2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 2011
Official name	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Honda Time 1:33.153 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda Time 1:33.617 Podium First Casey Stoner Honda Second Andrea Dovizioso Honda Third Valentino Rossi Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Stefan Bradl Kalex Time 1:38.357 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Suter Time 1:38.533 Podium First Marc Márquez Suter Second Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki Third Stefan Bradl Kalex
125cc
Pole position Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia Time 1:43.578 Fastest lap Rider Nicolás Terol Aprilia Time 1:44.083 Podium First Maverick Viñales Aprilia Second Nicolás Terol Aprilia Third Efrén Vázquez Derbi

The 2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 13–15 May 2011 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France.

Andrea Dovizioso, Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi, 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	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	44:03.955	1	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+14.214	3	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+14.564	9	16
4	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	28	+21.075	5	13
5	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+31.245	2	11
6	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	28	+31.609	8	10
7	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+35.566	10	9
8	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+51.502	13	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	28	+1:03.731	14	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	28	+1:03.885	16	6
11	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+1:04.068	17	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+1:04.192	12	4
13	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	26	+2 laps	7	3
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	21	Accident	15
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	17	Accident	4
Ret	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	6	Retirement	6
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	1	Accident	11
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	26	43:03.308	6	25
2	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	26	+1.982	3	20
3	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	26	+2.237	1	16
4	60	Julián Simón	Suter	26	+2.349	9	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	26	+2.609	2	11
6	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	26	+12.295	4	10
7	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	26	+18.739	7	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	26	+18.918	10	8
9	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	26	+20.408	17	7
10	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	26	+20.566	12	6
11	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	26	+23.225	11	5
12	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	26	+23.359	16	4
13	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	26	+23.676	19	3
14	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	26	+24.756	13	2
15	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	26	+25.063	20	1
16	45	Scott Redding	Suter	26	+29.587	5
17	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	26	+32.803	34
18	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	26	+32.997	31
19	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Moriwaki	26	+33.273	21
20	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	26	+34.837	30
21	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	26	+35.765	22
22	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	26	+41.502	28
23	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	26	+49.702	15
24	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	26	+50.198	18
25	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	26	+50.789	33
26	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	26	+51.362	25
27	49	Kev Coghlan	FTR	26	+51.471	35
28	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	26	+1:01.904	37
29	21	Javier Forés	Suter	26	+1:14.039	24
30	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	26	+1:14.338	32
31	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	26	+1:28.827	39
32	8	Alex Cudlin	Moriwaki	26	+1:29.889	38
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	24	Retirement	27
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	23	Retirement	14
Ret	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki	19	Retirement	29
Ret	97	Steven Odendaal	Suter	14	Retirement	40
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Suter	11	Retirement	26
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	4	Retirement	23
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	0	Accident	8
Ret	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	0	Accident	36
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	24	42:00.505	3	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	24	+0.048	1	20
3	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	24	+6.836	9	16
4	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	+8.298	2	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	24	+8.590	6	11
6	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	24	+10.236	5	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	24	+10.667	4	9
8	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	24	+15.642	8	8
9	44	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	24	+22.838	12	7
10	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	24	+30.901	10	6
11	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	24	+33.796	15	5
12	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	24	+34.413	11	4
13	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	24	+34.696	17	3
14	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	24	+41.236	7	2
15	10	Alexis Masbou	Aprilia	24	+56.943	19	1
16	76	Hiroki Ono	KTM	24	+57.409	23
17	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	24	+57.763	18
18	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	24	+57.823	16
19	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	24	+57.884	13
20	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	24	+1:02.089	21
21	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	24	+1:02.713	14
22	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	24	+1:25.418	26
23	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	24	+1:42.498	28
24	43	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	24	+1:43.885	25
25	56	Péter Sebestyén	KTM	24	+1:44.903	29
26	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	24	+1:45.356	31
27	91	Kévin Szalaï	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	30
28	92	Kévin Thobois	Honda	23	+1 lap	33
Ret	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	20	Retirement	32
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	17	Retirement	20
Ret	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	17	Retirement	24
Ret	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	13	Retirement	22
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	3	Accident	27
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 78 2 Casey Stoner 66 3 Dani Pedrosa 61 4 Andrea Dovizioso 50 5 Valentino Rossi 47

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 95 2 Yamaha 78 3 Ducati 52 4 Suzuki 13

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

References

1. "2011 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
4. "2011 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "motogp.com · MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2011". www.motogp.com.
6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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