2010 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 27–29, 2010 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

  2010 Indianapolis Grand Prix

Race details
Race 11 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	August 29, 2010
Official name	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.216 km (2.620 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Ben Spies Time 1:40.105 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:40.896 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Ben Spies Third Jorge Lorenzo
Moto2
Pole position Rider Julián Simón Time 1:46.139 Fastest lap Rider Julián Simón Time 1:46.580 Podium First Toni Elías Second Julián Simón Third Scott Redding
125cc
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:48.124 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:48.672 Podium First Nicolás Terol Second Sandro Cortese Third Pol Espargaró

During a support event for MotoGP, the second of two United States Grand Prix Racer Union 250cc (age 12–18) races during the race meet on August 29, 13-year-old Peter Lenz was killed during the warmup lap before the start. It was the first competitor fatality at the Speedway during a race since 1973.^[4]

Dani Pedrosa, spraying the champagne on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	47:31.615	5	25
2	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+3.575	1	20
3	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+6.812	2	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+12.633	7	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+21.885	4	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+35.138	3	10
7	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+36.740	8	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+36.825	11	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	28	+44.905	14	7
10	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	28	+51.368	16	6
11	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+55.386	10	5
12	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+57.903	13	4
13	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+1:04.139	17	3
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	18	Accident	15
Ret	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	16	Retirement	9
Ret	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	7	Accident	6
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	2	Accident	12
Sources: [5][6][7]

Moto2 classification

An eight-motorcycle crash in the Snake Pit at the start (#34 R. Hayden, #29 Iannone, #2 Talmácsi, #52 Pešek, #61 Ivanov, #3 Corsi, #48 Tomizawa, #56 Ranseder) led to a red flag and two retirements (Tomizawa and Ranseder) immediately. It was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps.^[8]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	17	30:27.480	6	25
2	60	Julián Simón	Suter	17	+0.405	1	20
3	45	Scott Redding	Suter	17	+4.227	3	16
4	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	17	+5.978	25	13
5	3	Simone Corsi	Motobi	17	+7.058	4	11
6	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	17	+9.432	8	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	17	+9.815	16	9
8	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	17	+10.141	15	8
9	42	Jason DiSalvo	FTR	17	+17.564	26	7
10	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	17	+17.592	5	6
11	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	17	+17.618	20	5
12	63	Mike Di Meglio	Suter	17	+20.527	21	4
13	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	17	+26.008	13	3
14	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	17	+28.353	27	2
15	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	17	+30.480	22	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	17	+30.538	19
17	34	Roger Lee Hayden	Moriwaki	17	+31.860	28
18	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	17	+32.255	30
19	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	17	+32.500	29
20	52	Lukáš Pešek	Moriwaki	17	+32.529	14
21	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	17	+44.569	32
22	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	17	+44.956	35
23	41	Arne Tode	Suter	17	+52.993	31
24	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	17	+57.481	38
25	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	17	+1:16.404	18
26	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	14	+3 laps	12
Ret	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	12	Retirement	37
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	11	Accident	17
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	8	Retirement	7
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	6	Retirement	10
Ret	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	5	Retirement	9
Ret	4	Ricard Cardús	Bimota	2	Accident	34
Ret	11	Yusuke Teshima	Motobi	2	Accident	36
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	1	Accident	2
Ret	6	Alex Debón	FTR	1	Accident	33
Ret	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	1	Accident	24
DNS	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Suter	0	Accident in first start	23
DNS	56	Michael Ranseder	Suter	0	Accident in first start	11
DNS	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki		Injured
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	FTR		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Marc Márquez was given a 20-second penalty after the race for cutting the track.^[9]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	42:19.223	2	25
2	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+4.995	4	20
3	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+10.856	5	16
4	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+15.402	6	13
5	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	23	+19.912	10	11
6	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+20.093	11	10
7	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	23	+20.702	13	9
8	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	23	+26.797	15	8
9	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	23	+27.666	12	7
10	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	23	+39.840	1	6
11	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	23	+46.153	18	5
12	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	23	+52.556	7	4
13	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	23	+54.354	8	3
14	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	23	+54.402	17	2
15	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	23	+1:07.208	20	1
16	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta	23	+1:24.117	24
17	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	23	+1:25.890	14
18	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	23	+1:53.618	25
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	14	Retirement	9
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	12	Accident	3
Ret	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	12	Retirement	19
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	11	Retirement	22
Ret	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	8	Accident	16
Ret	55	Isaac Viñales	Lambretta	3	Accident	21
Ret	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	1	Retirement	23
DNS	5	Alexis Masbou	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	90	Kristian Lee Turner	Aprilia		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 eleven has concluded.^[10]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 251 2 Dani Pedrosa 183 3 Andrea Dovizioso 126 4 Casey Stoner 119 5 Valentino Rossi 114

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 260 2 Honda 220 3 Ducati 159 4 Suzuki 56

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

References

1. "2010 Indianapolis MotoGP". 13 June 2017.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2010 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
4. "Teen rider killed during warmup lap". The Indianapolis Star. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
5. "2010 Indianapolis MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
6. "motogp.com · RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.
7. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
8. "Indianapolis delivers third straight Elías win". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
9. "Terol takes first career back-to-back victories with Indy win". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2010-08-29. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
10. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.

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