2012 MotoGP World Championship

Jorge Lorenzo became the MotoGP world champion.

The 2012 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion.

In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner. Lorenzo won four of the first six races to be held in the campaign to open up an advantage over Stoner, before he was taken out of the Dutch TT on the first lap by Álvaro Bautista; Stoner won the race to eradicate the points lead. In the next race, Stoner crashed out of the German Grand Prix on the final lap and allowed Pedrosa to take his first win of the season. Stoner struggled in the next few races – despite a victory at the United States Grand Prix – with his championship challenge ended by a qualifying crash at Indianapolis. After ankle surgery, he returned to the series and won his final race of his career at his home race, the Australian Grand Prix, for the sixth successive season. Pedrosa went on a run of five victories in six races, with the streak being interrupted by a first-lap crash at Misano, where he was taken out by Héctor Barberá. Lorenzo finished second to Pedrosa on each occasion that he had won, and he took advantage of Pedrosa's accident to win at Misano. Lorenzo ultimately won the title with a second-place finish to Stoner in Australia, after Pedrosa had crashed out of the lead early on.

Changes

Class changes

The MotoGP class saw the introduction of engines with 1,000 cc (61 cu in) in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81 mm (3.2 in) cylinder bore.

Claiming Rule Teams

In 2012 the MotoGP class saw the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs were given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but were subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission. The sport's governing body received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.

Calendar

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

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-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.

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 8 April ‡ Qatar Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 29 April Spain Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
3 6 May Portugal Grande Prémio de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril
4 20 May France Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5 3 June Catalonia Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
6 17 June United Kingdom Hertz British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
7 30 June †† Netherlands Iveco TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8 8 July Germany eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9 15 July Italy Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
10 29 July † United States Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
11 19 August United States Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
12 26 August Czech Republic bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno
13 16 September San Marino Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 30 September Aragon Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15 14 October Japan AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 21 October Malaysia Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
17 28 October Australia AirAsia Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
18 11 November Valencian Community Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race
† = MotoGP class only
†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

  • Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution and the contract that had initially been signed prevented the Moto3 and Moto2 classes from racing from when they were still 125cc and 250cc 2-stroke bikes.
  • The Czech Republic and Indianapolis Grand Prix swapped places.

Teams and riders

Prototype entries
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Italy Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP12 46 Italy Valentino Rossi All
69 United States Nicky Hayden 1–11, 13–18
Italy Pramac Racing Team 8 Spain Héctor Barberá 1–9, 11, 13–18
24 Spain Toni Elías 10–12
Czech Republic Cardion AB Motoracing 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham 1–7, 10–18
2 Italy Franco Battaini 8
Japan Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 1 Australia Casey Stoner 1–11, 15–18
56 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea 13–14
26 Spain Dani Pedrosa All
Monaco LCR Honda MotoGP 6 Germany Stefan Bradl All
Italy San Carlo Honda Gresini 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista All
Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha YZR-M1 11 United States Ben Spies 1–16
21 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga 18
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo All
Japan Yamaha YSP Racing Team 21 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga 15
France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso All
35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow All
Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) entries
Team Constructor Engine Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
United States Attack Performance APR Kawasaki APR 15 United States Steve Rapp 10–11
Spain Power Electronics Aspar ART Aprilia GP12 14 France Randy de Puniet All
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró All
Italy Speed Master 54 Italy Mattia Pasini 1–14
84 Italy Roberto Rolfo 15–18
United Kingdom Paul Bird Motorsport 77 United Kingdom James Ellison All
United States GPTech BCL Suzuki GP212 20 United States Aaron Yates 11
Spain Avintia Blusens BQR-FTR Kawasaki BQR 22 Spain Iván Silva 1
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 1
BQR 22 Spain Iván Silva 2–12, 15–18
44 Spain David Salom 13–14
73 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama 18
68 Colombia Yonny Hernández 2–16
43 Australia Kris McLaren 17
Inmotec Inmotec 71 Italy Claudio Corti 18
Italy San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR Honda MGP12 51 Italy Michele Pirro All
Italy Came IodaRacing Project Ioda Aprilia TR003 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 1–12
Ioda-Suter BMW MMX1 13–18
Switzerland NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 5 United States Colin Edwards 1–3, 5–18
7 Australia Chris Vermeulen 4
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres.

New entries

In June 2011, the FIM announced that six teams from Moto2 – Interwetten Paddock, Forward Racing, Marc VDS, Kiefer Racing, Speed Master and BQR-Blusens (later renamed Avintia Racing) – had been granted entries to the 2012 grid; two additional entries – Paul Bird Motorsport and Ioda Racing – announced that they had been accepted to the grid, running under CRT regulations. However, Interwetten Paddock, Marc VDS, and Kiefer Racing were absent from the revised grid released by FIM in January 2012.

