The 2011 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2011 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–20 March 2011 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. In the MotoGP race Casey Stoner won finishing 3.44 seconds ahead of 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo with Dani Pedrosa in third place.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 42:38.569 1 25 2 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 22 +3.440 3 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +5.051 2 16 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +5.942 7 13 5 58 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +7.358 4 11 6 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 22 +10.468 5 10 7 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 22 +16.431 9 9 8 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +26.293 10 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 22 +27.416 13 7 10 7 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +28.920 12 6 11 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +34.539 8 5 12 8 Héctor Barberá Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 22 +34.829 6 4 13 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 22 +37.957 15 3 Ret 24 Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 18 Accident 16 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1 Retirement 14 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati 0 Accident 11 DNS 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Injured Sources:
Moto2 classification Pos. No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex 20 40:38.549 1 25 2 29 Andrea Iannone Suter 20 +4.330 16 20 3 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 20 +5.137 3 16 4 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi 20 +5.925 8 13 5 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 20 +6.621 4 11 6 3 Simone Corsi FTR 20 +14.217 11 10 7 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 20 +14.257 5 9 8 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki 20 +14.501 9 8 9 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 20 +18.910 7 7 10 60 Julián Simón Suter 20 +19.174 6 6 11 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 20 +19.442 14 5 12 68 Yonny Hernández FTR 20 +20.830 20 4 13 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +20.837 15 3 14 34 Esteve Rabat FTR 20 +20.855 17 2 15 76 Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 20 +26.803 12 1 16 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 20 +27.295 23 17 88 Ricard Cardús Moriwaki 20 +28.080 22 18 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 20 +28.212 28 19 63 Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 20 +34.939 19 20 36 Mika Kallio Suter 20 +34.962 25 21 71 Claudio Corti Suter 20 +37.982 18 22 44 Pol Espargaró FTR 20 +43.491 24 23 53 Valentin Debise FTR 20 +43.659 26 24 9 Kenny Noyes FTR 20 +47.476 34 25 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 20 +47.755 35 26 21 Javier Forés Suter 20 +50.355 21 27 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +50.544 29 28 25 Alex Baldolini Suter 20 +1:04.879 31 29 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 20 +1:09.672 30 30 35 Raffaele De Rosa Moriwaki 20 +1:09.781 36 31 45 Scott Redding Suter 20 +1:23.743 10 32 96 Nasser Al Malki Moriwaki 20 +1:39.105 39 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot FTR 10 Accident 27 Ret 49 Kev Coghlan FTR 6 Accident 33 Ret 93 Marc Márquez Suter 4 Accident 2 Ret 64 Santiago Hernández FTR 4 Accident 32 Ret 13 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 4 Accident 37 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini FTR 3 Accident 13 Ret 95 Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 0 Accident 38 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 18 38:28.687 1 25 2 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +7.710 2 20 3 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 +9.147 4 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 18 +9.514 3 13 5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 18 +9.698 6 11 6 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 18 +15.260 7 10 7 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 18 +15.352 8 9 8 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 18 +15.696 10 8 9 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 18 +15.910 9 7 10 44 Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 18 +27.396 12 6 11 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 18 +42.563 5 5 12 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 18 +43.772 21 4 13 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 18 +44.001 13 3 14 15 Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 18 +44.272 14 2 15 96 Louis Rossi Aprilia 18 +50.030 11 1 16 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 18 +50.424 23 17 31 Niklas Ajo Aprilia 18 +1:01.545 16 18 17 Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 18 +1:02.931 20 19 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 18 +1:05.192 17 20 3 Luigi Morciano Aprilia 18 +1:05.273 19 21 77 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 18 +1:05.396 22 22 19 Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 18 +1:12.458 24 23 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 18 +1:30.629 26 24 12 Daniel Kartheininger KTM 18 +1:30.792 29 25 21 Harry Stafford Aprilia 18 +1:30.798 28 26 30 Giulian Pedone Aprilia 18 +1:54.387 27 27 43 Francesco Mauriello Aprilia 18 +1:54.548 30 28 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 14 +4 laps 15 Ret 36 Joan Perelló Aprilia 9 Retirement 25 Ret 76 Hiroki Ono KTM 7 Retirement 18 DNQ 69 Sarath Kumar Aprilia Did not qualify OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 25 2 Jorge Lorenzo 20 3 Dani Pedrosa 16 4 Andrea Dovizioso 13 5 Marco Simoncelli 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 25 2 Yamaha 20 3 Ducati 9
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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