2012 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Eighth round of 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season German Germany eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschlandhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-german-motogp 2012 German MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 22 May 2018http://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2012.html 2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttp://www.progcovers.com/motor/sachsenring.html Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 22 May 2018 Sachsenring 2.281 3.671 8 18 8 July 2012 Sachsenring (Schaltung).svg Casey Stoner Australia Honda 1:31.796 Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:22.304 Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda Jorge Lorenzo Spain Yamaha Andrea Dovizioso Italy Yamaha Marc Márquez Spain Suter 1:34.503 Alex de Angelis San Marino FTR 1:25.167 Marc Márquez Spain Suter Mika Kallio Finland Kalex Alex de Angelis San Marino FTR Sandro Cortese Germany KTM 1:42.989 Sandro Cortese Germany KTM 1:36.728 Sandro Cortese Germany KTM Alexis Masbou France Honda Luis Salom Spain Kalex KTM The 2012 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 July 2012 at the Sachsenring in Chemnitz, Germany. MotoGP race report This race was most notable for the battle between Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa, Stoner's eventual retirement from the race and Pedrosa's victory. After seven rounds, the top spot is now tied between two riders: On one side Jorge Lorenzo and on the other Casey Stoner, both with 140 points. Lorenzo however, is at the top because he has won one more race than Stoner, namely four to three. In third sits Dani Pedrosa with a close 121 points. On Saturday, it was Casey Stoner who took the pole - his fourth pole of the season - with a time of 1:31.796. Second is Ben Spies who is +0.193 seconds behind and third is Dani Pedrosa who is +0.285 seconds behind. The second row of the grid consists out of Cal Crutchlow, Jorge Lorenzo and home hero Stefan Bradl in fourth, fifth and sixth place. Álvaro Bautista has to start from the back of the grid after a collision he had with Lorenzo at the previous round in the Netherlands and Franco Battaini replaces the injured Karel Abraham. All the riders make their way through the warm-up lap, then line up on their respective grid slots. As the lights go out, it is Pedrosa who gets the holeshot from third to lead going into the Coca-Cola Kurve (Turn 1). Spies, who initially looked to have made a good start, does not gain or lose any places but gets relegated to third at Turn 2 when Stoner overtakes him from the outside. Lorenzo and Bradl both make up one position. Crutchlow loses out the most, dropping from fourth to seventh position. In the early stages, it is a Repsol Honda 1-2 that leads the way on the opening lap. Stoner is all over the back of Pedrosa and as they plunge down from Turn 12 to the Sachsen Kurve (Turn 13), he thinks of making a move but decides to stay behind for the time being. At the Queckenberg Kurve (Turn 14), Crutchlow goes up the inside of Nicky Hayden for sixth place. On lap two, the top two start to open up a small gap to the Factory Yamaha duo of Spies and Lorenzo. At Turn 10, Stoner makes a pass for the lead by taking a shorter line than Pedrosa, switching the lead from one Repsol Honda to the other. Behind them, Crutchlow also passes Bradl for fifth. Héctor Barberá goes up the inside of Valentino Rossi at the Sachsen Kurve for ninth position. Rossi tries to replicate at the Queckenberg Kurve, but to no avail. Lap three and Andrea Dovizioso has now opened up a gap to his teammate Crutchlow in sixth place. Stoner has opened up a gap to Pedrosa of +0.402 seconds in sector two. Rossi retakes ninth from Barberá. The gap Stoner has to Pedrosa has increased to +0.508 seconds in sector three. Exiting the Queckenberg Kurve, Hayden has a bit of a moment and does a small wheelie because of it. As Stoner crosses the line to start lap three, the gap shrinks again to +0.485 seconds. In sector one, the gap increases to +0.562 seconds. Michele Pirro has entered the pits to retire from the race due to mechanical problems, the San Carlo Gresini Honda rider stepping off and inspecting the rear of his bike. In sector two, the gap drops to +0.536 seconds. Stoner also sets the fastest lap of the race as his gap continues to decrease to +0.497 