The 2012 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. It was the inaugural season of Moto3.
The inaugural Moto3 world championship title went to German rider Sandro Cortese, following his fourth victory of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix, [1] which gave him an unassailable points lead over his two title rivals Luis Salom and Maverick Viñales in the championship race. [2] Cortese also became the first rider to win any Grand Prix title for the Austrian manufacturer KTM. [3] KTM also won the constructors' championship at the Australian Grand Prix, doing so after Cortese won the race.
The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class. [4]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012: [5] [6]
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 17-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011. [7] Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week. [8]
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
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10 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
11 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
12 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
15 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
17 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Report |
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Pos | Constructor | QAT ![]() | SPA ![]() | POR ![]() | FRA ![]() | CAT ![]() | GBR ![]() | NED ![]() | GER ![]() | ITA ![]() | INP ![]() | CZE ![]() | RSM ![]() | ARA ![]() | JPN ![]() | MAL ![]() | AUS ![]() | VAL ![]() | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 346 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 306 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 262 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 182 |
5 | ![]() | 16 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 21 | Ret | 87 |
6 | ![]() | 11 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 21 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 17 | Ret | 7 | 16 | 18 | 24 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 24 | Ret | Ret | 24 | 25 | DNS | 15 | 10 |
8 | ![]() | Ret | Ret | 24 | 11 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 21 | 27 | Ret | 28 | 18 | 24 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 18 | 16 | 19 | 12 | Ret | 26 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 20 | Ret | 19 | 25 | 26 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 19 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 19 | Ret | 1 | |||||||||
11 | ![]() | 22 | 15 | NC | 1 | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
![]() | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT ![]() | SPA ![]() | POR ![]() | FRA ![]() | CAT ![]() | GBR ![]() | NED ![]() | GER ![]() | ITA ![]() | INP ![]() | CZE ![]() | RSM ![]() | ARA ![]() | JPN ![]() | MAL ![]() | AUS ![]() | VAL ![]() | Pts |
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