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2012 MotoGP World Championship

64th running of the MotoGP World Championship

2012 Moto3 World Championship

The 2012 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion.

In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner. Lorenzo won four of the first six races to be held in the campaign to open up an advantage over Stoner, before he was taken out of the Dutch TT on the first lap by Álvaro Bautista; Stoner won the race to eradicate the points lead. In the next race, Stoner crashed out of the German Grand Prix on the final lap and allowed Pedrosa to take his first win of the season. Stoner struggled in the next few races – despite a victory at the United States Grand Prix – with his championship challenge ended by a qualifying crash at Indianapolis. After ankle surgery, he returned to the series and won his final race of his career at his home race, the Australian Grand Prix, for the sixth successive season. Pedrosa went on a run of five victories in six races, with the streak being interrupted by a first-lap crash at Misano, where he was taken out by Héctor Barberá. Lorenzo finished second to Pedrosa on each occasion that he had won, and he took advantage of Pedrosa's accident to win at Misano. Lorenzo ultimately won the title with a second-place finish to Stoner in Australia, after Pedrosa had crashed out of the lead early on.

Changes

Class changes

The MotoGP class saw the introduction of engines with 1000 cc in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81 mm cylinder bore.

Claiming Rule Teams

In 2012 the MotoGP class saw the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs were given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 L instead of 21 L – but were subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission. The sport's governing body received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012:

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011. Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.

Round	Date	Grand Prix
8 April ‡	QAT Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
29 April	ESP Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
6 May	POR Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril
20 May	FRA Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
3 June	Catalonia Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
17 June	GBR Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
30 June ††	NED Iveco TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8 July	GER eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
15 July	ITA Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
29 July	USA Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
19 August	USA Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
26 August	CZE bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
16 September	SMR Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
30 September	Aragon Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
14 October	JPN AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
21 October	MYS Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
28 October	AUS AirAsia Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
11 November	Valencian Community Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

: ‡ = Night race : †† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

The Czech Republic and Indianapolis Grand Prix swapped places.

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 13 January 2012.

Prototype entries	Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.
ITA Ducati Team	Desmosedici GP12	46	ITA Valentino Rossi	All
69	USA Nicky Hayden	1–11, 13–18
ITA Pramac Racing Team	8	ESP Héctor Barberá
24	ESP Toni Elías	10–12
CZE Cardion AB Motoracing	17	CZE Karel Abraham	1–7, 10–18
2	ITA Franco Battaini	8
JPN Repsol Honda Team	RC213V	1	AUS Casey Stoner	1–11, 15–18
56	GBR Jonathan Rea	13–14
26	ESP Dani Pedrosa	All
MON LCR Honda MotoGP	6	GER Stefan Bradl	All
ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini	19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	All
JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	YZR-M1	11	USA Ben Spies	1–16
21	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	18
99	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	All
JPN Yamaha YSP Racing Team	21	JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	15
FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3	4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	All
35	GBR Cal Crutchlow	All
USA Attack Performance	APR	15	USA Steve Rapp	10–11
ESP Power Electronics Aspar	GP12	14	FRA Randy de Puniet	All
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	All
ITA Speed Master	54	ITA Mattia Pasini	1–14
84	ITA Roberto Rolfo	15–18
GBR Paul Bird Motorsport	77	GBR James Ellison	All
USA GPTech	GP212	20	USA Aaron Yates	11
ESP Avintia Blusens	BQR	22	ESP Iván Silva	1
68	COL Yonny Hernández	1
22	ESP Iván Silva	2–12, 15–18
44	ESP David Salom	13–14
73	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	18
68	COL Yonny Hernández	2–16
43	AUS Kris McLaren	17
Inmotec	71	ITA Claudio Corti	18
ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini	MGP12	51	ITA Michele Pirro	All
ITA Came IodaRacing Project	TR003	9	ITA Danilo Petrucci	1–12
MMX1	13–18
SUI NGM Mobile Forward Racing	5	USA Colin Edwards	1–3, 5–18
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	4

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres.

