2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Round 6 of 14 rounds in the 2012 Superbike World Championship season. | |||
| ← Previous round | Next round → | ||
| Donington | Misano | ||
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| Date | May 28, 2012 | ||
| Location | Miller Motorsports Park | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.907 km (3.049 mi) | ||
| Superbike World Championship | |||
| Pole position | |||
 Jakub Smrž | |||
| 1:47.626 | |||
| Fastest lap race 1 | Fastest lap race 2 | ||
 Marco Melandri |
 Carlos Checa | ||
| 1:48.867 | 1:48.820 | ||
The 2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 26–28, 2012 at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah, United States. The races were held on Memorial Day Monday.
Carlos Checa won the first race but lost the front and crashed in the second race while Marco Melandri finished second to Checa in the first race but won the second race. Still, it was Aprilia rider Max Biaggi that extended his lead in the championship standings by finishing third place in both races.[1]
Superbike
Race 1 classification
Race 2 classification
The race was stopped after 3 laps due to Hiroshi Aoyama's crash, that spilt fluid on the track, and restarted an hour later on an 18-lap distance.[2]
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | Marco Melandri |
BMW S1000RR | 18 | 32:56.257 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 65 |  Jonathan Rea |
Honda CBR1000RR | 18 | +0.195 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi |
Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 18 | +2.137 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Chaz Davies |
Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 18 | +4.245 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 66 | Tom Sykes |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 18 | +9.534 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 58 |  Eugene Laverty |
Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 18 | +9.798 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 34 | Davide Giugliano |
Ducati 1098R | 18 | +11.891 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 91 | Leon Haslam |
BMW S1000RR | 18 | +12.715 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Jakub Smrž |
Ducati 1098R | 18 | +13.017 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 |  Sylvain Guintoli |
Ducati 1098R | 18 | +13.703 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 2 | Leon Camier |
Suzuki GSX-R 1000 | 18 | +15.687 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio |
BMW S1000RR | 18 | +21.923 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 86 | Ayrton Badovini |
BMW S1000RR | 18 | +23.940 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 76 | Loris Baz |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 18 | +24.051 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 121 | Maxime Berger |
Ducati 1098R | 18 | +33.897 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 21 |  John Hopkins |
Suzuki GSX-R 1000 | 18 | +38.692 | 16 | |
| 17 | 36 |  Leandro Mercado |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 18 | +47.703 | 22 | |
| 18 | 16 | Jake Holden |
BMW S1000RR | 18 | +1:07.223 | 23 | |
| 19 | 14 | Shane Turpin |
Ducati 1098R | 18 | +1:41.714 | 24 | |
| Ret | 44 | David Salom |
Kawasaki ZX-10R | 13 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa |
Ducati 1098R | 11 | Retirement | 2 | |
| Ret | 59 | Niccolò Canepa |
Ducati 1098R | 9 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 87 | Lorenzo Zanetti |
Ducati 1098R | 5 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 4 |  Hiroshi Aoyama |
Honda CBR1000RR | Not restarted | 21 | ||
| OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Aprilia Max Biaggi leads World Superbike going into Misano Adriatico". GrandPrixRankings.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ↑ "Melandri resists Rea as Checa chucks it". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 28 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
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