derbi 23 +1:00.286 4 7
10 63   Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 23 +1:00.399 18 6
11 55   Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +1:00.760 3 5
12 26   Adrián Martín Aprilia 23 +1:07.739 14 4
13 77   Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 23 +1:19.710 23 3
14 96   Louis Rossi Aprilia 23 +1:21.812 13 2
15 28   Josep Rodríguez Aprilia 23 +1:23.118 20 1
16 23   Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 23 +1:24.040 10
17 15   Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 23 +1:30.610 22
18 21   Harry Stafford Aprilia 23 +1:30.952 27
19 19   Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 23 +1:55.354 26
20 3   Luigi Morciano Aprilia 22 +1 lap 25
21 34   Daniel Ruiz Honda 22 +1 lap 31
22 12   Daniel Kartheininger KTM 22 +1 lap 29
23 36   Joan Perelló Aprilia 22 +1 lap 30
24 86   Kevin Hanus Honda 21 +2 laps 32
Ret 25   Maverick Viñales Aprilia 15 Retirement 12
Ret 33   Sergio Gadea Aprilia 15 Accident 11
Ret 53   Jasper Iwema Aprilia 15 Retirement 15
Ret 43   Francesco Mauriello Aprilia 13 Accident 33
Ret 99   Danny Webb Mahindra 10 Accident 19
Ret 39   Luis Salom Aprilia 9 Accident 6
Ret 30   Giulian Pedone Aprilia 8 Retirement 28
Ret 44   Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 5 Accident 8
Ret 31   Niklas Ajo Aprilia 2 Accident 24
DNQ 69   Sarath Kumar Aprilia Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.[7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2011 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2011". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-27. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  6. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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