The 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season was the sixth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season began at Circuito de Jerez on 28 April and ended on 30 September at MotorLand Aragón after 15 races. The races, contested by the riders on equal KTM 125cc machinery for the last season before switching to the 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes for 2013, were held at eight meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.
German rider Florian Alt won the championship, securing the title with a third place in the first Aragon race.
Calendar 2012 calendar Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Race winner 1 28 April Jerez Marcos Ramírez Diego Pérez Florian Alt 29 April Joe Roberts Lorenzo Baldassarri 2 5 May Estoril Ivo Lopes Kyle Ryde Scott Deroue 6 May Karel Hanika Scott Deroue 3 16 June Silverstone Karel Hanika Stefano Manzi Florian Alt 17 June Scott Deroue Philipp Öttl 4 29 June Assen Karel Hanika Marcos Ramírez Florian Alt 30 June Livio Loi Florian Alt 5 7 July Sachsenring Nicolò Castellini Scott Deroue Scott Deroue 8 July Hafiq Azmi Lukas Trautmann 6 25 August Brno Karel Hanika Karel Hanika Karel Hanika 26 August Livio Loi Livio Loi 7 15 September Misano Bradley Ray Philipp Öttl Karel Hanika 8 29 September Aragon Karel Hanika Livio Loi Lukas Trautmann 30 September Jorge Martín Karel Hanika
Entry list 2012 entry list Rider Rounds 3 Diego Pérez All 5 Philipp Öttl All 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri All 8 Hafiq Azmi All 11 Livio Loi All 18 Aarón España All 19 Tarran Mackenzie 3–8 21 Filippo Scalbi All 24 Marcos Ramírez All 25 Willi Albert 1–6 27 Joe Roberts All 28 Bradley Ray All 29 Stefano Manzi All 34 Jordan Weaving All 46 Yui Watanabe All 47 Nicolò Castellini All 50 Lukas Trautmann All 66 Florian Alt All 75 Ivo Lopes All 77 Kyle Ryde All 88 Jorge Martín 1–6, 8 94 Simon Danilo 1–6 95 Scott Deroue All 98 Karel Hanika All
Championship standings Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points. Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pos. Rider JER EST SIL ASS SAC BRN MIS ARA Pts 1 Florian Alt 1 Ret 2 Ret 1 4 1 1 5 4 3 4 5 3 2 233 2 Scott Deroue 10 Ret 1 1 5 2 5 7 1 3 9 Ret 4 Ret 7 177 3 Karel Hanika Ret 16 3 3 10 3 6 Ret 3 9 1 16 1 5 1 162 4 Philipp Öttl 6 4 8 2 4 1 2 3 7 Ret 10 DNS 8 NC 5 159 5 Lukas Trautmann 11 9 11 8 9 18 Ret 20 4 1 5 5 2 1 3 153 6 Marcos Ramírez 2 6 7 Ret 14 9 8 2 6 5 4 12 10 2 4 153 7 Bradley Ray Ret 5 5 19 2 6 7 5 20 10 7 7 9 4 9 123 8 Lorenzo Baldassarri 8 1 14 10 12 7 Ret 11 11 Ret 8 6 7 Ret 6 101 9 Joe Roberts 7 Ret 9 5 11 12 4 12 13 11 11 2 12 8 13 101 10 Ivo Lopes 5 2 4 Ret Ret 5 3 8 15 6 20 8 Ret Ret 15 99 11 Livio Loi 13 8 20 11 DNS 17 22 10 12 7 2 1 3 Ret NC 96 12 Jorge Martín Ret 12 12 6 6 11 10 6 19 8 6 Ret 7 10 82 13 Stefano Manzi 15 17 19 12 Ret Ret 9 14 9 2 22 3 Ret 6 8 75 14 Diego Pérez 3 3 16 18 8 15 14 18 18 13 12 10 6 11 Ret 71 15 Kyle Ryde 4 Ret 6 4 3 8 12 Ret 14 Ret 17 Ret 17 12 16 70 16 Hafiq Azmi 14 7 10 7 17 13 11 Ret 8 17 14 9 11 9 Ret 63 17 Aarón España 9 Ret 13 9 7 16 18 15 10 12 18 13 13 14 17 45 18 Willi Albert 12 Ret 17 15 15 21 16 9 2 18 13 Ret 36 19 Simon Danilo Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 19 13 4 22 Ret Ret DNS 22 20 Jordan Weaving Ret 11 15 16 18 10 19 19 21 14 19 14 16 Ret 11 21 21 Nicolò Castellini Ret 10 18 13 DNS 14 17 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 14 15 18 17 22 Yui Watanabe Ret 15 21 14 DNS DNS 21 Ret 17 19 15 11 18 13 12 16 23 Tarran Mackenzie 19 20 20 16 Ret 15 21 15 15 10 14 11 24 Filippo Scalbi 16 14 22 17 16 22 15 17 16 16 Ret 17 19 Ret 19 3 Pos. Rider JER EST SIL ASS SAC BRN MIS ARA PtsBold – Pole positionItalics – Fastest lap
References
External links Official Site Season at FIM-Website