2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 16 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 21 October 2012 | ||
| Official name | Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Sepang International Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Time | 2:00.334 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | |
| Time | 2:14.670 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | |
| Second | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Third |  Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | |
| Time | 2:06.962 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Hafizh Syahrin |
FTR | |
| Time | 2:23.707 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Alex de Angelis |
FTR | |
| Second |  Gino Rea |
Suter | |
| Third | Hafizh Syahrin |
FTR | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | |
| Time | 2:13.885 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | |
| Time | 2:15.142 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Sandro Cortese |
KTM | |
| Second | Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | |
| Third | Jonas Folger |
Kalex KTM | |
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.[1]
Classification
MotoGP
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.[2]
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 13 | 29:29.049 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 13 | +3.774 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner |
Honda | 13 | +7.144 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Ducati | 13 | +10.518 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi |
Ducati | 13 | +16.759 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Honda | 13 | +17.276 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 13 | +50.282 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
ART | 13 | +51.585 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 | James Ellison |
ART | 13 | +56.676 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 |  Karel Abraham |
Ducati | 13 | +57.622 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ioda-Suter | 13 | +1:02.805 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro |
FTR | 13 | +1:02.891 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Yamaha | 13 | +1:28.989 | 3 | 3 |
| DSQ | 84 | Roberto Rolfo |
ART | 13 | (+1:23.890)[3] | 19 | |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl |
Honda | 11 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow |
Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 14 |  Randy de Puniet |
ART | 10 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 22 | Iván Silva |
BQR | 10 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards |
Suter | 10 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Ben Spies |
Yamaha | 8 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNS | 68 |  Yonny Hernández |
BQR | Injury | |||
| Source:[2] | |||||||
Moto2
The race was stopped with the red flag due to weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap.[4]
| 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)[5] | 19 | |
| DSQ | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi |
Speed Up | 15 | (+1:28.788)[3] | 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:[6] | |||||||
Moto3
| 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[7] | 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:[8] | |||||||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rider not classified due to not entering the pitlane within five minutes after the red flag.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Luis Salom received a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Jonas Folger in the previous race. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
| Previous race: 2012 Japanese Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2012 season |
Next race: 2012 Australian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix |
