2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2010 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 October 2010
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso
Time	1:47.001
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:47.395
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:53.008
Fastest lap
Rider	Julián Simón
Time	1:53.653
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Julián Simón
Third	Karel Abrahám
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez
Time	1:58.030
Fastest lap
Rider	Sandro Cortese
Time	1:58.666
Podium
First	Marc Márquez
Second	Nicolás Terol
Third	Bradley Smith

The 2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 October 2010 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. It was originally planned to take place on the weekend of April 23–25, but due to disrupted air travel caused by the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull it was postponed as it was difficult for team personnel and equipment to get there.^[1]

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati	24	43:12.266	3	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+3.868	1	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	24	+5.707	2	16
4	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	24	+6.221	4	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	24	+27.092	5	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	Honda	24	+30.021	8	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Suzuki	24	+31.826	9	9
8	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	24	+35.572	6	8
9	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	24	+47.564	7	7
10	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	24	+49.598	14	6
11	33	Marco Melandri	Honda	24	+49.999	12	5
12	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	24	+50.703	11	4
13	40	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	24	+51.422	15	3
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Ducati	24	+52.843	13	2
15	36	Mika Kallio	Ducati	24	+1:14.668	16	1
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	21	Retirement	10
WD	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda		Injured
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	23	44:08.822	4	25
2	60	Julián Simón	Suter	23	+0.315	1	20
3	17	Karel Abrahám	FTR	23	+9.839	7	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	MotoBi	23	+10.178	6	13
5	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+11.237	2	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	23	+12.778	3	10
7	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	23	+17.284	8	9
8	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	23	+17.892	16	8
9	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	23	+19.235	11	7
10	6	Alex Debón	FTR	23	+19.568	26	6
11	3	Simone Corsi	MotoBi	23	+22.713	18	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	23	+23.417	12	4
13	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	23	+25.847	10	3
14	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	23	+27.528	5	2
15	35	Raffaele de Rosa	Tech 3	23	+28.696	17	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	23	+29.629	13
17	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	23	+34.072	20
18	63	Mike di Meglio	Suter	23	+37.087	19
19	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	23	+40.460	28
20	56	Michael Ranseder	Suter	23	+40.653	23
21	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	23	+40.855	27
22	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	23	+42.287	21
23	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	23	+44.814	30
24	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	23	+46.745	22
25	28	Kazuki Watanabe	Suter	23	+49.749	29
26	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	23	+49.964	31
27	4	Ricky Cardús	Bimota	23	+1:14.349	33
28	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	23	+1:15.823	35
29	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	23	+1:16.189	37
30	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	23	+1:21.900	24
31	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	23	+1:26.024	34
32	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	23	+1:27.673	38
33	70	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Moriwaki	23	+1:41.644	32
34	93	Kouki Takahashi	RBB	23	+1:45.570	40
Ret	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	21	Accident	36
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	21	Accident	15
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	20	Accident	9
Ret	66	Hiromichi Kunikawa	Bimota	11	Accident	39
Ret	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki	3	Accident	14
Ret	11	Yusuke Teshima	TSR	0	Accident	25
DNS	83	Shogo Moriwaki	Moriwaki		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	20	39:46.937	1	25
2	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+2.612	2	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	20	+8.396	3	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	20	+18.873	7	13
5	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	20	+31.973	9	11
6	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	20	+32.139	6	10
7	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+46.716	13	9
8	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	20	+49.444	14	8
9	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+49.867	15	7
10	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	20	+55.912	18	6
11	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	20	+56.684	12	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	20	+56.738	4	4
13	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	20	+1:05.988	8	3
14	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	20	+1:10.339	20	2
15	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	20	+1:10.518	21	1
16	88	Hikari Ookubo	Honda	20	+1:21.138	25
17	43	Takehiro Yamamoto	Honda	20	+1:21.153	17
18	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	20	+1:21.403	22
19	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	20	+1:25.015	26
20	42	Syunya Mori	Honda	20	+1:25.186	27
21	91	Sasuke Shinozaki	Yamaha	20	+1:26.406	24
22	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	20	+1:40.734	5
23	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	30
24	89	Yuma Yahagi	Honda	19	+1 lap	29
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Lambretta	11	Accident	16
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	8	Retirement	28
Ret	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	3	Retirement	19
Ret	96	Tommaso Gabrielli	Aprilia	1	Retirement	31
Ret	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	0	Collision	10
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	0	Collision	11
DNS	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

References

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 2010-10-03.

1. "Grand Prix of Japan postponed". motogp.com (Dorna Sports). 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2010-04-21.