2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

United States  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 Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:21.202
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:21.673
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Third Spain 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 2224, 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 Australia Casey Stoner Honda 32 43:52.545 2 25
2 1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 32 +5.634 1 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda 32 +9.467 3 16
4 11 United States Ben Spies Yamaha 32 +20.562 4 13
5 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 32 +20.885 6 11
6 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati 32 +30.351 7 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati 32 +31.031 9 9
8 5 United States Colin Edwards Yamaha 32 +45.502 11 8
9 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati 32 +51.549 8 7
10 7 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda 32 +1:08.850 14 6
11 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ducati 32 +1:09.132 13 5
12 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati 31 +1 lap 15 4
13 24 Spain Toni Elías Honda 31 +1 lap 16 3
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Suzuki 13 Accident 12
Ret 23 United States Ben Bostrom Honda 8 Accident 17
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Honda 6 Accident 5
Ret 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 3 Accident 10
DNS 14 France Randy de Puniet Ducati Injury
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT
Previous race:
2011 German Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2011 season
Next race:
2011 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Previous race:
2010 United States Grand Prix
United States motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2012 United States Grand Prix
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