2012 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 17 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 28 October 2012 | ||
| Official name | AirAsia Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.448 km (2.763 mi) |
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| MotoGP | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:29.623 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Time | 1:30.191 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Casey Stoner |
Honda | |
| Second |  Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | |
| Third |  Cal Crutchlow |
Yamaha | |
| Moto2 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:33.705 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | |
| Time | 1:33.729 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | |
| Second | Marc Márquez |
Suter | |
| Third | Scott Redding |
Kalex | |
| Moto3 | |||
| Pole position | |||
| Rider |  Sandro Cortese |
KTM | |
| Time | 1:38.334 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Alessandro Tonucci |
FTR Honda | |
| Time | 1:38.447 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Sandro Cortese |
KTM | |
| Second |  Miguel Oliveira |
Suter Honda | |
| Third | Arthur Sissis |
KTM | |
The 2012 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth and penultimate round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 October 2012 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Jorge Lorenzo secured his second MotoGP title in the penultamite round by finishing in second place after Dani Pedrosa's retirement. Casey Stoner took the last win of his career, and his sixth successive win at his home race in the second last race before he retired. Cal Crutchlow took the second podium of his career for Tech 3 Yamaha. Marc Márquez won the Moto2 title by finishing third in his race behind winner and championship rival Pol Espargaró and the second placed Anthony West (who would eventually be removed from the results in November 2013 promoting Marquez to 2nd place[1]). This meant that all three riders' titles had been decided with winner of the Moto3 race Sandro Cortese having secured his title the previous round in Malaysia.
Classification
MotoGP
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner |
Honda | 27 | 41:01.324 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo |
Yamaha | 27 | +9.223 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow |
Yamaha | 27 | +14.570 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso |
Yamaha | 27 | +23.303 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista |
Honda | 27 | +23.432 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan Bradl |
Honda | 27 | +23.467 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi |
Ducati | 27 | +37.113 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden |
Ducati | 27 | +38.387 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 |  Karel Abraham |
Ducati | 27 | +52.613 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró |
ART | 27 | +1:00.299 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 |  Randy De Puniet |
ART | 27 | +1:00.342 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Héctor Barberá |
Ducati | 27 | +1:21.951 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci |
Ioda-Suter | 27 | +1:27.857 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 51 | Michele Pirro |
FTR | 26 | +1 lap | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 22 | Iván Silva |
BQR | 26 | +1 lap | 19 | 1 |
| Ret | 84 | Roberto Rolfo |
ART | 18 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards |
Suter | 6 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 77 | James Ellison |
ART | 5 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 26 | Dani Pedrosa |
Honda | 1 | Retirement | 3 | |
| DNQ | 43 | Kris McLaren |
BQR | Did not qualify | |||
| Source:[2] | |||||||
Moto2
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Pol Espargaró |
Kalex | 25 | 39:26.486 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 93 | Marc Márquez |
Suter | 25 | +16.837 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 45 | Scott Redding |
Kalex | 25 | +16.957 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 77 |  Dominique Aegerter |
Suter | 25 | +26.018 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco |
Motobi | 25 | +26.028 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Simone Corsi |
FTR | 25 | +26.091 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 80 | Esteve Rabat |
Kalex | 25 | +26.372 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher |
Kalex | 25 | +26.474 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami |
Kalex | 25 | +26.580 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 81 | Jordi Torres |
