2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 14–16 October 2011 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

  2011 Australian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 October 2011
Official nameIveco Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
LocationPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:29.975
Fastest lap
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:30.629
Podium
First Casey Stoner
Second Marco Simoncelli
Third Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Alex de Angelis
Time 1:34.574
Fastest lap
Rider Alex de Angelis
Time 1:34.549
Podium
First Alex de Angelis
Second Stefan Bradl
Third Marc Márquez
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Johann Zarco
Time 1:39.207
Fastest lap
Rider Sandro Cortese
Time 1:40.276
Podium
First Sandro Cortese
Second Luis Salom
Third Johann Zarco

Australian rider Casey Stoner clinched the 2011 MotoGP World Championship with his fifth consecutive victory at his home Grand Prix on his 26th birthday. Italian rider Marco Simoncelli recorded his final podium finish at this event before being fatally injured at the following race in Malaysia.

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