2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

United States  2011 United States Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
DateJuly 24, 2011
Official nameRed Bull U.S. Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationMazda Raceway 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

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Team Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Australia Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 32 43:52.145 2 25
2 1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 32 +5.634 1 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 32 +9.467 3 16
4 11 United States Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 32 +20.562 4 13
5 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 32 +20.885 6 11
6 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 32 +30.351 7 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 32 +31.031 9 9
8 5 United States Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 32 +45.502 11 8
9 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 32 +51.549 8 7
10 7 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 32 +1:08.850 14 6
11 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 32 +1:09.132 13 5
12 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 31 +1 lap 15 4
13 24 Spain Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 31 +1 lap 16 3
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 13 Accident 12
Ret 23 United States Ben Bostrom LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 8 Accident 17
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 6 Accident 5
Ret 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 3 Accident 10
DNS 14 France Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati Injury
Sources: [4][5][6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[7]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2011 United States MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. "2011 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 4 July 2017.
  5. "motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2011". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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