2010 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 October 2010 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Australian Casey Stoner won his fourth consecutive home race, which was also his last win for Ducati and Ducati's last win until the 2016 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix.

  2010 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 October 2010
Official name	Iveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix^[1]^[2]^[3]
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:30.107 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:30.458 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Valentino Rossi
Moto2
Pole position Rider Alex de Angelis Time 1:35.148 Fastest lap Rider Andrea Iannone Time 1:34.771 Podium First Alex de Angelis Second Scott Redding Third Andrea Iannone
125 cc
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:38.236 Fastest lap Rider Marc Márquez Time 1:38.305 Podium First Marc Márquez Second Pol Espargaró Third Nicolás Terol

Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner and Valentino Rossi on the podium after finishing second, first and third in the MotoGP race

Alex de Angelis, celebrating on the podium after winning the Moto2 race

Pol Espargaró, Marc Márquez and Nicolás Terol, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the 125cc race

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	41:09.128	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+8.598	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+17.997	8	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	27	+18.035	6	13
5	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+22.211	3	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+25.017	4	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	27	+35.168	5	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	27	+46.194	11	8
9	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+46.294	10	7
10	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+59.635	7	6
11	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	27	+59.664	12	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+59.732	14	4
13	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+1:05.029	13	3
14	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	27	+1:05.053	15	2
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	3	Accident	9
DNS	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
DNS	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki		Did not start
Sources:^[4]^[5]^[6]

Moto2 classification

Wayne Maxwell was black flagged for dangerous riding, crashing into Héctor Faubel during the first lap.^[7]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	25	39:51.102	1	25
2	45	Scott Redding	Suter	25	+2.172	2	20
3	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	25	+2.974	5	16
4	60	Julián Simón	Suter	25	+10.344	6	13
5	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	25	+10.617	3	11
6	63	Mike Di Meglio	Suter	25	+17.847	4	10
7	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	25	+27.145	9	9
8	3	Simone Corsi	Motobi	25	+27.249	14	8
9	6	Alex Debón	FTR	25	+27.398	21	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	FTR	25	+27.666	10	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	25	+27.677	12	5
12	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki	25	+27.851	15	4
13	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	25	+28.333	26	3
14	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	25	+28.438	18	2
15	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	25	+28.497	16	1
16	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	25	+32.644	8
17	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	25	+37.671	19
18	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	25	+42.933	22
19	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	25	+46.144	24
20	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	25	+46.164	20
21	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	25	+46.370	23
22	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	25	+51.841	27
23	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	25	+54.114	17
24	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	25	+1:00.729	28
25	46	Javier Forés	Bimota	25	+1:04.140	29
26	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	25	+1:04.185	25
27	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	25	+1:09.299	32
28	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	25	+1:09.794	30
29	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	25	+1:16.060	31
30	49	Alex Cudlin	BQR-Moto2	25	+1:16.195	33
31	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	25	+1:34.156	35
32	28	Kazuki Watanabe	Suter	24	+1 lap	34
33	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	24	+1 lap	37
34	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	24	+1 lap	36
Ret	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	20	Retirement	38
Ret	56	Michael Ranseder	Suter	18	Retirement	7
Ret	66	Hiromichi Kunikawa	Bimota	10	Retirement	39
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	0	Collision	13
DSQ	47	Wayne Maxwell	Moriwaki	3	Disqualified	11
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	23	38:13.008	1	25
2	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+6.062	3	20
3	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+11.576	4	16
4	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+19.032	7	13
5	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+19.033	5	11
6	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	23	+20.593	6	10
7	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	23	+31.519	8	9
8	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	23	+46.598	9	8
9	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	23	+48.730	12	7
10	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+58.456	11	6
11	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	23	+1:15.857	17	5
12	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	23	+1:19.506	19	4
13	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	23	+1:19.540	15	3
14	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	23	+1:19.543	18	2
15	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	23	+1:32.122	13	1
16	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	23	+1:42.366	21
17	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	24
18	46	Joshua Hook	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	22
19	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	20
20	57	Joel Taylor	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	25
21	52	Danny Kent	Lambretta	22	+1 lap	23
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	3	Retirement	16
Ret	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	2	Accident	2
Ret	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	0	Retirement	14
Ret	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	0	Accident	10
DNQ	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia		Did not qualify
DNQ	47	Levi Day	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta		Did not qualify
DNQ	45	Jordan Zamora	Honda		Did not qualify
DNQ	54	Nicky Diles	Aprilia		Did not qualify
DNQ	96	Tommaso Gabrielli	Aprilia		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 sixteen has concluded.^[8]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1   Jorge Lorenzo 333 2   Dani Pedrosa 228 3   Casey Stoner 205 4   Valentino Rossi 197 5   Andrea Dovizioso 179

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1   Yamaha 354 2   Honda 315 3   Ducati 255 4   Suzuki 96

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

References

1. "2010 Australian MotoGP". 13 June 2017. from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2010 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com. from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com. from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "2010 Australian MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017. from the original on 19 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
5. "motogp.com · IVECO AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com. from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
7. "Phillip Island provides De Angelis with maiden Moto2 win". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 17 October 2010. from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2019.

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