# 2011 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 26–28, 2011 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The event was held two weeks after the Indiana State Fair stage collapse, which led to the cancellation of the popular AMA Pro flat-track race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds which is held nearby during the Saturday night of the race meet.

## MotoGP classification

The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time, in dry and partly cloudy weather, with an ambient temperature of 26 °C (80 °F).
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 46:52.786 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +4.828 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +10.603 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +16.576 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +17.202 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +30.447 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +39.690 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +53.416 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +53.790 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +55.345 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +57.184 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +1:00.141 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:02.169 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 26 | +2 laps | 8 | 2 |
| Ret | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 27 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 20 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 16 | Retirement | 17 | |
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## Moto2 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 26 | 45:50.601 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | FTR | 26 | +1.889 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 34 | Esteve Rabat | FTR | 26 | +2.310 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 26 | +3.389 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 26 | +5.674 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Kalex | 26 | +9.134 | 22 | 10 |
| 7 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 26 | +9.347 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | FTR | 26 | +15.010 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Suter | 26 | +15.031 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 40 | Aleix Espargaró | Pons Kalex | 26 | +15.339 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suter | 26 | +17.447 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 26 | +21.727 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 26 | +24.279 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 26 | +25.714 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 26 | +26.894 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 26 | +27.375 | 12 | |
| 17 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 26 | +27.546 | 5 | |
| 18 | 18 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 26 | +27.764 | 21 | |
| 19 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Moriwaki | 26 | +27.946 | 14 | |
| 20 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Moriwaki | 26 | +29.362 | 13 | |
| 21 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 26 | +31.701 | 23 | |
| 22 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 26 | +32.030 | 26 | |
| 23 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Suter | 26 | +32.100 | 19 | |
| 24 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +35.387 | 16 | |
| 25 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 26 | +37.801 | 20 | |
| 26 | 13 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +42.146 | 30 | |
| 27 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Tech 3 | 26 | +53.491 | 25 | |
| 28 | 10 | Martín Cárdenas | FTR | 26 | +58.947 | 31 | |
| 29 | 73 | J.D. Beach | FTR | 26 | +1:04.334 | 35 | |
| 30 | 53 | Valentin Debise | FTR | 26 | +1:12.230 | 34 | |
| 31 | 32 | Jacob Gagne | FTR | 26 | +1:12.503 | 33 | |
| 32 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 26 | +1:15.177 | 37 | |
| 33 | 64 | Santiago Hernández | FTR | 26 | +1:15.899 | 38 | |
| 34 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Pons Kalex | 26 | +1:37.102 | 32 | |
| 35 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | Moriwaki | 25 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | FTR | 21 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 31 | Carmelo Morales | Moriwaki | 15 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 9 | Kenny Noyes | FTR | 7 | Retirement | 29 | |
| DNS | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Suter | | Injury | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 23 | 42:11.978 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 23 | +3.633 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 23 | +3.737 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 23 | +4.227 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Derbi | 23 | +14.186 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 23 | +14.200 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +18.477 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 23 | +23.992 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 23 | +24.239 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 23 | +38.748 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 23 | +39.194 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 23 | +40.203 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Danny Kent | Aprilia | 23 | +44.088 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | KTM | 23 | +45.201 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Aprilia | 23 | +46.037 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 23 | +58.451 | 23 | |
| 17 | 14 | Brad Binder | Aprilia | 23 | +1:12.015 | 26 | |
| 18 | 43 | Francesco Mauriello | Aprilia | 23 | +1:12.898 | 21 | |
| 19 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Derbi | 23 | +1:14.294 | 19 | |
| 20 | 36 | Joan Perelló | Aprilia | 23 | +1:23.947 | 25 | |
| 21 | 17 | Taylor Mackenzie | Aprilia | 23 | +1:29.369 | 20 | |
| 22 | 56 | Péter Sebestyén | KTM | 23 | +1:29.813 | 28 | |
| 23 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Aprilia | 23 | +1:34.296 | 24 | |
| 24 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Aprilia | 21 | +2 laps | 27 | |
| Ret | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 22 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 20 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 21 | Harry Stafford | Aprilia | 7 | Retirement | 29 | |
| DNS | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | | 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 twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | 243 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 199 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | 174 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 130 |
| 5 | Ben Spies | 125 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 285 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 233 |
| 3 | Ducati | 135 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 55 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.