On lap four, the gap of the top two continues to increase. Lorenzo has now passed a struggling Spies, who ran wide at Turn 11, who also has come under pressure from Dovizioso. At the Queckenberg Kurve, Crutchlow looks to pass his teammate Dovizioso, but slams on the brakes and decides to stay behind for the time being. Lap five the gap Pedrosa has to Lorenzo is +2.260 seconds. Mattia Pasini has crashed out of the race, the rider walking away unhurt from the scene. On lap six, the gap Pedrosa has to Lorenzo is +2.878 seconds. Bautista meanwhile has made up multiple positions and is now in eleventh place, overtaking Randy de Puniet at the Sachsen Kurve a lap earlier. Lap seven and Cruchlow is now all over the back of his teammate Dovizioso. Bradl is also being harassed by Hayden, the American almost making a move at the Sachsen Kurve but staying behind for the time being. On lap eight, Dovizioso outbreaks Spies and gets ahead at the Coca-Cola Kurve for fourth. At the Sachsen Kurve, Crutchlow dives down the inside of Spies and passes him for fifth place. Lap nine and the midfield is very close to each other, starting from Dovizioso. At the front, Stoner is still ahead of Pedrosa but he is slowly closing the gap again. On lap ten, Crutchlow is all over the back of Dovizioso, the Englishman looking for a way past. Lap eleven and Crutchlow is still trying to find a way past Dovizioso. Exiting Turn 12, it looked like Crutchlow was ready to get alongside but once again decides to stay behind for the time being. On lap twelve, the gap between the top two is still stable. No overtakes happen at the front. Lap thirteen and Spies has closed the gap to Curtchlow, now making it a three-way battle for fourth again. The gap Pedrosa has to Lorenzo is +4.392 seconds and the gap Lorenzo has to Dovizioso is +3.750 seconds. On lap fourteen, Pedrosa sets the fastest lap. No overtakes happen at the front. Lap fifteen - the halfway point of the race - and Pedrosa is now slowly closing the gap. Exiting Turn 12, he is now all over the back of the Australian. On lap sixteen, Pedrosa is still all over the rear of Stoner, shadowing his every move. No overtakes happened at the front. Lap seventeen and Pedrosa still shadows Stoner from second place, not making any pass. On lap eighteen however, Pedrosa finally makes his move. He moves out of the slipstream, goes alongside and outbreaks his teammate, taking over the lead. Exiting Turn 5, switching over from the right to the left side, Stoner has a huge moment, causing him to lose time and tow to Pedrosa. Lap nineteen and Stoner's gap to Lorenzo is +6.497 seconds and Lorenzo's gap to Dovizioso is +5.350 seconds. Stoner slowly closes the gap to Pedrosa and is all over the back of him again exiting Turn 12. On lap twenty, Stoner looks to make a pass going on the inside at the start/finish straight but stays behind for now. Further back, Rossi overtakes Barberá for ninth. Stoner is still all over the back of Pedrosa, not yet making a pass however. Lap twenty-one and Stoner's gap to Lorenzo is +7.667 seconds. A bit further back, Dovizioso is still leading the group of three, consisting of Crutchlow and Spies. Spies has a look at the outside of the Coca-Cola Kurve, but stays behind for the time being. On lap twenty-two, Stoner's gap back to Lorenzo is +8.104 seconds and Lorenzo's gap back to Dovizioso is +6.549 seconds. Stoner is still right behind Pedrosa, shadowing his every move. Lap twenty-three and Crutchlow is still all over the back of Dovizioso as well, himself being followed closely by Spies. Entering the Sachsen Kurve, both Crutchlow and Spies look to be making a move but decide to stay behind for the time being. On lap twenty-four, Stoner's gap to Lorenzo is +9.415 seconds and Lorenzo's gap to Dovizioso is +6.867 seconds. Pedrosa and Stoner are still very close together, as are Dovizioso and Crutchlow a bit further back. Exiting Turn 12, he is right behind the Italian but isn't able to make a move, opting to take a slightly different line entering the Sachsen Kurve and go side by side with Dovizioso on exit, but isn't able to take the position and has to slot behind him entering the Queckenberg Kurve. Lap twenty-five and Crutchlow now outbrakes himself entering the Coca-Cola Kurve, going wide and entering the gravel trap at low speed. He turns the bike and pushes with his feet as to not lose any speed and manages to get back onto the circuit relatively quickly, though