2012 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Valencian Community Valencia Circuit Ricardo Tormo Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valencianahttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-valencia-motogp 2012 Valencia MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 22 May 2018 2.489 4.005 18 18 11 November 2012 Circuit Valensia (test).png Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:30.844 Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:33.119 Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda Katsuyuki Nakasuga Japan Yamaha Casey Stoner Australia Honda Pol Espargaró Spain Kalex 1:35.191 Marc Márquez Spain Suter 1:46.440 Marc Márquez Spain Suter Julián Simón Spain Suter Nicolás Terol Spain Suter Jonas Folger Germany Kalex-KTM 1:41.263 Zulfahmi Khairuddin Malaysia KTM 1:49.622 Danny Kent UK KTM Sandro Cortese Germany KTM Zulfahmi Khairuddin Malaysia KTM The 2012 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighteenth and final round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 November 2012 at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo. The race was Casey Stoner's last before his retirement from the sport, and he took a third place podium finish. Dani Pedrosa won the race for Honda. Newly crowned MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo retired from the race, and finished the season 18 points ahead of runner-up Pedrosa in the standings. The result meant that Pedrosa had won 6 of the season's last 8 races, and that Lorenzo maintained his record of finishing first or second in every race he finished in 2012. Katsuyuki Nakasuga made just his second appearance in 2012 in place of the injured Ben Spies at Yamaha, and took advantage of the wet conditions to finish in second place (the only podium for a Japanese rider in any class in 2012). Marc Márquez won the Moto2 race, despite starting from last place on the grid. It was Márquez's last Moto2 race, as he would replace Stoner at the Honda team for the 2013 season. Polesitter Pol Espargaró secured second in the championship behind Márquez by finishing in eighth. In Moto3, Danny Kent took his second victory of the season in front of champion Sandro Cortese and Zulfahmi Khairuddin to complete an all-KTM podium. Report Moto2 During a Friday practice session, newly crowned Moto2 champion Marc Márquez knocked Simone Corsi off his bike while attempting an overtake and was penalised for riding in an irresponsible manner by Race Direction. He was told to start the race from 33rd and last place on the grid.2012-11-09 Moto2: Marquez punished for Corsi clash Crash.net https://www.crash.net/moto2/news/185936/1/moto2-marc-marquez-sent-back-corsi-clash 2026-01-15 www.crash.net en Pol Espargaró took pole position, and was joined on the front row by Thomas Lüthi and Takaaki Nakagami. Within the first three corners of the race, Márquez had overtaken twenty riders and moved up to 13th place; by the end of the first lap, he was running in 11th.Valencia MotoGP: Marquez takes astonishing win https://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/2012/november/nov1112-marquez-comes-from-back-to-win-/ 2026-01-15 www.motorcyclenews.com en Espargaró got away from the line cleanly but struggled to maintain pace in the wet conditions, and quickly began to cede positions.2012 Valencia Moto2 Race Result: Scintillating Charge Brings Awe-Inspiring Victory MotoMatters.com Kropotkin Thinks https://motomatters.com/results/2012/11/11/2012_valencia_moto2_race_result_scinitil.html 2026-01-15 motomatters.com Aspar rider Nicolás Terol took the race lead, and quickly set a gap from the rest of the field. On lap 9 he was caught by Julián Simón, who then stretched out his own gap ahead of Terol. Márquez became embroiled in a midfield battle with Dominique Aegerter and Gino Rea, who crashed out at the halfway point. Márquez began to lap over a second faster than any other rider on track. During the last laps of the race he hunted down first Terol and then Simón, who had seemed on course for his first Moto2 race win. Márquez ultimately claimed his ninth victory of the season by +1.256 seconds on Simón.2012-11-11 Moto2: Marquez last to first again in Valencia Crash.net https://www.crash.net/moto2/race-report/185998/1/moto2-marquez-storms-through-field-valencia-win 2026-01-15 www.crash.net en Third-placed Terol finished over eleven seconds off the pace. This was Márquez's last race in Moto2, as he moved into MotoGP for the 2013 season. Espargaró secured second in the championship behind Márquez by finishing in eighth. Simón and Terol (who took his first Moto2 podium) completed an all-Spanish podium. Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 48:23.819 1 25 2 21 JPN Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +37.661 16 20 3 1 AUS Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +1:00.633 3 16 4 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +1:02.811 8 13 5 51 ITA Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 30 +1:26.608 15 11 6 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +1:30.423 6 10 7 17 CZE Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 30 +1:31.789 13 9 8 9 ITA Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project -Ioda-Suter 29 +1 lap 17 8 9 77 GBR James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 29 +1 lap 20 7 10 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 29 +1 lap 11 6 11 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 29 +1 lap 10 5 12 14 FRA Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 28 +2 laps 12 4 13 73 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens BQR 28 +2 laps 21 3 14 5 USA Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 27 +3 laps 14 2 Ret 35 GBR Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 22 Accident 4 Ret 71 ITA Claudio Corti Avintia Blusens Inmotec 17 Accident 22 Ret 8 ESP Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 16 Accident 9 Ret 99 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 13 Accident 2 Ret 6 DEU Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 9 Accident 5 Ret 84 ITA Roberto Rolfo Speed Master ART 6 Accident 19 Ret 22 ESP Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 2 Accident 18 Ret 69 USA Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 2 Accident 7 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-valencia-motogp 2012 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 1 October 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/VAL/MotoGP/RAC/ GP GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA · MotoGP Race Classification 2012 Motogp.com 1 October 2018 1 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182503/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/VAL/MotoGP/RAC/ deadhttp://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/VAL/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 11 November 2012 Moto2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 ESP Marc Márquez Suter 27 48:50.706 33Marc Márquez was demoted from second to the back of the grid for causing a collision with Simone Corsi during free practice. http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Decision_of_the_Race_Direction,_09_November.pdf Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana — Decision of the Race Direction fim-live.com FIM 9 November 2012 30 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819094707/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Decision_of_the_Race_Direction,_09_November.pdf 2014-08-19 dead 25 2 60 ESP Julián Simón Suter 27 +1.256 11 20 3 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Suter 27 +11.372 4 16 4 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Suter 27 +13.006 2 13 5 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Suter 27 +13.825 6 11 6 81 ESP Jordi Torres Suter 27 +27.911 5 10 7 36 FIN Mika Kallio Kalex 27 +36.338 15 9 8 40 ESP Pol Espargaró Kalex 27 +38.335 1 8 9 24 ESP Toni Elías Kalex 27 +39.419 14 7 10 80 ESP Esteve Rabat Kalex 27 +39.476 13 6 11 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Speed Up 27 +40.207 9 5 12 8 GBR Gino Rea Suter 27 +41.197 19 4 13 17 ESP Dani Rivas Kalex 27 +41.768 26 3 14 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi FTR 27 +41.943 17 2 15 88 ESP Ricard Cardús AJR 27 +42.303 28 1 16 38 GBR Bradley Smith Tech 3 27 +43.064 21 17 3 ITA Simone Corsi FTR 27 +49.970 8 18 75 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama Suter 27 +51.639 27 19 4 CHE Randy Krummenacher Kalex 27 +53.198 18 20 49 ESP Axel Pons Kalex 27 +54.632 25 21 23 DEU Marcel Schrötter Bimota 27 +56.401 24 22 45 GBR Scott Redding Kalex 27 +56.974 7 23 22 ITA Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 27 +59.679 29 24 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 27 +1:16.201 23 25 54 ITA Mattia Pasini FTR 27 +1:16.352 22 26 28 ESP Román Ramos FTR 27 +1:18.354 20 27 19 BEL Xavier Siméon Tech 3 27 +1:26.234 12 28 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Kalex 27 +1:29.530 16 29 57 BRA Eric Granado Motobi 26 +1 lap 31 30 97 IDN Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 25 +2 laps 30 Ret 82 ESP Elena Rosell Speed Up 17 Accident 32 Ret 30 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 14 Retirement 3 Ret 5 FRA Johann Zarco Motobi 10 Accident 10 Source:http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/VAL/Moto2/RAC/Classification.pdf Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – Moto2 – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 11 November 2012 Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 52 GBR Danny Kent KTM 24 45:05.891 7 25 2 11 DEU Sandro Cortese KTM 24 +0.056 4 20 3 63 MYS Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 24 +0.114 17 16 4 41 ZAF Brad Binder Kalex KTM 24 +0.431 15 13 5 55 ESP Héctor Faubel FTR Honda 24 +4.371 16 11 6 96 FRA Louis Rossi FTR Honda 24 +7.605 9 10 7 84 CZE Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 24 +14.931 14 9 8 25 ESP Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 24 +18.495 5 8 9 31 FIN Niklas Ajo KTM 24 +23.180 22 7 10 39 ESP Luis Salom Kalex KTM 24 +23.245 3 6 11 65 DEU Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 24 +27.532 26 5 12 58 ESP Juan Francisco Guevara FTR Honda 24 +30.331 21 4 13 27 ITA Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 24 +31.255 8 3 14 19 ITA Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 24 +34.660 10 2 15 28 ESP Josep Rodríguez FGR Honda 24 +50.522 30 1 16 42 ESP Álex Rins Suter Honda 24 +50.554 18 17 30 CHE Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 24 +51.725 28 18 5 ITA Romano Fenati FTR Honda 24 +51.826 11 19 61 AUS Arthur Sissis KTM 24 +52.970 19 20 32 ESP Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 24 +57.930 23 21 89 FRA Alan Techer TSR Honda 24 +1:00.758 24 22 29 DEU Luca Amato Kalex KTM 24 +1:47.794 20 23 51 JPN Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 24 +1:47.977 33 24 80 ITA Armando Pontone Ioda 23 +1 lap 31 Ret 8 AUS Jack Miller Honda 19 Accident 25 Ret 9 DEU Toni Finsterbusch Honda 19 Accident 27 Ret 99 GBR Danny Webb Mahindra 18 Retirement 34 Ret 44 PRT Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 15 Accident 2 Ret 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 15 Accident 6 Ret 95 CZE Miroslav Popov Mahindra 9 Retirement 35 Ret 17 GBR John McPhee KRP Honda 9 Retirement 29 Ret 94 DEU Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 7 Retirement 1 Ret 26 ESP Adrián Martín FTR Honda 7 Retirement 13 Ret 3 ITA Luigi Morciano Ioda 4 Retirement 32 Ret 12 ESP Álex Márquez Suter Honda 3 Accident 12 Source:http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/VAL/Moto3/RAC/Classification.pdf Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana – Moto3 – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 11 November 2012 Notes Marc Márquez's comeback from 33rd to the win was the biggest comeback in all of the history in the Championship. Dani Pedrosa, who made the pole position in MotoGP, started the race from the pit lane because he entered to the boxes for a bike change because the tarmac was drying, like Alvaro Bautista, Nicky Hayden and Cal Crutchlow. The Spanish rider, despite this, won the race after Jorge Lorenzo crashed heavily when the Yamaha rider tried to lap James Ellison. Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/VAL/MotoGP/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_209d7b03 Standings 2012 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-25 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 350 2 ESP Dani Pedrosa 332 3 AUS Casey Stoner 254 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 218 5 ESP Álvaro Bautista 178 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Honda 412 2 JPN Yamaha 386 3 ITA Ducati 192 4 ITA ART 100 5 GBR FTR 43 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix 2012 2012 Australian Grand Prix 2013 Qatar Grand Prix 2011 Valencian Grand Prix 2013 Valencian Grand Prix Category:Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Valencian Valencian motorcycle Category:21st century in Valencia Valencian Grand Prix