2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round

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Flag of Italy.svg   2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 4 of 14 rounds in the
2012 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 4 of 13 rounds in the
2012 Supersport World Championship.
Monza track map.svg
Date May 6, 2012
Location Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
5.777 km (3.590 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Flag of France.svg Sylvain Guintoli
1:54.276
Fastest lap race 1Fastest lap race 2
n/a Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Sykes
1:44.707
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes
1:47.601
Fastest lap
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes
2:00.653

The 2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fourth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 4–6, 2012 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza located in Monza, Italy.

Autodromo Nazionale Monza motorsport venue in Italy

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a historic race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it is the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after those of Brooklands and Indianapolis. The circuit's biggest event is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix. With the exception of 1980, the race has been hosted there since the series's inception.

Monza Comune in Lombardy, Italy

Monza is a city and comune on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about 15 kilometres north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the Province of Monza and Brianza. Monza is best known for its Grand Prix motor racing circuit, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which hosts the Formula One Italian Grand Prix with a massive Italian support tifosi for the Ferrari team.

Italy republic in Southern Europe

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.

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At this round the championship held an awards ceremony marking their 25th anniversary, this however would be a round full of incident, the conditions were changeable throughout the weekend, and during a wet superpole riders were unable to make their wet tyres last more than 2 laps due to the tyres falling apart down the center due to the high speed nature of the Monza circuit. The race started dry but Mark Aitchison fell at the final turn on the warm up lap then John Hopkins and Marco Melandri, would also go down at the final turn. The race was stopped as the rain persisted and race 1 was canceled on safety grounds. [1] Race 2 was run in similar conditions with the rain falling just after half distance meaning that half points were awarded. After the debacle Team Effenbert Liberty Racing hit out at WSBK organizers for favoring a few riders in the cancellation of race 1, putting doubt into their further participation in the championship. [2] Pirelli the lone tyre provider hit back at complaints from the riders who Pirelli say ignored the advice to use the intermediate tyres during the wet/dry racing. [3] Liberty racing later released a statement backtracking on was said in the wake of Monza and confirming that the team would be competing at the next round but hinted that the title sponsor Effenbert may scale back their branding in way of protest. [4]

Marco Melandri Italian motorcycle racer

Marco Melandri is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He currently races in the Superbike World Championship. After losing his position with the Ducati factory team in 2018, he signed for Italy-based GRT team using Yamaha R1 machines in 2019 with teammate Sandro Cortese.

Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is a multinational company based in Milan, Italy, listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 1922, with a temporary privatization period by the consortium led by the Chinese state-owned enterprise ChemChina. The company is the 5th largest tyre manufacturer behind Bridgestone, Michelin, Continental and Goodyear, and is focused on the consumer business. It is present in Europe, Apac, Latam, Meai, Nafta and C.I.S., operating commercially in over 160 countries. It has 19 manufacturing sites in 13 countries and a network of around 14,600 distributors and retailers.

Race 2 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 66 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 8 14:08.800 212.5
2 91 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 8 +9.709 1310
3 58 Flag of Ireland.svg Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 +10.119 98
4 33 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 8 +10.294 36.5
5 3 Flag of Italy.svg Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 +10.527 65.5
6 65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 8 +10.638 55
7 7 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 8 +10.899 44.5
8 34 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Giugliano Ducati 1098R 8 +12.195 84
9 96 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jakub Smrž Ducati 1098R 8 +13.199 73.5
10 86 Flag of Italy.svg Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 8 +19.372 123
11 4 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 8 +24.551 182.5
12 19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 8 +24.655 142
13 121 Flag of France.svg Maxime Berger Ducati 1098R 8 +24.662 171.5
14 87 Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 1098R 8 +24.668 151
15 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Leon Camier Suzuki GSX-R1000 8 +24.810 110.5
16 36 Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Mercado Kawasaki ZX-10R 8 +24.935 19
17 59 Flag of Italy.svg Niccolò Canepa Ducati 1098R 8 +25.278 16
DNS 84 Flag of Italy.svg Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 10
DNS 50 Flag of France.svg Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1098R 1
DNS 199 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Gadea Kawasaki ZX-10R 21
DNS 18 Flag of Australia.svg Mark Aitchison BMW S1000RR 20
DNS 21 Flag of the United States.svg John Hopkins Suzuki GSX-R1000
DNS 44 Flag of Spain.svg David Salom Kawasaki ZX-10R
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport

Race classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 16 Flag of France.svg Jules Cluzel Honda CBR600RR 16 33:08.897 1025
2 11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam Lowes Honda CBR600RR 16 +0.312 120
3 54 Flag of Turkey.svg Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki ZX-6R 16 +17.369 216
4 10 Flag of Hungary.svg Imre Tóth Honda CBR600RR 16 +21.528 1113
5 12 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Cruciani Kawasaki ZX-6R 16 +29.469 511
6 25 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Baldolini Triumph Daytona 675 16 +32.214 1910
7 55 Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 16 +43.577 99
8 8 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Antonelli Honda CBR600RR 16 +43.949 168
9 31 Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph Daytona 675 16 +47.455 217
10 35 Flag of Italy.svg Raffaele De Rosa Honda CBR600RR 16 +47.826 226
11 3 Flag of Australia.svg Jed Metcher Yamaha YZF-R6 16 +50.880 275
12 99 Flag of France.svg Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 16 +1:00.681 44
13 87 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Marconi Yamaha YZF-R6 16 +1:01.139 133
14 74 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kieran Clarke Honda CBR600RR 16 +1:05.160 322
15 40 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Jessopp Honda CBR600RR 16 +1:05.208 251
16 22 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Tamburini Honda CBR600RR 16 +1:10.453 6
17 6 Flag of Italy.svg Mirko Giansanti Kawasaki ZX-6R 16 +1:16.756 18
18 64 Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Day Kawasaki ZX-6R 16 +1:21.270 26
19 88 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Altomonte Honda CBR600RR 16 +1:28.024 33
20 17 Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Anastasia Honda CBR600RR 16 +1:28.403 30
21 61 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Menghi Yamaha YZF-R6 16 +1:48.237 14
22 13 Flag of Italy.svg Dino Lombardi Yamaha YZF-R6 16 +1:59.036 24
23 53 Flag of France.svg Valentin Debise Honda CBR600RR 16 +2:00.983 29
24 27 Flag of Switzerland.svg Thomas Caiani Honda CBR600RR 15 +1 lap 35
25 33 Flag of Austria.svg Yves Polzer Yamaha YZF-R6 15 +1 lap 31
26 24 Flag of Russia.svg Eduard Blokhin Yamaha YZF-R6 15 +1 lap 34
Ret 98 Flag of France.svg Romain Lanusse Kawasaki ZX-6R 15 Retirement 17
Ret 23 Flag of Australia.svg Broc Parkes Honda CBR600RR 13 Retirement 7
Ret 81 Flag of Italy.svg Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha YZF-R6 8 Accident 23
Ret 157 Flag of Italy.svg Ilario Dionisi Honda CBR600RR 6 Retirement 20
Ret 65 Flag of Russia.svg Vladimir Leonov Yamaha YZF-R6 5 Accident 15
Ret 20 Flag of South Africa.svg Mathew Scholtz Honda CBR600RR 5 Accident 8
Ret 38 Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Németh Honda CBR600RR 5 Accident 28
Ret 32 Flag of South Africa.svg Sheridan Morais Kawasaki ZX-6R 3 Accident 3
Ret 34 Flag of South Africa.svg Ronan Quarmby Honda CBR600RR 1 Accident 12
DNQ 73 Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Pozdneev Yamaha YZF-R6
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

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References

  1. ↑ "Rain halts first WSBK race". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Furious Effenbert Liberty slams WSBK". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Pirelli teams completely ignored advice". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Liberty clarifies position". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
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