2012 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 November 2012 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo.

  2012 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 18 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date11 November 2012
Official nameGran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:30.844
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda
Time 1:33.119
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa Honda
Second Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha
Third Casey Stoner Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider Pol Espargaró Kalex
Time 1:35.191
Fastest lap
Rider Marc Márquez Suter
Time 1:46.440
Podium
First Marc Márquez Suter
Second Julián Simón Suter
Third Nicolás Terol Suter
Moto3
Pole position
Rider Jonas Folger Kalex-KTM
Time 1:41.263
Fastest lap
Rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM
Time 1:49.622
Podium
First Danny Kent KTM
Second Sandro Cortese KTM
Third Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM

The race was Casey Stoner's last before his retirement from the sport, and he finished it on the podium in third position. Dani Pedrosa won the race for Honda and ensure the season ended with 18 points between himself and new champion Jorge Lorenzo, who retired from the race, at the top of the riders' standings. The result meant that Pedrosa had won 6 of the last 8 races, and that Lorenzo maintained his record of finishing first or second in every race he finished in 2012. Katsuyuki Nakasuga made just his second appearance in 2012 in place of the injured Ben Spies at Yamaha, and took advantage of the wet conditions to finish in second place (the only podium for a Japanese rider in any class in 2012).

Marc Márquez won the Moto2 race, despite starting from 33rd on the grid, although he had moved up to 13th within the first three corners. It was Márquez's last Moto2 race, as he would replace Stoner at the Honda team for the 2013 season. Polesitter Pol Espargaró secured second in the championship behind Márquez by finishing in eighth. Julián Simón and Nicolás Terol (who took his first Moto2 podium) completed an all Spanish podium. Danny Kent took his second victory of the Moto3 season in front of champion Sandro Cortese and Zulfahmi Khairuddin to complete an all KTM podium.

Classification

MotoGP
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 48:23.819 1 25
2 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +37.661 16 20
3 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +1:00.633 3 16
4 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +1:02.811 8 13
5 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 30 +1:26.608 15 11
6 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +1:30.423 6 10
7 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 30 +1:31.789 13 9
8 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 29 +1 lap 17 8
9 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 29 +1 lap 20 7
10 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 29 +1 lap 11 6
11 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 29 +1 lap 10 5
12 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 28 +2 laps 12 4
13 73 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens BQR 28 +2 laps 21 3
14 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 27 +3 laps 14 2
Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 Accident 4
Ret 71 Claudio Corti Avintia Blusens Inmotec 17 Accident 22
Ret 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 16 Accident 9
Ret 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 13 Accident 2
Ret 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 9 Accident 5
Ret 84 Roberto Rolfo Speed Master ART 6 Accident 19
Ret 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 2 Accident 18
Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 2 Accident 7
Sources: [2][3][4]

Moto2
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 93 Marc Márquez Suter 27 48:50.706 33[5] 25
2 60 Julián Simón Suter 27 +1.256 11 20
3 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 27 +11.372 4 16
4 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 27 +13.006 2 13
5 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 27 +13.825 6 11
6 81 Jordi Torres Suter 27 +27.911 5 10
7 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 27 +36.338 15 9
8 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 27 +38.335 1 8
9 24 Toni Elías Kalex 27 +39.419 14 7
10 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 27 +39.476 13 6
11 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 27 +40.207 9 5
12 8 Gino Rea Suter 27 +41.197 19 4
13 17 Dani Rivas Kalex 27 +41.768 26 3
14 72 Yuki Takahashi FTR 27 +41.943 17 2
15 88 Ricard Cardús AJR 27 +42.303 28 1
16 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 27 +43.064 21
17 3 Simone Corsi FTR 27 +49.970 8
18 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 27 +51.639 27
19 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 27 +53.198 18
20 49 Axel Pons Kalex 27 +54.632 25
21 23 Marcel Schrötter Bimota 27 +56.401 24
22 45 Scott Redding Kalex 27 +56.974 7
23 22 Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 27 +59.679 29
24 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 27 +1:16.201 23
25 54 Mattia Pasini FTR 27 +1:16.352 22
26 28 Román Ramos FTR 27 +1:18.354 20
27 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 27 +1:26.234 12
28 63 Mike Di Meglio Kalex 27 +1:29.530 16
29 57 Eric Granado Motobi 26 +1 lap 31
30 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 25 +2 laps 30
Ret 82 Elena Rosell Speed Up 17 Accident 32
Ret 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 Retirement 3
Ret 5 Johann Zarco Motobi 10 Accident 10
Source:[6]

Moto3
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 52 Danny Kent KTM 24 45:05.891 7 25
2 11 Sandro Cortese KTM 24 +0.056 4 20
3 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24 +0.114 17 16
4 41 Brad Binder Kalex KTM 24 +0.431 15 13
5 55 Héctor Faubel FTR Honda 24 +4.371 16 11
6 96 Louis Rossi FTR Honda 24 +7.605 9 7
7 84 Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 24 +14.931 14 9
8 25 Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 24 +18.495 5 8
9 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 24 +23.180 22 7
10 39 Luis Salom Kalex KTM 24 +23.245 3 6
11 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 24 +27.532 26 5
12 58 Juan Francisco Guevara FTR Honda 24 +30.331 21 4
13 27 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 24 +31.255 8 3
14 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 24 +34.660 10 2
15 28 Josep Rodríguez FGR Honda 24 +50.522 30 1
16 42 Álex Rins Suter Honda 24 +50.554 18
17 30 Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 24 +51.725 28
18 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 24 +51.826 11
19 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 24 +52.970 19
20 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 24 +57.930 23
21 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 24 +1:00.758 24
22 29 Luca Amato Kalex KTM 24 +1:47.794 20
23 51 Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 24 +1:47.977 33
24 80 Armando Pontone Ioda 23 +1 lap 31
Ret 8 Jack Miller Honda 19 Accident 25
Ret 9 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 19 Accident 27
Ret 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 18 Retirement 34
Ret 44 Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 15 Accident 2
Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 15 Accident 6
Ret 95 Miroslav Popov Mahindra 9 Retirement 35
Ret 17 John McPhee KRP Honda 9 Retirement 29
Ret 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 7 Retirement 1
Ret 26 Adrián Martín FTR Honda 7 Retirement 13
Ret 3 Luigi Morciano Ioda 4 Retirement 32
Ret 12 Álex Márquez Suter Honda 3 Accident 12
Source:[7]

Notes

Marc Márquez's comeback from 33rd to the win was the biggest comeback in all of the history in the Championship.

Dani Pedrosa, who made the pole position in MotoGP, started the race from the pit lane because he entered to the boxes for a bike change because the tarmac was drying, like Alvaro Bautista, Nicky Hayden and Cal Crutchlow. The Spanish rider, despite this, won the race after Jorge Lorenzo crashed heavily when the Yamaha rider tried to lap James Ellison.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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References
  1. "2012 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. "2012 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. "GP GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". Motogp.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. "Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 November 2012.
  5. Marc Márquez was demoted from second to the back of the grid for causing a collision with Simone Corsi during free practice. "Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana — Decision of the Race Direction" (PDF). fim-live.com. FIM. 9 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  6. "Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 November 2012.
  7. "Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 November 2012.
  8. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
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