The 2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix) was the eleventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held on August 19, 2012, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After being absent from the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes returned to competition at Indianapolis.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 46:39.631 1 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 28 +10.823 2 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +17.310 3 16 4 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +19.803 6 13 5 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +22.556 8 11 6 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +30.072 5 10 7 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 28 +57.614 10 9 8 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 28 +1:08.442 13 8 9 68 Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 28 +1:11.106 12 7 10 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 28 +1:14.079 11 6 11 24 Toni Elías Pramac Racing Team Ducati 28 +1:26.305 16 5 12 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 28 +1:40.274 20 4 13 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 27 +1 lap 19 3 14 15 Steve Rapp Attack Performance APR 27 +1 lap 21 2 15 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 27 +1 lapJames Ellison was demoted 1 position after the race for shortcutting the track. 17 1 16 20 Aaron Yates GPTech BCL 27 +1 lap 22 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 9 Accident 7 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 8 Retirement 9 Ret 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 6 Retirement 4 Ret 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 1 Retirement 15 Ret 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 0 Accident 14 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 0 Retirement 18 DNS 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati Injury WD 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati Injury Sources:
Moto2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Suter 26 45:13.763 2 25 2 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 26 +5.855 1 20 3 60 Julián Simón Suter 26 +9.394 4 16 4 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 26 +15.549 8 13 5 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 26 +16.138 9 11 6 45 Scott Redding Kalex 26 +16.805 6 10 7 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 26 +21.359 5 9 8 3 Simone Corsi FTR 26 +21.368 12 8 9 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 26 +25.873 3 7 10 71 Claudio Corti Kalex 26 +26.471 7 6 11 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 26 +26.916 15 5 12 5 Johann Zarco Motobi 26 +27.274 13 4 13 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 26 +31.122 10 3 14 88 Ricard Cardús AJR 26 +35.928 17 2 15 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 26 +39.240 14 1 16 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 26 +42.507 11 17 4 Randy Krummenacher Kalex 26 +45.629 26 18 81 Jordi Torres Suter 26 +45.753 23 19 8 Gino Rea Suter 26 +51.567 19 20 76 Max Neukirchner Kalex 26 +52.106 28 21 49 Axel Pons Kalex 26 +56.150 27 22 23 Marcel Schrötter Bimota 26 +1:11.069 29 23 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 26 +1:11.765 25 24 63 Mike Di Meglio MZ-RE Honda 26 +1:20.042 20 25 57 Eric Granado Motobi 26 +1:42.924 31 26 10 Marco Colandrea FTR 26 +1:43.184 32 27 72 Yuki Takahashi FTR 23 +3 laps 21 DSQ 95 Anthony West Speed Up 26 (+35.701) 24 Ret 44 Roberto Rolfo Suter 20 Retirement 22 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 17 Accident 18 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis FTR 17 Accident 16 Ret 22 Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 10 Accident 30 Ret 82 Elena Rosell Moriwaki 7 Accident 33 Source:
Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 39 Luis Salom Kalex KTM 23 42:14.300 4 25 2 11 Sandro Cortese KTM 23 +0.056 1 20 3 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 23 +2.940 15 16 4 44 Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 23 +3.067 11 13 5 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 23 +3.664 8 11 6 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 23 +7.663 5 10 7 42 Álex Rins Suter Honda 23 +7.697 6 9 8 84 Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 23 +11.203 10 8 9 23 Alberto Moncayo FTR Honda 23 +11.242 9 7 10 10 Alexis Masbou Honda 23 +13.163 12 6 11 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 23 +23.362 22 5 12 52 Danny Kent KTM 23 +24.364 2 4 13 96 Louis Rossi FTR Honda 23 +25.001 14 3 14 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 23 +31.211 16 2 15 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 23 +34.179 13 1 16 9 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 23 +1:12.945 27 17 30 Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 23 +1:14.428 26 18 51 Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 23 +1:14.709 29 19 80 Armando Pontone Ioda 23 +1:15.326 28 20 20 Riccardo Moretti Mahindra 22 +1 lap 30 Ret 25 Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 22 Accident 3 Ret 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 15 Accident 18 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 11 Accident 7 Ret 3 Luigi Morciano Ioda 10 Retirement 25 Ret 12 Álex Márquez Suter Honda 6 Accident 19 Ret 41 Brad Binder Kalex KTM 3 Accident 17 Ret 26 Adrián Martín FTR Honda 0 Accident 20 Ret 53 Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 0 Accident 21 Ret 27 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 0 Accident 24 DSQ 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 4 Disqualified 23 DNS 8 Jack Miller Honda Injury DNS 99 Danny Webb Mahindra Injury DNS 55 Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM Injury Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 225 2 Dani Pedrosa 207 3 Casey Stoner 186 4 Andrea Dovizioso 137 5 Cal Crutchlow 106
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 246 2 Yamaha 241 3 Ducati 115 4 ART 54 5 BQR 20
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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