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. Casey Stoner won the MotoGP race, while Pol Espargaró and Romano Fenati won the Moto2 and Moto3 races respectively.
Classification
MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 45:33.897 5 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 27 +0.947 1 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +2.063 2 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +2.465 4 13 5 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 27 +18.100 7 11 6 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 27 +21.395 8 10 7 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 27 +28.637 9 9 8 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 27 +28.869 3 8 9 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 27 +34.852 13 7 10 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 27 +35.103 12 6 11 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 27 +38.041 6 5 12 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 27 +1:12.728 14 4 13 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 27 +1:18.669 18 3 14 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 27 +1:29.142 16 2 15 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 27 +1:31.178 19 1 16 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 27 +1:40.577 21 17 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 26 +1 lap 11 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 25 Retirement 10 Ret 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 24 Retirement 20 Ret 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 18 Retirement 15 Ret 68 Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 0 Retirement 17 Sources:
Moto2 The race was red-flagged after 17 laps due to rain. 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
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 45 2 Casey Stoner 41 3 Dani Pedrosa 36 4 Cal Crutchlow 26 5 Andrea Dovizioso 22
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 45 2 Yamaha 45 3 Ducati 18 4 ART 7 5 Suter 4
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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