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  2011 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 17 races in the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 2011
Official name	Iveco TT Assen
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:34.718 Fastest lap Rider Ben Spies Time 1:35.240 Podium First Ben Spies Second Casey Stoner Third Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Pole position Rider Stefan Bradl Time 1:39.305 Fastest lap Rider Pol Espargaró Time 1:47.615 Podium First Marc Márquez Second Kenan Sofuoğlu Third Bradley Smith
125cc
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales Time 1:44.597 Fastest lap Rider Maverick Viñales Time 1:44.928 Podium First Maverick Viñales Second Luis Salom Third Sergio Gadea

The 2011 Dutch TT was the seventh round of the 2011 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 2011 at the TT Circuit Assen.

MotoGP race report

American rider, Yamaha Factory Racing's Ben Spies, took his first and only victory in the premier class, as well as became the first American to do so since Nicky Hayden won the 2006 United States Motorcycle Grand Prix. The race also turned out to be the most recent win achieved by an American rider in the premier class as of 2026.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	26	41:44.659	2	25
2	27	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+7.697	3	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+27.506	5	16
4	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	+30.684	11	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	26	+43.172	9	11
6	1	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	26	+44.536	4	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	26	+1:08.112	8	9
8	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+1:10.753	12	8
9	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	26	+1:24.925	1	7
10	24	Toni Elías	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	26	+1:26.216	15	6
11	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	26	+1:38.466	14	5
12	8	Héctor Barberá	Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP	Ducati	25	+1 lap	13	4
13	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+1 lap	16	3
14	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	24	+2 laps	6	2
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	1	Accident	10
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	0	Accident	7
DNS	65	Loris Capirossi	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati		Injury
Sources:

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	24	44:30.409	2	25
2	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Suter	24	+2.397	7	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	24	+6.418	10	16
4	13	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	24	+22.803	20	13
5	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	24	+25.882	22	11
6	75	Mattia Pasini	FTR	24	+26.851	18	10
7	34	Esteve Rabat	FTR	24	+28.125	19	9
8	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	24	+28.712	4	8
9	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	24	+29.744	17	7
10	76	Max Neukirchner	MZ-RE Honda	24	+39.767	39	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Suter	24	+47.158	28	5
12	29	Andrea Iannone	Suter	24	+50.846	25	4
13	68	Yonny Hernández	FTR	24	+57.118	21	3
14	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	24	+1:00.775	3	2
15	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	24	+1:06.310	15	1
16	40	Aleix Espargaró	Pons Kalex	24	+1:06.764	6
17	51	Michele Pirro	Moriwaki	24	+1:06.823	9
18	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	24	+1:16.296	13
19	88	Ricard Cardús	Moriwaki	24	+1:21.524	31
20	31	Carmelo Morales	Moriwaki	24	+1:22.289	32
21	49	Kev Coghlan	FTR	24	+1:38.161	30
22	66	Michael van der Mark	Ten Kate	24	+1:41.888	33
23	21	Javier Forés	Suter	24	+1:42.189	24
24	45	Scott Redding	Suter	23	+1 lap	8
25	95	Mashel Al Naimi	Moriwaki	23	+1 lap	38
26	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	23	+1 lap	36
Ret	65	Stefan Bradl	Kalex	20	Accident	1
Ret	97	Steven Odendaal	Suter	20	Accident	37
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Moriwaki	19	Accident	5
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	FTR	19	Accident	11
Ret	9	Kenny Noyes	FTR	19	Accident	26
Ret	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	18	Accident	14
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Suter	13	Retirement	16
Ret	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	7	Accident	34
Ret	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	FTR	5	Accident	27
Ret	53	Valentin Debise	FTR	5	Accident	35
Ret	64	Santiago Hernández	FTR	3	Accident	29
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Tech 3	2	Accident	12
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	2	Accident	23
DNQ	82	Elena Rosell	Suter		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	14	25:04.147	1	25
2	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	14	+2.555	5	20
3	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	14	+2.655	8	16
4	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	14	+3.670	3	13
5	5	Johann Zarco	Derbi	14	+3.903	2	11
6	52	Danny Kent	Aprilia	14	+4.469	9	10
7	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	14	+8.828	6	9
8	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	14	+10.416	7	8
9	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	14	+10.791	13	7
10	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	14	+13.238	4	6
11	10	Alexis Masbou	KTM	14	+15.255	15	5
12	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	14	+16.061	11	4
13	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	14	+25.420	10	3
14	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Derbi	14	+26.954	35	2
15	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	14	+27.578	19	1
16	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	14	+27.886	17
17	3	Luigi Morciano	Aprilia	14	+29.450	14
18	41	Luca Grünwald	KTM	14	+32.367	21
19	30	Giulian Pedone	Aprilia	14	+33.472	12
20	56	Péter Sebestyén	KTM	14	+39.819	26
21	28	Josep Rodríguez	Aprilia	14	+40.069	29
22	51	Bryan Schouten	Honda	14	+46.619	25
23	19	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	14	+47.645	27
24	43	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	14	+47.904	34
25	21	Harry Stafford	Aprilia	14	+48.341	20
26	17	Taylor Mackenzie	Aprilia	14	+1:03.962	24
27	36	Joan Perelló	Aprilia	14	+1:06.347	30
28	75	Thomas van Leeuwen	Honda	14	+1:10.403	31
29	67	Jerry van de Bunt	Honda	14	+1:22.128	28
30	96	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	14	+1:23.063	18
31	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	14	+1:25.572	16
32	61	Ernst Dubbink	Honda	14	+1:33.434	33
33	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	11	+3 laps	22
Ret	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	12	Accident	32
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	Aprilia	3	Retirement	23
DNS	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Casey Stoner	136
2	Jorge Lorenzo	108
3	Andrea Dovizioso	99
4	Valentino Rossi	81
5	Nicky Hayden	71

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	165
2	Yamaha	139
3	Ducati	89
4	Suzuki	33

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