2012 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  2012 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 April 2012
Official name	Gran Premio bwin de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Time	1:39.532
Fastest lap
Rider	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha
Time	1:40.019
Podium
First	Casey Stoner	Honda
Second	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha
Third	Dani Pedrosa	Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider	Marc Márquez	Suter
Time	1;43.005
Fastest lap
Rider	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex
Time	1:44.905
Podium
First	Pol Espargaró	Kalex
Second	Marc Márquez	Suter
Third	Thomas Lüthi	Suter
Moto3
Pole position
Rider	Álex Rins	Suter Honda
Time	1:57.507
Fastest lap
Rider	Romano Fenati	FTR Honda
Time	1:52.774
Podium
First	Romano Fenati	FTR Honda
Second	Luis Salom	Kalex KTM
Third	Sandro Cortese	KTM

The 2012 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 April 2012 at the Circuito de Jerez, located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.^[1] Casey Stoner won the MotoGP race,^[2] while Pol Espargaró^[3] and Romano Fenati^[4] won the Moto2 and Moto3 races respectively.

Classification

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Honda	27	45:33.897	5	25
2	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	27	+0.947	1	20
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	27	+2.063	2	16
4	35	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	27	+2.465	4	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	27	+18.100	7	11
6	19	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	27	+21.395	8	10
7	6	Stefan Bradl	Honda	27	+28.637	9	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	27	+28.869	3	8
9	46	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	27	+34.852	13	7
10	8	Héctor Barberá	Ducati	27	+35.103	12	6
11	11	Ben Spies	Yamaha	27	+38.041	6	5
12	41	Aleix Espargaró	ART	27	+1:12.728	14	4
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ioda	27	+1:18.669	18	3
14	54	Mattia Pasini	ART	27	+1:29.142	16	2
15	22	Iván Silva	BQR	27	+1:31.178	19	1
16	5	Colin Edwards	Suter	27	+1:40.577	21
17	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	26	+1 lap	11
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	ART	25	Retirement	10
Ret	77	James Ellison	ART	24	Retirement	20
Ret	51	Michele Pirro	FTR	18	Retirement	15
Ret	68	Yonny Hernández	BQR	0	Retirement	17
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

Moto2

The race was red-flagged after 17 laps due to rain.^[5]

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	40	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	17	30:12.879	3	25
2	93	Marc Márquez	Suter	17	+0.241	1	20
3	12	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	17	+0.483	4	16
4	45	Scott Redding	Kalex	17	+4.414	12	13
5	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	17	+4.837	2	11
6	71	Claudio Corti	Kalex	17	+5.881	6	10
7	36	Mika Kallio	Kalex	17	+6.149	5	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	17	+7.097	15	8
9	24	Toni Elías	Suter	17	+7.866	16	7
10	5	Johann Zarco	Motobi	17	+8.680	10	6
11	38	Bradley Smith	Tech 3	17	+9.382	19	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	Suter	17	+9.768	11	4
13	19	Xavier Siméon	Tech 3	17	+10.433	17	3
14	29	Andrea Iannone	Speed Up	17	+31.366	13	2
15	8	Gino Rea	Moriwaki	17	+31.504	23	1
16	95	Anthony West	Moriwaki	17	+34.172	29
17	3	Simone Corsi	FTR	17	+34.450	18
18	49	Axel Pons	Kalex	17	+36.410	26
19	88	Ricard Cardús	AJR	17	+36.803	20
20	47	Ángel Rodríguez	FTR	17	+37.449	24
21	72	Yuki Takahashi	Suter	17	+39.465	22
22	4	Randy Krummenacher	Kalex	17	+45.782	9
23	60	Julián Simón	Suter	17	+46.163	25
24	7	Alexander Lundh	MZ-RE Honda	17	+46.251	27
25	44	Roberto Rolfo	Suter	17	+59.593	21
26	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Moriwaki	17	+59.987	30
27	18	Nicolás Terol	Suter	17	+1:01.010	28
28	80	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	16	+1 lap	7
Ret	76	Max Neukirchner	Kalex	12	Accident	14
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Speed Up	8	Accident	8
Ret	10	Marco Colandrea	FTR	6	Accident	32
Ret	82	Elena Rosell	Moriwaki	4	Accident	31
OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Romano Fenati	FTR Honda	23	43:50.885	10	25
2	39	Luis Salom	Kalex KTM	23	+36.139	19	20
3	11	Sandro Cortese	KTM	23	+36.895	2	16
4	42	Álex Rins	Suter Honda	23	+37.061	1	13
5	10	Alexis Masbou	Honda	23	+49.036	4	11
6	25	Maverick Viñales	FTR Honda	23	+55.857	9	10
7	23	Alberto Moncayo	Kalex KTM	23	+57.505	20	9
8	27	Niccolò Antonelli	FTR Honda	23	+1:03.683	17	8
9	55	Héctor Faubel	Kalex KTM	23	+1:15.351	16	7
10	63	Zulfahmi Khairuddin	KTM	23	+1:35.650	28	6
11	19	Alessandro Tonucci	FTR Honda	22	+1 lap	24	5
12	12	Álex Márquez	Suter Honda	22	+1 lap	13	4
13	21	Iván Moreno	FTR Honda	22	+1 lap	23	3
14	89	Alan Techer	TSR Honda	22	+1 lap	34	2
15	30	Giulian Pedone	Oral	22	+1 lap	33	1
16	77	Marcel Schrötter	Mahindra	22	+1 lap	25
17	53	Jasper Iwema	FGR Honda	22	+1 lap	29
Ret	26	Adrián Martín	FTR Honda	15	Accident	14
Ret	51	Kenta Fujii	TSR Honda	15	Accident	22
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Mahindra	14	Retirement	21
Ret	96	Louis Rossi	FTR Honda	9	Accident	12
Ret	32	Isaac Viñales	FTR Honda	6	Accident	7
Ret	28	Josep Rodríguez	FTR Honda	4	Accident	18
Ret	44	Miguel Oliveira	Suter Honda	3	Accident	3
Ret	61	Arthur Sissis	KTM	3	Accident	8
Ret	84	Jakub Kornfeil	FTR Honda	2	Accident	5
Ret	41	Brad Binder	Kalex KTM	2	Accident	26
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	FTR Honda	2	Accident	11
Ret	31	Niklas Ajo	KTM	2	Accident	27
Ret	9	Toni Finsterbusch	MZ FTR	2	Accident	30
Ret	3	Luigi Morciano	Ioda	2	Accident	32
Ret	8	Jack Miller	Honda	0	Accident	6
Ret	52	Danny Kent	KTM	0	Accident	15
Ret	15	Simone Grotzkyj	Oral	0	Accident	31
OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

References

1. "FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 14 December 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
2. "MotoGP: Casey Stoner hangs on to beat Jorge Lorenzo at Jerez". bbc.co.uk (BBC Sport). 29 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
3. Tremayne, Sam (29 April 2012). "Pol Espargaro awarded maiden victory as rain truncates Jerez Moto2 race". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 28 May 2012.
4. "Moto3: Fenati breaks Italian drought". Crash.net (Crash Media Group). 30 April 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
5. "Espargaró takes first ever victory in breathtaking Jerez race". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 29 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.