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2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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United Kingdom  2012 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17 June 2012
Official nameHertz British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSilverstone Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.900 km (3.666 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda
Time 2:03.303
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Time 2:02.888
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha
Second Australia Casey Stoner Honda
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 2:08.111
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter
Time 2:07.667
Podium
First Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex
Second United Kingdom Scott Redding Kalex
Third Spain Marc Márquez Suter
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Spain Maverick Viñales FTR Honda
Time 2:16.187
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Sandro Cortese KTM
Time 2:16.055
Podium
First Spain Maverick Viñales FTR Honda
Second Spain Luis Salom Kalex KTM
Third Germany Sandro Cortese KTM

The 2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2012 at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England. In qualifying for MotoGP, Álvaro Bautista took the first pole position of his career.

Classification

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MotoGP

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 20 41:16.429 4 25
2 1 Australia Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +3.313 3 20
3 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +3.599 5 16
4 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 20 +5.196 1 13
5 11 United States Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 20 +11.531 2 11
6 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 20 +15.112 20 10
7 69 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 20 +15.527 7 9
8 6 Germany Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 20 +22.521 9 8
9 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 20 +36.138 10 7
10 8 Spain Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 20 +41.328 6 6
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 20 +1:03.157 11 5
12 14 France Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 20 +1:03.443 12 4
13 51 Italy Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 20 +1:07.290 14 3
14 77 United Kingdom James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 20 +1:14.782 17 2
15 68 Colombia Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 20 +1:15.108 13 1
16 5 United States Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 20 +1:29.899 15
17 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 20 +1:40.302 18
18 22 Spain Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 20 +1:52.099 19
19 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 19 +1 lap 8
Ret 54 Italy Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 14 Retirement 16
WD 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati Injured
Sources: [4][5][6]

Moto2

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 40 Spain Pol Espargaró Kalex 18 38:29.792 1 25
2 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Kalex 18 +1.462 3 20
3 93 Spain Marc Márquez Suter 18 +1.521 5 16
4 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Speed Up 18 +2.851 2 13
5 3 Italy Simone Corsi FTR 18 +3.803 10 11
6 71 Italy Claudio Corti Kalex 18 +7.109 6 10
7 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Tech 3 18 +7.627 4 9
8 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Suter 18 +7.669 7 8
9 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Suter 18 +15.847 11 7
10 36 Finland Mika Kallio Kalex 18 +20.179 18 6
11 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Suter 18 +20.450 9 5
12 24 Spain Toni Elías Suter 18 +23.017 22 4
13 80 Spain Esteve Rabat Kalex 18 +23.155 20 3
14 4 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher Kalex 18 +23.236 12 2
15 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 18 +24.507 19 1
16 44 Italy Roberto Rolfo Suter 18 +26.418 13
17 76 Germany Max Neukirchner Kalex 18 +28.043 16
18 63 France Mike Di Meglio Speed Up 18 +28.365 15
19 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 18 +28.577 17
20 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Suter 18 +36.100 27
21 19 Belgium Xavier Siméon Tech 3 18 +39.473 24
22 60 Spain Julián Simón Suter 18 +39.718 26
23 88 Spain Ricard Cardús AJR 18 +39.995 25
24 8 United Kingdom Gino Rea Suter 18 +40.493 14
25 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Suter 18 +41.470 28
26 47 Spain Ángel Rodríguez Bimota 18 +1:02.611 23
27 7 Sweden Alexander Lundh MZ-RE Honda 18 +1:08.938 29
28 10 Switzerland Marco Colandrea FTR 18 +1:34.995 31
29 22 Italy Alessandro Andreozzi FTR 18 +1:42.775 32
30 82 Spain Elena Rosell Moriwaki 18 +1:44.102 34
31 57 Brazil Eric Granado Motobi 18 +1:58.051 33
DSQ 95 Australia Anthony West Moriwaki 18 (+1:05.324)[7] 30
Ret 49 Spain Axel Pons Kalex 7 Accident 21
Ret 5 France Johann Zarco Motobi 1 Retirement 8
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 17 38:55.210 1 25
2 39 Spain Luis Salom Kalex KTM 17 +0.933 6 20
3 11 Germany Sandro Cortese KTM 17 +1.023 4 16
4 10 France Alexis Masbou Honda 17 +8.100 3 13
5 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 17 +8.414 2 11
6 52 United Kingdom Danny Kent KTM 17 +8.637 5 10
7 5 Italy Romano Fenati FTR Honda 17 +8.940 9 9
8 61 Australia Arthur Sissis KTM 17 +9.046 15 8
9 63 Malaysia Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 17 +9.208 8 7
10 44 Portugal Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 17 +15.613 11 6
11 84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 17 +20.397 14 5
12 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 17 +20.559 23 4
13 27 Italy Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 17 +21.369 13 3
14 31 Finland Niklas Ajo KTM 17 +27.526 18 2
15 23 Spain Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM 17 +27.708 16 1
16 19 Italy Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 17 +28.032 12
17 41 South Africa Brad Binder Kalex KTM 17 +35.001 26
18 53 Netherlands Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 17 +55.456 22
19 9 Germany Toni Finsterbusch Honda 17 +55.559 27
20 15 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Suter Honda 17 +55.829 25
21 89 France Alan Techer TSR Honda 17 +56.230 17
22 21 Spain Iván Moreno FTR Honda 17 +56.385 34
23 32 Spain Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 17 +1:05.383 28
24 51 Japan Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 17 +1:11.283 30
25 3 Italy Luigi Morciano Ioda 17 +1:18.155 31
26 77 Germany Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 16 +1 lap 35
27 30 Switzerland Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 16 +1 lap 32
28 17 United Kingdom John McPhee KRP Honda 15 +2 laps 29
Ret 96 France Louis Rossi FTR Honda 16 Accident 7
Ret 79 United Kingdom Fraser Rogers KRP Honda 14 Retirement 33
Ret 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Mahindra 11 Retirement 21
Ret 26 Spain Adrián Martín FTR Honda 8 Retirement 20
Ret 94 Germany Jonas Folger Ioda 4 Retirement 19
Ret 42 Spain Álex Rins Suter Honda 1 Accident 10
Ret 8 Australia Jack Miller Honda 0 Accident 24
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.[8]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2012 British 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.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Silverstone Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2012 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "motogp.com · HERTZ BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". motogp.com.
  6. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 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 24 February 2015. 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. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2019.


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