2012 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 August 2012 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno.

Czech Republic  2012 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 August 2012
Official namebwin Grand Prix České republiky[1][2][3]
LocationBrno Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 1:55.799
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 1:56.274
Podium
First Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 2:01.953
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 2:03.061
Podium
First Spain Marc Márquez Suter
Second Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Third Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales FTR Honda
Time 2:08.075
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Luis Salom Kalex KTM
Time 2:09.659
Podium
First Germany Jonas Folger Kalex KTM
Second Spain Luis Salom Kalex KTM
Third Germany Sandro Cortese KTM
Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo, battling for the MotoGP race. Dani went on to win the race, with Jorge finishing second.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26   Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 42:51.570 3 25
2 99   Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 22 +0.178 1 20
3 35   Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +12.343 2 16
4 4   Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +18.591 5 13
5 6   Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +25.582 7 11
6 19   Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +29.451 8 10
7 46   Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 22 +34.514 6 9
8 14   Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 22 +1:04.285 10 8
9 17   Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 22 +1:08.278 9 7
10 41   Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 22 +1:09.972 11 6
11 24   Toni Elías Pramac Racing Team Ducati 22 +1:10.003 13 5
12 68   Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 22 +1:24.040 12 4
13 5   Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 22 +1:27.898 15 3
14 51   Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 22 +1:36.165 14 2
15 77   James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 22 +1:40.565 17 1
16 54   Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 22 +1:41.226 16
17 9   Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 21 +1 lap 19
Ret 22   Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 9 Retirement 18
Ret 11   Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 8 Accident 4
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2

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Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93   Marc Márquez Suter 20 41:19.978 4 25
2 12   Thomas Lüthi Suter 20 +0.061 2 20
3 40   Pol Espargaró Kalex 20 +0.440 1 16
4 29   Andrea Iannone Speed Up 20 +0.510 6 13
5 3   Simone Corsi FTR 20 +10.319 5 11
6 15   Alex de Angelis FTR 20 +10.643 18 10
7 5   Johann Zarco Motobi 20 +10.717 10 9
8 38   Bradley Smith Tech 3 20 +10.873 15 8
9 36   Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +11.047 12 7
10 80   Esteve Rabat Kalex 20 +11.517 16 6
11 60   Julián Simón Suter 20 +12.388 17 5
12 18   Nicolás Terol Suter 20 +12.603 8 4
13 81   Jordi Torres Suter 20 +14.896 13 3
14 77   Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +17.772 9 2
15 49   Axel Pons Kalex 20 +17.848 11 1
16 63   Mike Di Meglio MZ-RE Honda 20 +17.906 14
17 30   Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +18.495 7
18 72   Yuki Takahashi FTR 20 +30.630 22
19 44   Roberto Rolfo Suter 20 +34.765 27
20 14   Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 20 +34.892 20
21 4   Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +36.981 23
22 23   Marcel Schrötter Bimota 20 +54.677 24
23 8   Gino Rea Suter 20 +1:19.583 26
24 22   Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 20 +1:23.216 28
25 57   Eric Granado Motobi 20 +1:25.144 30
26 82   Elena Rosell Speed Up 20 +1:32.208 31
DSQ 95   Anthony West Speed Up 20 (+34.634)[7] 25
Ret 71   Claudio Corti Kalex 18 Accident 19
Ret 19   Xavier Siméon Tech 3 11 Accident 21
Ret 10   Marco Colandrea FTR 11 Accident 30
Ret 45   Scott Redding Kalex 0 Collision 3
DNS 76   Max Neukirchner Kalex Injury
DNS 88   Ricard Cardús AJR Injury
Source:[8]

Moto3

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Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 94   Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 19 43:03.089 10 25
2 39   Luis Salom Kalex KTM 19 +5.918 5 20
3 11   Sandro Cortese KTM 19 +5.963 2 16
4 25   Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 19 +6.091 1 13
5 42   Álex Rins Suter Honda 19 +6.490 8 11
6 84   Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 19 +6.572 7 10
7 52   Danny Kent KTM 19 +8.421 9 9
8 5   Romano Fenati FTR Honda 19 +13.382 13 8
9 44   Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 19 +13.909 21 7
10 19   Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 19 +22.466 12 6
11 55   Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 19 +25.974 6 5
12 23   Alberto Moncayo FTR Honda 19 +26.013 14 4
13 26   Adrián Martín FTR Honda 19 +26.549 15 3
14 61   Arthur Sissis KTM 19 +26.708 20 2
15 17   John McPhee KRP Honda 19 +29.753 19 1
16 10   Alexis Masbou Honda 19 +32.949 17
17 96   Louis Rossi FTR Honda 19 +35.869 16
18 6   Joan Olivé KTM 19 +40.433 24
19 43   Luca Grünwald Honda 19 +40.951 26
20 41   Brad Binder Kalex KTM 19 +41.125 23
21 12   Álex Márquez Suter Honda 19 +41.271 18
22 30   Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 19 +45.814 32
23 27   Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 19 +55.417 4
24 53   Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 19 +1:25.801 27
25 7   Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 19 +1:39.559 11
26 51   Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 19 +1:44.620 30
27 3   Luigi Morciano Ioda 19 +2:17.928 28
28 80   Armando Pontone Ioda 18 +1 lap 31
Ret 63   Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 14 Accident 3
Ret 95   Miroslav Popov Mahindra 14 Accident 29
Ret 71   Michael Ruben Rinaldi Honda 11 Retirement 25
Ret 9   Toni Finsterbusch Honda 10 Retirement 22
DNS 20   Riccardo Moretti Mahindra Injury
DNS 32   Isaac Viñales FTR Honda Injury
DNS 89   Alan Techer TSR Honda Injury
Source:[9]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "2012 Czech 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. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2012 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  5. ^ "GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". Motogp.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  6. ^ "bwin Grand Prix České Republiky – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 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. ^ "bwin Grand Prix České Republiky – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
  9. ^ "bwin Grand Prix České Republiky – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
  10. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.


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