2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2012 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season will be the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner will start the season as the defending World Champion, while Moto2 champion Stefan Bradl will join the MotoGP grid and 125cc champion Nicolás Terol will enter Moto2. Honda is the defending Manufacturers' Champion

Contents

Changes

Class changes

The MotoGP class changes to allow up to 1,000 cc (61 cu in) in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81 mm (3.2 in) cylinder bore.[1]

The 2012 season will see the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class.[2]

Claiming Rule Teams

2012 will see the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs will be given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but will be subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission.[3] The sport's governing body has received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.[4]

New entries

In June 2011, the FIM announced that six teams from Moto2 – Interwetten Paddock, Forward Racing, Marc VDS, Kiefer Racing, Speed Master and BQR-Blusens – had been granted entries to the 2012 grid;[5] two additional entries – Paul Bird Motorsports[6] and Ioda Racing[7] – announced that they had been accepted to the grid, running under CRT regulations.

Provisional race calendar

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011.[8] Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.[9]

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Qatar Grand Prix[10] Losail 8 April
2 Spanish Grand Prix[11] Jerez 29 April
3 Portuguese Grand Prix[8] Estoril 6 May
4 French Grand Prix[12] Le Mans 20 May
5 Catalan Grand Prix[13] Catalunya 3 June
6 British Grand Prix[14] Silverstone 17 June
7 Dutch TT[15] Assen 30 June
8 German Grand Prix[8] Sachsenring[16] 8 July
9 Italian Grand Prix[17] Mugello 15 July
10 United States Grand Prix[18] Laguna Seca 29 July
11 Indianapolis Grand Prix[19] Indianapolis 19 August
12 Czech Republic Grand Prix[20] Brno 26 August
13 San Marino Grand Prix[21] Misano Adriatico 16 September
14 Aragon Grand Prix[22] Motorland Aragón 30 September
15 Japanese Grand Prix[23] Motegi 14 October
16 Malaysian Grand Prix[24] Sepang 21 October
17 Australian Grand Prix[25] Phillip Island 28 October
18 Valencian Grand Prix[26] Valencia 11 November

Participants

MotoGP participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider
BQR-Blusens[5] FTR-Kawasaki[27] ‡ TBA TBA Yonny Hernández[27]
Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP12 TBA Karel Abraham[28]
Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP12 TBA Nicky Hayden[29]
TBA Valentino Rossi[30]
Forward Racing[5] Suter-BMW[31] ‡ TBA TBA Colin Edwards[32]
Ioda Racing[7] TBA‡ TBA TBA Danilo Petrucci[7]
Kiefer Racing[5] TBA‡ TBA TBA TBA
LCR Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC213V 6 Stefan Bradl[33]
Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP TBA-Aprilia[34][35] ‡ TBA TBA Randy de Puniet[35]
TBA Aleix Espargaró[35]
Marc VDS Racing Team[5] TBA‡ TBA TBA TBA
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 TBA Cal Crutchlow[36]
TBA Andrea Dovizioso[37]
Paddock GP Racing[5] TBA‡ TBA TBA TBA
Paul Bird Motorsports TBA-Aprilia[6] ‡ TBA TBA James Ellison[6]
Pramac Racing Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP12 TBA Héctor Barberá[38]
Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V TBA Dani Pedrosa[39]
TBA Casey Stoner[39]
San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda Honda RC213V TBA Álvaro Bautista[40]
FTR-Honda[41] ‡ FTR MGP12 TBA Michele Pirro[42]
Speed Master[5] TBA-Aprilia[43] ‡ TBA TBA Anthony West[44]
Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 TBA Jorge Lorenzo[45]
TBA Ben Spies[46]
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
Notes

Moto2 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider
Gresini Racing[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
GP Team Switzerland[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Ioda Racing Project[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Italtrans Racing Team[47] Kalex[48] TBA TBA Claudio Corti[49]
TBA Takaaki Nakagami[49]
JiR Moto2[47] Motobi TBA TBA Eric Granado[50] [N 1]
TBA Johann Zarco[50]
Kiefer Racing[47] Kalex[51] TBA TBA Max Neukirchner[51]
Mapfre Aspar Moto2[47] Suter[52] TBA TBA Toni Elías[52]
TBA Nicolás Terol[52]
Marc VDS Racing Team[47] Kalex[53] TBA TBA Mika Kallio[54]
TBA Scott Redding[55]
MZ Motor[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
NGM Mobile Forward Racing[47] Suter TBA TBA Alex de Angelis[56]
TBA Yuki Takahashi[57]
Pons HP 40 Tuenti[47] Pons Kalex[58] TBA TBA Pol Espargaró[58]
TBA Axel Pons[58]
TBA Esteve Rabat[58]
QMMF Racing Team[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Racing Team by Queroseno[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Speed Master[47] FTR[43] TBA TBA Andrea Iannone[43]
Speed Up[47] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Stop and Go Racing Team[47] FTR[59] TBA TBA Ángel Rodríguez[60]
Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol[47] TBA TBA TBA Marc Márquez[61]
Tech 3[47] Tech 3 TBA TBA Xavier Siméon[62]
TBA Bradley Smith[62]
Technomag-CIP[47] Suter[63] TBA TBA Dominique Aegerter[63]
TBA Roberto Rolfo[63]
TT Motion Events[47] TBA TBA TBA

Moto3 participants

Team Constructor Motorcycle No Rider
Ajo Motorsport Red Bull[64] KTM[65] TBA TBA Sandro Cortese[66]
TBA Danny Kent[67]
TBA Arthur Sissis[67]
Avant AirAsia Ajo[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Bankia Aspar Team[64] Kalex-KTM[68] TBA TBA Héctor Faubel[68]
TBA Alberto Moncayo[68]
By Queroseno Racing[64] TBA TBA TBA Maverick Viñales[69]
Caretta Technology[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
CBC Corse[64] Honda[70] Honda NSF250R TBA Isaac Viñales[70]
Gresini Racing[64] TBA-Honda[71] TBA TBA Niccolò Antonelli[71]
Ioda Racing Project[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Mahindra Racing Team[64] Mahindra-Oral[72] Mahindra MGP30 TBA Marcel Schrötter[73]
TBA Danny Webb[73]
Monlau Competición[64] TBA TBA TBA Miguel Oliveira[74]
TBA Álex Rins[74]
Moto FGR[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Moto Racing Matteoni[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
MZ Motor[64] TBA TBA TBA Toni Finsterbusch[75]
Racing Team Germany[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
RW Racing GP[64] Kalex-KTM[76] TBA TBA Brad Binder[76]
TBA Luis Salom[76]
Team Italia FMI[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Team LaGlisse[77] Honda[77] Honda NSF250R TBA Adrián Martín[78]
TBA Efrén Vázquez[77]
Team Machado[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Technomag-CIP[64] TBA TBA TBA Kenta Fujii[79]
TBA Alan Techer[80]
TT Motion Events Racing[64] TBA TBA TBA TBA
Worldwide Race[64] Aprilia-Oral[81] TBA TBA Giulian Pedone[81]
TBA Miroslav Popov[81]

Notes

  1. ^ Eric Granado will only be competing from the British Grand Prix onwards, after he reaches the age of 16 which is the minimum age to compete in the championship.[50]

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