The 2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2012 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit near Doha in Qatar on 8 April 2012. It was contested over twenty-two laps.
This race saw the début of the 1000cc engine motorcycles introduced in the MotoGP class for this season and also the début of the Honda RC213V, replacing the 800cc engines and the Honda RC212V that were used between 2007 and 2011, and also the début of the 125cc 2-stroke replacement class, Moto3, which are powered by 250cc (15.2 cu in) 4-stroke engines.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 22 42:44.214 1 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +0.852 7 20 3 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +2.908 2 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +17.114 3 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 +17.420 6 11 6 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 22 +28.413 5 10 7 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +28.446 11 9 8 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +29.464 9 8 9 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 22 +31.384 8 7 10 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 22 +33.665 12 6 11 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 22 +56.907 4 5 12 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 22 +58.088 13 4 13 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 22 +1:10.650 14 3 14 68 Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR-FTR 22 +1:15.943 16 2 15 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 22 +1:26.733 15 1 16 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR-FTR 22 +1:43.327 20 17 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 22 +1:47.419 18 18 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 22 +1:51.882 21 NC 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 15 +7 laps 17 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 15 Retirement 19 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 7 Retirement 10 Sources:
Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Suter 20 40:34.225 2 25 2 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 20 +0.061 3 20 3 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 20 +1.412 4 16 4 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 20 +1.639 7 13 5 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 20 +3.981 1 11 6 45 Scott Redding Kalex 20 +6.768 13 10 7 63 Mike Di Meglio Speed Up 20 +6.794 5 9 8 3 Simone Corsi FTR 20 +6.986 10 8 9 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 20 +10.828 12 7 10 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 20 +11.379 14 6 11 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 20 +12.750 21 5 12 5 Johann Zarco Motobi 20 +14.121 19 4 13 24 Toni Elías Suter 20 +17.634 17 3 14 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 20 +17.875 9 2 15 60 Julián Simón FTR 20 +17.894 11 1 16 71 Claudio Corti Kalex 20 +19.014 8 17 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 20 +19.114 18 18 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 20 +28.802 16 19 72 Yuki Takahashi Suter 20 +36.598 25 20 47 Ángel Rodríguez FTR 20 +36.738 22 21 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Moriwaki 20 +37.147 28 22 49 Axel Pons Kalex 20 +37.443 24 23 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 20 +39.523 26 24 88 Ricard Cardús AJR 20 +45.260 23 25 95 Anthony West Moriwaki 20 +53.786 29 26 8 Gino Rea Moriwaki 20 +54.008 27 27 10 Marco Colandrea FTR 20 +1:19.054 31 28 7 Alexander Lundh MZ FTR 20 +1:19.071 30 29 82 Elena Rosell Moriwaki 20 +1:35.150 32 30 76 Max Neukirchner Kalex 19 +1 lap 6 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Suter 18 Accident 15 Ret 96 Nasser Al Malki Moriwaki 10 Retirement 33 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 3 Retirement 20 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 25 Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 18 38:40.995 2 25 2 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 18 +4.301 6 20 3 11 Sandro Cortese KTM 18 +18.013 1 16 4 39 Luis Salom Kalex KTM 18 +18.200 4 13 5 44 Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 18 +18.745 8 11 6 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +19.052 7 10 7 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 18 +35.940 9 9 8 52 Danny Kent KTM 18 +21.098 12 8 9 96 Louis Rossi FTR Honda 18 +21.153 3 7 10 42 Álex Rins Suter Honda 18 +28.733 13 6 11 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 18 +29.775 18 5 12 55 Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 18 +29.813 16 4 13 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 18 +35.940 5 3 14 23 Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM 18 +35.983 14 2 15 84 Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 18 +38.641 19 1 16 7 Efrén Vázquez Honda 18 +40.219 21 17 27 Niccolò Antonelli Honda 18 +50.629 20 18 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 18 +54.751 25 19 21 Iván Moreno FTR Honda 18 +54.989 22 20 26 Adrián Martín Honda 18 +54.989 24 21 51 Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 18 +1:21.239 28 22 15 Simone Grotzkyj Oral 18 +1:35.791 29 23 9 Toni Finsterbusch MZ-RE Honda 18 +1:41.291 31 24 53 Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 18 +1:54.293 17 25 8 Jack Miller Honda 17 +1 lap 26 Ret 94 Jonas Folger Ioda 11 Retirement 32 Ret 3 Luigi Morciano Ioda 7 Retirement 30 Ret 41 Brad Binder Kalex KTM 6 Retirement 15 Ret 77 Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 5 Retirement 23 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 0 Accident 10 Ret 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 0 Accident 11 Ret 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 0 Retirement 27 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 25 2 Dani Pedrosa 20 3 Casey Stoner 16 4 Cal Crutchlow 13 5 Andrea Dovizioso 11
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 25 2 Honda 20 3 Ducati 10 4 Suter 4 5 ART 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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