2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

  2012 Qatar 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 [1]
Location	Losail International 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. ^[2] It was contested over twenty-two laps.

This race saw the début of the 1000cc engine motorcycles introduced in the MotoGP class for this season and also the début of the Honda RC213V, replacing the 800cc engines and the Honda RC212V that were used between 2007 and 2011, ^[3] and also the début of the 125cc 2-stroke replacement class, Moto3, which are powered by 250cc (15.2 cu in) 4-stroke engines. ^[4]

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	22	42:44.214	1	25
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+0.852	7	20
3	1	Casey Stoner	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+2.908	2	16
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+17.114	3	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Yamaha	22	+17.420	6	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+28.413	5	10
7	19	Álvaro Bautista	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+28.446	11	9
8	6	Stefan Bradl	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+29.464	9	8
9	8	Héctor Barberá	Pramac Racing Team	Ducati	22	+31.384	8	7
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati Team	Ducati	22	+33.665	12	6
11	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha Factory Racing	Yamaha	22	+56.907	4	5
12	5	Colin Edwards	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	Suter	22	+58.088	13	4
13	14	Randy de Puniet	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	22	+1:10.650	14	3
14	68	Yonny Hernández	Avintia Blusens	BQR-FTR	22	+1:15.943	16	2
15	41	Aleix Espargaró	Power Electronics Aspar	ART	22	+1:26.733	15	1
16	22	Iván Silva	Avintia Blusens	BQR-FTR	22	+1:43.327	20
17	54	Mattia Pasini	Speed Master	ART	22	+1:47.419	18
18	77	James Ellison	Paul Bird Motorsport	ART	22	+1:51.882	21
NC	51	Michele Pirro	San Carlo Honda Gresini	FTR	15	+7 laps	17
Ret	9	Danilo Petrucci	Came IodaRacing Project	Ioda	15	Retirement	19
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Cardion AB Motoracing	Ducati	7	Retirement	10
Sources: [1] [5] [6]

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	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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded. ^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 25 2 Dani Pedrosa 20 3 Casey Stoner 16 4 Cal Crutchlow 13 5 Andrea Dovizioso 11

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Honda 20 3 Ducati 10 4 Suter 4 5 ART 3

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "2012 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
2. "FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
3. "MotoGP changes for 2012". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
4. Birt, Matthew (29 June 2010). "Moto3 to replace 125GP class in 2012". Motor Cycle News . Bauer Media Group . Retrieved 7 April 2012.
5. "motogp.com · COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". www.motogp.com.
6. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012.
7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.

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