2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 October 2010 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. It was originally planned to take place on the weekend of April 23–25, but due to disrupted air travel caused by the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull it was postponed as it was difficult for team personnel and equipment to get there.^[4]

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

  2010 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 October 2010
Official name	Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Andrea Dovizioso Time 1:47.001 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:47.395 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Pole position Rider Julián Simón Time 1:53.008 Fastest lap Rider Julián Simón Time 1:53.653 Podium First Toni Elías Second Julián Simón Third Karel Abraham
125cc
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:58.030 Fastest lap Rider Sandro Cortese Time 1:58.666 Podium First Marc Márquez Second Nicolás Terol Third Bradley Smith

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	43:12.266	3	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+3.868	1	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+5.707	2	16
4	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+6.221	4	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+27.092	5	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+30.021	8	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+31.826	9	9
8	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+35.572	6	8
9	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+47.564	7	7
10	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+49.598	14	6
11	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+49.999	12	5
12	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+50.703	11	4
13	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	24	+51.422	15	3
14	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	24	+52.843	13	2
15	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	24	+1:14.668	16	1
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	Retirement	10
WD	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Injured
Sources: [5][6][7]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	23	43:50.930	4	25
2	60	Julián Simón	Suter	23	+0.315	1	20
3	17	Karel Abraham	FTR	23	+9.839	7	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	23	+10.178	6	13
5	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+11.237	2	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	23	+12.778	3	10
7	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	23	+17.284	8	9
8	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	23	+17.892	16	8
9	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	23	+19.235	11	7
10	6	Alex Debón	FTR	23	+19.568	26	6
11	3	Simone Corsi	Motobi	23	+22.713	18	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	23	+23.417	12	4
13	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	23	+25.847	10	3
14	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	23	+27.528	5	2
15	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	23	+28.696	17	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	23	+29.629	13
17	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	23	+34.072	20
18	63	Mike Di Meglio	Suter	23	+37.087	19
19	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	23	+40.460	28
20	56	Michael Ranseder	Suter	23	+40.653	23
21	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	23	+40.855	27
22	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	23	+42.287	21
23	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	23	+44.814	30
24	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	23	+46.745	22
25	28	Kazuki Watanabe	Suter	23	+49.749	29
26	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	23	+49.964	31
27	4	Ricky Cardús	Bimota	23	+1:14.349	33
28	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	23	+1:15.823	35
29	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	23	+1:16.189	37
30	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	23	+1:21.900	24
31	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	23	+1:26.024	34
32	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	23	+1:27.673	38
33	70	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Moriwaki	23	+1:41.644	32
34	93	Kouki Takahashi	RBB	23	+1:45.570	40
Ret	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	21	Accident	36
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	21	Accident	15
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	20	Accident	9
Ret	66	Hiromichi Kunikawa	Bimota	11	Accident	39
Ret	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki	3	Accident	14
Ret	11	Yusuke Teshima	TSR	0	Accident	25
DNS	83	Shogo Moriwaki	Moriwaki		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	20	39:46.937	1	25
2	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+2.612	2	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	20	+8.396	3	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	20	+18.873	7	13
5	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	20	+31.973	9	11
6	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	20	+32.139	6	10
7	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+46.716	13	9
8	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	20	+49.444	14	8
9	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+49.867	15	7
10	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	20	+55.912	18	6
11	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	20	+56.684	12	5
12	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	20	+56.738	4	4
13	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	20	+1:05.988	8	3
14	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	20	+1:10.339	20	2
15	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	20	+1:10.518	21	1
16	88	Hikari Okubo	Honda	20	+1:21.138	25
17	43	Takehiro Yamamoto	Honda	20	+1:21.153	17
18	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	20	+1:21.403	22
19	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	20	+1:25.015	26
20	42	Syunya Mori	Honda	20	+1:25.186	27
21	91	Sasuke Shinozaki	Yamaha	20	+1:26.406	24
22	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	20	+1:40.734	5
23	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	30
24	89	Yuma Yahagi	Honda	19	+1 lap	29
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Lambretta	11	Accident	16
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	8	Retirement	28
Ret	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	3	Retirement	19
Ret	96	Tommaso Gabrielli	Aprilia	1	Retirement	31
Ret	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	0	Collision	10
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	0	Collision	11
DNS	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 297 2 Dani Pedrosa 228 3 Casey Stoner 180 4 Andrea Dovizioso 159 5 Valentino Rossi 156

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 309 2 Honda 285 3 Ducati 220 4 Suzuki 81

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