2011 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2011 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the; 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 April 2011
Official name	Gran Premio bwin de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:38.757
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:48.753
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Nicky Hayden
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Bradl
Time	1:42.706
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Iannone
Time	1:53.893
Podium
First	Andrea Iannone
Second	Thomas Lüthi
Third	Simone Corsi
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Sandro Cortese
Time	1:47.399
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Faubel
Time	1:55.605
Podium
First	Nicolás Terol
Second	Jonas Folger
Third	Johann Zarco

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.

MotoGP classification

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

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

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)

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	45
2	Dani Pedrosa	36
3	Casey Stoner	25
4	Nicky Hayden	23
5	Andrea Dovizioso	20

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	45
2	Honda	45
3	Ducati	25
4	Suzuki	6

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

References

^ "2011 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
^ 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.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Jerez Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
^ "2011 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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[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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