# 2011 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2011 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–20 March 2011 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. In the MotoGP race Casey Stoner won finishing 3.44 seconds ahead of 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo with Dani Pedrosa in third place.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | 42:38.569 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | +3.440 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +5.051 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +5.942 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +7.358 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | +10.468 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +16.431 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +26.293 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +27.416 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +28.920 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +34.539 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 22 | +34.829 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 22 | +37.957 | 15 | 3 |
| Ret | 24 | Toni Elías | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 18 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 1 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| DNS | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | | Injured | | |
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## Moto2 classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Kalex | 20 | 40:38.549 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suter | 20 | +4.330 | 16 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 20 | +5.137 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 20 | +5.925 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 20 | +6.621 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 20 | +14.217 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 20 | +14.257 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Moriwaki | 20 | +14.501 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 20 | +18.910 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 20 | +19.174 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 40 | Aleix Espargaró | Pons Kalex | 20 | +19.442 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | FTR | 20 | +20.830 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 20 | +20.837 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 34 | Esteve Rabat | FTR | 20 | +20.855 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | MZ-RE Honda | 20 | +26.803 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 20 | +27.295 | 23 | |
| 17 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Moriwaki | 20 | +28.080 | 22 | |
| 18 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Suter | 20 | +28.212 | 28 | |
| 19 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Tech 3 | 20 | +34.939 | 19 | |
| 20 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Suter | 20 | +34.962 | 25 | |
| 21 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 20 | +37.982 | 18 | |
| 22 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | FTR | 20 | +43.491 | 24 | |
| 23 | 53 | Valentin Debise | FTR | 20 | +43.659 | 26 | |
| 24 | 9 | Kenny Noyes | FTR | 20 | +47.476 | 34 | |
| 25 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 20 | +47.755 | 35 | |
| 26 | 21 | Javier Forés | Suter | 20 | +50.355 | 21 | |
| 27 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 20 | +50.544 | 29 | |
| 28 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Suter | 20 | +1:04.879 | 31 | |
| 29 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 20 | +1:09.672 | 30 | |
| 30 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Moriwaki | 20 | +1:09.781 | 36 | |
| 31 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 20 | +1:23.743 | 10 | |
| 32 | 96 | Nasser Al Malki | Moriwaki | 20 | +1:39.105 | 39 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | FTR | 10 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 49 | Kev Coghlan | FTR | 6 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 64 | Santiago Hernández | FTR | 4 | Accident | 32 | |
| Ret | 13 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 4 | Accident | 37 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | FTR | 3 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | Moriwaki | 0 | Accident | 38 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 18 | 38:28.687 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 18 | +7.710 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 18 | +9.147 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 18 | +9.514 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 18 | +9.698 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Derbi | 18 | +15.260 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 18 | +15.352 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 18 | +15.696 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 18 | +15.910 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Aprilia | 18 | +27.396 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 18 | +42.563 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 18 | +43.772 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Danny Kent | Aprilia | 18 | +44.001 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 18 | +44.272 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 18 | +50.030 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 18 | +50.424 | 23 | |
| 17 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Aprilia | 18 | +1:01.545 | 16 | |
| 18 | 17 | Taylor Mackenzie | Aprilia | 18 | +1:02.931 | 20 | |
| 19 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Derbi | 18 | +1:05.192 | 17 | |
| 20 | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Aprilia | 18 | +1:05.273 | 19 | |
| 21 | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 18 | +1:05.396 | 22 | |
| 22 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Aprilia | 18 | +1:12.458 | 24 | |
| 23 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 18 | +1:30.629 | 26 | |
| 24 | 12 | Daniel Kartheininger | KTM | 18 | +1:30.792 | 29 | |
| 25 | 21 | Harry Stafford | Aprilia | 18 | +1:30.798 | 28 | |
| 26 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Aprilia | 18 | +1:54.387 | 27 | |
| 27 | 43 | Francesco Mauriello | Aprilia | 18 | +1:54.548 | 30 | |
| 28 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 14 | +4 laps | 15 | |
| Ret | 36 | Joan Perelló | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 76 | Hiroki Ono | KTM | 7 | Retirement | 18 | |
| DNQ | 69 | Sarath Kumar | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | 25 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 20 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 16 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 13 |
| 5 | Marco Simoncelli | 11 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 25 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 20 |
| 3 | Ducati | 9 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.