Casey Stoner closed the 800cc era with his tenth
victory of his title-winning season.
Casey Stoner picked up his 2011 FIM MotoGP World
Championship trophy in Valencia on Sunday
evening, when the traditional end of season
Awards Ceremony took place at the Auditori Mar
Rojo de L’Oceanogràfic in the Ciutat de les Arts
i les Ciencies.
The Repsol Honda rider took centre stage at the
end of the evening as the night’s events
culminated with his collection of the trophy,
with viewers around the world watching a live
broadcast of the event.
全體出動，悼念Marco
Simoncelli
Earlier in the day, after the MotoGP warm-up
session, riders from all three categories
completed a lap of honour of the circuit and
then congregated on the grid for two minutes as
a tribute was made to Marco Simoncelli, who lost
his life in the Malaysian GP two weeks
previously.
Members of the MotoGP paddock also amassed on
the grid, as the 24 year-old Italian was
remembered fittingly at the final round of the
2011 World Championship by a Valencian Mesclatà
(firecracker) display and huge banner.
Stefan
Bradl – 2011 Moto2 World Champion
Stefan Bradl was confirmed as the 2011 Moto2
World Champion at the final round of the season
in Valencia, making the 21 year-old the first
German rider to take a World Championship since
Dirk Raudies in the 125cc class in 1993.
• He is the fifth German rider to win the
intermediate-class world title, joining: Werner
Haas (250cc in 1953 & 1954), Hermann Paul Muller
(250cc in 1955), Dieter Braun (250cc in 1973)
and Toni Mang (250cc in 1980, 1981 and 1987).
• He is the first German rider to win a world
title in any class since Dirk Raudies was 125cc
world champion in 1993.
• Bradl is the youngest German rider ever to
take a World Championship title, adding to his
record of being youngest German rider to win an
intermediate-class Grand Prix race.
• He has finished on the podium eleven times in
2011, including 4 victories.
• The only time Bradl has failed to finish in
the top eight this year is when he crashed at
the Dutch TT.
• Bradl started from pole seven times in 2011
including, five successive poles in the opening
five races of the year - the first time since
2003 that a rider has started from pole at five
successive intermediate-class GP races.
Birth date:
29/11/1989 (21 years)
Birth place: Augsburg, GER
First Grand Prix: CAT – 2005 – 125cc
First Pole Position: QAT – 2011 – Moto2
First Podium: QAT – 2008 – 125cc
First GP Victory: CZE – 2008 – 125cc
Grand Prix Starts: 86
Grand Prix Victories: 7
Podiums: 18
Pole Positions: 7
Race Fastest Lap: 5
World Championship Wins: 1 - 2011 – Moto2
Total Points 2011: 274 *all data correct
at 5/11/2011
MotoGP Career
2005: 125cc World Championship – 35th position
on a KTM, 3 starts, 1 point
2006: 125cc World Championship – 26th position
on a KTM, 9 starts, 4 points
2007: 125cc World Championship – 18th position
on an Aprilia, 9 starts, 39 points
2008: 125cc World Championship – 4th position
on an Aprilia, 17 starts, 187 points, 2 wins
2009: 125cc World Championship – 10th position
on an Aprilia, 16 starts, 85 points
2010: Moto2 World Championship – 9th position
on a Suter, 16 starts, 97 points, 1 win
2011: Moto2 World Championship – 1st position
on a Kalex, 16 starts, 274 points, 4 wins
Nico Terol
– 2011 125cc World Champion
Nico
Terol marked his name down in history as the
last ever 125cc World Champion by taking the
2011 title, following in the footsteps of fellow
countrymen Julián Simón and Marc Márquez who
preceded the 23 year-old from Alcoy in a strong
Spanish dominance of the category in recent
years.
• Nico Terol has become World Champion in spite
of crashing in qualifying at the Dutch TT and
missing the race due to injury.
• He is the ninth Spanish rider to win the 125cc
world title, joining: Angel Nieto
(1971/72/79/81/82/83/84), Jorge Martínez (1988),
Alex Criville (1989), Emilio Alzamora (1999),
Dani Pedrosa (2003), Álvaro Bautista (2006),
Julián Simón (2009) and Marc Márquez (2010)
• Nico Terol has taken thirteen wins during his
career, all riding Aprilia machinery, making him
the rider with most wins in the 125cc class
riding Aprilia.
• Since winning the opening race of the year in
Qatar, Terol has never lost the lead in the
World Championship standings.
• From the 17 races that he has started in 2011,
he has only failed to finish either first or
second on five occasions; fourth at the
Sachsenring, eighth in the wet race at
Silverstone, a non-finish at Brno due to
mechanical problems, sixth at Phillip Island and
fifth at Sepang.
Biography:
Birth date: 27/9/1988 (23 years)
Birth place: Alcoy, ESP
First Grand Prix: VAL – 2004 – 125cc
First Pole Position: FRA – 2010 – 125cc
First Podium: SPA – 2008 – 125cc
First GP Victory: INP – 2008 – 125cc
Grand Prix Starts: 112
Grand Prix Victories: 13
Podiums: 34
Pole Positions: 8
Race Fastest Lap: 7
World Championship Wins: 1 - 2011 – 125cc
MotoGP Career:
2004: 125cc World Championship – unclassified
on an Aprilia, 1 start, 0 points
2005: 125cc World Championship – 36th position
on a Derbi, 13 starts, 1 point
2006: 125cc World Championship – 14th position
on a Derbi, 16 starts, 53 points
2007: 125cc World Championship – 22nd position
on a Derbi, 17 starts, 22 points
2008: 125cc World Championship – 5th position on
an Aprilia, 17 starts, 176 points, 1 win
2009: 125cc World Championship – 3rd position on
an Aprilia, 16 starts, 179 points, 1 win
2010: 125cc World Championship – 2nd position on
an Aprilia, 16 starts, 296 points, 3 wins
* 2011: 125cc World Championship - 1st position
on an Aprilia, 14 starts, 302 points, 8 wins
