2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 24, 2011
Official name	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Location	Laguna Seca
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.610 km (2.243 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:21.202
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:21.673
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Jorge Lorenzo
Third	Dani Pedrosa

The 2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 22–24, 2011 at Laguna Seca. As in previous years, only the MotoGP class raced at Laguna Seca, with the domestic Superbike, Sportbike, and Supersport championships joining the MotoGP class instead of the Moto2 and 125cc classes.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	32	43:52.545	2	25
2	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	32	+5.634	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	32	+9.467	3	16
4	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	32	+20.562	4	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	32	+20.885	6	11
6	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	32	+30.351	7	10
7	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	32	+31.031	9	9
8	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	32	+45.502	11	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	32	+51.549	8	7
10	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	32	+1:08.850	14	6
11	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	32	+1:09.132	13	5
12	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	31	+1 lap	15	4
13	24	Toni Elías	Honda	31	+1 lap	16	3
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Suzuki	13	Accident	12
Ret	23	Ben Bostrom	Honda	8	Accident	17
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Honda	6	Accident	5
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	3	Accident	10
DNS	14	Randy de Puniet	Ducati		Injury
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT