The 2011 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 November 2011 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. It was the first race after the death of Marco Simoncelli in Sepang. It was the final race for the current formula in the premier (MotoGP) and lightweight classes (now known as Moto3). In the premier class, the 800cc engines would be replaced by 1000cc engines. Honda also would change motorcycles at the end of the season, as the Honda RC212V that débuted at the 2007 Qatar Grand Prix would be replaced by the RC213V for the following season. In the lightweight class, the 125cc two-stroke motorcycle formula would be replaced by 250cc four-strokes for 2012. This was also the final race for Suzuki as a factory team until their return in 2015.

On Saturday, Stefan Bradl officially became Moto2 World Champion after his only rival, Marc Márquez, could not go on the track during the free practices and the qualifying session, because of injuries sustained in Malaysia.

MotoGP classification Colin Edwards had an injured shoulder and was replaced by 2011 AMA Pro Superbike champion Josh Hayes on the Yamaha Tech 3 and Jorge Lorenzo was replaced for the second time by test-rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga. Loris Capirossi retired from motorcycle racing following the race.

Although Gresini Racing originally pulled out of the Valencia race after Simoncelli's fatal accident, it was later decided that the team would race. As tribute to Marco Simoncelli, Loris Capirossi, in his final MotoGP race, participated wearing Simoncelli's racing number 58 instead of his usual racing number 65, although on the official reports he was still listed as #65. All riders from MotoGP, Moto2 and the 125cc races participated in a parade lap on Sunday morning after the warm-up session with 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz riding Simoncelli's bike. Valentino Rossi wore a tribute helmet.

The finish was one of the tightest in MotoGP history as already crowned World Champion Casey Stoner came from a long way back on acceleration out of the last corner to leapfrog Ben Spies at the finish line by just 0.015 seconds.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 48:18.645 1 25 2 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +0.015 3 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +5.936 8 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +8.718 11 13 5 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +9.321 2 11 6 89 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +23.818 15 10 7 41 Josh Hayes Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +33.118 16 9 8 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 30 +37.952 10 8 9 58 Loris Capirossi Pramac Racing Team Ducati 30 +48.953 12 7 10 24 Toni Elías LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +52.501 13 6 11 8 Héctor Barberá Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 30 +1:06.519 9 5 12 7 Hiroshi Aoyama San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +1:08.760 14 4 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Pramac Racing Team Ducati 0 Collision 4 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 0 Collision 5 Ret 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 0 Collision 6 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 0 Collision 7 Sources:

Moto2 classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 51 Michele Pirro Moriwaki 27 46:22.205 1 25 2 36 Mika Kallio Suter 27 +6.150 3 20 3 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 27 +6.363 7 16 4 13 Anthony West MZ-RE Honda 27 +8.843 22 13 5 9 Kenny Noyes FTR 27 +9.229 23 11 6 68 Yonny Hernández FTR 27 +9.926 20 10 7 63 Mike Di Meglio Tech 3 27 +10.115 9 9 8 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 27 +10.385 8 8 9 76 Max Neukirchner MZ-RE Honda 27 +13.018 24 7 10 60 Julián Simón Suter 27 +13.685 21 6 11 29 Andrea Iannone Suter 27 +14.686 25 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis Motobi 27 +15.200 5 4 13 16 Jules Cluzel Suter 27 +18.428 19 3 14 44 Pol Espargaró FTR 27 +19.177 13 2 15 71 Claudio Corti Suter 27 +20.356 26 1 16 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 27 +26.031 27 17 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 27 +27.160 6 18 18 Jordi Torres Suter 27 +33.813 15 19 25 Alex Baldolini Moriwaki 27 +46.003 18 20 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Suter 27 +49.635 29 21 40 Aleix Espargaró Pons Kalex 27 +1:12.187 11 22 64 Santiago Hernández FTR 27 +1:14.567 31 23 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 27 +1:15.394 12 24 39 Robertino Pietri Suter 27 +1:16.767 33 25 82 Elena Rosell Suter 27 +1:19.893 35 26 6 Joan Olivé FTR 27 +1:22.339 32 27 95 Mashel Al Naimi Moriwaki 26 +1 lap 37 28 61 Óscar Climent MIR Racing 26 +1 lap 34 29 96 Nasser Al Malki Moriwaki 26 +1 lap 38 30 45 Scott Redding Suter 26 +1 lap 14 Ret 35 Raffaele de Rosa Suter 25 Accident 28 Ret 3 Simone Corsi FTR 25 Retirement 10 Ret 53 Valentin Debise FTR 20 Retirement 30 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot FTR 13 Retirement 36 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini FTR 10 Accident 17 Ret 34 Esteve Rabat FTR 6 Retirement 16 Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 5 Accident 2 Ret 65 Stefan Bradl Kalex 4 Accident 4 DNS 80 Axel Pons Pons Kalex Did not start WD 93 Marc Márquez Suter Withdrew OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Maverick Viñales Aprilia 24 41:44.138 8 25 2 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +3.216 9 20 3 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 24 +7.460 6 16 4 7 Efrén Vázquez Derbi 24 +14.560 13 13 5 94 Jonas Folger Aprilia 24 +18.451 10 11 6 23 Alberto Moncayo Aprilia 24 +36.472 14 10 7 39 Luis Salom Aprilia 24 +52.614 4 9 8 31 Niklas Ajo Aprilia 24 +1:00.138 19 8 9 3 Luigi Morciano Aprilia 24 +1:00.253 22 7 10 96 Louis Rossi Aprilia 24 +1:03.258 2 6 11 60 Manuel Tatasciore Aprilia 24 +1:09.892 20 5 12 77 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 24 +1:12.741 23 4 13 19 Alessandro Tonucci Aprilia 24 +1:18.337 17 3 14 71 John McPhee Aprilia 24 +1:18.434 25 2 15 30 Giulian Pedone Aprilia 24 +1:20.580 30 1 16 50 Sturla Fagerhaug Aprilia 24 +1:21.155 21 17 52 Danny Kent Aprilia 24 +1:27.770 18 18 56 Péter Sebestyén Aprilia 24 +1:33.406 28 19 34 Daniel Ruiz Honda 24 +1:34.593 31 20 53 Jasper Iwema Aprilia 24 +1:34.832 27 21 40 Marco Colandrea Aprilia 23 +1 lap 33 22 10 Alexis Masbou KTM 23 +1 lap 5 23 86 Kevin Hanus Honda 23 +1 lap 32 24 84 Jakub Kornfeil Aprilia 23 +1 lap 24 25 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Derbi 21 +3 laps 15 NC 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 24 +2:16.952 11 Ret 17 Taylor Mackenzie Aprilia 18 Accident 26 Ret 14 Brad Binder Aprilia 17 Accident 34 Ret 28 Josep Rodríguez Aprilia 15 Retirement 16 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 11 Accident 7 Ret 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 11 Accident 1 Ret 21 Harry Stafford Aprilia 7 Retirement 29 Ret 8 Jack Miller KTM 3 Retirement 12 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Derbi 2 Accident 3 DNS 13 Juan Francisco Guevara Aprilia Did not start DNQ 22 Emil Petersen Honda Did not qualify OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Casey Stoner 350 2 Jorge Lorenzo 260 3 Andrea Dovizioso 228 4 Dani Pedrosa 219 5 Ben Spies 176

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 405 2 Yamaha 325 3 Ducati 180 4 Suzuki 73

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

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