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.
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| Race 10 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | July 24, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification edit
| Pos. | No. | Team | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 27 |  Casey Stoner
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | 43:52.145 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 |  Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 32 | +5.634 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +9.467 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 |  Ben Spies
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Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 32 | +20.562 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso
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Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +20.885 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +30.351 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden
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Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +31.031 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 32 | +45.502 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá
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Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 32 | +51.549 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 |  Hiroshi Aoyama
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San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +1:08.850 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 |  Karel Abraham
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Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 32 | +1:09.132 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi
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Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 31 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías
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LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 31 | +1 lap | 16 | 3 |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista
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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 13 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Ben Bostrom
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LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli
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San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 14 |  Randy de Puniet
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Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
| Sources: [4][5][6] | ||||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.[7]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References edit
- ^ "2011 United States MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "2011 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 4 July 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.