2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||
 | |||
| Date | 8 April 2012 | ||
| Official name | Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar | ||
| Location | Losail Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.380 km (3.343 mi) | ||
| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 1:54.634 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:55.541 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Second | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | |
| Third | Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Thomas Lüthi |
Suter | |
| Time | 2:00.187 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Marc Márquez |
Suter | |
| Time | 2:00.645 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Marc Márquez |
Suter | |
| Second |  Andrea Iannone |
Speed Up | |
| Third | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Sandro Cortese |
KTM | |
| Time | 2:08.188 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Maverick Viñales |
FTR Honda | |
| Time | 2:07.276 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Maverick Viñales |
FTR Honda | |
| Second | Romano Fenati |
FTR Honda | |
| Third | Sandro Cortese |
KTM | |
The 2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2012 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit near Doha in Qatar on 8 April 2012.[1] Contested over twenty-two laps, the race was the first appearance of the 1000cc MotoGP-class motorcycles introduced for 2012,[2] and the debut of the 125cc replacement class, Moto3.[3]
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 22 | 42:44.214 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 22 | +0.852 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner |
Honda | 22 | +2.908 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow |
Yamaha | 22 | +17.114 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Yamaha | 22 | +17.420 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Ducati | 22 | +28.413 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Honda | 22 | +28.446 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Stefan Bradl |
Honda | 22 | +29.464 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 22 | +31.384 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Ducati | 22 | +33.665 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Ben Spies |
Yamaha | 22 | +56.907 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Colin Edwards |
Suter BMW | 22 | +58.088 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet |
Aprilia | 22 | +1:10.650 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández |
FTR Kawasaki | 22 | +1:15.943 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
Aprilia | 22 | +1:26.733 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Iván Silva |
FTR Kawasaki | 22 | +1:43.327 | 20 | |
| 17 | 54 | Mattia Pasini |
Aprilia | 22 | +1:47.419 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison |
Aprilia | 22 | +1:51.882 | 21 | |
| NC | 51 | Michele Pirro |
FTR Honda | 15 | +7 laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ioda Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Karel Abraham |
Ducati | 7 | Retirement | 10 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT | |||||||
Moto2
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
Suter | 20 | 40:34.225 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone |
Speed Up | 20 | +0.061 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | 20 | +1.412 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | 20 | +1.639 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi |
Suter | 20 | +3.981 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 | Scott Redding |
Kalex | 20 | +6.768 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Speed Up | 20 | +6.794 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Simone Corsi |
FTR | 20 | +6.986 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 38 | Bradley Smith |
Tech 3 | 20 | +10.828 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
Kalex | 20 | +11.379 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher |
Kalex | 20 | +12.750 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Johann Zarco |
Motobi | 20 | +14.121 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Suter | 20 | +17.634 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | 20 | +17.875 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Julián Simón |
FTR | 20 | +17.894 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | Claudio Corti |
Kalex | 20 | +19.014 | 8 | |
| 17 | 19 | .svg.png){kind=small} Xavier Siméon |
Tech 3 | 20 | +19.114 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter |
Suter | 20 | +28.802 | 16 | |
| 19 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi |
Suter | 20 | +36.598 | 25 | |
| 20 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez |
FTR | 20 | +36.738 | 22 | |
| 21 | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot |
Moriwaki | 20 | +37.147 | 28 | |
| 22 | 49 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | 20 | +37.443 | 24 | |
| 23 | 18 | Nicolás Terol |
Suter | 20 | +39.523 | 26 | |
| 24 | 88 | Ricard Cardús |
AJR | 20 | +45.260 | 23 | |
| 25 | 95 | Anthony West |
Moriwaki | 20 | +53.786 | 29 | |
| 26 | 8 | Gino Rea |
Moriwaki | 20 | +54.008 | 27 | |
| 27 | 10 | Marco Colandrea |
FTR | 20 | +1:19.054 | 31 | |
| 28 | 7 |  Alexander Lundh |
MZ FTR | 20 | +1:19.071 | 30 | |
| 29 | 82 | Elena Rosell |
Moriwaki | 20 | +1:35.150 | 32 | |
| 30 | 76 | Max Neukirchner |
Kalex | 19 | +1 lap | 6 | |
| Ret | 15 |  Alex de Angelis |
Suter | 18 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 96 |  Nasser Al Malki |
Moriwaki | 10 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo |
Suter | 3 | Retirement | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Moto3
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales |
FTR Honda | 18 | 38:40.995 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Romano Fenati |
FTR Honda | 18 | +4.301 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese |
KTM | 18 | +18.013 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis Salom |
Kalex KTM | 18 | +18.200 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 |  Miguel Oliveira |
Suter Honda | 18 | +18.745 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 63 |  Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | 18 | +19.052 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 61 | Arthur Sissis |
KTM | 18 | +35.940 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 52 | Danny Kent |
KTM | 18 | +21.098 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Louis Rossi |
FTR Honda | 18 | +21.153 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | Álex Rins |
Suter Honda | 18 | +28.733 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 89 | Alan Techer |
TSR Honda | 18 | +29.775 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Héctor Faubel |
Kalex KTM | 18 | +29.813 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Niklas Ajo |
KTM | 18 | +35.940 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo |
Kalex KTM | 18 | +35.983 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
FTR Honda | 18 | +38.641 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez |
Honda | 18 | +40.219 | 21 | |
| 17 | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli |
Honda | 18 | +50.629 | 20 | |
| 18 | 99 | Danny Webb |
Mahindra | 18 | +54.751 | 25 | |
| 19 | 21 | Iván Moreno |
FTR Honda | 18 | +54.989 | 22 | |
| 20 | 26 | Adrián Martín |
Honda | 18 | +54.989 | 24 | |
| 21 | 51 | Kenta Fujii |
TSR Honda | 18 | +1:21.239 | 28 | |
| 22 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj |
Oral | 18 | +1:35.791 | 29 | |
| 23 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch |
MZ-RE Honda | 18 | +1:41.291 | 31 | |
| 24 | 53 |  Jasper Iwema |
FGR Honda | 18 | +1:54.293 | 17 | |
| 25 | 8 | Jack Miller |
Honda | 17 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger |
Ioda | 11 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 3 | Luigi Morciano |
Ioda | 7 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 41 |  Brad Binder |
Kalex KTM | 6 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 77 | Marcel Schrötter |
Mahindra | 5 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 10 | Alexis Masbou |
Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci |
FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales |
FTR Honda | 0 | Retirement | 27 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT | |||||||
References
- ↑ "FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "MotoGP changes for 2012". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 11 December 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ Birt, Matthew (29 June 2010). "Moto3 to replace 125GP class in 2012". Motor Cycle News (Bauer Media Group). Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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