Suter | 25 | +36.520 | 20 | 6 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley Smith |
Tech 3 | 25 | +36.565 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías |
Kalex | 25 | +36.870 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 |  Xavier Siméon |
Tech 3 | 25 | +38.220 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio |
Kalex | 25 | +44.350 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi |
FTR | 25 | +48.586 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | 88 | Ricard Cardús |
AJR | 25 | +48.763 | 21 | |
| 17 | 18 | Nicolás Terol |
Suter | 25 | +48.768 | 25 | |
| 18 | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot |
Suter | 25 | +52.487 | 22 | |
| 19 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter |
Bimota | 25 | +52.569 | 24 | |
| 20 | 8 | Gino Rea |
Suter | 25 | +52.707 | 23 | |
| 21 | 75 | Tomoyoshi Koyama |
Suter | 25 | +1:12.087 | 28 | |
| 22 | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi |
Speed Up | 25 | +1:21.455 | 26 | |
| 23 | 82 | Elena Rosell |
Speed Up | 24 | +1 lap | 29 | |
| 24 | 10 | Marco Colandrea |
FTR | 24 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 25 | 57 |  Eric Granado |
Motobi | 23 | +2 laps | 31 | |
| DSQ | 95 | Anthony West |
Speed Up | 25 | (+16.811)[1] | 9 | |
| Ret | 36 |  Mika Kallio |
Kalex | 23 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons |
Kalex | 23 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón |
Suter | 23 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi |
Suter | 17 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone |
Speed Up | 4 | Retirement | 8 | |
| DNS | 15 |  Alex De Angelis |
FTR | ||||
| Source:[3] | |||||||
Moto3
| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Sandro Cortese |
KTM | 23 | 38:20.014 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira |
Suter Honda | 23 | +2.108 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 61 | Arthur Sissis |
KTM | 23 | +5.031 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 42 | Álex Rins |
Suter Honda | 23 | +5.084 | 16 | 13 |
| 5 | 52 | Danny Kent |
KTM | 23 | +5.107 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 5 | Romano Fenati |
FTR Honda | 23 | +5.109 | 14 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci |
FTR Honda | 23 | +5.374 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez |
FTR Honda | 23 | +5.894 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Álex Márquez |
Suter Honda | 23 | +30.783 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 32 | Isaac Viñales |
FTR Honda | 23 | +30.911 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 94 | Jonas Folger |
Kalex KTM | 23 | +32.803 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 26 | Adrián Martín |
FTR Honda | 23 | +33.302 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil |
FTR Honda | 23 | +33.479 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 41 |  Brad Binder |
Kalex KTM | 23 | +34.102 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 39 | Luis Salom |
Kalex KTM | 23 | +43.749 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | 89 | Alan Techer |
TSR Honda | 23 | +43.827 | 24 | |
| 17 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo |
FTR Honda | 23 | +49.394 | 11 | |
| 18 | 80 | Armando Pontone |
Ioda | 23 | +1:06.551 | 21 | |
| 19 | 17 | John McPhee |
KRP Honda | 23 | +1:06.588 | 22 | |
| 20 | 96 | Louis Rossi |
FTR Honda | 23 | +1:08.801 | 12 | |
| 21 | 8 | Jack Miller |
Honda | 23 | +1:08.908 | 23 | |
| 22 | 51 | Kenta Fujii |
TSR Honda | 23 | +1:10.030 | 26 | |
| 23 | 30 | Giulian Pedone |
Suter Honda | 23 | +1:10.411 | 25 | |
| 24 | 75 | Lincoln Gilding |
Honda | 23 | +1:33.510 | 28 | |
| 25 | 36 | Sam Clarke |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 31 | |
| Ret | 63 |  Zulfahmi Khairuddin |
KTM | 19 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch |
Honda | 16 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 25 | Maverick Viñales |
FTR Honda | 14 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo |
KTM | 11 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 29 | Luca Amato |
Kalex KTM | 8 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 20 | Riccardo Moretti |
Mahindra | 1 | Retirement | 29 | |
| DNS | 28 | Josep Rodríguez |
FGR Honda | ||||
| DNS | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli |
FTR Honda | ||||
| DNS | 99 | Danny Webb |
Mahindra | ||||
| Source:[4] | |||||||
References
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| Previous race: 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 2012 season |
Next race: 2012 Valencian Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2011 Australian Grand Prix |
Australian Grand Prix | Next race: 2013 Australian Grand Prix |
