The 2012 FIM Moto2 World Championship was the intermediate class of the 64th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season.

Stefan Bradl was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with LCR Honda.

Season summary Marc Márquez won the Moto2 championship title after a season-long battle with fellow Spanish rider Pol Espargaró; a third-place finish for Márquez at the Australian Grand Prix – despite a win for Espargaró – was enough to give him his second world title before moving into the premier class for the season. He took his last victory in the class at the Valencian Grand Prix, the last event of the season, despite starting from 33rd on the grid. This performance, which included overtaking 20 bikes on the first lap alone, meant the biggest comeback in the sport's history. Márquez's result was enough to give Suter the constructors' title for the class.

Calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012:

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 17-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011. Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week. RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit 1 8 April ‡ Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail 2 29 April Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 3 6 May Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril 4 20 May Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 5 3 June Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló 6 17 June Hertz British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 7 30 June †† Iveco TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen 8 8 July eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 9 15 July Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 10 19 August Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway 11 26 August bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno 12 16 September 13 Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 14 14 October AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 15 21 October Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 16 28 October AirAsia Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 11 November Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race †† = Saturday race

Calendar changes The Czech Republic and Indianapolis Grand Prix swapped places.

Teams and riders A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 13 January 2012. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

TeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Came IodaRacing Project FTR FTR Moto M212 3 Simone Corsi All GP Team Switzerland Kalex Kalex Moto2 4 Randy Krummenacher 20 Jesko Raffin 13–15 JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR TSR6 5 Johann Zarco All 57 Eric Granado 6–11, 13–17 Cresto Guide MZ Racing MZ Racing MZ FTR FTR Moto M212 7 Alexander Lundh 1 MZ Moto2 2–7 21 Markus Reiterberger 8 63 Mike Di Meglio 9–11 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 8 Gino Rea 1–3 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 1–3 Suter Suter MMX2 8 Gino Rea 4–17 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 4–17 SAG Team Desguaces La Torre SAG FTR FTR Moto M212 10 Marco Colandrea 1–13, 15–16 28 Román Ramos 17 31 Kohta Nozane 14 47 Ángel Rodríguez 1–3 Bimota Bimota HB4 4–6 23 Marcel Schrötter 10–17 50 Damian Cudlin 7–8 55 Massimo Roccoli 9 Kiefer Racing IAMT IAMT Moto2 11 Kevin Wahr 8 Kalex Kalex Moto2 63 Mike Di Meglio 12–17 76 Max Neukirchner 1–11 Interwetten-Paddock Suter Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi All NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter Suter MMX2 15 Alex de Angelis 1–6 72 Yuki Takahashi 1–6 FTR FTR Moto M212 15 Alex de Angelis 7–16 54 Mattia Pasini 17 72 Yuki Takahashi 7–17 TSR Galicia School Kalex Kalex Moto2 17 Dani Rivas 17 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol All 24 Toni Elías 1–9 81 Jordi Torres 10–17 Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 19 Xavier Siméon 1–4, 6–17 38 Bradley Smith All 81 Jordi Torres 5 Andreozzi Reparto Corse FTR FTR Moto M210 22 6 Speed Master S/Master Speed Up Speed Up Speed Up S12 22 Alessandro Andreozzi 8–17 29 Andrea Iannone All 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–7 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 24 Toni Elías 14–17 30 Takaaki Nakagami All 71 Claudio Corti 1–13 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio All 45 Scott Redding All Pons 40 HP Tuenti Tuenti Móvil HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 40 Pol Espargaró All 49 Axel Pons All 80 Esteve Rabat All Technomag-CIP Suter Suter MMX2 44 Roberto Rolfo 1–11 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama 12–17 77 Dominique Aegerter All Blusens Avintia FTR FTR Moto M212 60 Julián Simón 1 Suter Suter MMX2 2–17 QMMF Racing Team Evalube QMMF Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 82 Elena Rosell 1–10 95 Anthony West 1–8 96 Nasser Al Malki 1 Speed Up Speed Up S12 82 Elena Rosell 11–17 95 Anthony West 9–16 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto 17 Arguiñano Racing Team AJR AJR EVO 2012 84 Steven Odendaal 12–13 88 Ricard Cardús 1–11, 14–17 Petronas Raceline Malaysia FTR FTR Moto M212 86 Hafizh Syahrin 15 Targo Bank CNS Motorsport Suter Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena 13 Suter Suter MMX2 93 Marc Márquez AllKey Regular Rider Wildcard Rider