New entries

In June 2011, the FIM announced that six teams from Moto2 – Interwetten Paddock, Forward Racing, Marc VDS, Kiefer Racing, Speed Master and BQR-Blusens (later renamed Avintia Racing) – had been granted entries to the 2012 grid; two additional entries – Paul Bird Motorsport and Ioda Racing – announced that they had been accepted to the grid, running under CRT regulations. However, Interwetten Paddock, Marc VDS, and Kiefer Racing were absent from the revised grid released by FIM in January 2012.

Rider changes

Andrea Dovizioso left Repsol Honda Team to join Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
Colin Edwards moved from Monster Yamaha Tech 3 to NGM Mobile Forward Racing.
Stefan Bradl moved up from Moto2, joining LCR Honda MotoGP.
Héctor Barberá still rode a Ducati, but he moved from Aspar Team to Pramac Racing Team.
2011 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup runner-up Danilo Petrucci debuted in the MotoGP category with Came IodaRacing Project.
Randy de Puniet exchanged with Barberá, entering Power Electronics Aspar from Pramac Racing Team.
Álvaro Bautista, who lost his place at the retiring Suzuki MotoGP team, joined San Carlo Honda Gresini.
Iván Silva rode for Avintia Blusens.
Aleix Espargaró stepped up from Pons Racing in Moto2 to Power Electronics Aspar.
Michele Pirro was confirmed by San Carlo Honda Gresini, promoted from Moto2 to MotoGP.
Mattia Pasini debuted from Moto2 with Speed Master.
Avintia Blusens promoted Yonny Hernández from Moto2 to MotoGP.
James Ellison returned to MotoGP from the British Superbike Championship, riding for Paul Bird Motorsport.
Hiroshi Aoyama was moved by Honda to the Superbike World Championship. However, the Japanese rider replaced Yonny Hernández in Valencia.
Toni Elías returned to Moto2 from LCR Honda MotoGP. During the season, Elías replaced Barberá (injured) for three rounds.
On 1 September 2011, Loris Capirossi announced his retirement from racing to join the MotoGP Safety Commission.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor
QAT Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	AUS Casey Stoner	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
ESP Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	GBR Cal Crutchlow	AUS Casey Stoner	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
POR Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	AUS Casey Stoner	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	AUS Casey Stoner	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
FRA French motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ITA Valentino Rossi	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	AUS Casey Stoner	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
GBR British motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Álvaro Bautista	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
NED Dutch TT	AUS Casey Stoner	ESP Dani Pedrosa	AUS Casey Stoner	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
GER German motorcycle Grand Prix	AUS Casey Stoner	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
ITA Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
USA United States motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Dani Pedrosa	AUS Casey Stoner	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
USA Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
CZE Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
SMR San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	JPN Yamaha	Report
Aragon Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
JPN Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
MYS Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
AUS Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	AUS Casey Stoner	AUS Casey Stoner	AUS Casey Stoner	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report
Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	ESP Dani Pedrosa	JPN Repsol Honda Team	JPN Honda	Report

