2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix

France  2011 French Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date15 May 2011
Official nameMonster Energy Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
LocationBugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner Honda
Time 1:33.153
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:33.617
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner Honda
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda
Third Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex
Time 1:38.357
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Marc Márquez Suter
Time 1:38.533
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Suter
Second Japan Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki
Third Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 1:43.578
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Time 1:44.083
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia
Second Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia
Third Spain Efrén Vázquez Derbi

The 2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 May 2011 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France.

Andrea Dovizioso, Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Australia Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 44:03.955 1 25
2 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +14.214 3 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 28 +14.564 9 16
4 1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 28 +21.075 5 13
5 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +31.245 2 11
6 11 United States Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 28 +31.609 8 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 28 +35.566 10 9
8 7 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +51.502 13 8
9 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 28 +1:03.731 14 7
10 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 28 +1:03.885 16 6
11 24 Spain Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +1:04.068 17 5
12 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +1:04.192 12 4
13 5 United States Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 26 +2 laps 7 3
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 21 Accident 15
Ret 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 17 Accident 4
Ret 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 Retirement 6
Ret 14 France Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati 1 Accident 11
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Spain Marc Márquez Suter 26 43:03.308 6 25
2 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 26 +1.982 3 20
3 65 Germany Stefan Bradl Kalex 26 +2.237 1 16
4 60 Spain Julián Simón Suter 26 +2.349 9 13
5 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter 26 +2.609 2 11
6 40 Spain Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 26 +12.295 4 10
7 3 Italy Simone Corsi FTR 26 +18.739 7 9
8 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 26 +18.918 10 8
9 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Tech 3 26 +20.408 17 7
10 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Motobi 26 +20.566 12 6
11 16 France Jules Cluzel Suter 26 +23.225 11 5
12 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +23.359 16 4
13 44 Spain Pol Espargaró FTR 26 +23.676 19 3
14 51 Italy Michele Pirro Moriwaki 26 +24.756 13 2
15 76 Germany Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 26 +25.063 20 1
16 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Suter 26 +29.587 5
17 9 United States Kenny Noyes FTR 26 +32.803 34
18 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Tech 3 26 +32.997 31
19 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa Moriwaki 26 +33.273 21
20 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández FTR 26 +34.837 30
21 34 Spain Esteve Rabat FTR 26 +35.765 22
22 71 Italy Claudio Corti Suter 26 +41.502 28
23 75 Italy Mattia Pasini FTR 26 +49.702 15
24 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot FTR 26 +50.198 18
25 13 Australia Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 26 +50.789 33
26 54 Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 26 +51.362 25
27 49 United Kingdom Kev Coghlan FTR 26 +51.471 35
28 53 France Valentin Debise FTR 26 +1:01.904 37
29 21 Spain Javier Forés Suter 26 +1:14.039 24
30 39 Venezuela Robertino Pietri Suter 26 +1:14.338 32
31 95 Qatar Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 26 +1:28.827 39
32 8 Australia Alex Cudlin Moriwaki 26 +1:29.889 38
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 24 Retirement 27
Ret 80 Spain Axel Pons Pons Kalex 23 Retirement 14
Ret 88 Spain Ricard Cardús Moriwaki 19 Retirement 29
Ret 97 South Africa Steven Odendaal Suter 14 Retirement 40
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Suter 11 Retirement 26
Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio Suter 4 Retirement 23
Ret 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Suter 0 Accident 8
Ret 64 Colombia Santiago Hernández FTR 0 Accident 36
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales Aprilia 24 42:00.505 3 25
2 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +0.048 1 20
3 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Derbi 24 +6.836 9 16
4 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +8.298 2 13
5 5 France Johann Zarco Derbi 24 +8.590 6 11
6 94 Germany Jonas Folger Aprilia 24 +10.236 5 10
7 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 24 +10.667 4 9
8 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +15.642 8 8
9 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Aprilia 24 +22.838 12 7
10 39 Spain Luis Salom Aprilia 24 +30.901 10 6
11 23 Spain Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 24 +33.796 15 5
12 15 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Aprilia 24 +34.413 11 4
13 96 France Louis Rossi Aprilia 24 +34.696 17 3
14 26 Spain Adrián Martín Aprilia 24 +41.236 7 2
15 10 France Alexis Masbou Aprilia 24 +56.943 19 1
16 76 Japan Hiroki Ono KTM 24 +57.409 23
17 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent Aprilia 24 +57.763 18
18 53 Netherlands Jasper Iwema Aprilia 24 +57.823 16
19 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 24 +57.884 13
20 3 Italy Luigi Morciano Aprilia 24 +1:02.089 21
21 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 24 +1:02.713 14
22 17 United Kingdom Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 24 +1:25.418 26
23 30 Switzerland Giulian Pedone Aprilia 24 +1:42.498 28
24 43 Italy Francesco Mauriello Aprilia 24 +1:43.885 25
25 56 Hungary Péter Sebestyén KTM 24 +1:44.903 29
26 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 24 +1:45.356 31
27 91 France Kévin Szalaï Aprilia 23 +1 lap 30
28 92 France Kévin Thobois Honda 23 +1 lap 33
Ret 36 Spain Joan Perelló Aprilia 20 Retirement 32
Ret 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Mahindra 17 Retirement 20
Ret 77 Germany Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 17 Retirement 24
Ret 21 United Kingdom Harry Stafford Aprilia 13 Retirement 22
Ret 31 Finland Niklas Ajo Aprilia 3 Accident 27
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "2011 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 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. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2011 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2011". www.motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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