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Motegi, Japan - Honda came out on top after the 2011 Japanese MotoGP at the home of Honda in Japan, Motegi.
Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the race from Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo after a hard-fought last few laps and third was Honda's Casey Stoner who started from pole, fell back to seventh after a severe moment in turn five under braking then ran off the track before fighting his way back.
Several top names fell out, including Ducati's Valentino Rossi, on the first lap. Marco Simoncelli was fourth and Andrea Dovizioso fifth.
Both Simoncelli and Dovizioso had to take drive-through penalties for jumping the start. Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) went down and Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) ran off track after lapping in fourth position.
RESULTS
1 Dani PEDROSA Honda 42min47.481
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha +7.299
3 Casey STONER Honda +23.550
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Honda +23.691
5 Ben SPIES Yamaha +37.604
6 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati +39.167
7 Colin EDWARDS Yamaha +45.023
8 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda +49.074
9 Randy DE PUNIET Ducati +59.022
10 Cal CRUTCHLOWG Yamaha +1min13.964
11 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Honda +1min21.709
12 Shinichi ITOJ Honda +1min26.381
NOT CLASSIFIED
Toni ELIAS Honda Laps 19
Alvaro BAUTISTA Suzuki Laps 6
Damian CUDLIN Ducati Laps 8
Hector BARBERA Ducati Laps 46
Valentino ROSSI Ducati 0 Laps
Moto2 results
1 Andrea Iannone (Italy) Suter 43min25.007
2 Marc Marquez (Spain) Suter 43min27.006
3 Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Suter 43min28.693
4 Stefan Bradl (Germany) Kalex 43min29.320
5 Simone Corsi (Italy) FTR 43min29.654
6 Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Motobi 43min29.820
7 Bradley Smith (Britain) Tech 3 43min35.527
8 Dominique Aegerter (Switzerland) Suter 43min35.732
9 Esteve Rabat (Spain) FTR 43min36.394
10. Mika Kallio (Finland) Suter 43min37.810
11 Xavier Simeon (Belgium) Tech 3 43min43.266
12 Anthony West (Australia) FTR 43min45.822
13 Michele Pirro (Italy) Moriwaki 43min48.802
14 Mattia Pasini (Italy) FTR 43min49.395
15 Pol Espargaro (Spain) FTR 43min59.078
125cc results
1 Johnn Zarco (France) Derbi 39min49.968
2 Niclas Terol (Spain) Aprilia 39min55.868
3 Hector Faubel (Spain) Aprilia 40min03.573
4 Maverick Vinales (Spain) Aprilia 40min06.159
5 Sandro Cortese (Germany) Aprilia 40min13.390
6 Jonas Folger (Germany) Aprilia 40min13.629
7 Alberto Moncayo (Spain) Aprilia 40min14.002
8 Adrian Martin (Spain) Aprilia 40min14.139
9 Danny Kent (Britain) Aprilia 40min39.086
10 Alessandro Tonucci (Italy) Aprilia 40min41.361
11 Jakub Kornfeil (Czech Republic) Aprilia 40min41.861
12 Marcel Schroetter (Germany) Mahindra40min51.011
13 Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) Aprilia 40min54.889
14 Harry Stafford (Britain) Aprilia 40min55.574
15 Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Malaysia) Derbi 40min56.213
Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the race from Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo after a hard-fought last few laps and third was Honda's Casey Stoner who started from pole, fell back to seventh after a severe moment in turn five under braking then ran off the track before fighting his way back.
Several top names fell out, including Ducati's Valentino Rossi, on the first lap. Marco Simoncelli was fourth and Andrea Dovizioso fifth.
Both Simoncelli and Dovizioso had to take drive-through penalties for jumping the start. Héctor Barberá (Mapfre Aspar) went down and Nicky Hayden (Ducati Team) ran off track after lapping in fourth position.
RESULTS
1 Dani PEDROSA Honda 42min47.481
2 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha +7.299
3 Casey STONER Honda +23.550
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Honda +23.691
5 Ben SPIES Yamaha +37.604
6 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati +39.167
7 Colin EDWARDS Yamaha +45.023
8 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda +49.074
9 Randy DE PUNIET Ducati +59.022
10 Cal CRUTCHLOWG Yamaha +1min13.964
11 Kousuke AKIYOSHI Honda +1min21.709
12 Shinichi ITOJ Honda +1min26.381
NOT CLASSIFIED
Toni ELIAS Honda Laps 19
Alvaro BAUTISTA Suzuki Laps 6
Damian CUDLIN Ducati Laps 8
Hector BARBERA Ducati Laps 46
Valentino ROSSI Ducati 0 Laps
Moto2 results
1 Andrea Iannone (Italy) Suter 43min25.007
2 Marc Marquez (Spain) Suter 43min27.006
3 Thomas Luethi (Switzerland) Suter 43min28.693
4 Stefan Bradl (Germany) Kalex 43min29.320
5 Simone Corsi (Italy) FTR 43min29.654
6 Alex de Angelis (San Marino) Motobi 43min29.820
7 Bradley Smith (Britain) Tech 3 43min35.527
8 Dominique Aegerter (Switzerland) Suter 43min35.732
9 Esteve Rabat (Spain) FTR 43min36.394
10. Mika Kallio (Finland) Suter 43min37.810
11 Xavier Simeon (Belgium) Tech 3 43min43.266
12 Anthony West (Australia) FTR 43min45.822
13 Michele Pirro (Italy) Moriwaki 43min48.802
14 Mattia Pasini (Italy) FTR 43min49.395
15 Pol Espargaro (Spain) FTR 43min59.078
125cc results
1 Johnn Zarco (France) Derbi 39min49.968
2 Niclas Terol (Spain) Aprilia 39min55.868
3 Hector Faubel (Spain) Aprilia 40min03.573
4 Maverick Vinales (Spain) Aprilia 40min06.159
5 Sandro Cortese (Germany) Aprilia 40min13.390
6 Jonas Folger (Germany) Aprilia 40min13.629
7 Alberto Moncayo (Spain) Aprilia 40min14.002
8 Adrian Martin (Spain) Aprilia 40min14.139
9 Danny Kent (Britain) Aprilia 40min39.086
10 Alessandro Tonucci (Italy) Aprilia 40min41.361
11 Jakub Kornfeil (Czech Republic) Aprilia 40min41.861
12 Marcel Schroetter (Germany) Mahindra40min51.011
13 Jasper Iwema (Netherlands) Aprilia 40min54.889
14 Harry Stafford (Britain) Aprilia 40min55.574
15 Zulfahmi Khairuddin (Malaysia) Derbi 40min56.213
