2012 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

  2012 United States Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 July 2012
Official name	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Location	Laguna Seca
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.610 km (2.243 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	1:20.554
Fastest lap
Rider	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Time	1:21.229
Podium
First	Casey Stoner	Honda
Second	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Third	Dani Pedrosa	Honda

The 2012 United States motorcycle Grand Prix (formally known as the 2012 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix)^[1] was the tenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, and the first of two races in the 2012 season to take place in the United States of America. It was held on 29 July at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California.^[2]

Jorge Lorenzo qualified on pole position for the race,^[3] which was won by Casey Stoner.^[4]

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Honda	32	43:45.961	2	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	32	+3.429	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	32	+7.633	3	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	32	+18.602	6	13
5	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	32	+18.779	5	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	32	+26.902	8	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	32	+28.393	9	9
8	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	32	+50.246	7	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	ART-Aprilia	32	+1:18.993	12	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	32	+1:22.076	14	6
11	14	Randy de Puniet	ART-Aprilia	31	+1 Lap	11	5
12	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR-Kawasaki	31	+1 Lap	15	4
13	5	Colin Edwards	Suter-BMW	31	+1 Lap	13	3
14	22	Iván Silva	BQR-Kawasaki	31	+1 Lap	20	2
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	29	Accident	10
Ret	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	21	Suspension/Accident	4
Ret	77	James Ellison	ART-Aprilia	19	Accident	21
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ioda-Aprilia	18	Retirement	19
Ret	54	Mattia Pasini	ART-Aprilia	11	Retirement	18
Ret	24	Toni Elías	Ducati	1	Accident	17
Ret	51	Michele Pirro	FTR-Honda	0	Accident	16
DNQ	15	Steve Rapp	APR-Kawasaki		Did not qualify
Source:[5]

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