The inaugural year of Moto2 began in April and came to an end after 17 races. For Yuki, who had hoped to be the first champion, it was anything but a satisfying season. Still, he had hoped to wrap it up with a good race at the end....

The weather was bad in Australia and Portugal, but for the last race in Valencia, it was bright blue skies as far as the eye could see. The free run on Friday morning was back as of the race in Portugal, but the qualifying round had been cancelled due to the severe weather, so this was the first race week in a while to have three free runs and an official qualifying round.
The course in Valencia had been tested before the start of the season, so they went through a process of trial and error, comparing the results with past data. On the first day, Yuki was behind the top rider by 0.7 seconds, which put him in 14th place, but in the official qualifying round on the second day, he ended up in 22nd place, not being able to overcome the problems with the machine. Although his time was not that far behind the top rider, the other riders' times were also close, making it difficult to get higher on the grid. This race was also expected to be tight, and since it was also the culmination of the season, Yuki's goal was to concentrate on finishing the race.

He had hoped to improve his position at the start, but he fell behind instead, and came back to the control line in the opening lap in 29th place. He was unable to better his position as he had hoped, but at the end of the race, he exploited the problem the other riders were having with their tires wearing out and moved up several positions at once. On the last lap he was able to move up two more places to finish the race in 18th place. Yuki battled it out until the very end in the turbulent inaugural year of Moto2. He also made the decision to join the championship team in the coming 2011 season so that he can win the next title. He performed his first test on the day after the last race and is looking forward to the new season.