2010 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2010 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 June 2010 at Silverstone. It was the first event Valentino Rossi missed since his debut in 1996, due to a shin bone fracture at Mugello in practice for the previous Grand Prix.

  2010 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 June 2010
Official name	AirAsia British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.902 km (3.667 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:03.308 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 2:03.526 on lap 4 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Second Andrea Dovizioso Third Ben Spies
Moto2
Pole position Rider Claudio Corti Time 2:09.624 Fastest lap Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 2:09.886 on lap 12 Podium First Jules Cluzel Second Thomas Lüthi Third Julián Simón
125 cc
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 2:14.667 Fastest lap Rider Pol Espargaró Time 2:13.781 on lap 14 Podium First Marc Márquez Second Pol Espargaró Third Bradley Smith

Jorge Lorenzo dominated the MotoGP race, finishing nearly seven seconds clear of a battle for second place. Andrea Dovizioso won the battle for second, with Ben Spies passing countryman Nicky Hayden for third on the last lap to get his first ever MotoGP podium, and Casey Stoner recovered from a terrible start which left him last at the first corner to finish fifth ahead of front row starter Randy de Puniet.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	20	41:34.083	1	25
2	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+6.743	4	20
3	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	20	+7.097	7	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	20	+7.314	5	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	20	+7.494	6	11
6	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	20	+9.055	2	10
7	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	20	+14.425	9	9
8	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	20	+15.313	3	8
9	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	20	+27.954	10	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	20	+42.394	12	6
11	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	20	+43.365	11	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	20	+43.408	14	4
13	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	20	+43.580	15	3
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	13	Accident	13
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Accident	8
DNS	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda		Did not start
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	18	39:19.472	2	25
2	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	18	+0.057	9	20
3	60	Julián Simón	Suter	18	+0.322	4	16
4	45	Scott Redding	Suter	18	+0.520	12	13
5	6	Alex Debón	FTR	18	+5.271	17	11
6	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Suter	18	+5.377	11	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Suter	18	+5.484	31	9
8	19	Xavier Siméon	Moriwaki	18	+5.709	6	8
9	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	18	+10.240	13	7
10	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	18	+10.411	18	6
11	10	Fonsi Nieto	Moriwaki	18	+10.701	10	5
12	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	18	+10.741	16	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	18	+10.959	24	3
14	41	Arne Tode	Suter	18	+16.062	8	2
15	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	18	+16.161	22	1
16	59	Niccolò Canepa	Force GP210	18	+24.118	26
17	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	18	+29.563	33
18	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	18	+29.952	38
19	61	Vladimir Ivanov	Moriwaki	18	+30.218	34
20	52	Lukáš Pešek	Moriwaki	18	+31.289	25
21	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	18	+31.423	23
22	54	Kev Coghlan	FTR	18	+31.715	30
23	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	18	+31.819	20
24	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	18	+35.447	27
25	76	Bernat Martínez	Bimota	18	+35.851	28
26	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	18	+42.924	39
27	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	18	+51.566	29
28	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	18	+56.529	36
29	21	Vladimir Leonov	Suter	18	+58.361	40
30	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	18	+1:18.671	1
NC	5	Joan Olivé	Promoharris	18	+2:44.369[N 1]	35
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	17	Accident	5
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	17	Collision	7
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	FTR	17	Collision	14
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	17	Accident	32
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	MotoBi	16	Retirement	21
Ret	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	15	Accident	19
Ret	96	Anthony Delhalle	BQR-Moto2	13	Accident	37
Ret	3	Simone Corsi	MotoBi	1	Collision	15
Ret	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	1	Collision	3
DNS	15	Alex de Angelis	Force GP210		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	17	38:12.837	1	25
2	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	17	+2.576	3	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	17	+13.446	2	16
4	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	17	+17.117	4	13
5	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	17	+35.641	7	11
6	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	17	+39.184	11	10
7	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	17	+39.258	10	9
8	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	17	+39.949	5	8
9	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	17	+40.510	6	7
10	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	17	+50.287	8	6
11	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	17	+1:03.503	9	5
12	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	17	+1:04.065	12	4
13	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	17	+1:07.148	14	3
14	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	17	+1:07.591	15	2
15	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	17	+1:07.601	24	1
16	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	17	+1:08.045	17
17	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	17	+1:12.472	20
18	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	17	+1:16.933	16
19	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	17	+1:38.139	19
20	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	17	+1:41.224	21
21	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	17	+1:41.416	23
22	60	Michael van der Mark	Lambretta	17	+1:42.313	25
23	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	17	+1:42.642	28
24	75	Deane Brown	Honda	16	+1 lap	26
Ret	73	Taylor Mackenzie	Honda	16	Retirement	27
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	11	Retirement	22
Ret	52	Danny Kent	Honda	11	Retirement	29
Ret	74	James Lodge	Honda	8	Retirement	31
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Aprilia	5	Retirement	18
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	4	Accident	13
Ret	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta	4	Retirement	30
DNQ	77	Andrew Reid	Honda		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Notes

1. Not classified due to finishing the race through pits.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 115 2 Andrea Dovizioso 78 3 Dani Pedrosa 73 4 Valentino Rossi 61 5 Nicky Hayden 52

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 120 2 Honda 97 3 Ducati 65 4 Suzuki 23

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

References

1. "2010 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 4 July 2017. 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.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "2010 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 4 July 2017.
5. "motogp.com · AIRASIA BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2010". www.motogp.com.
6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2010. Retrieved 2019-08-24.