2011 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 November 2011
Official name	GP Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana
Location	Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Cheste
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner	Honda
Time	1:31.861
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda
Time	1:34.167
Podium
First	Casey Stoner	Honda
Second	Ben Spies	Yamaha
Third	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki
Time	1:37.067
Fastest lap
Rider	Andrea Iannone	Suter
Time	1:39.730
Podium
First	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki
Second	Mika Kallio	Suter
Third	Dominique Aegerter	Suter
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Danny Webb	Mahindra
Time	1:45.898
Fastest lap
Rider	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia
Time	1:42.882
Podium
First	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia
Second	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia
Third	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia

The 2011 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the last round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 November 2011 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. It was the first race after the death of Marco Simoncelli in Sepang. It was the final ever 125cc race and as a consequence, the last ever two-stroke race, before Moto3 (250cc four-stroke) replaced it in 2012.

On Saturday, Stefan Bradl officially became Moto2 World Champion after his only rival, Marc Márquez, could not go on the track during the free practices and the qualifying session, because of injuries sustained in Malaysia.^[1][2]

MotoGP classification

Colin Edwards had an injured shoulder and was replaced by 2011 AMA Pro Superbike champion Josh Hayes on the Yamaha Tech 3^[3] and Jorge Lorenzo was replaced for the second time by test-rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga.^[4] Loris Capirossi has now retired from motorcycle racing following the race.^[5]

Although Gresini Racing originally pulled out of the Valencia race after Simoncelli's fatal accident,^[6] it was later decided that the team would race.^[7] As tribute to Marco Simoncelli, Loris Capirossi, in his final MotoGP race, participated wearing Simoncelli's racing number 58 instead of his usual racing number 65,^[8] although on the official reports he was still listed as #65. All riders from MotoGP, Moto2 and the 125cc races participated in a parade lap on Sunday morning after the warm-up session with 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz riding Simoncelli's bike.^[9][10] Valentino Rossi wore a tribute helmet.^[11]

Pos	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Honda	30	48:18.645	1	25
2	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	30	+0.015	3	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	+5.936	8	16
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	30	+8.718	11	13
5	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	30	+9.321	2	11
6	89	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha	30	+23.818	15	10
7	41	Josh Hayes	Yamaha	30	+33.118	16	9
8	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	30	+37.952	10	8
9	58	Loris Capirossi	Ducati	30	+48.953	12	7
10	24	Toni Elías	Honda	30	+52.501	13	6
11	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	30	+1:06.519	9	5
12	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	30	+1:08.760	14	4
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Ducati	0	Collision	4
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Suzuki	0	Collision	5
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	0	Collision	6
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	0	Collision	7
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2 classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	27	46:22.205	1	25
2	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	27	+6.150	3	20
3	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	27	+6.363	7	16
4	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	27	+8.843	22	13
5	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	27	+9.229	23	11
6	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	27	+9.926	20	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	27	+10.115	9	9
8	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	27	+10.385	8	8
9	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	27	+13.018	24	7
10	60	Julián Simón	Suter	27	+13.685	21	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	27	+14.686	25	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	MotoBi	27	+15.200	5	4
13	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	27	+18.428	19	3
14	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	27	+19.177	13	2
15	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	27	+20.356	26	1
16	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	27	+26.031	27
17	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	27	+27.160	6
18	18	Jordi Torres	Suter	27	+33.813	15
19	25	Alex Baldolini	Moriwaki	27	+46.003	18
20	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	27	+49.635	29
21	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	27	+1:12.187	11
22	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	27	+1:14.567	31
23	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	27	+1:15.394	12
24	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	27	+1:16.767	33
25	82	Elena Rosell	Suter	27	+1:19.893	35
26	6	Joan Olivé	FTR	27	+1:22.339	32
27	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	26	+1 lap	37
28	61	Óscar Climent	MIR Racing	26	+1 lap	34
29	96	Nasser Al Malki	Moriwaki	26	+1 lap	38
30	45	Scott Redding	Suter	26	+1 lap	14
Ret	35	Raffaele de Rosa	Suter	25	Accident	28
Ret	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	25	Retirement	10
Ret	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	20	Retirement	30
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	13	Retirement	36
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	10	Accident	17
Ret	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	6	Retirement	16
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	5	Accident	2
Ret	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	4	Accident	4
DNS	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex
WD	93	Marc Márquez	Suter
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	24	41:44.138	8	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	24	+3.216	9	20
3	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	+7.460	6	16
4	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	24	+14.560	13	13
5	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	24	+18.451	10	11
6	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	24	+36.472	14	10
7	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	24	+52.614	4	9
8	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	24	+1:00.138	19	8
9	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	24	+1:00.253	22	7
10	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	24	+1:03.258	2	6
11	60	Manuel Tatasciore	Aprilia	24	+1:09.892	20	5
12	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	24	+1:12.741	23	4
13	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	24	+1:18.337	17	3
14	71	John McPhee	Aprilia	24	+1:18.434	25	2
15	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	24	+1:20.580	30	1
16	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	24	+1:21.155	21
17	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	24	+1:27.770	18
18	56	Péter Sebestyén	Aprilia	24	+1:33.406	28
19	34	Daniel Ruiz	Honda	24	+1:34.593	31
20	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	24	+1:34.832	27
21	40	Marco Colandrea	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	33
22	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	23	+1 lap	5
23	86	Kevin Hanus	Honda	23	+1 lap	32
24	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	24
25	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	21	+3 laps	15
NC	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	24	+2:16.952	11
Ret	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	18	Accident	26
Ret	14	Brad Binder	Aprilia	17	Accident	34
Ret	28	Josep Rodríguez	Aprilia	15	Retirement	16
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	11	Accident	7
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	11	Accident	1
Ret	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	7	Retirement	29
Ret	8	Jack Miller	KTM	3	Retirement	12
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	2	Accident	3
DNS	13	Juan Francisco Guevara	Aprilia
DNQ	22	Emil Petersen	Honda
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

1. "Márquez team confirms Valencia GP withdrawal". motogp.com. 5 November 2011.
2. "Pirro on pole in rain hindered qualifying, Bradl claims Moto2 title". motogp.com. 5 November 2011.
3. "Josh Hayes to join Monster Yamaha Tech 3 in Valencia". motogp.com. 31 October 2011.
4. "Jorge Lorenzo to miss season finale at Valencia". motogp.com. 2 November 2011.
5. "Final GP for Capirossi in Valencia". motogp.com. 2 November 2011.
6. "Gresini Racing pull out of Valencia GP after Marco Simoncelli's death". Guardian. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
7. Beer, Matt (31 October 2011). "Gresini decides to race at Valencia in tribute to Marco Simoncelli". Autosport. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
8. Birt, Matthew (3 November 2011). "Loris Capirossi to race Marco Simoncelli’s number 58 in Valencia". MCN. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
9. Young, Colin (5 November 2011). "MOTOGP: Schwantz To Lead Simoncelli Tribute". Speed (Valencia). Retrieved 6 November 2011.
10. "World championship field to take part in tribute parade for Marco Simoncelli". Autosport. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
11. "Rossi Wearing Special Simoncelli Tribute Helment at Valencia". RoadracingWorld. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.