2010 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2010 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Indianapolis Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of August 27–29, 2010 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

During a support event for MotoGP, the second of two United States Grand Prix Racer Union 250cc (age 12–18) races during the race meet on August 29, 13-year-old Peter Lenz was killed during the warmup lap before the start. It was the first competitor fatality at the Speedway during a race since 1973.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 47:31.615 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Ben Spies | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +3.575 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +6.812 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +12.633 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +21.885 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +35.138 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +36.740 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +36.825 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +44.905 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 40 | Héctor Barberá | Páginas Amarillas Aspar | Ducati | 28 | +51.368 | 16 | 6 |
| 11 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +55.386 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Interwetten Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +57.903 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:04.139 | 17 | 3 |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 18 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 16 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Team | Ducati | 7 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
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## Moto2 classification

An eight-motorcycle crash in the Snake Pit at the start (#34 R. Hayden, #29 Iannone, #2 Talmácsi, #52 Pešek, #61 Ivanov, #3 Corsi, #48 Tomizawa, #56 Ranseder) led to a red flag and two retirements (Tomizawa and Ranseder) immediately. It was later restarted, with the distance shortened to 17 laps.

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 24 | Toni Elías | Moriwaki | 17 | 30:27.480 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 17 | +0.405 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 45 | Scott Redding | Suter | 17 | +4.227 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 17 | +5.978 | 25 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Motobi | 17 | +7.058 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 40 | Sergio Gadea | Pons Kalex | 17 | +9.432 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Moriwaki | 17 | +9.815 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 2 | Gábor Talmácsi | Speed Up | 17 | +10.141 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 42 | Jason DiSalvo | FTR | 17 | +17.564 | 26 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Anthony West | MZ-RE Honda | 17 | +17.592 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 17 | +17.618 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Suter | 17 | +20.527 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Suter | 17 | +26.008 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 80 | Axel Pons | Pons Kalex | 17 | +28.353 | 27 | 2 |
| 15 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | BQR-Moto2 | 17 | +30.480 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | I.C.P. | 17 | +30.538 | 19 | |
| 17 | 34 | Roger Lee Hayden | Moriwaki | 17 | +31.860 | 28 | |
| 18 | 53 | Valentin Debise | ADV | 17 | +32.255 | 30 | |
| 19 | 9 | Kenny Noyes | Promoharris | 17 | +32.500 | 29 | |
| 20 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Moriwaki | 17 | +32.529 | 14 | |
| 21 | 39 | Robertino Pietri | Suter | 17 | +44.569 | 32 | |
| 22 | 5 | Joan Olivé | Promoharris | 17 | +44.956 | 35 | |
| 23 | 41 | Arne Tode | Suter | 17 | +52.993 | 31 | |
| 24 | 88 | Yannick Guerra | Moriwaki | 17 | +57.481 | 38 | |
| 25 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 17 | +1:16.404 | 18 | |
| 26 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Tech 3 | 14 | +3 laps | 12 | |
| Ret | 95 | Mashel Al Naimi | BQR-Moto2 | 12 | Retirement | 37 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Suter | 11 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Bimota | 8 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Tech 3 | 6 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 65 | Stefan Bradl | Suter | 5 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 4 | Ricard Cardús | Bimota | 2 | Accident | 34 | |
| Ret | 11 | Yusuke Teshima | Motobi | 2 | Accident | 36 | |
| Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Suter | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | FTR | 1 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 61 | Vladimir Ivanov | Moriwaki | 1 | Accident | 24 | |
| DNS | 48 | Shoya Tomizawa | Suter | 0 | Accident in first start | 23 | |
| DNS | 56 | Michael Ranseder | Suter | 0 | Accident in first start | 11 | |
| DNS | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Moriwaki | | Injured | | |
| DNS | 17 | Karel Abraham | FTR | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

Marc Márquez was given a 20-second penalty after the race for cutting the track.

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 40 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 23 | 42:19.223 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Derbi | 23 | +4.995 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 23 | +10.856 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Derbi | 23 | +15.402 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | Aprilia | 23 | +19.912 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 23 | +20.093 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 35 | Randy Krummenacher | Aprilia | 23 | +20.702 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Aprilia | 23 | +26.797 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 23 | +27.666 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Derbi | 23 | +39.840 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Aprilia | 23 | +46.153 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 39 | Luis Salom | Aprilia | 23 | +52.556 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Johann Zarco | Aprilia | 23 | +54.354 | 8 | 3 |
| 14 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Aprilia | 23 | +54.402 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 23 | +1:07.208 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Lambretta | 23 | +1:24.117 | 24 | |
| 17 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Aprilia | 23 | +1:25.890 | 14 | |
| 18 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Aprilia | 23 | +1:53.618 | 25 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 78 | Marcel Schrötter | Honda | 8 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 55 | Isaac Viñales | Lambretta | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 69 | Louis Rossi | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 23 | |
| DNS | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 90 | Kristian Lee Turner | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 251 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 183 |
| 3 | Andrea Dovizioso | 126 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | 119 |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | 114 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 260 |
| 2 | Honda | 220 |
| 3 | Ducati | 159 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 56 |

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