Notes: — Eric Granado only completed from the British Grand Prix onwards, after he reached the age of 16 which is the minimum age to compete in the championship.

Results and standings Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Thomas Lüthi Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Suter Report 2 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Pons 40 HP Tuenti Kalex Report 3 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Marc Márquez Pol Espargaró Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 4 French motorcycle Grand Prix Marc Márquez Claudio Corti Thomas Lüthi Interwetten-Paddock Suter Report 5 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Marc Márquez Thomas Lüthi Speed Master Speed Up Report 6 British motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Thomas Lüthi Pol Espargaró Pons 40 HP Tuenti Kalex Report 7 Dutch TT Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 8 German motorcycle Grand Prix Marc Márquez Alex de Angelis Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 9 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Thomas Lüthi Andrea Iannone Speed Master Speed Up Report 10 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Marc Márquez Pol Espargaró Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 11 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 12 Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 13 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Simone Corsi Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Pons 40 HP Tuenti Kalex Report 14 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report 15 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Hafizh Syahrin Alex de Angelis NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Report 16 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Pol Espargaró Pons 40 HP Tuenti Kalex Report 17 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Pol Espargaró Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol Suter Report

Riders' standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A 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 Bike QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL Pts 1 Marc Márquez Suter 1 2 1 Ret 3 3 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 Ret 2 1 328 2 Pol Espargaró Kalex 3 1 2 6 Ret 1 Ret 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 10 1 8 269 3 Andrea Iannone Speed Up 2 14 5 4 1 4 2 16 1 9 4 3 4 17 5 Ret 11 194 4 Thomas Lüthi Suter 5 3 3 1 2 8 Ret 5 3 5 2 9 10 5 Ret Ret 4 191 5 Scott Redding Kalex 6 4 11 3 10 2 3 Ret 6 6 Ret 7 3 4 11 3 22 165 6 Mika Kallio Kalex 10 7 9 5 9 10 10 2 11 4 9 4 15 16 6 Ret 7 130 7 Esteve Rabat Kalex 4 28 24 10 4 13 4 12 Ret 11 10 5 11 3 9 7 10 117 8 Dominique Aegerter Suter 18 8 12 14 7 9 7 10 8 7 14 6 14 10 8 4 5 114 9 Bradley Smith Tech 3 9 11 10 9 12 7 6 7 4 15 8 8 5 Ret 7 11 16 112 10 Johann Zarco Motobi 12 10 4 Ret 11 Ret 8 11 10 12 7 10 6 8 Ret 5 Ret 95 11 Simone Corsi FTR 8 17 Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 6 18 8 5 Ret 7 6 22 6 17 88 12 Alex de Angelis Suter Ret 12 6 Ret 14 11 86 FTR 5 3 Ret Ret 6 13 Ret 19 1 DNS 13 Julián Simón FTR 15 81 Suter 23 8 12 Ret 22 14 15 14 3 11 12 17 11 4 Ret 2 14 Claudio Corti Kalex 16 6 14 2 