The 2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit. Sandro Cortese became the first Moto3 world champion.
Classification MotoGP The race was red-flagged due to the worsening weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 13th lap and full points were awarded. Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 29:29.049 2 25 2 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 13 +3.774 1 20 3 1 Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 13 +7.144 4 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 13 +10.518 9 13 5 46 Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 13 +16.759 11 11 6 19 Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 13 +17.276 10 10 7 8 Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 13 +50.282 7 9 8 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 13 +51.585 12 8 9 77 James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 13 +56.676 16 7 10 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 13 +57.622 14 6 11 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 13 +1:02.805 17 5 12 51 Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 13 +1:02.891 15 4 13 4 Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 13 +1:28.989 3 3 DSQ 84 Roberto Rolfo Speed Master ART 13 (+1:23.890)Rider not classified due to not entering the pitlane within five minutes after the red flag. 19 Ret 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 11 Accident 8 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 10 Accident 5 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 10 Accident 13 Ret 22 Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 10 Accident 20 Ret 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 10 Retirement 18 Ret 11 Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 8 Accident 6 DNS 68 Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR Injury Source:
Moto2 The race was stopped with the red flag due to weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap. Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 15 Alex de Angelis FTR 15 36:57.793 9 25 2 8 Gino Rea Suter 15 +1.363 22 20 3 86 Hafizh Syahrin FTR 15 +2.941 27 16 4 60 Julián Simón Suter 15 +7.583 13 13 5 29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 15 +10.062 11 11 6 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 15 +23.078 15 10 7 38 Bradley Smith Tech 3 15 +26.957 6 9 8 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 15 +30.063 10 8 9 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 15 +31.514 7 7 10 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 15 +31.746 1 6 11 45 Scott Redding Kalex 15 +37.108 2 5 12 24 Toni Elías Kalex 15 +38.627 28 4 13 49 Axel Pons Kalex 15 +39.095 17 3 14 88 Ricard Cardús AJR 15 +40.686 26 2 15 72 Yuki Takahashi FTR 15 +40.757 23 1 16 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 15 +41.859 21 17 23 Marcel Schrötter Bimota 15 +46.760 25 18 20 Jesko Raffin Kalex 15 +1:10.712 30 19 82 Elena Rosell Speed Up 15 +1:17.807 31 20 10 Marco Colandrea FTR 15 +1:19.320 32 21 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 15 +1:27.281 16 22 3 Simone Corsi FTR 15 +1:41.865 12 DSQ 95 Anthony West Speed Up 15 (+0.710) 19 DSQ 22 Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 15 (+1:28.788) 29 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 14 Accident 8 Ret 63 Mike Di Meglio Kalex 14 Retirement 14 Ret 93 Marc Márquez Suter 12 Accident 3 Ret 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 12 Accident 20 Ret 81 Jordi Torres Suter 12 Accident 18 Ret 57 Eric Granado Motobi 6 Retirement 33 Ret 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 2 Accident 4 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Motobi 0 Accident 5 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 0 Accident 24 Source:
Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Sandro Cortese KTM 18 40:54.123 3 25 2 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 18 +0.028 1 20 3 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 18 +0.247 2 16 4 39 Luis Salom Kalex KTM 18 +8.503 10Luis Salom received a five grid position penalty for causing a collision with Jonas Folger in the previous race. 13 5 44 Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 18 +8.674 5 11 6 52 Danny Kent KTM 18 +9.335 11 10 7 42 Álex Rins Suter Honda 18 +18.973 8 9 8 7 Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 18 +25.419 6 8 9 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 18 +30.714 16 7 10 26 Adrián Martín FTR Honda 18 +30.763 9 6 11 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 18 +30.886 21 5 12 41 Brad Binder Kalex KTM 18 +31.019 7 4 13 8 Jack Miller Honda 18 +31.225 19 3 14 12 Álex Márquez Suter Honda 18 +31.313 24 2 15 27 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 18 +31.649 12 1 16 84 Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 18 +31.715 14 17 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 18 +31.790 13 18 23 Alberto Moncayo FTR Honda 18 +32.147 15 19 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 18 +39.364 18 20 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 18 +45.824 17 21 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 18 +46.622 20 22 17 John McPhee KRP Honda 18 +46.672 26 23 9 Toni Finsterbusch Honda 18 +46.790 22 24 29 Luca Amato Kalex KTM 18 +1:09.086 30 25 28 Josep Rodríguez FGR Honda 18 +1:15.734 23 26 30 Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 18 +1:33.717 27 27 51 Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 18 +1:33.811 28 28 80 Armando Pontone Ioda 18 +1:54.114 29 Ret 99 Danny Webb Mahindra 8 Retirement 25 Ret 96 Louis Rossi FTR Honda 5 Accident 4 Ret 20 Riccardo Moretti Mahindra 1 Retirement 31 WD 25 Maverick Viñales FTR Honda Withdrew Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Jorge Lorenzo 330 2 Dani Pedrosa 307 3 Casey Stoner 213 4 Andrea Dovizioso 195 5 Álvaro Bautista 154
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 362 2 Yamaha 346 3 Ducati 174 4 ART 87 5 BQR 31
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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