Date 11 April 2010 Rider Casey Stoner Rider Casey Stoner | Location Losail Circuit Time 1:55.007 | |
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Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi) | ||
The 2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, officially the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar, was the opening round of the 2010 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 April 2010 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. Spectator attendance was 7302. Defending world champion Valentino Rossi won the opening MotoGP race after Casey Stoner crashed while in the lead, ending his undefeated streak from 2007. This was also the first ever race for the newly formed Moto 2 class. This event was also known for Shoya Tomizawa's first and only Grand Prix win before he was killed in a fatal accident at the 2010 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix .
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2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA