2012 Moto2 World Championship Explained

The 2012 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Stefan Bradl was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with LCR Honda.^[1]

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^[2] – was enough to give him his second world title before moving into the premier class for the season.^[3] 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.^[4] 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:^{[5] [6]}

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 17-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011.^[7] Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.^[8]

Round	Date	Grand Prix
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	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.^[9] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Rounds Came IodaRacing Project FTR^[10] FTR Moto M212 3 Simone Corsi All GP Team Switzerland Kalex Kalex Moto2 4 Randy Krummenacher 20 Jesko Raffin^[11] 13–15 JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR TSR6 5 Johann Zarco^[12] All 57 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^[13] 8 63 Mike Di Meglio^[14] 9–11 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 8 Gino Rea 1–3 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 1–3 Suter^[15] Suter MMX2 8 Gino Rea 4–17 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 4–17 SAG Team Desguaces La Torre SAG FTR^[16] FTR Moto M212 10 Marco Colandrea^[17] 1–13, 15–16 28 Román Ramos^[18] 17 31 Kohta Nozane^[19] 14 47 Ángel Rodríguez^[20] 1–3 Bimota Bimota HB4 4–6 23 Marcel Schrötter^[21] 10–17 50 Damian Cudlin 7–8 55 Massimo Roccoli 9 Kiefer Racing IAMT IAMT Moto2 11 Kevin Wahr 8 Kalex^[22] 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^[23] Suter Suter MMX2 15 Alex de Angelis^[24] 1–6 72 Yuki Takahashi^[25] 1–6 FTR^[26] 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^[27] Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol All 24 Toni Elías 1–9 81 Jordi Torres 10–17 Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 19 Xavier Siméon^[28] 1–4, 6–17 38 Bradley Smith All 81 Jordi Torres^[29] 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^[30] All 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–7 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex^[31] Kalex Moto2 24 Toni Elías 14–17 30 Takaaki Nakagami^[32] All 71 Claudio Corti 1–13 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex^[33] Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio^[34] All 45 Scott Redding^[35] All Pons 40 HP Tuenti Tuenti Móvil HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 40 Pol Espargaró^[36] All 49 Axel Pons All 80 Esteve Rabat All Technomag-CIP Suter Suter MMX2 44 Roberto Rolfo^[37] 1–11 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama^[38] 12–17 77 Dominique Aegerter All Blusens Avintia^[39] 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^[40] 1–8 96 Nasser Al Malki 1 Speed Up^[41] 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^[42] 1–11, 14–17 Petronas Raceline Malaysia FTR FTR Moto M212 86 Hafizh Syahrin^[43] 15 Targo Bank CNS Motorsport Suter Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena 13 Suter Suter MMX2 93 Marc Márquez^[44] All

Key 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^[45]	Thomas Lüthi	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez		Suter	Report
2	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix^[46]			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^[47]	Marc Márquez	Claudio Corti	Thomas Lüthi	Interwetten-Paddock	Suter	Report
5	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix^[48]	Marc Márquez	Thomas Lüthi		Speed Master	Speed Up	Report
6	British motorcycle Grand Prix^[49]	Pol Espargaró	Thomas Lüthi	Pol Espargaró	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	Report
7	Dutch TT^[50]	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^[51]	Pol Espargaró	Thomas Lüthi	Andrea Iannone	Speed Master	Speed Up	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix^[52]	Marc Márquez	Pol Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix^[53]	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^[54]	Simone Corsi	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	Report
14	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix^[55]	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	Report
15	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix^[56]	Pol Espargaró	Hafizh Syahrin	Alex de Angelis	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	FTR	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix^[57]	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pons 40 HP Tuenti	Kalex	Report
17	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix^[58]	Pol Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	Suter	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring systemPoints 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 Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light 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

Notes and References

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20. News: Ángel Rodríguez reaparecerá con el Stop and Go. Ángel Rodriguez will reappear with Stop and Go. 15 November 2011. 15 November 2011. es. Diario Marca. Unidad Editorial.
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22. News: Neukirchner signs with Kiefer Racing. Dorna Sports. MotoGP.com. 25 November 2011. 25 November 2011.
23. News: Teams Accepted for the Moto3 & Moto2 Classes in 2012. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 October 2011. 18 October 2011.
24. News: de Angelis to NGM Forward for Moto2. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 5 November 2011. 5 November 2011.
25. News: Takahashi teams up with NGM Mobile Forward Racing in 2012. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 November 2011. 17 November 2011.
26. Web site: Iveco TT Assen – Moto2 Entry List. Dorna Sports. MotoGP.com. 27 June 2012.
27. News: Aspar confirm Elías and Terol as 2012 Moto2 line-up. Dorna Sports. MotoGP.com. 18 November 2011. 18 November 2011.
28. News: Tech 3 Racing Team signs three-year deal with Bradley Smith. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 September 2011. 17 October 2011.
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35. News: Redding pens two year Marc VDS deal. Insidebikes. Carole Nash. 30 September 2010. 16 November 2011.
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37. News: Roberto Rolfo returns to Moto2 with Technomag-CIP team. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 November 2011. 30 November 2011.
38. Web site: GP Aperol di San Marino e Riviera di Rimini – Moto2 Entry List. Dorna Sports. MotoGP.com. 13 September 2012.
39. News: BQR confirms Kawasaki powered MotoGP entry. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 11 January 2012. 11 January 2012.
40. News: Ant West replaces Damian Cudlin in Moto2. Speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. 31 March 2012. 31 March 2012. Ant West is a late addition to the 2012 Moto2 World Championship field after completing a late deal to ride for the QMMF Racing Team [...] The 30-year-old Queenslander replaces countryman Damian Cudlin at QMMF, after Cudlin struggled to get a handle on the Moto2 bike during pre-season testing..
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42. News: Arguiñano Racing returns to the World Championship with Cardús. Dorna Sports. MotoGP.com. 13 February 2012. 14 February 2012.
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47. News: Dorna Sports and Claude Michy agree on French Grand Prix extension until 2016. 14 May 2011. 5 September 2011. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
48. News: Circuit de Catalunya renews MotoGP for further five years. 22 June 2011. 4 September 2011. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
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53. News: Brno extends MotoGP contract until 2013. 5 November 2008. 5 September 2011. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
54. News: Dorna and MotorLand Aragón agree extension until 2016. 1 March 2011. 4 September 2011. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
55. News: Motegi extends MotoGP contract until 2013. 28 September 2008. 4 September 2011. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
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