2011 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

2011 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the; 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 June 2011
Official name	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.727 km (2.937 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:42.413
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:43.084
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Ben Spies
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Stefan Bradl
Time	1:46.753
Fastest lap
Rider	Bradley Smith
Time	1:47.762
Podium
First	Stefan Bradl
Second	Marc Márquez
Third	Aleix Espargaró
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Nicolás Terol
Time	1:51.281
Fastest lap
Rider	Johann Zarco
Time	1:52.621
Podium
First	Nicolás Terol
Second	Maverick Viñales
Third	Jonas Folger

Date5 June 2011

Official nameGran Premi Aperol de Catalunya^[1]^[2]^[3]

LocationCircuit de Catalunya

Course

Permanent racing facility
4.727 km (2.937 mi)

The 2011 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 June 2011 at the Circuit de Catalunya. The race, which was won by Casey Stoner, was also notable for being the first pole position for Marco Simoncelli in the premier class.

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	43:19.779	2	25
2	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	25	+2.403	3	20
3	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	25	+4.291	4	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+5.255	5	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+7.371	7	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+11.831	1	10
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+26.483	6	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+33.243	8	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	25	+43.092	13	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	25	+43.113	15	6
11	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	25	+44.224	10	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+45.239	9	4
13	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+58.268	14	3
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	3	Collision	12
Ret	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	3	Collision	11
DNS	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		Injury
Sources: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	23	41:38.888	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	23	+4.141	5	20
3	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	23	+8.409	2	16
4	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	23	+10.331	15	13
5	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	23	+11.661	19	11
6	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	23	+12.383	20	10
7	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	23	+12.602	9	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	23	+13.467	7	8
9	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	23	+16.612	21	7
10	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	23	+16.735	24	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+17.031	11	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	23	+18.460	14	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Suter	23	+22.933	27	3
14	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	23	+23.416	30	2
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	23	+23.449	22	1
16	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	23	+24.070	25
17	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	23	+24.111	18
18	31	Carmelo Morales	Moriwaki	23	+25.351	23
19	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	23	+29.249	6
20	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	23	+35.077	26
21	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	23	+41.666	34
22	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	23	+52.103	31
23	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	23	+1:02.492	10
24	49	Kev Coghlan	FTR	23	+1:16.294	32
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	18	Accident	16
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Suter	15	Collision	8
Ret	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	15	Collision	17
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	15	Accident	12
Ret	21	Javier Forés	Suter	11	Retirement	13
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	7	Accident	33
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	5	Collision	4
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	5	Collision	3
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	5	Accident	29
Ret	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	3	Retirement	28
Ret	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	2	Retirement	36
Ret	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	0	Accident	35
DNS	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR		Injury
DNS	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki		Injury
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	22	42:29.647	1	25
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	22	+10.356	3	20
3	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	22	+15.260	7	16
4	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	22	+15.670	6	13
5	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	22	+15.942	5	11
6	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	22	+19.758^{[N 1]}	4	10
7	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	22	+26.490	2	9
8	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+26.681	9	8
9	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	22	+36.134	10	7
10	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	22	+36.776	15	6
11	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	22	+37.936	11	5
12	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	22	+1:10.840	21	4
13	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	22	+1:11.704	23	3
14	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	22	+1:11.798	17	2
15	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	22	+1:15.709	12	1
16	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	22	+1:22.005	20
17	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	22	+1:25.457	13
18	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	22	+1:25.628	22
19	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	22	+1:55.296	29
20	43	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	22	+1:55.382	27
21	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	22	+1:55.488	28
22	56	Péter Sebestyén	KTM	21	+1 lap	30
23	28	Josep Rodríguez	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	25
24	86	Kevin Hanus	Honda	21	+1 lap	33
25	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	18
26	71	John McPhee	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	26
27	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	31
28	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	34
29	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	32
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	16	Accident	8
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	0	Collision	14
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	0	Collision	16
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	0	Collision	19
Ret	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	0	Collision	24
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

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2011 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

Moto2 classification

125 cc classification

Notes

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

References

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