The 2010 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 27–29, 2010 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
During a support event for MotoGP, the second of two United States Grand Prix Racer Union 250cc (age 12–18) races during the race meet on August 29, 13-year-old Peter Lenz was killed during the warmup lap before the start. It was the first competitor fatality at the Speedway during a race since 1973.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 47:31.615 5 25 2 11 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +3.575 1 20 3 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +6.812 2 16 4 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +12.633 7 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +21.885 4 11 6 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 28 +35.138 3 10 7 58 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +36.740 8 9 8 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +36.825 11 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Team Ducati 28 +44.905 14 7 10 40 Héctor Barberá Páginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 28 +51.368 16 6 11 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +55.386 10 5 12 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +57.903 13 4 13 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +1:04.139 17 3 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team Ducati 18 Accident 15 Ret 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 16 Retirement 9 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Team Ducati 7 Accident 6 Ret 33 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 2 Accident 12 Sources:
Moto2 classification An eight-motorcycle crash in the Snake Pit at the start (#34 R. Hayden, #29 Iannone, #2 Talmácsi, #52 Pešek, #61 Ivanov, #3 Corsi, #48 Tomizawa, #56 Ranseder) led to a red flag and two retirements (Tomizawa and Ranseder) immediately. It was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Moriwaki 17 30:27.480 6 25 2 60 Julián Simón Suter 17 +0.405 1 20 3 45 Scott Redding Suter 17 +4.227 3 16 4 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 17 +5.978 25 13 5 3 Simone Corsi Motobi 17 +7.058 4 11 6 40 Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex 17 +9.432 8 10 7 12 Thomas Lüthi Moriwaki 17 +9.815 16 9 8 2 Gábor Talmácsi Speed Up 17 +10.141 15 8 9 42 Jason DiSalvo FTR 17 +17.564 26 7 10 8 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 17 +17.592 5 6 11 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 17 +17.618 20 5 12 63 Mike Di Meglio Suter 17 +20.527 21 4 13 71 Claudio Corti Suter 17 +26.008 13 3 14 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 17 +28.353 27 2 15 68 Yonny Hernández BQR-Moto2 17 +30.480 22 1 16 25 Alex Baldolini I.C.P. 17 +30.538 19 17 34 Roger Lee Hayden Moriwaki 17 +31.860 28 18 53 Valentin Debise ADV 17 +32.255 30 19 9 Kenny Noyes Promoharris 17 +32.500 29 20 52 Lukáš Pešek Moriwaki 17 +32.529 14 21 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 17 +44.569 32 22 5 Joan Olivé Promoharris 17 +44.956 35 23 41 Arne Tode Suter 17 +52.993 31 24 88 Yannick Guerra Moriwaki 17 +57.481 38 25 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 17 +1:16.404 18 26 72 Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 14 +3 laps 12 Ret 95 Mashel Al Naimi BQR-Moto2 12 Retirement 37 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 11 Accident 17 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Bimota 8 Retirement 7 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Tech 3 6 Retirement 10 Ret 65 Stefan Bradl Suter 5 Retirement 9 Ret 4 Ricard Cardús Bimota 2 Accident 34 Ret 11 Yusuke Teshima Motobi 2 Accident 36 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Suter 1 Accident 2 Ret 6 Alex Debón FTR 1 Accident 33 Ret 61 Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 1 Accident 24 DNS 48 Shoya Tomizawa Suter 0 Accident in first start 23 DNS 56 Michael Ranseder Suter 0 Accident in first start 11 DNS 10 Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki Injured DNS 17 Karel Abraham FTR Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
125 cc classification Marc Márquez was given a 20-second penalty after the race for cutting the track. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 42:19.223 2 25 2 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 23 +4.995 4 20 3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +10.856 5 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 23 +15.402 6 13 5 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 23 +19.912 10 11 6 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 23 +20.093 11 10 7 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 23 +20.702 13 9 8 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 23 +26.797 15 8 9 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 23 +27.666 12 7 10 93 Marc Márquez Derbi 23 +39.840 1 6 11 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 23 +46.153 18 5 12 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 23 +52.556 7 4 13 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 23 +54.354 8 3 14 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 23 +54.402 17 2 15 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 23 +1:07.208 20 1 16 72 Marco Ravaioli Lambretta 23 +1:24.117 24 17 15 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 23 +1:25.890 14 18 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 23 +1:53.618 25 Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Aprilia 14 Retirement 9 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 12 Accident 3 Ret 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 12 Retirement 19 Ret 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Aprilia 11 Retirement 22 Ret 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 8 Accident 16 Ret 55 Isaac Viñales Lambretta 3 Accident 21 Ret 69 Louis Rossi Aprilia 1 Retirement 23 DNS 5 Alexis Masbou Aprilia Did not start DNS 90 Kristian Lee Turner Aprilia Did not start OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 251 2 Dani Pedrosa 183 3 Andrea Dovizioso 126 4 Casey Stoner 119 5 Valentino Rossi 114
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 260 2 Honda 220 3 Ducati 159 4 Suzuki 56
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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