13 6 16 9 9 10 Ret 14 9 74 15 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 5 18 Ret 6 19 12 19 7 16 17 11 29 7 Ret 9 Ret 57 16 Toni Elías Suter 13 9 7 11 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 50 Kalex Ret 12 12 9 17 Nicolás Terol Suter 23 27 16 13 15 20 17 14 13 13 12 15 12 18 Ret 17 3 37 18 Kalex 11 22 19 Ret 8 14 11 24 12 17 21 DNS 8 19 32 19 Jordi Torres Tech 3 16 31 Suter 18 13 16 8 12 Ret 10 6 20 Gino Rea Moriwaki 26 15 28 25 Suter Ret Ret 24 21 17 19 19 23 Ret 21 24 2 20 12 21 Xavier Siméon Tech 3 17 13 13 DNS 21 13 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 27 23 22 Mike Di Meglio Speed Up 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 15 17 22 24 16 Kalex 18 13 14 Ret 14 28 23 Hafizh Syahrin FTR 3 16 24 Axel Pons Kalex 22 18 Ret 16 22 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 15 17 16 9 13 Ret 20 11 25 Ricard Cardús AJR 24 19 15 Ret 19 23 18 13 15 14 DNS 21 14 16 15 10 26 Max Neukirchner Kalex 30 Ret 20 7 17 17 Ret 18 Ret 21 DNS 9 27 Ratthapark Wilairot Moriwaki 21 26 23 9 Suter 8 18 15 Ret Ret 16 23 20 19 24 20 21 18 24 28 Yuki Takahashi Suter 19 21 Ret 17 21 25 5 FTR 20 Ret 17 27 18 Ret 22 15 15 15 14 29 Dani Rivas Kalex 13 3 30 Roberto Rolfo Suter Ret 25 21 15 Ret 16 19 20 Ret Ret 19 1 Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 20 23 22 16 21 18 0 Anthony West Moriwaki 25 16 17 DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 0 Speed Up DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ Marcel Schrötter Bimota 22 22 21 19 23 17 19 21 0 Álex Mariñelarena Suter 18 0 Marco Colandrea FTR 27 Ret 27 18 24 28 22 22 20 26 Ret 23 28 20 24 0 Jesko Raffin Kalex 27 28 18 0 Elena Rosell Moriwaki 29 Ret 26 Ret 25 30 24 Ret Ret Ret 0 Speed Up 26 Ret 26 26 19 23 Ret Ángel Rodríguez FTR 20 20 22 0 Bimota Ret 20 26 Steven Odendaal AJR Ret 20 0 Eric Granado Motobi 31 23 26 21 25 25 25 27 Ret Ret 29 0 Damian Cudlin Bimota Ret 21 0 FTR 29 0 Speed Up Ret Ret Ret 24 22 30 25 DSQ 22 23 Alexander Lundh MZ FTR 28 0 MZ-RE Honda 24 25 Ret 23 27 Ret Kevin Wahr IAMT 23 0 Mattia Pasini FTR 25 0 Markus Reiterberger MZ-RE Honda 25 0 Román Ramos FTR 26 0 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 30 0 Massimo Roccoli Bimota Ret 0 Nasser Al Malki Moriwaki Ret 0 Kohta Nozane FTR DSQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest LapLight blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos Constructor QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL Pts 1 Suter 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 382 2 Kalex 3 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 2 6 1 7 320 3 Speed Up 2 14 5 4 1 4 2 16 1 9 4 3 4 17 5 22 11 194 4 FTR 8 17 22 18 5 5 5 3 17 8 5 13 7 6 1 6 14 135 5 Tech 3 9 11 10 9 12 7 6 7 4 15 8 8 5 13 7 11 16 115 6 Motobi 12 10 4 Ret 11 31 8 11 10 12 7 10 6 8 Ret 5 29 95 7 AJR 24 19 15 Ret 19 23 18 13 15 14 DNS Ret 20 21 14 16 15 10 8 Moriwaki 21 15 17 Ret 26 30 24 Ret Ret Ret 1 24 25 Ret 23 27 Ret 25 22 24 16 0 Bimota Ret 20 26 Ret 21 Ret 22 22 21 19 23 17 19 21 0 IAMT 23 0 MZ FTR 28 0 Pos Constructor QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED GER ITA INP CZE RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS VAL Pts

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