# 2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 October 2011 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
Australian rider Casey Stoner clinched the 2011 MotoGP World Championship with his fifth consecutive victory at his home Grand Prix on his 26th birthday. Italian rider Marco Simoncelli recorded his final podium finish at this event before being fatally injured at the following race in Malaysia.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 42:02.425 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +2.210 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +2.454 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +13.160 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 27 | +30.886 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 27 | +48.800 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:16.314 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 26 | +1 lap | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 25 | +2 laps | 13 | 6 |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 23 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 23 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 23 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | Accident | 11 | |
| DNS | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | | Injury | | |
| DNS | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | | Injury | | |
| DNS | 6 | Damian Cudlin | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | | Injury | | |
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## Moto2 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 25 | 39:44.774 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Kalex | 25 | +1.358 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 25 | +6.362 | 38 | 16 |
| 4 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 25 | +6.475 | 20 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | FTR | 25 | +14.815 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Suter | 25 | +15.155 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 25 | +15.261 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suter | 25 | +16.047 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Tech 3 | 25 | +16.331 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 25 | +20.337 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 25 | +22.081 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 25 | +26.248 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 40 | Aleix Espargaró | Pons Kalex | 25 | +29.295 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Moriwaki | 25 | +30.203 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 25 | +30.745 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Suter | 25 | +30.776 | 15 | |
| 17 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Moriwaki | 25 | +30.784 | 27 | |
| 18 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 25 | +43.520 | 7 | |
| 19 | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 25 | +47.064 | 25 | |
| 20 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Suter | 25 | +50.357 | 19 | |
| 21 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 25 | +50.364 | 33 | |
| 22 | 9 | Kenny Noyes | FTR | 25 | +1:04.747 | 26 | |
| 23 | 6 | Joan Olivé | FTR | 25 | +1:04.907 | 30 | |
| 24 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | FTR | 25 | +1:19.734 | 29 | |
| 25 | 20 | Iván Moreno | Suter | 24 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| 26 | 64 | Santiago Hernández | FTR | 24 | +1 lap | 34 | |
| 27 | 56 | Blake Leigh-Smith | FTR | 24 | +1 lap | 35 | |
| 28 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | Moriwaki | 24 | +1 lap | 37 | |
| Ret | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 20 | Retirement | 36 | |
| Ret | 53 | Valentin Debise | FTR | 19 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 43 | Kris McLaren | Suter | 14 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 12 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 12 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 76 | Max Neukirchner | MZ-RE Honda | 1 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | FTR | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 34 | Esteve Rabat | FTR | 0 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 13 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
| DNS | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | FTR | | Injury | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

The race was stopped after 20 laps due to an accident involving Niklas Ajo.
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 20 | 34:49.670 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 20 | +13.572 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Derbi | 20 | +14.311 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 20 | +14.926 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 20 | +22.328 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +26.689 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +28.887 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 20 | +35.635 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 20 | +36.553 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 20 | +36.686 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 20 | +38.608 | 19 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Aprilia | 20 | +41.697 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 20 | +43.349 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | KTM | 20 | +47.896 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | Aprilia | 20 | +55.159 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Aprilia | 20 | +56.909 | 16 | |
| 17 | 28 | Josep Rodríguez | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.093 | 20 | |
| 18 | 17 | Taylor Mackenzie | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.237 | 27 | |
| 19 | 60 | Manuel Tatasciore | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.802 | 21 | |
| 20 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Derbi | 20 | +1:10.844 | 26 | |
| 21 | 14 | Brad Binder | Aprilia | 20 | +1:27.965 | 24 | |
| 22 | 52 | Danny Kent | Aprilia | 20 | +1:37.676 | 7 | |
| 23 | 8 | Jack Miller | KTM | 20 | +1:40.315 | 28 | |
| 24 | 40 | Marco Colandrea | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 25 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 26 | 46 | Joshua Hook | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 27 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 14 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Perelló | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 47 | Nicky Diles | Aprilia | 6 | Retirement | 31 | |
| DNS | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 0 | Engine | 3 | |
| DNS | 21 | Harry Stafford | Aprilia | | Injury | | |
| DNQ | 48 | Alexander Phillis | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 45 | Tom Hatton | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| DNQ | 49 | Avalon Biddle | Honda | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||