2011 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2011 Australian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 October 2011
Official name	Iveco Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.764 mi)
MotorGP
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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Notes

The race was stopped after 20 laps due to an accident involving Niklas Ajo.

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