# 2011 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

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