2012 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

2012 Czech Republic Grand PrixRace details

Race 12 of 18 races in the
2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date| 26 August 2012
Official name| bwin Grand Prix České republiky[1][2][3]
Location| Brno Circuit
Course|

* Permanent racing facility
* 5.403 km (3.357 mi)

MotoGP
| Pole position

Rider|  Jorge Lorenzo|  Yamaha
Time|  1:55.799|
Fastest lap
Rider|  Jorge Lorenzo|  Yamaha
Time|  1:56.274|
Podium
First|  Dani Pedrosa|  Honda
Second|  Jorge Lorenzo|  Yamaha
Third|  Cal Crutchlow|  Yamaha
Moto2
| Pole position

Rider|  Pol Espargaró|  Kalex
Time|  2:01.953|
Fastest lap
Rider|  Pol Espargaró|  Kalex
Time|  2:03.061|
Podium
First|  Marc Márquez|  Suter
Second|  Thomas Lüthi|  Suter
Third|  Pol Espargaró|  Kalex
Moto3
| Pole position

Rider|  Maverick Viñales|  FTR Honda
Time|  2:08.075|
Fastest lap
Rider|  Luis Salom|  Kalex KTM
Time|  2:09.659|
Podium
First|  Jonas Folger|  Kalex KTM
Second|  Luis Salom|  Kalex KTM
Third|  Sandro Cortese|  KTM

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.

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

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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

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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

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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]

Riders' Championship standings
| Pos. | Rider  | Points

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1  |  Jorge Lorenzo | 245
2  |  Dani Pedrosa | 232
3  |  Casey Stoner | 186
4  |  Andrea Dovizioso | 150
5  |  Cal Crutchlow | 122

Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos. | Constructor  | Points

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1  |  Honda | 271
2  |  Yamaha | 261
3  |  Ducati | 124
4  |  ART | 62
5  |  BQR | 24

* 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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