2011 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29 September–2 October 2011 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. The Grand Prix, originally scheduled for 24 April, was moved to 2 October due to the effects of the Tōhoku earthquake and the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.^[4][5]

  2011 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 October 2011
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 Casey Stoner Time 1:45.267 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:46.090 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Casey Stoner
Moto2
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:52.067 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Iannone Time 1:52.307 Podium First Andrea Iannone Second Marc Márquez Third Thomas Lüthi
125cc
Pole position Rider Johann Zarco Time 1:57.888 Fastest lap Rider Johann Zarco Time 1:58.508 Podium First Johann Zarco Second Nicolás Terol Third Héctor Faubel

Due to concerns with possible radiation an independent survey of Motegi and the surrounding area was commissioned by FIM and Dorna Sports. That survey generated a preliminary report^[6] which stated "Based on the estimate dose it can be said by no doubt that the radiation risk during the race event is negligible." On 2 August the full report was received and the organisers stated that the race would take place as scheduled.^[7]

Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	42:47.481	4	25
2	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	24	+7.299	2	20
3	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+18.380	1	16
4	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+23.550	6	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+23.691	3	11
6	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	24	+37.604	5	10
7	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	24	+39.167	10	9
8	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+45.023	14	8
9	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+49.074	11	7
10	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	24	+59.022	13	6
11	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+1:13.964	12	5
12	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+1:21.709	16	4
13	72	Shinichi Ito	Honda Racing Team	Honda	24	+1:26.381	18	3
Ret	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	17	Accident	15
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	13	Accident	8
Ret	6	Damian Cudlin	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	13	Accident	17
Ret	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	1	Accident	9
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	0	Collision	7
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati		Injured
Sources: [8][9][10]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	23	43:25.007	3	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	23	+1.999	1	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	23	+3.686	2	16
4	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	23	+4.313	8	13
5	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	23	+4.647	6	11
6	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	23	+4.813	7	10
7	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	23	+10.520	4	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	23	+10.725	9	8
9	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	23	+11.387	17	7
10	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	23	+12.803	12	6
11	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	23	+18.259	16	5
12	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	23	+20.815	22	4
13	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	23	+23.795	14	3
14	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	23	+24.388	10	2
15	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	23	+34.071	20	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	23	+38.236	26
17	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	23	+39.505	29
18	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	23	+39.609	28
19	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	23	+42.296	18
20	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+44.162	15
21	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	23	+46.662	30
22	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	23	+46.950	25
23	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	23	+49.625	27
24	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	23	+50.590	36
25	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	23	+52.044	35
26	6	Joan Olivé	FTR	23	+52.365	33
27	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	23	+1:02.873	24
28	7	Tomoyoshi Koyama	TSR 6	23	+1:35.559	32
29	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	23	+1:35.771	34
30	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	22	+1 lap	5
31	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	20	+3 laps	13
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	17	Retirement	23
Ret	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	17	Accident	31
Ret	18	Jordi Torres	Suter	0	Collision	11
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Suter	0	Collision	19
Ret	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki	0	Collision	21
DNS	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Suter		Injured
DNS	33	Sergio Gadea	Moriwaki		Injured
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	20	39:49.968	1	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+5.900	3	20
3	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	20	+13.605	2	16
4	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	20	+16.191	4	13
5	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	20	+23.422	7	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	20	+23.661	8	10
7	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	20	+24.034	5	9
8	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+24.171	9	8
9	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	20	+49.118	18	7
10	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	20	+51.393	10	6
11	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	20	+51.893	13	5
12	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	20	+1:01.043	16	4
13	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	20	+1:04.921	15	3
14	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	20	+1:05.606	24	2
15	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	20	+1:06.245	23	1
16	8	Jack Miller	KTM	20	+1:07.653	26
17	82	Hikari Ookubo	Honda	20	+1:07.770	25
18	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	20	+1:11.052	30
19	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	20	+1:15.954	20
20	14	Brad Binder	Aprilia	20	+1:16.227	27
21	65	Syunya Mori	Aprilia	20	+1:16.729	32
22	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	20	+1:17.514	29
23	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	20	+1:40.618	12
24	79	Takehiro Yamamoto	Honda	20	+1:41.836	33
25	89	Luca Fabrizio	Aprilia	19	+1 lap	35
Ret	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	17	Retirement	28
Ret	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	13	Retirement	21
Ret	81	Hyuga Watanabe	Honda	10	Retirement	31
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	9	Retirement	19
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	8	Retirement	6
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	1	Accident	22
Ret	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	1	Accident	11
Ret	28	Josep Rodríguez	Aprilia	1	Retirement	14
DNS	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	0	Did not start	17
DNS	80	Jun Ohnishi	Honda	0	Did not start	34
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.^[11]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 300 2 Jorge Lorenzo 260 3 Andrea Dovizioso 196 4 Dani Pedrosa 195 5 Ben Spies 156

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 355 2 Yamaha 294 3 Ducati 162 4 Suzuki 73

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