2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 25 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 20 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | 16 |
| 4 | Nicky Hayden | 13 |
| 5 | Ben Spies | 11 |
| Pos. | 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.
