2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 22–24, 2011 at Laguna Seca. As in previous years, only the MotoGP class raced at Laguna Seca, with the domestic Superbike, Sportbike, and Supersport championships joining the MotoGP class instead of the Moto2 and 125cc classes.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Team | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | 43:52.145 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 32 | +5.634 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +9.467 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 32 | +20.562 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +20.885 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +30.351 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +31.031 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 32 | +45.502 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 32 | +51.549 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +1:08.850 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 32 | +1:09.132 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 31 | +1 lap | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 31 | +1 lap | 16 | 3 |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 13 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 23 | Ben Bostrom | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 6 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 3 | Accident | 10 | |
| DNS | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | | Injury | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Casey Stoner | 193 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 173 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | 143 |
| 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 110 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | 108 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 235 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 204 |
| 3 | Ducati | 117 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 45 |

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