MotoGP World Championship

2010 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 17

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Jorge Lorenzo	358	—	8	15
2	Daniel Pedrosa	237	−121	4	9
3	Casey Stoner	225	−133	3	9
4	Valentino Rossi	213	−145	2	9
5	Andrea Dovizioso	190	−168	0	6
6	Ben Spies	176	−182	0	2
7	Nicky Hayden	152	−206	0	1
8	Marco Simoncelli	112	−246	0	0
9	Randy De Puniet	106	−252	0	0
10	Marco Melandri	96	−262	0	0
11	Colin Edwards	94	−264	0	0
12	Hector Barbera	84	−274	0	0
13	Alvaro Bautista	80	−278	0	0
14	Aleix Espargaro	65	−293	0	0
15	Hiroshi Aoyama	49	−309	0	0
16	Mika Kallio	43	−315	0	0
17	Loris Capirossi	41	−317	0	0
18	Alex De Angelis	11	−347	0	0
19	Roger Lee Hayden	5	−353	0	0
20	Kousuke Akiyoshi	4	−354	0	0
21	Wataru Yoshikawa	1	−357	0	0
22	Carlos Checa	1	−357	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	11.04	Valentino Rossi
2	Spanish Grand Prix	02.05	Jorge Lorenzo
3	French Grand Prix	23.05	Jorge Lorenzo
4	Italian Grand Prix	06.06	Daniel Pedrosa
5	British Grand Prix	20.06	Jorge Lorenzo
6	Dutch TT	26.06	Jorge Lorenzo
7	Catalan Grand Prix	04.07	Jorge Lorenzo
8	German Grand Prix	18.07	Daniel Pedrosa
9	United States Grand Prix	25.07	Jorge Lorenzo
10	Czech Grand Prix	15.08	Jorge Lorenzo
11	Indianapolis Grand Prix	29.08	Daniel Pedrosa
12	San Marino Grand Prix	05.09	Daniel Pedrosa
13	Aragon Grand Prix	19.09	Casey Stoner
14	Japanese Grand Prix	03.10	Casey Stoner
15	Malaysian Grand Prix	10.10	Valentino Rossi
16	Australian Grand Prix	17.10	Casey Stoner
17	Portuguese Grand Prix	31.10
18	Valencia Grand Prix	07.11	Jorge Lorenzo

0.83

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.78

47%

Pole wins

historical avg. 38%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.9

15%

Retirements

historical avg. 20%

Over 17 races this season. The higher the grid ↔ result correlation, the more predictable the year.

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Fiat Yamaha Team	Jorge Lorenzo – Valentino Rossi	10–3	0–0	11–3	358–213
Repsol Honda Team	Daniel Pedrosa – Andrea Dovizioso	9–5	0–0	10–6	237–190
Ducati Team	Casey Stoner – Nicky Hayden	11–6	0–0	14–3	225–152
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Ben Spies – Colin Edwards	13–3	0–0	11–6	176–94
San Carlo Honda Gresini	Marco Simoncelli – Marco Melandri	9–7	0–0	13–4	112–96
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Alvaro Bautista – Loris Capirossi	8–4	0–0	3–13	80–41
Pramac Racing Team	Aleix Espargaro – Mika Kallio	10–4	0–0	14–2	65–43

Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.