2010 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  2010 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the
2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date6 June 2010
Official nameGran Premio d'Italia TIM[1]
LocationMugello Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:48.819
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:49.531
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone
Time 1:55.598
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone
Time 1:55.647
Podium
First Italy Andrea Iannone
Second Spain Sergio Gadea
Third Italy Simone Corsi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Germany Sandro Cortese
Time 1:58.315
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bradley Smith
Time 1:58.009
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez
Second Spain Nicolás Terol
Third Spain Pol Espargaró

The 2010 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 4–6 June 2010 at the Mugello Circuit. Seven-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi suffered a displaced compound fracture of his right tibia in free practice, after losing control of his Yamaha in one of the circuit's fast corners. The injury saw him lose any hope of retaining his 2008 and 2009 crowns.

Dani Pedrosa dominated the MotoGP event aboard his Honda, reaching the finish line well clear of chasing championship leader Jorge Lorenzo in second. Andrea Dovizioso took third, while ex-champion Casey Stoner took his Ducati to fourth on the final lap.[2] The 125cc race saw the first victory of future multiple MotoGP world champion Marc Márquez.

Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race. Lorenzo wears a shirt in honour of Valentino Rossi, who crashed and broke his leg in Free Practice 2, preventing him from starting the race.
  1. ^ "2010 Italian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Honda's Dani Pedrosa cruises to Italian MotoGP victory". BBC Sport. BBC. 2010-06-06. Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-08.