Riders' standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
25	20

Pos	Rider	Bike	Team	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts	1	350	2	332	3	254	4	218	5	178	6	163	7	151	8	135	9	122	10	88	11	83	12	74	13	62	14	59	15	43	16	35	17	28	18	27	19	27	20	27	21	17	22	13	23	12	24	10	25	3	26	2	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	Pos	Rider	Bike	Team	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts
ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha		Yamaha Factory Racing	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret
ESP Dani Pedrosa	Honda		Repsol Honda Team	2	3	3	4	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	1
AUS Casey Stoner	Honda		Repsol Honda Team	3	1	1	3	4	2	1	Ret	8	1	4				5	3	1	3
ITA Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha		Monster Yamaha Tech 3	5	5	4	7	3	19	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	13	4	6
ESP Álvaro Bautista	Honda		San Carlo Honda Gresini	7	6	6	10	6	4	Ret	7	10	8	5	6	3	6	3	6	5	4
ITA Valentino Rossi	Ducati		Ducati Team	10	9	7	2	7	9	13	6	5	Ret	7	7	2	8	7	5	7	10
GBR Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha		Monster Yamaha Tech 3	4	4	5	8	5	6	5	8	6	5	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	3	Ret
GER Stefan Bradl	Honda		LCR Honda MotoGP	8	7	9	5	8	8	Ret	5	4	7	6	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret
USA Nicky Hayden	Ducati		Ducati Team	6	8	11	6	9	7	6	10	7	6	DNS		7	Ret	8	4	8	Ret
USA Ben Spies	Yamaha		Yamaha Factory Racing	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret
ESP Héctor Barberá	Ducati		Pramac Racing Team	9	10	10	9	11	10	7	9	9		WD		Ret	12	10	7	12	Ret
ESP Aleix Espargaró	ART	CRT	Power Electronics Aspar	15	12	12	13	13	11	Ret	13	13	9	10	10	Ret	10	12	8	10	11
FRA Randy de Puniet	ART	CRT	Power Electronics Aspar	13	Ret	13	Ret	15	12	8	11	12	11	Ret	8	9	11	Ret	Ret	11	12
CZE Karel Abraham	Ducati		Cardion AB Motoracing	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	12	WD	DNS			10	8	9	Ret	9	11	10	9	7
ITA Michele Pirro	FTR	CRT	San Carlo Honda Gresini	NC	Ret	14	14	14	13	9	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14	10	15	15	12	14	5
GBR James Ellison	ART	CRT	Paul Bird Motorsport	18	Ret	Ret	11	16	14	14	15	14	Ret	15	15	13	14	14	9	Ret	9
COL Yonny Hernández	BQR-FTR	CRT	Avintia Blusens	14
BQR		Ret	Ret	15	18	15	Ret	14	Ret	12	9	12	12	13	Ret	DNS
JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha		Yamaha YSP Racing Team															9
Yamaha Factory Racing																		2
ITA Danilo Petrucci	Ioda	CRT	Came IodaRacing Project	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	17	11	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
Ioda-Suter													14	17	Ret	11	13	8
USA Colin Edwards	Suter	CRT	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	12	16	DNS		NC	16	Ret	12	Ret	13	13	13	11	18	13	Ret	Ret	14
GBR Jonathan Rea	Honda		Repsol Honda Team													8	7
ITA Mattia Pasini	ART	CRT	Speed Master	17	14	Ret	12	17	Ret	10	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	16
ESP Iván Silva	BQR-FTR	CRT	Avintia Blusens	16
BQR		15	Ret	18	20	18	12	18	16	14	12	Ret			Ret	Ret	15	Ret
ESP Toni Elías	Ducati		Pramac Racing Team										Ret	11	11
JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	BQR	CRT	Avintia Blusens																		13
USA Steve Rapp	APR	CRT	Attack Performance										DNQ	14
ESP David Salom	BQR	CRT	Avintia Blusens													15	Ret
ITA Roberto Rolfo	ART	CRT	Speed Master															16	DSQ	Ret	Ret
USA Aaron Yates	BCL	CRT	GPTech											16
ITA Franco Battaini	Ducati		Cardion AB Motoracing								16
AUS Chris Vermeulen	Suter	CRT	NGM Mobile Forward Racing				17
ITA Claudio Corti	Inmotec	CRT	Avintia Blusens																		Ret
AUS Kris McLaren	BQR	CRT	Avintia Blusens																	DNQ

Bold – Pole

Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Icon	Class
CRT	Claiming Rule Teams

