2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix


































Qatar  2012 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Losail.svg
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
Spain Jorge Lorenzo

Yamaha
Time
1:54.634

Fastest lap
Rider
Australia Casey Stoner

Honda
Time
1:55.541

Podium
First
Spain Jorge Lorenzo

Yamaha
Second
Spain Dani Pedrosa

Honda
Third
Australia Casey Stoner

Honda
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Pole position
Rider
Switzerland Thomas Lüthi

Suter
Time
2:00.187

Fastest lap
Rider
Spain Marc Márquez

Suter
Time
2:00.645

Podium
First
Spain Marc Márquez

Suter
Second
Italy Andrea Iannone

Speed Up
Third
Spain Pol Espargaró

Kalex
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Pole position
Rider
Germany Sandro Cortese

KTM
Time
2:08.188

Fastest lap
Rider
Spain Maverick Viñales

FTR Honda
Time
2:07.276

Podium
First
Spain Maverick Viñales

FTR Honda
Second
Italy Romano Fenati

FTR Honda
Third
Germany 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]




Contents






  • 1 Classification


    • 1.1 MotoGP


    • 1.2 Moto2


    • 1.3 Moto3




  • 2 References





Classification



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Pos.
No.
Rider
Team
Manufacturer
Laps
Time
Grid
Points
1
99

Spain Jorge Lorenzo

Yamaha Factory Racing

Yamaha
22
42:44.214
1

25
2
26

Spain Dani Pedrosa

Repsol Honda Team

Honda
22
+0.852
7

20
3
1

Australia Casey Stoner

Repsol Honda Team

Honda
22
+2.908
2

16
4
35

United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha
22
+17.114
3

13
5
4

Italy Andrea Dovizioso

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha
22
+17.420
6

11
6
69

United States Nicky Hayden

Ducati Team

Ducati
22
+28.413
5

10
7
19

Spain Álvaro Bautista

San Carlo Honda Gresini

Honda
22
+28.446
11

9
8
6

Germany Stefan Bradl

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda
22
+29.464
9

8
9
8

Spain Héctor Barberá

Pramac Racing Team

Ducati
22
+31.384
8

7
10
46

Italy Valentino Rossi

Ducati Team

Ducati
22
+33.665
12

6
11
11

United States Ben Spies

Yamaha Factory Racing

Yamaha
22
+56.907
4

5
12
5

United States Colin Edwards

NGM Mobile Forward Racing

Suter
22
+58.088
13

4
13
14

France Randy de Puniet
'Power Electronics Aspar

ART
22
+1:10.650
14

3
14
68

Colombia Yonny Hernández

Avintia Blusens

BQR-FTR
22
+1:15.943
16

2
15
41

Spain Aleix Espargaró

Power Electronics Aspar

ART
22
+1:26.733
15

1
16
22

Spain Iván Silva

Avintia Blusens

BQR-FTR
22
+1:43.327
20

17
54

Italy Mattia Pasini
Speed Master

ART
22
+1:47.419
18

18
77

United Kingdom James Ellison
Paul Bird Motorsport

ART
22
+1:51.882
21

NC
51

Italy Michele Pirro
San Carlo Honda Gresini

FTR
15
+7 laps
17

Ret
9

Italy Danilo Petrucci
Came IodaRacing Project

Ioda
15
Retirement
19

Ret
17

Czech Republic Karel Abraham
Cardion AB Motoracing

Ducati
7
Retirement
10

Sources: [1][5][6]


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Pos
No
Rider
Manufacturer
Laps
Time
Grid
Points
1
93

Spain Marc Márquez

Suter
20
40:34.225
2

25
2
29

Italy Andrea Iannone

Speed Up
20
+0.061
3

20
3
40

Spain Pol Espargaró

Kalex
20
+1.412
4

16
4
80

Spain Esteve Rabat

Kalex
20
+1.639
7

13
5
12

Switzerland Thomas Lüthi

Suter
20
+3.981
1

11
6
45

United Kingdom Scott Redding

Kalex
20
+6.768
13

10
7
63

France Mike Di Meglio

Speed Up
20
+6.794
5

9
8
3

Italy Simone Corsi

FTR
20
+6.986
10

8
9
38

United Kingdom Bradley Smith

Tech 3
20
+10.828
12

7
10
36

Finland Mika Kallio

Kalex
20
+11.379
14

6
11
4

Switzerland Randy Krummenacher

Kalex
20
+12.750
21

5
12
5

France Johann Zarco

Motobi
20
+14.121
19

4
13
24

Spain Toni Elías

Suter
20
+17.634
17

3
14
30

Japan Takaaki Nakagami

Kalex
20
+17.875
9

2
15
60

Spain Julián Simón

FTR
20
+17.894
11

1
16
71

Italy Claudio Corti
Kalex
20
+19.014
8

17
19

Belgium Xavier Siméon
Tech 3
20
+19.114
18

18
77

Switzerland Dominique Aegerter
Suter
20
+28.802
16

19
72

Japan Yuki Takahashi
Suter
20
+36.598
25

20
47

Spain Ángel Rodríguez
FTR
20
+36.738
22

21
14

Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot

Moriwaki
20
+37.147
28

22
49

Spain Axel Pons
Kalex
20
+37.443
24

23
18

Spain Nicolás Terol
Suter
20
+39.523
26

24
88

Spain Ricard Cardús

AJR
20
+45.260
23

25
95

Australia Anthony West
Moriwaki
20
+53.786
29

26
8

United Kingdom Gino Rea
Moriwaki
20
+54.008
27

27
10

Switzerland Marco Colandrea
FTR
20
+1:19.054
31

28
7

Sweden Alexander Lundh

MZ FTR
20
+1:19.071
30

29
82

Spain Elena Rosell
Moriwaki
20
+1:35.150
32

30
76

Germany Max Neukirchner
Kalex
19
+1 lap
6

Ret
15

San Marino Alex de Angelis
Suter
18
Accident
15

Ret
96

Qatar Nasser Al Malki
Moriwaki
10
Retirement
33

Ret
44

Italy Roberto Rolfo
Suter
3
Retirement
20


OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT


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Pos
No
Rider
Manufacturer
Laps
Time
Grid
Points
1
25

Spain Maverick Viñales

FTR Honda
18
38:40.995
2

25
2
5

Italy Romano Fenati

FTR Honda
18
+4.301
6

20
3
11

Germany Sandro Cortese

KTM
18
+18.013
1

16
4
39

Spain Luis Salom

Kalex KTM
18
+18.200
4

13
5
44

Portugal Miguel Oliveira

Suter Honda
18
+18.745
8

11
6
63

Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin

KTM
18
+19.052
7

10
7
61

Australia Arthur Sissis

KTM
18
+35.940
9

9
8
52

United Kingdom Danny Kent

KTM
18
+21.098
12

8
9
96

France Louis Rossi

FTR Honda
18
+21.153
3

7
10
42

Spain Álex Rins

Suter Honda
18
+28.733
13

6
11
89

France Alan Techer

TSR Honda
18
+29.775
18

5
12
55

Spain Héctor Faubel

Kalex KTM
18
+29.813
16

4
13
31

Finland Niklas Ajo

KTM
18
+35.940
5

3
14
23

Spain Alberto Moncayo

Kalex KTM
18
+35.983
14

2
15
84

Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil

FTR Honda
18
+38.641
19

1
16
7

Spain Efrén Vázquez

Honda
18
+40.219
21

17
27

Italy Niccolò Antonelli

Honda
18
+50.629
20

18
99

United Kingdom Danny Webb

Mahindra
18
+54.751
25

19
21

Spain Iván Moreno

FTR Honda
18
+54.989
22

20
26

Spain Adrián Martín

Honda
18
+54.989
24

21
51

Japan Kenta Fujii

TSR Honda
18
+1:21.239
28

22
15

Italy Simone Grotzkyj

Oral
18
+1:35.791
29

23
9

Germany Toni Finsterbusch

MZ-RE Honda
18
+1:41.291
31

24
53

Netherlands Jasper Iwema

FGR Honda
18
+1:54.293
17

25
8

Australia Jack Miller

Honda
17
+1 lap
26

Ret
94

Germany Jonas Folger

Ioda
11
Retirement
32

Ret
3

Italy Luigi Morciano

Ioda
7
Retirement
30

Ret
41

South Africa Brad Binder

Kalex KTM
6
Retirement
15

Ret
77

Germany Marcel Schrötter

Mahindra
5
Retirement
23

Ret
10

France Alexis Masbou

Honda
0
Accident
10

Ret
19

Italy Alessandro Tonucci

FTR Honda
0
Accident
11

Ret
32

Spain Isaac Viñales

FTR Honda
0
Retirement
27


OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT


References





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  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. ^ "Classifcation" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012.
















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