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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