2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 October 2012 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Álvaro Bautista, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.
  2012 Japanese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 October 2012
Official nameAirAsia Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
LocationTwin Ring Motegi
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 1:44.969
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:45.589
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third Álvaro Bautista Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 1:50.886
Fastest lap
Rider Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 1:51.100
Podium
First Marc Márquez Suter
Second Pol Espargaró Kalex
Third Esteve Rabat Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Danny Kent KTM
Time 1:58.371
Fastest lap
Rider Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda
Time 1:59.111
Podium
First Danny Kent KTM
Second Maverick Viñales FTR Honda
Third Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 42:31.569 2 25
2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 +4.275 1 20
3 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 24 +6.752 5 16
4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +16.397 6 13
5 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +20.566 7 11
6 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 24 +24.567 8 10
7 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 24 +26.072 9 9
8 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 24 +36.724 10 8
9 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 24 +36.794 11 7
10 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 24 +1:10.729 12 6
11 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 24 +1:15.658 15 5
12 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 24 +1:22.769 13 4
13 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 24 +1:24.968 16 3
14 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 24 +1:29.388 20 2
15 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 24 +1:34.612 18 1
16 84 Roberto Rolfo Speed Master ART 24 +1:50.853 21
Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 23 Out of fuel 3
Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 23 Retirement 19
Ret 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 14 Retirement 22
Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 14 Retirement 14
Ret 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 1 Accident 4
Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 1 Accident 17
Sources: [4][5][6]
Marc Márquez, doing a wheelie to celebrate winning the Moto2 race.

Moto2
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Marc Márquez Suter 23 42:56.171 2 25
2 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 23 +0.415 1 20
3 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 23 +9.584 3 16
4 45 Scott Redding Kalex 23 +11.069 4 13
5 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 23 +11.595 5 11
6 3 Simone Corsi FTR 23 +18.383 12 10
7 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +18.672 11 9
8 5 Johann Zarco Motobi 23 +28.226 6 8
9 49 Axel Pons Kalex 23 +28.451 13 7
10 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 23 +28.599 19 6
11 60 Julián Simón Suter 23 +28.971 8 5
12 81 Jordi Torres Suter 23 +29.815 16 4
13 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 23 +39.783 22 3
14 63 Mike Di Meglio Kalex 23 +39.868 23 2
15 72 Yuki Takahashi FTR 23 +39.970 14 1
16 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +40.763 15
17 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 23 +40.900 18
18 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 23 +44.379 9
19 15 Alex de Angelis FTR 23 +46.507 17
20 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 23 +55.561 25
21 88 Ricard Cardús AJR 23 +55.815 21
22 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 23 +56.051 27
23 23 Marcel Schrötter Bimota 23 +56.492 24
24 8 Gino Rea Suter 23 +58.417 28
25 22 Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 23 +1:12.398 26
26 82 Elena Rosell Speed Up 23 +1:39.841 31
27 57 Eric Granado Motobi 23 +1:40.787 32
28 20 Jesko Raffin Kalex 22 +1 lap 30
Ret 24 Toni Elías Kalex 19 Accident 10
Ret 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 3 Retirement 7
DSQ 95 Anthony West Speed Up 23 (+29.609)[7] 20
DSQ 31 Kohta Nozane FTR 6 Black flag 29
Source:[8]

Moto3
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 52 Danny Kent KTM 20 40:02.775 1 25
2 25 Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 20 +0.260 2 20
3 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 20 +2.352 5 16
4 42 Álex Rins Suter Honda 20 +3.404 13 13
5 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 20 +3.645 4 11
6 11 Sandro Cortese KTM 20 +13.394 3 10
7 44 Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 20 +15.523 11 9
8 96 Louis Rossi FTR Honda 20 +15.739 8 8
9 7 Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 20 +15.946 9 7
10 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 20 +16.129 10 6
11 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 20 +16.223 14 5
12 27 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 20 +16.371 12 4
13 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 20 +28.368 23 3
14 12 Álex Márquez Suter Honda 20 +28.375 17 2
15 84 Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 20 +28.509 19 1
16 81 Hyuga Watanabe Honda 20 +31.071 21
17 26 Adrián Martín FTR Honda 20 +40.292 16
18 51 Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 20 +42.822 29
19 8 Jack Miller Honda 20 +42.896 22
20 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 20 +47.451 20
21 17 John McPhee KRP Honda 20 +48.245 26
22 29 Luca Amato Kalex KTM 20 +48.359 31
23 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 20 +48.439 25
24 28 Josep Rodríguez FGR Honda 20 +1:03.762 30
25 30 Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 20 +1:10.290 28
26 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 20 +1:10.484 32
27 82 Yuudai Kamei Honda 19 +1 lap 27
Ret 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 19 Accident 7
Ret 39 Luis Salom Kalex KTM 19 Accident 6
Ret 23 Alberto Moncayo FTR Honda 19 Retirement 15
Ret 41 Brad Binder Kalex KTM 14 Retirement 18
Ret 9 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 4 Retirement 24
DNS 80 Armando Pontone Ioda Did not start 33
DNS 20 Riccardo Moretti Mahindra Did not start 34
Source:[9]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.[10]

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

References
  1. "2012 Japanese MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. "Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. "2012 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. "motogp.com · AIRASIA GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". Motogp.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. "AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2012.
  7. "Doping – Decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of rider Anthony West" (PDF). v2-fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 24 March 2015. [...] all the sporting results obtained by Anthony West from 20 May 2012 up to the expiry of the period of ineligibility (i.e. 19 October 2013) will be invalidated.
  8. "AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2012.
  9. "AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 October 2012.
  10. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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