2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

2010 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the; 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 April 2010
Official name	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.380 km (3.343 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:55.007
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:55.537
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Toni Elías
Time	2:01.904
Fastest lap
Rider	Thomas Lüthi
Time	2:02.537
Podium
First	Shoya Tomizawa
Second	Alex Debón
Third	Jules Cluzel
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	2:06.651
Fastest lap
Rider	Nicolás Terol
Time	2:06.674
Podium
First	Nicolás Terol
Second	Efrén Vázquez
Third	Marc Márquez

The 2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, was the opening round of the 2010 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 April 2010 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. Spectator attendance was 7302. Defending world champion Valentino Rossi won the opening MotoGP race after Casey Stoner crashed while in the lead, ending his undefeated streak from 2007.^[2] This was also the first race for the newly formed Moto2 class, which was introduced as a replacement for the 250cc two-stroke class. All bikes in this class were powered with 600cc four-stroke engines based on the Honda CBR600RR. This event was also known for Shoya Tomizawa's first and only Grand Prix win before he was killed in an accident at the 2010 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix .

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	42:50.099	2	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+1.022	3	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+1.865	6	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+1.876	9	13
5	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+3.903	11	11
6	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+9.322	4	10
7	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+16.508	7	9
8	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+19.867	8	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+20.893	5	7
10	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+21.100	10	6
11	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+31.638	15	5
12	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	22	+32.573	16	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+40.780	17	3
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	Accident	13
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	7	Retirement	14
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	5	Accident	1
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	2	Accident	12
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Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Suter	20	41:11.768	9	25
2	6	Alex Debón	FTR	20	+4.656	8	20
3	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	20	+4.789	6	16
4	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	20	+6.978	1	13
5	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	20	+7.178	12	11
6	75	Mattia Pasini	Motobi	20	+11.804	18	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	20	+11.861	16	9
8	3	Simone Corsi	Motobi	20	+12.346	26	8
9	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	20	+13.821	14	7
10	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	20	+20.189	11	6
11	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	20	+21.289	20	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	20	+21.360	10	4
13	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki	20	+21.835	24	3
14	17	Karel Abraham	RSV	20	+21.973	23	2
15	52	Lukáš Pešek	Moriwaki	20	+26.265	25	1
16	63	Mike Di Meglio	RSV	20	+26.265	13
17	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	20	+26.599	19
18	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	20	+33.833	30
19	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	20	+33.895	21
20	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	20	+40.992	28
21	41	Arne Tode	Suter	20	+43.119	22
22	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	20	+43.249	32
23	45	Scott Redding	Suter	20	+45.397	17
24	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	20	+46.472	29
25	96	Anthony Delhalle	BQR-Moto2	20	+51.157	38
26	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	20	+54.252	33
27	59	Niccolò Canepa	Force GP210	20	+54.631	15
28	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	20	+1:15.976	36
29	76	Bernat Martínez	Bimota	20	+1:16.222	41
30	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	20	+1:20.651	40
31	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	20	+1:20.719	37
32	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	20	+1:41.990	34
Ret	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	8	Accident	39
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	7	Accident	5
Ret	21	Vladimir Leonov	Suter	7	Accident	35
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	3	Retirement	27
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	3	Accident	31
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	2	Accident	7
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Force GP210	0	Accident	4
Ret	60	Julián Simón	RSV	0	Retirement	2
Ret	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	0	Accident	3
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	18	38:25.644	3	25
2	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	18	+2.395	4	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	18	+2.420	1	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	18	+2.840	2	13
5	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	18	+3.526	7	11
6	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	18	+3.569	5	10
7	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	18	+3.692	10	9
8	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	18	+13.719	9	8
9	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	18	+14.337	6	7
10	5	Alexis Masbou	Aprilia	18	+15.917	8	6
11	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	18	+28.744	13	5
12	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	18	+35.667	11	4
13	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	18	+36.831	14	3
14	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	18	+36.854	12	2
15	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	18	+38.899	18	1
16	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	18	+38.991	15
17	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	18	+42.056	19
18	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	18	+51.351	16
19	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	18	+56.496	21
20	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	18	+56.750	20
21	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	18	+1:21.998	17
22	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	18	+1:32.074	24
23	80	Quentin Jacquet	Aprilia	18	+1:52.842	25
Ret	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta	4	Retirement	26
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Lambretta	2	Retirement	23
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	0	Retirement	22
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	25
2	Jorge Lorenzo	20
3	Andrea Dovizioso	16
4	Nicky Hayden	13
5	Ben Spies	11

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	25
2	Honda	16
3	Ducati	13
4	Suzuki	7

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

References

^ "2010 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "Valentino Rossi wins Qatar MotoGP as Stoner crashes out". BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-04-11. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
^ "2010 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "motogp.com · COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.
^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

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[1] "2010 Qatar MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[2] "Valentino Rossi wins Qatar MotoGP as Stoner crashes out". BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-04-11. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-12.

[3] "2010 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[4] "motogp.com · COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.

[5] "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.

[6] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

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