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts	1	412	2	386	3	192	4	100	5	43	6	35	7	27	8	18	9	9	10	2	11	2	0	0	Pos	Constructor	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts
JPN Honda	2	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1
JPN Yamaha	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
ITA Ducati	6	8	7	2	7	7	6	6	5	6	7	7	2	8	7	4	7	7
ITA ART	13	12	12	11	13	11	8	11	12	9	10	8	9	10	12	8	10	9
GBR FTR	NC	Ret	14	14	14	13	9	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14	10	15	15	12	14	5
ESP BQR		15	Ret	15	18	15	12	14	16	12	9	12	12	13	Ret	Ret	15	13
SUI Suter	12	16	DNS	17	NC	16	Ret	12	Ret	13	13	13	11	18	13	Ret	Ret	14
ITA Ioda-Suter													14	17	Ret	11	13	8
ITA Ioda	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	17	11	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17
USA APR										DNQ	14
ESP BQR-FTR	14
CAN BCL											16
ESP Inmotec																		Ret

Teams' standings

The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.

Pos	Team	Bike
No.	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts	1	603	2	458	3	369	4	285	5	221	6	136	7	135	8	93	9	59	10	44	11	35	12	27	13	27	14	13	Pos	Team	Bike
No.	QAT
QAT	SPA
ESP	POR
POR	FRA
FRA	CAT
Catalonia	GBR
UK	NED
NED	GER
GER	ITA
ITA	USA
USA	INP
USA	CZE
CZE	RSM
SMR	ARA
Aragon	JPN
JPN	MAL
MYS	AUS
AUS	VAL
Valencia	Pts
JPN Repsol Honda Team	1	3	1	1	3	4	2	1	Ret	8	1	4				5	3	1	3
26	2	3	3	4	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	1
56													8	7
JPN Yamaha Factory Racing	11	11	11	8	16	10	5	4	4	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret
21																		2
99	1	2	2	1	1	1	Ret	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	Ret
FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3	4	5	5	4	7	3	19	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	13	4	6
35	4	4	5	8	5	6	5	8	6	5	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	3	Ret
ITA Ducati Team	46	10	9	7	2	7	9	13	6	5	Ret	7	7	2	8	7	5	7	10
69	6	8	11	6	9	7	6	10	7	6	DNS		7	Ret	8	4	8	Ret
ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini	19	7	6	6	10	6	4	Ret	7	10	8	5	6	3	6	3	6	5	4
51	NC	Ret	14	14	14	13	9	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	14	10	15	15	12	14	5
ESP Power Electronics Aspar	14	13	Ret	13	Ret	15	12	8	11	12	11	Ret	8	9	11	Ret	Ret	11	12
41	15	12	12	13	13	11	Ret	13	13	9	10	10	Ret	10	12	8	10	11
MON LCR Honda MotoGP	6	8	7	9	5	8	8	Ret	5	4	7	6	5	6	Ret	6	Ret	6	Ret
ITA Pramac Racing Team	8	9	10	10	9	11	10	7	9	9		WD		Ret	12	10	7	12	Ret
24										Ret	11	11
CZE Cardion AB Motoracing	2								16
17	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	12	WD	DNS			10	8	9	Ret	9	11	10	9	7
ESP Avintia Blusens	22	16	15	Ret	18	20	18	12	18	16	14	12	Ret			Ret	Ret	15	Ret
43																	DNQ
44													15	Ret
68	14	Ret	Ret	15	18	15	Ret	14	Ret	12	9	12	12	13	Ret	DNS
73																		13
GBR Paul Bird Motorsport	50	18	Ret	Ret	11	16	14	14	15	14	Ret	15	15	13	14	14	9	Ret	9
ITA Came IodaRacing Project	9	Ret	13	15	Ret	19	17	11	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	14	17	Ret	11	13	8
CHE NGM Mobile Forward Racing	5	12	16	DNS		NC	16	Ret	12	Ret	13	13	13	11	18	13	Ret	Ret	14
7				17
ITA Speed Master	54	17	14	Ret	12	17	Ret	10	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	16
84															16	DSQ	Ret	Ret

Notes

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