Who gained most from 2010 to 2011?

Marco Simoncelli finds biggest improvement in Qatar race lap from 2010 to 2011.
Simoncelli slides, Qatar MotoGP 2011
Simoncelli slides, Qatar MotoGP 2011
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The following 🐻list shows the difference in the fastest race lap by each rider at the 2010 and 2011 Qatar Grands Prixꦐ.

💝The list includes the eleven riders that set competitive race laps in bothܫ events.

Gresini's Marco Simoncelli, who has a full factory Honda this season, made the bi🅷ggest improvement, although Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa - who struggled with handling problems at the 2010 event - also gained signific🐷antly.

- means the rider was quicker in 2011 and + means they were slower..🍸.

Qatar fastest race lap: 2010 v 2011Rider (2010 bike-2011 bike) Time Difference
1.Marco Simoncelli (Honda-Honda) - 1.248sec
2.Dani Pedrosa (Honda-Honda) - 1.006sec
3.Hector Barbera (Ducati-Ducati) - 0.566
4.Andrea Dovizioso (Honda-Honda) -0.320sec
5.Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha-Yamaha) - 0.312sec
6.Ben Spies (Yamaha-Yamaha) - 0.275sec
7.Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda-Honda) - 0.184sec
8.Casey Stoner (Ducati-Honda) - 0.171sec
9.Colin Edwards (Yamaha-Yamaha) - 0.141sec
10.Valentino Rossi (Yamaha-Ducati) + 0.010sec
11.Nicky Hayden (Ducati-Ducati) + 0.438sec

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