he loses multiple places and drops all the way down to eleventh place. Pedrosa and Stoner at the front now have to pass two backmarkers - rookie Danilo Petrucci and Iván Silva - at the short straight between the Sachsen and the Queckenberg Kurve. Both pass them without any problems. On lap twenty-six, the gap Stoner has to Lorenzo is 10.690 seconds and the gap Lorenzo has to Dovizioso is 7.417 seconds. Stoner is still very close to the back of Pedrosa, still not making a move. Lap twenty-seven and Stoner is really pushing, still staying behind Pedrosa but waiting for the right opportunity to strike. Backmarker Battaini almost gets in the way of the fight at the Queckenberg Kurve but moves out of the way just in time. On lap twenty-eight, the penultimate lap of the race, the gap Stoner has to Lorenzo is +11.684 seconds and the gap Lorenzo has to Dovizioso is +6.978 seconds. Further back, Rossi overtakes Barberá for seventh at the entrance of the Coca-Cola Kurve. Stoner is still right behind Pedrosa but still has not made a move. Bautistá tries to retake seventh place from Rossi via a very late lunge at the Sachsen Kurve but runs his bike way too deep and loses two positions as a result. Crutchlow also tries to make a pass by going up his inside at the Queckenberg Kurve but fails to properly make the move and has to stay behind, himself being overtaken by Barberá at the start/finish straight as a result. The final lap - lap twenty-nine - has started and Pedrosa now sets the fastest lap. Stoner is all over the back of Pedrosa but has still not been able to get past the Spaniard. Drama unfolds at the Sachsen Kurve however as Stoner goes a bit too wide, loses the front and slides out of a strong second place and into the gravel, the Australian tumbling on for a bit before running to his bike to get it restarted. Pedrosa has no further issues and crosses the line to win his first race of the season. Coincidentally, it starts to rain very lightly just as he crosses the line. After lapping Petrucci, Lorenzo comes home in second place, doing a wheelie in the process. Stoner has not been able to get the bike restarted and is forced to retire, him walking alongside the marshalls away from the scene. A photofinish-esque third place is reserved for Dovizioso, who pips Spies just as they both cross the line, the American missing out on a podium finish and having to settle for fourth position. Further back, Bradl holds off Rossi for fifth, the Italian finishing ahead of a charging Bautistá to come home sixth. Stoner is still walking away from the crash site, the marshalls recovering his bike off the circuit by now. On the parade lap back to parc-fermé, Pedrosa gets greeted by all the marshalls who wave their flags. Pedrosa puts his arm in the air as the crowd celebrates his win. Rossi comes alongside Pedrosa and shakes his hand while still on the bike, congratulating him on his victory, Hayden doing likewise. thumb|Dani Pedrosa, celebrating on the podium after winning the MotoGP race. Pedrosa is the first rider to arrive at parc-fermé, being congratulated by some of his crewmembers as he puts both his arms in the air to signal victory. He gets hugged by one of the crewmembers, then happily stares into the camera as he celebrates on. Now both Dovizioso and Lorenzo arrive at parc-fermé, the Italian stepping off his bike already. Dovizioso then inspects his own and the other riders' rear tyres for wear as Pedrosa takes off his gloves, still sitting on the bike. A disappointed Stoner has now arrived back at the garage, sitting down in his chair and taking off his gloves in the meantime. As home hero Bradl goes back to his pit box, the crowd cheers him on. Pedrosa meanwhile gets hugged by the Repsol Honda crewmembers at the edge of the fence as Bradl also gets a hero reception at the LCR Honda pit box, the crewmembers hugging him and standing around his bike. Lorenzo goes up to Pedrosa back at parc-fermé and gives him a handshake to congratulate him on the win, then walks over to the section where the media is to be interviewed. All the riders make their way onto the podium, beginning with Dovizioso, then Lorenzo and then a happy Pedrosa. The constructors trophy gets handed to the crew chief of Honda, then Stanislaw Tillich (then prime minister of Saxony) hands over the third-place trophy to Dovizioso. Vito Ippolito hands the second-place trophy to Lorenzo before Tillich hands Pedrosa the winners