Rider changes

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Report
1 Qatar Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Australia Casey Stoner Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
2 Spain Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Australia Casey Stoner Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
3 Portugal Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Australia Casey Stoner Spain Jorge Lorenzo Australia Casey Stoner Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
4 France French motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Dani Pedrosa Italy Valentino Rossi Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
5 Catalonia Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Australia Casey Stoner Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
6 United Kingdom British motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Álvaro Bautista Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
7 Netherlands Dutch TT Australia Casey Stoner Spain Dani Pedrosa Australia Casey Stoner Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
8 Germany German motorcycle Grand Prix Australia Casey Stoner Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
9 Italy Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
10 United States United States motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Australia Casey Stoner Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
11 United States Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
12 Czech Republic Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
13 San Marino San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Jorge Lorenzo Japan Yamaha Factory Racing Japan Yamaha Report
14 Aragon Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
15 Japan Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
16 Malaysia Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
17 Australia Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Australia Casey Stoner Australia Casey Stoner Australia Casey Stoner Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda Report
18 Valencian Community Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Dani Pedrosa Japan Repsol Honda Team Japan Honda 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 CRT Team QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Yamaha Factory Racing 1 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 350
2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda Repsol Honda Team 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 1 332
3 Australia Casey Stoner Honda Repsol Honda Team 3 1 1 3 4 2 1 Ret 8 1 4 5 3 1 3 254
4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 5 4 7 3 19 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 13 4 6 218
5 Spain Álvaro Bautista Honda San Carlo Honda Gresini 7 6 6 10 6 4 Ret 7 10 8 5 6 3 6 3 6 5 4 178
6 Italy Valentino Rossi Ducati Ducati Team 10 9 7 2 7 9 13 6 5 Ret 7 7 2 8 7 5 7 10 163
7 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 4 4 5 8 5 6 5 8 6 5 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 Ret 151
8 Germany Stefan Bradl Honda LCR Honda MotoGP 8 7 9 5 8 8 Ret 5 4 7 6 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 135
9 United States Nicky Hayden Ducati Ducati Team 6 8 11 6 9 7 6 10 7 6 DNS 7 Ret 8 4 8 Ret 122
10 United States Ben Spies Yamaha Yamaha Factory Racing 11 11 8 16 10 5 4 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 88
11 Spain Héctor Barberá Ducati Pramac Racing Team 9 10 10 9 11 10 7 9 9 WD Ret 12 10 7 12 Ret 83
12 Spain Aleix Espargaró ART CRT Power Electronics Aspar 15 12 12 13 13 11 Ret 13 13 9 10 10 Ret 10 12 8 10 11 74
13 France Randy de Puniet ART CRT Power Electronics Aspar 13 Ret 13 Ret 15 12 8 11 12 11 Ret 8 9 11 Ret Ret 11 12 62
14 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Ducati Cardion AB Motoracing Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 WD DNS 10 8 9 Ret 9 11 10 9 7 59
15 Italy Michele Pirro FTR CRT San Carlo Honda Gresini NC Ret 14 14 14 13 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 14 10 15 15 12 14 5 43
16 United Kingdom James Ellison ART CRT Paul Bird Motorsport 18 Ret Ret 11 16 14 14 15 14 Ret 15 15 13 14 14 9 Ret 9 35
17 Colombia Yonny Hernández BQR-FTR CRT Avintia Blusens 14 28
BQR Ret Ret 15 18 15 Ret 14 Ret 12 9 12 12 13 Ret DNS
18 Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Yamaha YSP Racing Team 9 27
Yamaha Factory Racing 2
19 Italy Danilo Petrucci Ioda CRT Came IodaRacing Project Ret 13 15 Ret 19 17 11 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 27
Ioda-Suter 14 17 Ret 11 13 8
20 United States Colin Edwards Suter CRT NGM Mobile Forward Racing 12 16 DNS NC 16 Ret 12 Ret 13 13 13 11 18 13 Ret Ret 14 27
21 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Honda Repsol Honda Team 8 7 17
22 Italy Mattia Pasini ART CRT Speed Master 17 14 Ret 12 17 Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 13
23 Spain Iván Silva BQR-FTR CRT Avintia Blusens 16 12
BQR 15 Ret 18 20 18 12 18 16 14 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret
24 Spain Toni Elías Ducati Pramac Racing Team Ret 11 11 10
25 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama BQR CRT Avintia Blusens 13 3
26 United States Steve Rapp APR CRT Attack Performance DNQ 14 2
27 Spain David Salom BQR CRT Avintia Blusens 15 Ret 1
Italy Roberto Rolfo ART CRT Speed Master 16 DSQ Ret Ret 0
United States Aaron Yates BCL CRT GPTech 16 0
Italy Franco Battaini Ducati Cardion AB Motoracing 16 0
Australia Chris Vermeulen Suter CRT NGM Mobile Forward Racing 17 0
Italy Claudio Corti Inmotec CRT Avintia Blusens Ret 0
Australia Kris McLaren BQR CRT Avintia Blusens DNQ 0
Pos Rider Bike CRT Team QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Light blue – Rookie

