2011 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

The 2011 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2011 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of September 2–4, 2011 at Nürburgring, Germany. The second race here turned out to be James Toseland's last race, as a crash aggravated the injury he picked up at Motorland Aragón earlier in the year and was forced to retire.^[1]

  2011 Nürburgring Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 10 of 13 rounds in the 2011 Superbike World Championship. and Round 9 of 12 rounds in the 2011 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	September 4, 2011
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.137 km (3.192 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Carlos Checa 1:54.144 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Carlos Checa Noriyuki Haga 1:55.971 2:14.619
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Fabien Foret 1:59.258 Fastest lap James Ellison 1:59.795

Results

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	20	38:59.779	1	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	Yamaha YZF-R1	20	+1.855	4	20
3	41	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	20	+2.322	5	16
4	58	Eugene Laverty	Yamaha YZF-R1	20	+7.789	2	13
5	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	20	+9.727	7	11
6	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	20	+10.113	8	10
7	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	20	+17.226	16	9
8	2	Leon Camier	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	20	+17.228	13	8
9	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	20	+18.166	15	7
10	4	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	20	+19.457	9	6
11	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	20	+22.136	6	5
12	8	Mark Aitchison	Kawasaki ZX-10R	20	+25.346	11	4
13	52	James Toseland	BMW S1000RR	20	+31.617	18	3
14	44	Roberto Rolfo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	20	+31.796	19	2
15	11	Troy Corser	BMW S1000RR	20	+33.320	17	1
16	84	Michel Fabrizio	Suzuki GSX-R1000	20	+38.149	12
17	100	Makoto Tamada	Honda CBR1000RR	20	+1:16.143	20
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	12	Retirement	10
Ret	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	4	Technical problem	14
DNS	1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	0	Injury	3
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Superbike race 2 classification

The race was red-flagged after 13 laps because of heavy rain.^[2]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	13	29:49.337	5	25
2	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	13	+4.063	7	20
3	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	13	+22.759	9	16
4	4	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	13	+28.497	8	13
5	58	Eugene Laverty	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	+38.374	2	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	Yamaha YZF-R1	13	+45.326	3	10
7	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	13	+47.030	14	9
8	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	13	+50.032	1	8
9	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	13	+53.586	6	7
10	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	13	+55.261	13	6
11	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	13	+1:12.805	15	5
12	11	Troy Corser	BMW S1000RR	13	+1:15.468	16	4
13	44	Roberto Rolfo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	13	+1:40.323	18	3
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	12	Accident	4
Ret	100	Makoto Tamada	Honda CBR1000RR	12	Accident	19
Ret	2	Leon Camier	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	11	Accident	12
Ret	8	Mark Aitchison	Kawasaki ZX-10R	10	Accident	10
Ret	52	James Toseland	BMW S1000RR	8	Accident	17
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Suzuki GSX-R1000	5	Retirement	11
DNS	1	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory		Injury
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport race classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Chaz Davies	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	38:10.466	2	25
2	77	James Ellison	Honda CBR600RR	19	+0.091	5	20
3	11	Sam Lowes	Honda CBR600RR	19	+3.749	4	16
4	9	Luca Scassa	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+6.269	7	13
5	55	Massimo Roccoli	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+8.702	6	11
6	99	Fabien Foret	Honda CBR600RR	19	+14.034	1	10
7	23	Broc Parkes	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+25.943	9	9
8	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+29.696	8	8
9	21	Florian Marino	Honda CBR600RR	19	+30.886	10	7
10	38	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	19	+37.555	21	6
11	22	Roberto Tamburini	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+37.960	16	5
12	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+39.129	17	4
13	5	Alexander Lundh	Honda CBR600RR	19	+39.804	15	3
14	10	Imre Tóth	Honda CBR600RR	19	+44.892	19	2
15	34	Ronan Quarmby	Triumph Daytona 675	19	+48.634	14	1
16	91	Danilo Dell'Omo	Triumph Daytona 675	19	+52.298	18
17	69	Ondřej Ježek	Honda CBR600RR	19	+52.671	22
18	43	Marc Moser	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+52.839	13
19	17	Patrik Vostárek	Honda CBR600RR	19	+53.486	20
20	25	Marko Jerman	Triumph Daytona 675	19	+1:16.809	25
21	60	Vladimir Ivanov	Honda CBR600RR	19	+1:17.676	24
22	57	Kervin Bos	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+1:45.523	27
23	45	Cătălin Cazacu	Honda CBR600RR	18	+1 lap	28
24	73	Oleg Pozdneev	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	+1 lap	31
25	19	Mitchell Pirotta	Honda CBR600RR	18	+1 lap	30
26	24	Eduard Blokhin	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	+1 lap	32
Ret	117	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	17	Retirement	11
Ret	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	15	Retirement	12
Ret	28	Paweł Szkopek	Honda CBR600RR	14	Accident	23
Ret	4	Gino Rea	Honda CBR600RR	13	Accident	3
Ret	33	Yves Polzer	Yamaha YZF-R6	8	Retirement	29
Ret	8	Bastien Chesaux	Honda CBR600RR	5	Accident	26
DNS	87	Luca Marconi	Yamaha YZF-R6		Did not start
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

References

1. "Disability forces Toseland's racing retirement". worldsbk.com. Superbike World Championship. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "Sykes takes wet win for Kawasaki". worldsbk.com. 5 September 2011.