The 2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, was the opening round of the 2010 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 April 2010 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. Spectator attendance was 7302. Defending world champion Valentino Rossi won the opening MotoGP race after Casey Stoner crashed while in the lead, ending his undefeated streak from 2007. This was also the first race for the newly formed Moto2 class, which was introduced as a replacement for the 250cc two-stroke class. All bikes in this class were powered with 600cc four-stroke engines based on the Honda CBR600RR. This event was also known for Shoya Tomizawa's first and only Grand Prix win before he was killed in an accident at the 2010 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 42:50.099 2 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +1.022 3 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +1.865 6 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +1.876 9 13 5 11 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +3.903 11 11 6 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +9.322 4 10 7 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +16.508 7 9 8 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +19.867 8 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +20.893 5 7 10 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +21.100 10 6 11 58 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +31.638 15 5 12 40 Héctor Barberá Páginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 22 +32.573 16 4 13 33 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +40.780 17 3 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 Accident 13 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Pramac Racing Team Ducati 7 Retirement 14 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 5 Accident 1 Ret 36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team Ducati 2 Accident 12
Moto2 classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 48 Shoya Tomizawa Suter 20 41:11.768 9 25 2 6 Alex Debón FTR 20 +4.656 8 20 3 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 20 +4.789 6 16 4 24 Toni Elías Moriwaki 20 +6.978 1 13 5 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 20 +7.178 12 11 6 75 Mattia Pasini Motobi 20 +11.804 18 10 7 12 Thomas Lüthi Moriwaki 20 +11.861 16 9 8 3 Simone Corsi Motobi 20 +12.346 26 8 9 2 Gábor Talmácsi Speed Up 20 +13.821 14 7 10 40 Sergio Gadea Pons Kalex 20 +20.189 11 6 11 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +21.289 20 5 12 25 Alex Baldolini I.C.P. 20 +21.360 10 4 13 10 Fonsi Nieto Moriwaki 20 +21.835 24 3 14 17 Karel Abraham RSV 20 +21.973 23 2 15 52 Lukáš Pešek Moriwaki 20 +26.265 25 1 16 63 Mike Di Meglio RSV 20 +26.265 13 17 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Bimota 20 +26.599 19 18 9 Kenny Noyes Promoharris 20 +33.833 30 19 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 20 +33.895 21 20 71 Claudio Corti Suter 20 +40.992 28 21 41 Arne Tode Suter 20 +43.119 22 22 55 Héctor Faubel Suter 20 +43.249 32 23 45 Scott Redding Suter 20 +45.397 17 24 53 Valentin Debise ADV 20 +46.472 29 25 96 Anthony Delhalle BQR-Moto2 20 +51.157 38 26 61 Vladimir Ivanov Moriwaki 20 +54.252 33 27 59 Niccolò Canepa Force GP210 20 +54.631 15 28 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 20 +1:15.976 36 29 76 Bernat Martínez Bimota 20 +1:16.222 41 30 88 Yannick Guerra Moriwaki 20 +1:20.651 40 31 95 Mashel Al Naimi BQR-Moto2 20 +1:20.719 37 32 5 Joan Olivé Promoharris 20 +1:41.990 34 Ret 8 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 8 Accident 39 Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 7 Accident 5 Ret 21 Vladimir Leonov Suter 7 Accident 35 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández BQR-Moto2 3 Retirement 27 Ret 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 3 Accident 31 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa Tech 3 2 Accident 7 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Force GP210 0 Accident 4 Ret 60 Julián Simón RSV 0 Retirement 2 Ret 65 Stefan Bradl Suter 0 Accident 3 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 18 38:25.644 3 25 2 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 18 +2.395 4 20 3 93 Marc Márquez Derbi 18 +2.420 1 16 4 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 18 +2.840 2 13 5 11 Sandro Cortese Derbi 18 +3.526 7 11 6 35 Randy Krummenacher Aprilia 18 +3.569 5 10 7 12 Esteve Rabat Aprilia 18 +3.692 10 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 18 +13.719 9 8 9 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama Aprilia 18 +14.337 6 7 10 5 Alexis Masbou Aprilia 18 +15.917 8 6 11 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 18 +28.744 13 5 12 14 Johann Zarco Aprilia 18 +35.667 11 4 13 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 18 +36.831 14 3 14 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 18 +36.854 12 2 15 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 18 +38.899 18 1 16 78 Marcel Schrötter Honda 18 +38.991 15 17 69 Louis Rossi Aprilia 18 +42.056 19 18 50 Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 18 +51.351 16 19 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 18 +56.496 21 20 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 18 +56.750 20 21 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Aprilia 18 +1:21.998 17 22 87 Luca Marconi Aprilia 18 +1:32.074 24 23 80 Quentin Jacquet Aprilia 18 +1:52.842 25 Ret 72 Marco Ravaioli Lambretta 4 Retirement 26 Ret 39 Luis Salom Lambretta 2 Retirement 23 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 0 Retirement 22 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.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 25 2 Jorge Lorenzo 20 3 Andrea Dovizioso 16 4 Nicky Hayden 13 5 Ben Spies 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Honda 16 3 Ducati 13 4 Suzuki 7
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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