Icon Class
CRT Claiming Rule Teams

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Honda 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 412
2 Japan Yamaha 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 386
3 Italy Ducati 6 8 7 2 7 7 6 6 5 6 7 7 2 8 7 4 7 7 192
4 Italy ART 13 12 12 11 13 11 8 11 12 9 10 8 9 10 12 8 10 9 100
5 United Kingdom FTR NC Ret 14 14 14 13 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 14 10 15 15 12 14 5 43
6 Spain BQR 15 Ret 15 18 15 12 14 16 12 9 12 12 13 Ret Ret 15 13 35
7 Switzerland Suter 12 16 DNS 17 NC 16 Ret 12 Ret 13 13 13 11 18 13 Ret Ret 14 27
8 Italy Ioda-Suter 14 17 Ret 11 13 8 18
9 Italy Ioda Ret 13 15 Ret 19 17 11 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 9
10 United States APR DNQ 14 2
11 Spain BQR-FTR 14 2
Canada BCL 16 0
Spain Inmotec Ret 0
Pos Constructor QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

Teams' standings

The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.

Pos Team Bike
No.
QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts
1 Japan Repsol Honda Team 1 3 1 1 3 4 2 1 Ret 8 1 4 5 3 1 3 603
26 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 Ret 1
56 8 7
2 Japan Yamaha Factory Racing 11 11 11 8 16 10 5 4 4 11 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 458
21 2
99 1 2 2 1 1 1 Ret 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Ret
3 France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 4 5 5 4 7 3 19 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 13 4 6 369
35 4 4 5 8 5 6 5 8 6 5 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 Ret
4 Italy Ducati Team 46 10 9 7 2 7 9 13 6 5 Ret 7 7 2 8 7 5 7 10 285
69 6 8 11 6 9 7 6 10 7 6 DNS 7 Ret 8 4 8 Ret
5 Italy San Carlo Honda Gresini 19 7 6 6 10 6 4 Ret 7 10 8 5 6 3 6 3 6 5 4 221
51 NC Ret 14 14 14 13 9 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 14 10 15 15 12 14 5
6 Spain Power Electronics Aspar 14 13 Ret 13 Ret 15 12 8 11 12 11 Ret 8 9 11 Ret Ret 11 12 136
41 15 12 12 13 13 11 Ret 13 13 9 10 10 Ret 10 12 8 10 11
7 Monaco LCR Honda MotoGP 6 8 7 9 5 8 8 Ret 5 4 7 6 5 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 Ret 135
8 Italy Pramac Racing Team 8 9 10 10 9 11 10 7 9 9 WD Ret 12 10 7 12 Ret 93
24 Ret 11 11
9 Czech Republic Cardion AB Motoracing 2 16 59
17 Ret 17 Ret Ret 12 WD DNS 10 8 9 Ret 9 11 10 9 7
10 Spain Avintia Blusens 22 16 15 Ret 18 20 18 12 18 16 14 12 Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 44
43 DNQ
44 15 Ret
68 14 Ret Ret 15 18 15 Ret 14 Ret 12 9 12 12 13 Ret DNS
73 13
11 United Kingdom Paul Bird Motorsport 50 18 Ret Ret 11 16 14 14 15 14 Ret 15 15 13 14 14 9 Ret 9 35
12 Italy Came IodaRacing Project 9 Ret 13 15 Ret 19 17 11 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 14 17 Ret 11 13 8 27
13 Switzerland NGM Mobile Forward Racing 5 12 16 DNS NC 16 Ret 12 Ret 13 13 13 11 18 13 Ret Ret 14 27
7 17
14 Italy Speed Master 54 17 14 Ret 12 17 Ret 10 Ret 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret 16 13
84 16 DSQ Ret Ret
Pos Team Bike
No.
QAT
Qatar
SPA
Spain
POR
Portugal
FRA
France
CAT
Catalonia
GBR
United Kingdom
NED
Netherlands
GER
Germany
ITA
Italy
USA
United States
INP
United States
CZE
Czech Republic
RSM
San Marino
ARA
Aragon
JPN
Japan
MAL
Malaysia
AUS
Australia
VAL
Valencian Community
Pts

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