MotoGP World Championship

2011 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 17

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Casey Stoner	350	—	10	16
2	Jorge Lorenzo	260	−90	3	10
3	Andrea Dovizioso	228	−122	0	7
4	Daniel Pedrosa	219	−131	3	9
5	Ben Spies	176	−174	1	4
6	Marco Simoncelli	139	−211	0	2
7	Valentino Rossi	139	−211	0	1
8	Nicky Hayden	132	−218	0	1
9	Colin Edwards	109	−241	0	1
10	Hiroshi Aoyama	98	−252	0	0
11	Hector Barbera	82	−268	0	0
12	Cal Crutchlow	70	−280	0	0
13	Alvaro Bautista	67	−283	0	0
14	Karel Abraham	64	−286	0	0
15	Toni Elias	61	−289	0	0
16	Randy De Puniet	49	−301	0	0
17	Loris Capirossi	43	−307	0	0
18	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	10	−340	0	0
19	Josh Hayes	9	−341	0	0
20	Kousuke Akiyoshi	7	−343	0	0
21	John Hopkins	6	−344	0	0
22	Shinichi Ito	3	−347	0	0
23	Sylvain Guintoli	0	−350	0	0
24	Damian Cudlin	0	−350	0	0
25	Ben Bostrom	0	−350	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	20.03	Casey Stoner
2	Spanish Grand Prix	03.04	Jorge Lorenzo
3	Portuguese Grand Prix	01.05	Daniel Pedrosa
4	French Grand Prix	15.05	Casey Stoner
5	Catalan Grand Prix	05.06	Casey Stoner
6	British Grand Prix	12.06	Casey Stoner
7	Dutch TT	25.06	Ben Spies
8	Italian Grand Prix	03.07	Jorge Lorenzo
9	German Grand Prix	17.07	Daniel Pedrosa
10	United States Grand Prix	24.07	Casey Stoner
11	Czech Grand Prix	14.08	Casey Stoner
12	Indianapolis Grand Prix	28.08	Casey Stoner
13	San Marino Grand Prix	04.09	Jorge Lorenzo
14	Aragon Grand Prix	18.09	Casey Stoner
15	Japanese Grand Prix	02.10	Daniel Pedrosa
16	Australian Grand Prix	16.10	Casey Stoner
17	Malaysian Grand Prix	23.10
18	Valencia Grand Prix	06.11	Casey Stoner

0.79

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.78

41%

Pole wins

historical avg. 38%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.9

19%

Retirements

historical avg. 19%

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

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Repsol Honda Team	Casey Stoner – Andrea Dovizioso	15–2	0–0	18–0	350–228
Yamaha Factory Racing	Jorge Lorenzo – Ben Spies	12–2	0–0	12–4	260–176
Ducati Team	Valentino Rossi – Nicky Hayden	10–6	0–0	9–9	139–132
San Carlo Honda Gresini	Marco Simoncelli – Hiroshi Aoyama	10–6	0–0	17–0	139–98
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Colin Edwards – Cal Crutchlow	11–3	0–0	10–7	109–70
Pramac Racing Team	Randy De Puniet – Loris Capirossi	6–4	0–0	12–3	49–43

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.