 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - 2011 yakaona Bradl achikunda mana emakwikwi matanhatu ekutanga, uye akachengetedza hutungamiri hwakanaka mumakwikwi kusvikira Marc Márquez awana kukurumidza kwakakosha pakati pemwaka. Makwikwi aya airatidzika kunge ari kuenda kumugumo, Bradl naMarquez vaine mukana wakanaka wekukunda mukombe uyu pakasara mavhiri maviri kuti mutambo upere. Márquez, zvisinei, akatambura kudonha kwakakomba panguva yekudzidzira kwakasununguka kweMalaysian Grand Prix, uye akanga asingakwanisi kumhanya kwemwaka wose wakasara, nemhaka yezvinetso zvemaziso. Bradl nokudaro akapiwa korona yokuva Mukwikwidzi Wenyika panhangemutange yokupedzisira yomwaka muValencia, Spain. 