2010 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 2010 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 September 2010 at the Misano World Circuit.The event was marred by the death of Shoya Tomizawa from injuries sustained in a crash during the Moto2 race.

Death of Shoya Tomizawa

During the 12th lap of the Moto2 race, Shoya Tomizawa was riding in fourth position in a seven-bike pack. The pack consisted of Toni Elías who was leading the race, followed by Simone Corsi, Julián Simón, Tomizawa, Alex de Angelis, Scott Redding and Jules Cluzel. As the pack approached Turn 11, the very fast right-hander that is taken nearly flat out, Tomizawa lost control and crashed. He was thrown off his bike and onto the track, and de Angelis and Redding who were right behind both hit the Japanese rider at full speed. de Angelis walked away from the crash uninjured, but Redding and Tomizawa were taken to the medical center, the Japanese's conditions appearing critical; despite this, the race was not stopped.^[2]

Tomizawa was then rushed from the medical center to the hospital in Riccione, where he was pronounced dead at 14.20 local time, due to the injuries sustained in the crash.^[3]

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	44:22.059	1	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+1.900	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+3.183	4	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+6.454	8	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	28	+18.479	3	11
6	11	Ben Spies	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+28.385	5	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	28	+34.934	7	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+38.157	16	8
9	40	Héctor Barberá	Páginas Amarillas Aspar	Ducati	28	+40.943	12	7
10	33	Marco Melandri	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+42.377	10	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	28	+45.906	15	5
12	7	Hiroshi Aoyama	Interwetten Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+46.394	13	4
13	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+50.481	6	3
14	58	Marco Simoncelli	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+1:23.143	9	2
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	17	Retirement	17
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	3	Retirement	14
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	0	Accident	11
Sources: [4] [5] [6]

Moto2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Moriwaki	26	43:33.996	1	25
2	60	Julián Simón	Suter	26	+1.969	3	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Moriwaki	26	+11.917	15	16
4	3	Simone Corsi	Motobi	26	+15.409	6	13
5	65	Stefan Bradl	Suter	26	+16.219	17	11
6	16	Jules Cluzel	Suter	26	+16.676	4	10
7	2	Gábor Talmácsi	Speed Up	26	+16.852	10	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	26	+18.330	12	8
9	71	Claudio Corti	Suter	26	+20.650	14	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	26	+29.678	24	6
11	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Moto2	26	+32.720	23	5
12	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Bimota	26	+35.098	31	4
13	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Tech 3	26	+35.428	27	3
14	56	Michael Ranseder	Suter	26	+35.933	22	2
15	52	Lukáš Pešek	Moriwaki	26	+37.012	29	1
16	55	Héctor Faubel	Suter	26	+40.950	11
17	8	Anthony West	MZ-RE Honda	26	+41.752	33
18	80	Axel Pons	Pons Kalex	26	+41.878	25
19	19	Xavier Siméon	Moriwaki	26	+47.566	16
20	4	Ricky Cardús	Bimota	26	+57.026	36
21	5	Joan Olivé	FTR	26	+57.119	35
22	53	Valentin Debise	ADV	26	+1:00.833	30
23	70	Ferruccio Lamborghini	Suter	26	+1:02.316	20
24	9	Kenny Noyes	Promoharris	26	+1:05.795	34
25	99	Tatsuya Yamaguchi	Moriwaki	26	+1:09.977	28
26	88	Yannick Guerra	Moriwaki	26	+1:16.520	38
27	95	Mashel Al Naimi	BQR-Moto2	26	+1:16.563	37
28	59	Niccolò Canepa	Bimota	26	+1:17.479	32
29	39	Robertino Pietri	Suter	26	+1:41.039	26
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	23	Retirement	5
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	I.C.P.	23	Retirement	21
Ret	72	Yuki Takahashi	Tech 3	21	Accident	13
Ret	40	Sergio Gadea	Pons Kalex	14	Accident	18
Ret	48	Shoya Tomizawa	Suter	11	Collision/Fatal accident	8
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	Motobi	11	Collision	7
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Suter	11	Collision	2
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Suter	10	Retirement	9
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Suter	7	Accident	19
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	FTR		Did not start
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	93	Marc Márquez	Derbi	23	39:56.117	2	25
2	40	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+2.185	3	20
3	7	Efrén Vázquez	Derbi	23	+5.628	7	16
4	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+5.912	1	13
5	11	Sandro Cortese	Derbi	23	+6.378	6	11
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+7.091	4	10
7	12	Esteve Rabat	Aprilia	23	+23.835	8	9
8	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	Aprilia	23	+23.891	5	8
9	35	Randy Krummenacher	Aprilia	23	+29.914	13	7
10	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+29.969	9	6
11	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	23	+30.173	11	5
12	14	Johann Zarco	Aprilia	23	+38.411	10	4
13	23	Alberto Moncayo	Aprilia	23	+38.689	14	3
14	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Aprilia	23	+46.494	15	2
15	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	23	+46.569	16	1
16	84	Jakub Kornfeil	Aprilia	23	+1:00.269	19
17	78	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	23	+1:01.708	18
18	97	Armando Pontone	Aprilia	23	+1:07.377	22
19	69	Louis Rossi	Aprilia	23	+1:07.414	21
20	95	Alessandro Tonucci	Aprilia	23	+1:07.487	25
21	53	Jasper Iwema	Aprilia	23	+1:07.905	17
22	96	Tommaso Gabrielli	Aprilia	23	+1:29.668	27
23	72	Marco Ravaioli	Lambretta	23	+1:30.618	29
24	76	Francesco Mauriello	Aprilia	23	+1:30.641	26
25	36	Joan Perelló	Lambretta	22	+1 lap	28
Ret	87	Luca Marconi	Aprilia	16	Retirement	24
Ret	50	Sturla Fagerhaug	Aprilia	14	Retirement	31
Ret	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	12	Accident	23
Ret	79	Giovanni Bonati	Aprilia	12	Accident	32
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Aprilia	8	Retirement	30
Ret	39	Luis Salom	Aprilia	7	Retirement	12
Ret	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	Aprilia	1	Retirement	20
OFFICIAL 125CC REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	271
2	Dani Pedrosa	208
3	Andrea Dovizioso	139
4	Valentino Rossi	130
5	Casey Stoner	130

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	280
2	Honda	245
3	Ducati	170
4	Suzuki	64

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010 San Marino MotoGP. 13 June 2017.
2. News: Elias wins as crash mars Moto2 race . . autosport.com . 2010-09-05 . 2010-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100908051856/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86403. 8 September 2010 . live.
3. News: Tomizawa killed in Moto2 accident . . autosport.com . 2010-09-05 . 2010-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20100907181045/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86410. 7 September 2010 . live.
4. Web site: 2010 San Marino MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
5. Web site: motogp.com · GP APEROL DI SAN MARINO E RIVIERA DI RIMINI · MotoGP Race Classification 2010. www.motogp.com. 2021-03-28. 2021-06-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603071703/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2010/RSM/MotoGP/RAC/. dead.
6. Web site: Classification . 2010. resources.motogp.com . PDF.
7. Web site: Standings . 2010. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-24.