# 2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 October 2010 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. It was originally planned to take place on the weekend of April 23–25, but due to disrupted air travel caused by the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull it was postponed as it was difficult for team personnel and equipment to get there.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | 43:12.266 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +3.868 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +5.707 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +6.221 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +27.092 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +30.021 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +31.826 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Ben Spies | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +35.572 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +47.564 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Interwetten Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +49.598 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +49.999 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +50.703 | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Páginas Amarillas Aspar | Ducati | 24 | +51.422 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 24 | +52.843 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 24 | +1:14.668 | 16 | 1 |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | Retirement | 10 | |
| WD | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | | Injured | | |
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## Moto2 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Moriwaki | 23 | 43:50.930 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 23 | +0.315 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Karel Abraham | FTR | 23 | +9.839 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 23 | +10.178 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 23 | +11.237 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Tech 3 | 23 | +12.778 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Suter | 23 | +17.284 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Moriwaki | 23 | +17.892 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 23 | +19.235 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 6 | Alex Debón | FTR | 23 | +19.568 | 26 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Motobi | 23 | +22.713 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 23 | +23.417 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 23 | +25.847 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 23 | +27.528 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Tech 3 | 23 | +28.696 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 23 | +29.629 | 13 | |
| 17 | 40 | Sergio Gadea | Pons Kalex | 23 | +34.072 | 20 | |
| 18 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Suter | 23 | +37.087 | 19 | |
| 19 | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 23 | +40.460 | 28 | |
| 20 | 56 | Michael Ranseder | Suter | 23 | +40.653 | 23 | |
| 21 | 2 | Gábor Talmácsi | Speed Up | 23 | +40.855 | 27 | |
| 22 | 9 | Kenny Noyes | Promoharris | 23 | +42.287 | 21 | |
| 23 | 8 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 23 | +44.814 | 30 | |
| 24 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Bimota | 23 | +46.745 | 22 | |
| 25 | 28 | Kazuki Watanabe | Suter | 23 | +49.749 | 29 | |
| 26 | 53 | Valentin Debise | ADV | 23 | +49.964 | 31 | |
| 27 | 4 | Ricky Cardús | Bimota | 23 | +1:14.349 | 33 | |
| 28 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | BQR-Moto2 | 23 | +1:15.823 | 35 | |
| 29 | 88 | Yannick Guerra | Moriwaki | 23 | +1:16.189 | 37 | |
| 30 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Suter | 23 | +1:21.900 | 24 | |
| 31 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 23 | +1:26.024 | 34 | |
| 32 | 61 | Vladimir Ivanov | Moriwaki | 23 | +1:27.673 | 38 | |
| 33 | 70 | Ferruccio Lamborghini | Moriwaki | 23 | +1:41.644 | 32 | |
| 34 | 93 | Kouki Takahashi | RBB | 23 | +1:45.570 | 40 | |
| Ret | 5 | Joan Olivé | Promoharris | 21 | Accident | 36 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | I.C.P. | 21 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | BQR-Moto2 | 20 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 66 | Hiromichi Kunikawa | Bimota | 11 | Accident | 39 | |
| Ret | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Moriwaki | 3 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 11 | Yusuke Teshima | TSR | 0 | Accident | 25 | |
| DNS | 83 | Shogo Moriwaki | Moriwaki | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Derbi | 20 | 39:46.937 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +2.612 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 20 | +8.396 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 20 | +18.873 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 20 | +31.973 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 20 | +32.139 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 20 | +46.716 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 20 | +49.444 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 20 | +49.867 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 20 | +55.912 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 20 | +56.684 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 20 | +56.738 | 4 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 20 | +1:05.988 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 78 | Marcel Schrötter | Honda | 20 | +1:10.339 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.518 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Hikari Okubo | Honda | 20 | +1:21.138 | 25 | |
| 17 | 43 | Takehiro Yamamoto | Honda | 20 | +1:21.153 | 17 | |
| 18 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 20 | +1:21.403 | 22 | |
| 19 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Aprilia | 20 | +1:25.015 | 26 | |
| 20 | 42 | Syunya Mori | Honda | 20 | +1:25.186 | 27 | |
| 21 | 91 | Sasuke Shinozaki | Yamaha | 20 | +1:26.406 | 24 | |
| 22 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Aprilia | 20 | +1:40.734 | 5 | |
| 23 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 19 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 24 | 89 | Yuma Yahagi | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| Ret | 52 | Danny Kent | Lambretta | 11 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 96 | Tommaso Gabrielli | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 0 | Collision | 10 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 0 | Collision | 11 | |
| DNS | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Lambretta | | 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 fourteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 297 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 228 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 180 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 159 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | 156 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 309 |
| 2 | Honda | 285 |
| 3 | Ducati | 220 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 81 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.