trophy, the crowd loudly cheering for him as he receives his trophy. The Spanish national anthem plays for Pedrosa as he smiles with glee on the podium. Once the anthem stops, the crowd applauds and cheers once more as the podium girls hand the riders the champagne, Pedrosa soaking Mike Leitner as others spray each other and the crowd before drinking some of it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5r1L3pTc_Y Video www.youtube.com 2020-06-13 Pedrosa's win, Stoner's retirement and Lorenzo's second place has now blown the title hunt wide open again. Lorenzo now leads the title again on points, having 160 points. In second place is now Pedrosa with 146 points, overtaking Stoner who now is in third place with 140 points. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 41:28.396 3 25 2 99 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +14.996 5 20 3 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +20.669 8 16 4 11 USA Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 30 +20.740 2 13 5 6 DEU Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +27.893 6 11 6 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 30 +28.050 9 10 7 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +28.246 21 9 8 35 GBR Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 30 +28.447 4 8 9 8 ESP Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 30 +29.053 11 7 10 69 USA Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 30 +29.226 7 6 11 14 FRA Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 30 +53.176 13 5 12 5 USA Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 30 +58.204 12 4 13 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 30 +1:04.654 10 3 14 68 COL Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 30 +1:13.543 17 2 15 77 GBR James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 30 +1:30.318 19 1 16 2 ITA Franco Battaini Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 29 +1 lap 20 17 9 ITA Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda 29 +1 lap 15 18 22 ESP Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 29 +1 lap 18 Ret 1 AUS Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 29 Accident 1 Ret 54 ITA Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 4 Accident 14 Ret 51 ITA Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 3 Retirement 16 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-german-motogp 2012 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/GER/MotoGP/RAC/ motogp.com · eni MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND · MotoGP Race Classification 2012 www.motogp.com 2018-10-01 2018-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142358/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/GER/MotoGP/RAC/ deadhttp://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/GER/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – MotoGP – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 8 July 2012 Moto2 classification Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 ESP Marc Márquez Suter 29 41:32.467 1 25 2 36 FIN Mika Kallio Kalex 29 +2.093 3 20 3 15 SMR Alex de Angelis FTR 29 +2.567 8 16 4 40 ESP Pol Espargaró Kalex 29 +5.990 17 13 5 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Suter 29 +6.139 6 11 6 3 ITA Simone Corsi FTR 29 +11.051 13 10 7 38 GBR Bradley Smith Tech 3 29 +11.409 9 9 8 19 BEL Xavier Siméon Tech 3 29 +14.808 4 8 9 71 ITA Claudio Corti Kalex 29 +20.769 19 7 10 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Suter 29 +25.141 15 6 11 5 FRA Johann Zarco Motobi 29 +27.467 14 5 12 80 ESP Esteve Rabat Kalex 29 +27.475 27 4 13 88 ESP Ricard Cardús AJR 29 +28.590 12 3 14 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Suter 29 +28.713 24 2 15 60 ESP Julián Simón Suter 29 +32.787 2 1 16 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Speed Up 29 +35.376 10 17 8 GBR Gino Rea Suter 29 +37.591 5 18 76 DEU Max Neukirchner Kalex 29 +45.667 22 19 30 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 29 +47.436 21 20 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo Suter 29 +49.341 31 21 50 AUS Damian Cudlin Bimota 29 +50.704 23 22 10 CHE Marco Colandrea FTR 29 +1:12.766 32 23 11 DEU Kevin Wahr IAMT 29 +1:14.334 29 24 4 CHE Randy Krummenacher Kalex 28 +1 lap 20 25 21 DEU Markus Reiterberger MZ-RE Honda 28 +1 lap 30 26 57 BRA Eric Granado Motobi 28 +1 lap 28 DSQ 95 AUS Anthony West Moriwaki 29 (+35.596)http://www.v2-fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Doping_-_Decision_of_the_Court_of_Arbitration_for_Sport_in_the_case_of_rider_Anthony_West,_28_November.pdf Doping – Decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of rider Anthony West v2-fim-live.com Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 28 November 2013 24 March 2015 [...] all the sporting results obtained by Anthony West from 20 May 2012 up to the expiry of the period of ineligibility (i.e. 19 October 2013) will be invalidated. https://web.archive.org/web/20150224125218/http://www.v2-fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Doping_-_Decision_of_the_Court_of_Arbitration_for_Sport_in_the_case_of_rider_Anthony_West,_28_November.pdf 2015-02-24 dead 7 Ret 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 25 Accident 16 Ret 82 ESP Elena Rosell Moriwaki 19 Retirement 34 Ret 49 ESP Axel Pons Kalex 18 Retirement 33 Ret 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi FTR 16 Retirement 11 Ret 22 ITA Alessandro Andreozzi Speed Up 6 Accident 25 Ret 24 ESP Toni Elías Suter 5 Accident 18 Ret 45 GBR Scott Redding Kalex 0 Accident 26 Source:http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/GER/Moto2/RAC/Classification.pdf eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Moto2 – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 8 July 2012 Moto3 classification Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 DEU Sandro Cortese KTM 27 45:36.868 1 25 2 10 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 27 +0.635 10 20 3 39 ESP Luis Salom Kalex KTM 27 +3.998 9 16 4 8 AUS Jack Miller Honda 27 +4.051 4 13 5 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 27 +12.119 14 11 6 63 MYS Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 27 +25.174 20 10 7 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 27 +25.499 12 9 8 43 DEU Luca Grünwald Honda 27 +26.087 16 8 9 61 AUS Arthur Sissis KTM 27 +29.675 21 7 10 84 CZE Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 27 +29.891 5 6 11 9 DEU Toni Finsterbusch Honda 27 +33.178 15 5 12 27 ITA Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 27 +42.858 18 4 13 89 FRA Alan Techer TSR Honda 27 +1:02.653 19 3 14 31 FIN Niklas Ajo KTM 27 +1:10.253 11 2 15 15 ITA Simone Grotzkyj Suter Honda 27 +1:10.447 23 1 16 19 ITA Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 27 +1:10.640 26 17 25 ESP Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 27 +1:11.122 24 18 99 GBR Danny Webb Mahindra 27 +1:11.306 22 19 44 PRT Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 27 +1:18.878 31 20 42 ESP Álex Rins Suter Honda 27 +1:18.957 27 21 32 ESP Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 26 +1 lap 25 22 3 ITA Luigi Morciano Ioda 26 +1 lap 33 23 51 JPN Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 26 +1 lap 32 24 5 ITA Romano Fenati FTR Honda 26 +1 lap 35 25 21 ESP Iván Moreno FTR Honda 26 +1 lap 34 26 86 DEU Kevin Hanus Honda 26 +1 lap 28 27 30 CHE Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 24 +3 laps 29 Ret 96 FRA Louis Rossi FTR Honda 25 Retirement 7 Ret 77 DEU Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 24 Accident 30 Ret 23 ESP Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM 23 Retirement 13 Ret 52 GBR Danny Kent KTM 22 Retirement 2 Ret 41 ZAF Brad Binder Kalex KTM 21 Retirement 6 Ret 26 ESP Adrián Martín FTR Honda 20 Accident 3 Ret 94 DEU Jonas Folger Ioda 17 Retirement 8 Ret 53 NLD Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 16 Retirement 17 Source:http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/GER/Moto3/RAC/Classification.pdf eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland – Moto3 – Race MotoGP.com Dorna Sports 8 July 2012 Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/GER/MotoGP/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_69d7d325 Standings 2012 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-25 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 160 2 ESP Dani Pedrosa 146 3 AUS Casey Stoner 140 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 92 5 GBR Cal Crutchlow 85 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 176 2 JPN Honda 176 3 ITA Ducati 85 4 ITA ART 37 5 GBR FTR 16 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References German motorcycle Grand Prix 2012 2012 Dutch TT 2012 Italian Grand Prix 2011 German Grand Prix 2013 German Grand Prix Category:German motorcycle Grand Prix German Motorcycle Grand Prix German motorcycle Grand Prix