2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit. Sandro Cortese became the first Moto3 world champion.[4]

Malaysia  2012 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date21 October 2012
Official nameMalaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 2:00.334
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 2:14.670
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third Australia Casey Stoner Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 2:06.962
Fastest lap
Rider Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin FTR
Time 2:23.707
Podium
First San Marino Alex de Angelis FTR
Second United Kingdom Gino Rea Suter
Third Malaysia Hafizh Syahrin FTR
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM
Time 2:13.885
Fastest lap
Rider Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM
Time 2:15.142
Podium
First Germany Sandro Cortese KTM
Second Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM
Third Germany Jonas Folger Kalex KTM
Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

Classification

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MotoGP

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The race was red-flagged due to the worsening weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 13th lap and full points were awarded.[5]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 29:29.049 2 25
2 99   Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 13 +3.774 1 20
3 1   Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 +7.144 4 16
4 69   Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 13 +10.518 9 13
5 46   Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 13 +16.759 11 11
6 19   Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 13 +17.276 10 10
7 8   Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 13 +50.282 7 9
8 41   Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 13 +51.585 12 8
9 77   James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 13 +56.676 16 7
10 17   Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 13 +57.622 14 6
11 9   Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 13 +1:02.805 17 5
12 51   Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 13 +1:02.891 15 4
13 4   Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 13 +1:28.989 3 3
DSQ 84   Roberto Rolfo Speed Master ART 13 (+1:23.890)[6] 19
Ret 6   Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 11 Accident 8
Ret 35   Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 10 Accident 5
Ret 14   Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 10 Accident 13
Ret 22   Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 10 Accident 20
Ret 5   Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 10 Retirement 18
Ret 11   Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 8 Accident 6
DNS 68   Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR Injury
Source: [7][8][5]

Moto2

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The race was stopped with the red flag due to weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap.[9]

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15   Alex de Angelis FTR 15 36:57.793 9 25
2 8   Gino Rea Suter 15 +1.363 22 20
3 86   Hafizh Syahrin FTR 15 +2.941 27 16
4 60   Julián Simón Suter 15 +7.583 13 13
5 29   Andrea Iannone Speed Up 15 +10.062 11 11
6 36   Mika Kallio Kalex 15 +23.078 15 10
7 38   Bradley Smith Tech 3 15 +26.957 6 9
8 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 15 +30.063 10 8
9 80   Esteve Rabat Kalex 15 +31.514 7 7
10 40   Pol Espargaró Kalex 15 +31.746 1 6
11 45   Scott Redding Kalex 15 +37.108 2 5
12 24   Toni Elías Kalex 15 +38.627 28 4
13 49   Axel Pons Kalex 15 +39.095 17 3
14 88   Ricard Cardús AJR 15 +40.686 26 2
15 72   Yuki Takahashi FTR 15 +40.757 23 1
16 75   Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 15 +41.859 21
17 23   Marcel Schrötter Bimota 15 +46.760 25
18 20   Jesko Raffin Kalex 15 +1:10.712 30
19 82   Elena Rosell Speed Up 15 +1:17.807 31
20 10   Marco Colandrea FTR 15 +1:19.320 32
21 14   Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 15 +1:27.281 16
22 3   Simone Corsi FTR 15 +1:41.865 12
DSQ 95   Anthony West Speed Up 15 (+0.710)[10] 19
DSQ 22   Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 15 (+1:28.788)[6] 29
Ret 12   Thomas Lüthi Suter 14 Accident 8
Ret 63   Mike Di Meglio Kalex 14 Retirement 14
Ret 93   Marc Márquez Suter 12 Accident 3
Ret 18   Nicolás Terol Suter 12 Accident 20
Ret 81   Jordi Torres Suter 12 Accident 18
Ret 57   Eric Granado Motobi 6 Retirement 33
Ret 30   Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 2 Accident 4
Ret 5   Johann Zarco Motobi 0 Accident 5
Ret 19   Xavier Siméon Tech 3 0 Accident 24
Source:[11]

Moto3

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Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11   Sandro Cortese KTM 18 40:54.123 3 25
2 63   Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +0.028 1 20
3 94   Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 18 +0.247 2 16
4 39   Luis Salom Kalex KTM 18 +8.503 10[12] 13
5 44   Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 18 +8.674 5 11
6 52   Danny Kent KTM 18 +9.335 11 10
7 42   Álex Rins Suter Honda 18 +18.973 8 9
8 7   Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 18 +25.419 6 8
9 31   Niklas Ajo KTM 18 +30.714 16 7
10 26   Adrián Martín FTR Honda 18 +30.763 9 6
11 61   Arthur Sissis KTM 18 +30.886 21 5
12 41   Brad Binder Kalex KTM 18 +31.019 7 4
13 8   Jack Miller Honda 18 +31.225 19 3
14 12   Álex Márquez Suter Honda 18 +31.313 24 2
15 27   Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 18 +31.649 12 1
16 84   Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 18 +31.715 14
17 19   Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 18 +31.790 13
18 23   Alberto Moncayo FTR Honda 18 +32.147 15
19 32   Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 18 +39.364 18
20 5   Romano Fenati FTR Honda 18 +45.824 17
21 89   Alan Techer TSR Honda 18 +46.622 20
22 17   John McPhee KRP Honda 18 +46.672 26
23 9   Toni Finsterbusch Honda 18 +46.790 22
24 29   Luca Amato Kalex KTM 18 +1:09.086 30
25 28   Josep Rodríguez FGR Honda 18 +1:15.734 23
26 30   Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 18 +1:33.717 27
27 51   Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 18 +1:33.811 28
28 80   Armando Pontone Ioda 18 +1:54.114 29
Ret 99   Danny Webb Mahindra 8 Retirement 25
Ret 96   Louis Rossi FTR Honda 5 Accident 4
Ret 20   Riccardo Moretti Mahindra 1 Retirement 31
WD 25   Maverick Viñales FTR Honda Withdrew
Source:[13]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[14]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sepang International Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Moto3: Cortese champion at Sepang, Khairuddin podium". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 October 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2012.
  6. ^ a b Rider not classified due to not entering the pitlane within five minutes after the red flag.
  7. ^ "2012 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". Motogp.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Sepang, Malaysia Moto2 - Race Results". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 21 October 2012.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2012.
  12. ^ Luis Salom received a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Jonas Folger in the previous race. "Folger and Salom react to Motegi last lap drama". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 15 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 21 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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