2011 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 July 2011 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany. The 125cc race was notable for producing a dead heat for first place between Héctor Faubel and Johann Zarco.[4] After a photo finish could not separate the riders, Faubel was awarded first place on the basis that he set a faster laptime during the race.[5]

Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

  2011 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 July 2011
Official name	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:21.681 Fastest lap Rider Daniel Pedrosa Time 1:21.846 Podium First Daniel Pedrosa Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Casey Stoner
Moto2
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:24.733 Fastest lap Rider Yonny Hernández Time 1:25.255 Podium First Marc Márquez Second Stefan Bradl Third Alex de Angelis
125 cc
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Time 1:27.477 Fastest lap Rider Héctor Faubel Time 1:27.867 Podium First Héctor Faubel Second Johann Zarco Third Maverick Viñales

MotoGP classification

Loris Capirossi was replaced by Sylvain Guintoli after the first practice session due to injuries sustained at the Dutch TT.[6]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	41:12.482	2	25
2	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	30	+1.477	3	20
3	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+1.568	1	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+10.513	6	13
5	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	30	+10.719	5	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+10.923	4	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+27.451	10	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	30	+27.510	8	8
9	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	30	+27.576	16	7
10	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+33.491	7	6
11	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	30	+38.944	11	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	30	+39.148	13	4
13	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	30	+39.415	9	3
14	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	30	+39.477	12	2
15	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+54.516	15	1
16	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+1:12.335	14
17	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	29	+1 lap	17
Sources: [7][8][9]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	29	41:37.457	1	25
2	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	29	+0.896	2	20
3	15	Alex de Angelis	MotoBi	29	+1.387	6	16
4	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	29	+3.413	15	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	29	+4.185	12	11
6	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	29	+7.691	10	10
7	45	Scott Redding	Suter	29	+10.606	23	9
8	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	29	+10.667	21	8
9	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	29	+12.079	17	7
10	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	29	+12.337	4	6
11	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	29	+13.197	20	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	29	+21.516	28	4
13	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	29	+21.652	14	3
14	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	29	+21.827	25	2
15	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	29	+22.238	27	1
16	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	29	+22.359	22
17	25	Alex Baldolini	Suter	29	+26.498	29
18	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	29	+30.137	7
19	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	29	+34.023	33
20	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	29	+34.188	26
21	18	Jordi Torres	Suter	29	+34.300	16
22	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	29	+34.949	19
23	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	29	+49.149	31
24	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	29	+49.902	35
25	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	29	+53.180	32
26	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	29	+57.673	34
27	97	Steven Odendaal	Suter	29	+1:12.318	36
28	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki	29	+1:12.943	24
29	24	Tommaso Lorenzetti	FTR	28	+1 lap	37
30	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	28	+1 lap	38
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	23	Retirement	13
Ret	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	19	Retirement	18
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	15	Accident	9
Ret	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	5	Collision	3
Ret	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	5	Collision	11
Ret	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	2	Accident	30
Ret	60	Julián Simón	Suter	0	Accident	5
DNS	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	0	Did not start	8
DNS	31	Carmelo Morales	Suter		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	39:57.979	2	25
2	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	27	+0.000	6	20
3	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	27	+0.272	1	16
4	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	27	+1.723	4	13
5	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	27	+2.784	3	11
6	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	27	+6.786	5	10
7	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	27	+13.116	9	9
8	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	27	+13.414	15	8
9	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	27	+13.710	10	7
10	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	27	+29.090	14	6
11	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	27	+29.341	8	5
12	42	Toni Finsterbusch	KTM	27	+33.483	28	4
13	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	27	+34.357	30	3
14	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	27	+34.405	16	2
15	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	27	+36.878	24	1
16	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	27	+43.087	13
17	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	27	+43.123	19
18	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	27	+52.487	23
19	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	27	+1:01.936	18
20	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	27	+1:04.494	29
21	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	27	+1:05.804	27
22	43	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	27	+1:05.900	31
23	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	27	+1:24.205	33
24	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	27	+1:27.327	17
25	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	27	+1:27.505	34
26	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	26	+1 lap	22
27	78	Felix Forstenhäusler	Honda	26	+1 lap	35
Ret	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	26	Collision	12
Ret	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	26	Collision	20
Ret	41	Luca Grünwald	KTM	23	Retirement	25
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	20	Accident	7
Ret	56	Péter Sebestyén	KTM	19	Retirement	32
Ret	70	Marvin Fritz	Honda	8	Retirement	36
Ret	73	Jack Miller	Aprilia	3	Retirement	26
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	2	Accident	11
Ret	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	2	Accident	21
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.[10]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 168 2 Jorge Lorenzo 153 3 Andrea Dovizioso 132 4 Valentino Rossi 98 5 Dani Pedrosa 94

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Honda 210 2 Yamaha 184 3 Ducati 107 4 Suzuki 45

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2011 German MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2011 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
4. "Faubel victorious after photo finish". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
5. "2011 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations: Article 1.24 - Finish of a Race and Race Results" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 22 June 2011. p. 38. Retrieved 17 July 2011. In case of a photo-finish between two, or more, riders, the decision shall be taken in favour of the competitor whose front wheel leading edge crosses the plane of the finish line first. In case of ties, the riders concerned will be ranked in the order of the best lap time made during the race.
6. "Capirossi withdraws from German MotoGP". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
7. "2011 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
8. "motogp.com · eni MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND · MotoGP Race Classification 2011". www.motogp.com.
9. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
10. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2011. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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