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Race 11 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 19 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix [1] [2] [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix) [4] was the eleventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held on 19 August 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After being absent from the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes returned to competition at Indianapolis. [5]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 46:39.631 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 99 | ![]() | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +10.823 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 4 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +17.310 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.803 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 19 | ![]() | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +22.556 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 6 | ![]() | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +30.072 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 46 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +57.614 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 17 | ![]() | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 28 | +1:08.442 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 68 | ![]() | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:11.106 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 41 | ![]() | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 28 | +1:14.079 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 24 | ![]() | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +1:26.305 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 22 | ![]() | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:40.274 | 20 | 4 |
13 | 5 | ![]() | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
14 | 15 | ![]() | Attack Performance | APR | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | 2 |
15 | 77 | ![]() | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 27 | +1 lap [6] | 17 | 1 |
16 | 20 | ![]() | GPTech | BCL | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 8 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 4 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 54 | ![]() | Speed Master | ART | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
DNS | 69 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
WD | 8 | ![]() | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
Sources: [7] [8] [9] |
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 93 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | 45:13.763 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +5.855 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 60 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +9.394 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 36 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +15.549 | 8 | 13 |
5 | 12 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +16.138 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 45 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +16.805 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 77 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +21.359 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 3 | ![]() | FTR | 26 | +21.368 | 12 | 8 |
9 | 29 | ![]() | Speed Up | 26 | +25.873 | 3 | 7 |
10 | 71 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +26.471 | 7 | 6 |
11 | 80 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +26.916 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 5 | ![]() | Motobi | 26 | +27.274 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 18 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +31.122 | 10 | 3 |
14 | 88 | ![]() | AJR | 26 | +35.928 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 38 | ![]() | Tech 3 | 26 | +39.240 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 30 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +42.507 | 11 | |
17 | 4 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +45.629 | 26 | |
18 | 81 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +45.753 | 23 | |
19 | 8 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +51.567 | 19 | |
20 | 76 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +52.106 | 28 | |
21 | 49 | ![]() | Kalex | 26 | +56.150 | 27 | |
22 | 23 | ![]() | Bimota | 26 | +1:11.069 | 29 | |
23 | 14 | ![]() | Suter | 26 | +1:11.765 | 25 | |
24 | 63 | ![]() | MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +1:20.042 | 20 | |
25 | 57 | ![]() | Motobi | 26 | +1:42.924 | 31 | |
26 | 10 | ![]() | FTR | 26 | +1:43.184 | 32 | |
27 | 72 | ![]() | FTR | 23 | +3 laps | 21 | |
DSQ | 95 | ![]() | Speed Up | 26 | (+35.701) [10] | 24 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() | Suter | 20 | Retirement | 22 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() | Tech 3 | 17 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() | FTR | 17 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Speed Up | 10 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 82 | ![]() | Moriwaki | 7 | Accident | 33 | |
Source: [11] |
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 39 | ![]() | Kalex KTM | 23 | 42:14.300 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 11 | ![]() | KTM | 23 | +0.056 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 94 | ![]() | Kalex KTM | 23 | +2.940 | 15 | 16 |
4 | 44 | ![]() | Suter Honda | 23 | +3.067 | 11 | 13 |
5 | 5 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +3.664 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 63 | ![]() | KTM | 23 | +7.663 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 42 | ![]() | Suter Honda | 23 | +7.697 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 84 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +11.203 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 23 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +11.242 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 10 | ![]() | Honda | 23 | +13.163 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 61 | ![]() | KTM | 23 | +23.362 | 22 | 5 |
12 | 52 | ![]() | KTM | 23 | +24.364 | 2 | 4 |
13 | 96 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +25.001 | 14 | 3 |
14 | 32 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +31.211 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 19 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 23 | +34.179 | 13 | 1 |
16 | 9 | ![]() | Honda | 23 | +1:12.945 | 27 | |
17 | 30 | ![]() | Suter Honda | 23 | +1:14.428 | 26 | |
18 | 51 | ![]() | TSR Honda | 23 | +1:14.709 | 29 | |
19 | 80 | ![]() | Ioda | 23 | +1:15.326 | 28 | |
20 | 20 | ![]() | Mahindra | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 22 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 89 | ![]() | TSR Honda | 15 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 11 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() | Ioda | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() | Suter Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() | Kalex KTM | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 26 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 53 | ![]() | FGR Honda | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 27 | ![]() | FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
DSQ | 31 | ![]() | KTM | 4 | Disqualified | 23 | |
DNS | 8 | ![]() | Honda | Injury | |||
DNS | 99 | ![]() | Mahindra | Injury | |||
DNS | 55 | ![]() | Kalex KTM | Injury | |||
Source: [12] |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded. [13]
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