2010 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Gran Premio bwin de España, was the second round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 30 April–2 May 2010 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. Jorge Lorenzo snatched a last-lap win in the MotoGP race to move top of the world championship standings.[2]

Spain  2010 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the
2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 May 2010
Official nameGran Premio bwin de España[1]
LocationCircuito de Jerez
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:39.202
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:39.731
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Japan Shoya Tomizawa
Time 1:44.372
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Toni Elías
Time 1:44.710
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías
Second Japan Shoya Tomizawa
Third Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Marc Márquez
Time 1:46.829
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Sandro Cortese
Time 1:47.493
Podium
First Spain Pol Espargaró
Second Spain Nicolás Terol
Third Spain Esteve Rabat

This event would be the last podium for Japanese Moto2 rider, Shoya Tomizawa; who finished in second place, before his death on 5 September 2010 at the San Marino Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99   Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 45:17.538 2 25
2 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +0.543 1 20
3 46   Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +0.890 4 16
4 69   Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +9.015 5 13
5 27   Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +10.034 3 11
6 4   Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +23.144 9 10
7 36   Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team Ducati 27 +34.489 17 9
8 33   Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +34.687 10 8
9 14   Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +36.160 6 7
10 19   Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 27 +36.791 13 6
11 58   Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +37.155 16 5
12 5   Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +38.260 7 4
13 40   Héctor Barberá Páginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 27 +38.371 14 3
14 7   Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +1:02.052 12 2
15 41   Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Team Ducati 24 +3 laps 15 1
Ret 11   Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 Retirement 8
Ret 65   Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 2 Accident 11
Sources:[3][4][5]

Moto2 classification edit

The Moto2 race was red-flagged on the second lap after a fluid spill caused many riders to fall in the same turn. The race was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps from the original 26.[6]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24   Toni Elías Moriwaki 17 29:58.726 3 25
2 48   Shoya Tomizawa Suter 17 +0.190 1 20
3 12   Thomas Lüthi Moriwaki 17 +0.261 5 16
4 72   Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 17 +0.558 4 13
5 3   Simone Corsi Motobi 17 +1.449 10 11
6 40   Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex 17 +1.496 8 10
7 9   Kenny Noyes Promoharris 17 +2.215 9 9
8 60   Julián Simón RSV 17 +2.576 2 8
9 2   Gábor Talmácsi Speed Up 17 +3.825 7 7
10 68   Yonny Hernández BQR-Moto2 17 +6.691 12 6
11 16   Jules Cluzel Suter 17 +8.123 14 5
12 44   Roberto Rolfo Suter 17 +11.965 17 4
13 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 17 +12.190 21 3
14 65   Stefan Bradl Suter 17 +12.295 6 2
15 8   Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 17 +12.545 11 1
16 45   Scott Redding Suter 17 +12.678 26
17 14   Ratthapark Wilairot Bimota 17 +13.548 29
18 71   Claudio Corti Suter 17 +15.642 16
19 80   Axel Pons Pons Kalex 17 +16.740 22
20 35   Raffaele De Rosa Tech 3 17 +19.368 15
21 10   Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki 17 +20.956 18
22 63   Mike Di Meglio RSV 17 +21.129 27
23 61   Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 17 +31.224 34
24 39   Robertino Pietri Suter 17 +31.275 30
25 6   Alex Debón FTR 17 +33.283 13
26 52   Lukáš Pešek Moriwaki 17 +34.090 32
27 76   Bernat Martínez Bimota 17 +38.705 31
28 17   Karel Abraham RSV 17 +39.384 25
29 41   Arne Tode Suter 17 +43.839 23
30 92   Amadeo Lladós AJR 17 +46.896 36
31 53   Valentin Debise ADV 17 +47.080 37
32 25   Alex Baldolini I.C.P. 17 +47.216 19
33 88   Yannick Guerra Moriwaki 17 +47.777 39
34 95   Mashel Al Naimi BQR-Moto2 17 +56.595 40
Ret 91   Iván Moreno Moriwaki 8 Accident 38
Ret 59   Niccolò Canepa Force GP210 8 Retirement 33
Ret 75   Mattia Pasini Motobi 6 Retirement 35
Ret 55   Héctor Faubel Suter 2 Accident 24
Ret 29   Andrea Iannone Speed Up 0 Accident 28
Ret 5   Joan Olivé Promoharris 0 Accident 20
DNS 15   Alex De Angelis Force GP210 Did not start
DNS 21   Vladimir Leonov Suter Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification edit

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 44   Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 41:36.146 2 25
2 40   Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 +1.886 5 20
3 12   Esteve Rabat Aprilia 23 +15.180 4 16
4 38   Bradley Smith Aprilia 23 +17.110 7 13
5 71   Tomoyoshi Koyama Aprilia 23 +25.069 11 11
6 23   Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 23 +26.860 9 10
7 14   Johann Zarco Aprilia 23 +27.102 12 9
8 35   Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 23 +28.465 10 8
9 5   Alexis Masbou Aprilia 23 +28.963 17 7
10 53   Jasper Iwema Aprilia 23 +58.830 13 6
11 11   Sandro Cortese Derbi 23 +1:03.035 6 5
12 78   Marcel Schrötter Honda 23 +1:04.722 18 4
13 26   Adrián Martín Aprilia 23 +1:04.841 15 3
14 84   Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 23 +1:05.248 20 2
15 39   Luis Salom Lambretta 23 +1:09.300 25 1
16 57   Isaac Viñales Aprilia 23 +1:09.540 14
17 87   Luca Marconi Aprilia 23 +1:34.926 21
18 58   Joan Perelló Honda 23 +1:42.695 24
19 59   Johnny Rosell Honda 23 +1:51.484 26
20 63   Zulfahmi Khairuddin Aprilia 23 +1:51.525 31
21 80   Quentin Jacquet Aprilia 22 +1 Lap 28
22 72   Marco Ravaioli Lambretta 22 +1 Lap 30
Ret 94   Jonas Folger Aprilia 22 Accident 19
Ret 99   Danny Webb Aprilia 21 Accident 8
Ret 7   Efrén Vázquez Derbi 18 Retirement 3
Ret 60   Michael van der Mark Aprilia 15 Retirement 29
Ret 69   Louis Rossi Aprilia 14 Retirement 16
Ret 51   Riccardo Moretti Aprilia 5 Accident 27
Ret 50   Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 1 Accident 23
Ret 32   Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 0 Accident 22
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Derbi 0 Accident 1
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

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

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

References edit

  1. ^ "2010 Spanish MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Jorge Lorenzo snatches thrilling win in Jerez MotoGP". BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-05-02. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-04.
  3. ^ "2010 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
  6. ^ Beer, Matt (2010-05-02). "Fluid spill chaos halts Moto2 race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.


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