2010 United States motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	United States
Flag:	United States
Official Name:	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Location:	Laguna Seca Raceway
Course Mi:	2.243
Course Km:	3.610
Race No:	9
Season No:	18
Date:	July 25,
Year:	2010
Pole Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Pole Time Motogp:	1:20.978
Fast Rider Motogp:	Casey Stoner
Fast Rider Motogp Country:	Australia
Fast Time Motogp:	1:21.376
First Rider Motogp:	Jorge Lorenzo
First Rider Motogp Country:	Spain
Second Rider Motogp:	Casey Stoner
Second Rider Motogp Country:	Australia
Third Rider Motogp:	Valentino Rossi
Third Rider Motogp Country:	Italy

The 2010 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of July 23–25, 2010 at Laguna Seca. Only the MotoGP class raced at Laguna Seca.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	32	43:54.873	1	25
2	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	32	+3.517	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	32	+13.420	6	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	32	+14.188	3	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	32	+14.601	7	11
6	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	32	+19.037	5	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	32	+40.721	8	9
8	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	32	+47.219	11	8
9	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	32	+52.813	15	7
10	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	32	+52.814	12	6
11	95	Roger Lee Hayden	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	32	+1:14.089	17	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	32	+1:14.666	16	4
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	28	Accident	13
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	18	Accident	9
Ret	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	11	Accident	4
Ret	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	3	Retirement	10
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	2	Accident	14
Sources: ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	210
2	Dani Pedrosa	138
3	Andrea Dovizioso	115
4	Casey Stoner	103
5	Valentino Rossi	90

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	215
2	Honda	175
3	Ducati	133
4	Suzuki	48

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

Notes and References

Web site: 2010 United States MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorsportmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
Web site: 2010 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
Web site: Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 18 May 2018.
Web site: 2010 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
Web site: motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2010. www.motogp.com. 2018-09-11. 2021-04-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210420080301/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2010/USA/MotoGP/RAC/. dead.
Web site: Classification . 2010. resources.motogp.com . PDF.
Web site: Standings. 2010. resources.motogp.com. PDF. 2019-08-24. 2021-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210418034052/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2010/USA/MotoGP/RAC/World+Standing. dead.