2011 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 June 2011 at the Circuit de Catalunya. The race, which was won by Casey Stoner, was also notable for being the first pole position for Marco Simoncelli in the premier class.

Casey Stoner, spraying the champagne on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

  2011 Catalan Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	5 June 2011
Official name	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya[1][2][3]
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.727 km (2.937 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:42.413 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:43.084 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Ben Spies
Moto2
Pole position Rider Stefan Bradl Time 1:46.753 Fastest lap Rider Bradley Smith Time 1:47.762 Podium First Stefan Bradl Second Marc Márquez Third Aleix Espargaró
125cc
Pole position Rider Nicolás Terol Time 1:51.281 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Time 1:52.621 Podium First Nicolás Terol Second Maverick Viñales Third Jonas Folger

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	43:19.779	2	25
2	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	25	+2.403	3	20
3	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	25	+4.291	4	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+5.255	5	13
5	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+7.371	7	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+11.831	1	10
7	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	25	+26.483	6	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	25	+33.243	8	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	25	+43.092	13	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	25	+43.113	15	6
11	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	25	+44.224	10	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+45.239	9	4
13	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	25	+58.268	14	3
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	3	Collision	12
Ret	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	3	Collision	11
DNS	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha		Injury
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	23	41:38.888	1	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	23	+4.141	5	20
3	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	23	+8.409	2	16
4	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	23	+10.331	15	13
5	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	23	+11.661	19	11
6	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	23	+12.383	20	10
7	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	23	+12.602	9	9
8	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	23	+13.467	7	8
9	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	23	+16.612	21	7
10	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	23	+16.735	24	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+17.031	11	5
12	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	23	+18.460	14	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Suter	23	+22.933	27	3
14	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	23	+23.416	30	2
15	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	23	+23.449	22	1
16	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	23	+24.070	25
17	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	23	+24.111	18
18	31	Carmelo Morales	Moriwaki	23	+25.351	23
19	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	23	+29.249	6
20	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	23	+35.077	26
21	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	23	+41.666	34
22	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	23	+52.103	31
23	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	23	+1:02.492	10
24	49	Kev Coghlan	FTR	23	+1:16.294	32
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	18	Accident	16
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Suter	15	Collision	8
Ret	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	15	Collision	17
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	15	Accident	12
Ret	21	Javier Forés	Suter	11	Retirement	13
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	7	Accident	33
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	5	Collision	4
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	5	Collision	3
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	5	Accident	29
Ret	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	3	Retirement	28
Ret	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	2	Retirement	36
Ret	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	0	Accident	35
DNS	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR		Injury
DNS	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki		Injury
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	22	42:29.647	1	25
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	22	+10.356	3	20
3	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	22	+15.260	7	16
4	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	22	+15.670	6	13
5	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	22	+15.942	5	11
6	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	22	+19.758[N 1]	4	10
7	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	22	+26.490	2	9
8	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	22	+26.681	9	8
9	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	22	+36.134	10	7
10	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	22	+36.776	15	6
11	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	22	+37.936	11	5
12	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	22	+1:10.840	21	4
13	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	22	+1:11.704	23	3
14	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	22	+1:11.798	17	2
15	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	22	+1:15.709	12	1
16	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	22	+1:22.005	20
17	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	22	+1:25.457	13
18	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	22	+1:25.628	22
19	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	22	+1:55.296	29
20	43	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	22	+1:55.382	27
21	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	22	+1:55.488	28
22	56	Péter Sebestyén	KTM	21	+1 lap	30
23	28	Josep Rodríguez	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	25
24	86	Kevin Hanus	Honda	21	+1 lap	33
25	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	21	+1 lap	18
26	71	John McPhee	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	26
27	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	31
28	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	34
29	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	20	+2 laps	32
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	16	Accident	8
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	0	Collision	14
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	0	Collision	16
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	0	Collision	19
Ret	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	0	Collision	24
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Notes

1. Zarco was penalised 20 seconds for an illegal overtake on the last lap in the 125cc race.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 98 2 Casey Stoner 91 3 Andrea Dovizioso 63 4 Dani Pedrosa 61 5 Valentino Rossi 58

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 120 2 Yamaha 98 3 Ducati 63 4 Suzuki 17

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