# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2011

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2011 was de vijftiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2011. De race werd verreden op 2 oktober 2011 op de Twin Ring Motegi nabij Motegi, Japan.
De race was oorspronkelijk gepland voor 24 april 2011, maar werd uitgesteld na de zeebeving in Sendai en de kernramp van Fukushima die hierop volgde.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | 42:47.481 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 24 | +7.299 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 24 | +18.380 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Honda | 24 | +23.550 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +23.691 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 24 | +37.604 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 24 | +39.167 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 24 | +45.023 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda | 24 | +49.074 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Ducati | 24 | +59.022 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 24 | +1:13.964 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Honda | 24 | +1:21.709 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 72 | Shinichi Ito | Honda | 24 | +1:26.381 | 18 | 3 |
| DNF | 24 | Toni Elías | Honda | 17 | Ongeluk | 15 | |
| DNF | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Suzuki | 13 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 6 | Damian Cudlin | Ducati | 13 | Ongeluk | 17 | |
| DNF | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 1 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 0 | Botsing | 7 | |
| DNS | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 0 | Blessure | | |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suter | 23 | 40:25.007 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 23 | +1.999 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 23 | +3.686 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Kalex | 23 | +4.313 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 23 | +4.647 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 23 | +4.813 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 23 | +10.520 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 23 | +10.725 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Esteve Rabat | FTR | 23 | +11.387 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Suter | 23 | +12.803 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 23 | +18.259 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 13 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 23 | +20.815 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Moriwaki | 23 | +23.795 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | FTR | 23 | +24.388 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | FTR | 23 | +34.071 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 23 | +38.236 | 26 | |
| 17 | 9 | Kenny Noyes | FTR | 23 | +39.505 | 29 | |
| 18 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | MZ-RE Honda | 23 | +39.609 | 28 | |
| 19 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Suter | 23 | +42.296 | 18 | |
| 20 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 23 | +44.162 | 15 | |
| 21 | 53 | Valentin Debise | FTR | 23 | +46.662 | 30 | |
| 22 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | FTR | 23 | +46.950 | 25 | |
| 23 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | FTR | 23 | +49.625 | 27 | |
| 24 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 23 | +50.590 | 36 | |
| 25 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 23 | +52.044 | 35 | |
| 26 | 6 | Joan Olivé | FTR | 23 | +52.365 | 33 | |
| 27 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Tech 3 | 23 | +1:02.873 | 24 | |
| 28 | 7 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | TSR 6 | 23 | +1:35.559 | 32 | |
| 29 | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | Moriwaki | 23 | +1:35.771 | 34 | |
| 30 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 22 | +1 ronde | 34 | |
| 31 | 40 | Aleix Espargaró | Pons Kalex | 20 | +3 ronden | 13 | |
| DNF | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 17 | Uitgevallen | 23 | |
| DNF | 64 | Santiago Hernández | FTR | 17 | Ongeluk | 31 | |
| DNF | 18 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 0 | Botsing | 11 | |
| DNF | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Suter | 0 | Botsing | 19 | |
| DNF | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Moriwaki | 0 | Botsing | 21 | |
| DNS | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Suter | 0 | Blessure | | |
| DNS | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Moriwaki | 0 | Blessure | | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Derbi | 20 | 39:49.968 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +5.900 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +13.605 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 20 | +16.191 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 20 | +23.422 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 20 | +23.661 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 20 | +24.034 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 20 | +24.171 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 | Danny Kent | Aprilia | 20 | +49.118 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Aprilia | 20 | +51.393 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 20 | +51.893 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 20 | +1:01.043 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 20 | +1:04.921 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | Harry Stafford | Aprilia | 20 | +1:05.606 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Derbi | 20 | +1:06.245 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Jack Miller | KTM | 20 | +1:07.653 | 26 | |
| 17 | 82 | Hikari Okubo | Honda | 20 | +1:07.770 | 25 | |
| 18 | 50 | Sturla Fagerhaug | Aprilia | 20 | +1:11.052 | 30 | |
| 19 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Aprilia | 20 | +1:15.954 | 20 | |
| 20 | 14 | Brad Binder | Aprilia | 20 | +1:16.227 | 27 | |
| 21 | 65 | Syunya Mori | Aprilia | 20 | +1:16.729 | 32 | |
| 22 | 36 | Joan Perelló | Aprilia | 20 | +1:17.514 | 29 | |
| 23 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 20 | +1:40.618 | 12 | |
| 24 | 79 | Takehiro Yamamoto | Honda | 20 | +1:41.836 | 33 | |
| 25 | 89 | Luca Fabrizio | Aprilia | 19 | +1 ronde | 35 | |
| DNF | 17 | Taylor Mackenzie | Aprilia | 17 | Uitgevallen | 28 | |
| DNF | 10 | Alexis Masbou | KTM | 13 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 81 | Hyuga Watanabe | Honda | 10 | Uitgevallen | 31 | |
| DNF | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 9 | Uitgevallen | 19 | |
| DNF | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 8 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 31 | Niklas Ajo | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 18 | |
| DNF | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Aprilia | 1 | Ongeluk | 11 | |
| DNF | 28 | Josep Rodríguez | Aprilia | 1 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNS | 96 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 0 | Blessure | 17 | |
| DNS | 80 | Jun Ohnishi | Honda | 0 | Blessure | 34 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 300 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 260 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 196 |
| 4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 195 |
| 5 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 156 |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 235 |
| 2 | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Kalex | 234 |
| 3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Suter | 157 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Motobi | 132 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 126 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 261 |
| 2 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Derbi | 230 |
| 3 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | Aprilia | 190 |
| 4 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 180 |
| 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 140 |
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