The 2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 October 2011 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
Australian rider Casey Stoner clinched the 2011 MotoGP World Championship with his fifth consecutive victory at his home Grand Prix on his 26th birthday. Italian rider Marco Simoncelli recorded his final podium finish at this event before being fatally injured at the following race in Malaysia.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 42:02.425 1 25 2 58 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +2.210 2 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +2.454 4 16 4 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +13.160 6 13 5 5 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +30.886 7 11 6 14 Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati 27 +48.800 9 10 7 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 27 +1:16.314 5 9 8 24 Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 26 +1 lap 14 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 26 +1 lap 8 7 10 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 25 +2 laps 13 6 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 23 Accident 3 Ret 7 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 23 Accident 10 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 Accident 12 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 13 Accident 11 DNS 1 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha Injury DNS 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha Injury DNS 6 Damian Cudlin Pramac Racing Team Ducati Injury Sources:
Moto2 classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi 25 39:44.774 1 25 2 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex 25 +1.358 8 20 3 93 Marc Márquez Suter 25 +6.362 38 16 4 71 Claudio Corti Suter 25 +6.475 20 13 5 44 Pol Espargaró FTR 25 +14.815 6 11 6 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 25 +15.155 5 10 7 45 Scott Redding Suter 25 +15.261 4 9 8 29 Andrea Iannone Suter 25 +16.047 16 8 9 63 Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 25 +16.331 2 7 10 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 25 +20.337 3 6 11 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 25 +22.081 9 5 12 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 25 +26.248 13 4 13 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 25 +29.295 24 3 14 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki 25 +30.203 12 2 15 3 Simone Corsi FTR 25 +30.745 22 1 16 36 Mika Kallio Suter 25 +30.776 15 17 88 Ricard Cardús Moriwaki 25 +30.784 27 18 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 25 +43.520 7 19 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex 25 +47.064 25 20 35 Raffaele De Rosa Suter 25 +50.357 19 21 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 25 +50.364 33 22 9 Kenny Noyes FTR 25 +1:04.747 26 23 6 Joan Olivé FTR 25 +1:04.907 30 24 68 Yonny Hernández FTR 25 +1:19.734 29 25 20 Iván Moreno Suter 24 +1 lap 31 26 64 Santiago Hernández FTR 24 +1 lap 34 27 56 Blake Leigh-Smith FTR 24 +1 lap 35 28 95 Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 24 +1 lap 37 Ret 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 20 Retirement 36 Ret 53 Valentin Debise FTR 19 Retirement 28 Ret 43 Kris McLaren Suter 14 Accident 32 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 12 Accident 23 Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 12 Retirement 21 Ret 76 Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 1 Accident 11 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini FTR 0 Accident 10 Ret 18 Jordi Torres Suter 0 Accident 14 Ret 34 Esteve Rabat FTR 0 Accident 17 Ret 13 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 0 Accident 18 DNS 14 Ratthapark Wilairot FTR Injury OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
125 cc classification The race was stopped after 20 laps due to an accident involving Niklas Ajo. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 20 34:49.670 2 25 2 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 20 +13.572 10 20 3 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 20 +14.311 1 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 20 +14.926 6 13 5 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 20 +22.328 8 11 6 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 20 +26.689 4 10 7 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 20 +28.887 5 9 8 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 20 +35.635 9 8 9 96 Louis Rossi Aprilia 20 +36.553 12 7 10 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 20 +36.686 18 6 11 77 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 20 +38.608 19 5 12 3 Luigi Morciano Aprilia 20 +41.697 11 4 13 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 20 +43.349 13 3 14 10 Alexis Masbou KTM 20 +47.896 15 2 15 50 Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 20 +55.159 22 1 16 19 Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 20 +56.909 16 17 28 Josep Rodríguez Aprilia 20 +1:10.093 20 18 17 Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 20 +1:10.237 27 19 60 Manuel Tatasciore Aprilia 20 +1:10.802 21 20 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 20 +1:10.844 26 21 14 Brad Binder Aprilia 20 +1:27.965 24 22 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 20 +1:37.676 7 23 8 Jack Miller KTM 20 +1:40.315 28 24 40 Marco Colandrea Aprilia 19 +1 lap 30 25 30 Giulian Pedone Aprilia 19 +1 lap 23 26 46 Joshua Hook Aprilia 19 +1 lap 32 27 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 19 +1 lap 14 Ret 31 Niklas Ajo Aprilia 19 Accident 17 Ret 36 Joan Perelló Aprilia 12 Retirement 29 Ret 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 9 Retirement 25 Ret 47 Nicky Diles Aprilia 6 Retirement 31 DNS 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 0 Engine 3 DNS 21 Harry Stafford Aprilia Injury DNQ 48 Alexander Phillis Aprilia Did not qualify DNQ 45 Tom Hatton Honda Did not qualify DNQ 49 Avalon Biddle Honda Did not qualify OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
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Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 325 2 Jorge Lorenzo 260 3 Andrea Dovizioso 212 4 Dani Pedrosa 208 5 Ben Spies 156
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 380 2 Yamaha 305 3 Ducati 172 4 Suzuki 73
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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