2010 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2010 Qatar Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the 2010 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 April 2010
Official name	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
Location	Losail International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:55.007 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:55.537 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Andrea Dovizioso
Moto2
Pole position Rider Toni Elías Time 2:01.904 Fastest lap Rider Thomas Lüthi Time 2:02.537 Podium First Shoya Tomizawa Second Alex Debón Third Jules Cluzel
125 cc
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Time 2:06.651 Fastest lap Rider Nicolás Terol Time 2:06.674 Podium First Nicolás Terol Second Efrén Vázquez Third Marc Márquez

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.^[2] This was also the first race for the newly formed Moto2 class, which was introduced as a replacement for the 250cc two-stroke class. All bikes in this class were powered with 600cc four-stroke engines based on the Honda CBR600RR. This event was also known for Shoya Tomizawa's first and only Grand Prix win before he was killed in an accident at the 2010 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix .