2012 French motorcycle Grand Prix

French France Monster Energy Grand Prix de Francehttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-french-motogp 2012 French MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 22 May 2018 Bugatti Circuit 2.600 4.185 4 18 20 May 2012 Bugatti Circuit.svg Dani Pedrosa Spain Honda 1:33.638 Valentino Rossi Italy Ducati 1:44.614 Jorge Lorenzo Spain Yamaha Valentino Rossi Italy Ducati Casey Stoner Australia Honda Marc Márquez Spain Suter 1:37.710 Claudio Corti Italy Kalex 1:53.855 Thomas Lüthi Switzerland Suter Claudio Corti Italy Kalex Scott Redding United Kingdom Kalex Maverick Viñales Spain FTR Honda 1:55.865 Jakub Kornfeil Czech Republic FTR Honda 2:01.056 Louis Rossi France FTR Honda Alberto Moncayo Spain Kalex KTM Álex Rins Spain Suter Honda The 2012 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2012 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. In a press conference on the Thursday before the race, Casey Stoner announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season.MotoGP champion Casey Stoner to retire at end of season https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motogp/18108872 BBC Sport 17 May 2012 17 May 2012 He went on to finish third in the MotoGP race, handing the championship lead to Jorge Lorenzo, the race winner. Valentino Rossi took second place for his first podium since the previous year's race. Thomas Lüthi and Louis Rossi won the Moto2 and Moto3 races respectively. This was the 800th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship. Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 28 49:39.743 4 25 2 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Ducati Team Ducati 28 +9.905 7 20 3 1 AUS Casey Stoner Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +11.298 2 16 4 26 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +29.361 1 13 5 6 DEU Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +32.477 13 11 6 69 USA Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 28 +32.842 11 10 7 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +59.759 3 9 8 35 GBR Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 28 +1:05.152 5 8 9 8 ESP Héctor Barberá Pramac Racing Team Ducati 28 +1:07.846 9 7 10 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +1:13.193 8 6 11 77 GBR James Ellison Paul Bird Motorsport ART 28 +1:26.663 16 5 12 54 ITA Mattia Pasini Speed Master ART 28 +1:27.633 20 4 13 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 27 +1 lap 17 3 14 51 ITA Michele Pirro San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 27 +1 lap 14 2 15 68 COL Yonny Hernández Avintia Blusens BQR 27 +1 lap 15 1 16 11 USA Ben Spies Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 27 +1 lap 6 17 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 26 +2 laps 21 18 22 ESP Iván Silva Avintia Blusens BQR 26 +2 laps 19 Ret 9 ITA Danilo Petrucci Avintia Blusens Ioda 24 Accident 18 Ret 14 FRA Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 22 Accident 12 Ret 17 CZE Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 11 Retirement 10 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2012-french-motogp 2012 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 30 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2012/FRA/MotoGP/RAC/ MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE · MotoGP Race Classification 2012 Motogp.com 30 September 2018 12 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201112041238/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results%20Statistics/2012/FRA/MotoGP/RAC deadhttp://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/FRA/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf PDF MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE : Race Classification after 28 laps = 117.18 km Resources.motogp.com 30 September 2018 Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Suter 26 50:02.816 2 25 2 71 ITA Claudio Corti Kalex 26 +6.354 9 20 3 45 GBR Scott Redding Kalex 26 +12.162 4 16 4 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Speed Up 26 +16.338 5 13 5 36 FIN Mika Kallio Kalex 26 +19.278 6 11 6 40 ESP Pol Espargaró Kalex 26 +20.874 3 10 7 76 DEU Max Neukirchner Kalex 26 +28.117 26 9 8 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 26 +38.317 28 8 9 38 GBR Bradley Smith Tech 3 26 +40.940 19 7 10 80 ESP Esteve Rabat Kalex 26 +44.077 18 6 11 24 ESP Toni Elías Suter 26 +59.583 10 5 12 60 ESP Julián Simón Suter 26 +1:01.785 11 4 13 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Suter 26 +1:03.430 17 3 14 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Suter 26 +1:10.341 12 2 15 44 ITA Roberto Rolfo Suter 26 +1:22.145 21 1 16 49 ESP Axel Pons Kalex 26 +1:46.994 16 17 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi Suter 25 +1 lap 20 18 10 CHE Marco Colandrea FTR 25 +1 lap 31 DSQ 95 AUS Anthony West Moriwaki 26 (+21.705)http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/FIM_Anti-doping_controls_-_Decision_of_the_CDI_-_Antony_West_(AUS),_29_October.pdf Decision of the FIM International Disciplinary Court (CDI) in the matter of Anthony West (AUS) fim-live.com Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme 29 October 2012 12 November 2012 [...] the CDI decided to disqualify Anthony West from the French round of the 2012 FIM Moto2 World Championship, held on 20 May in Le Mans. https://web.archive.org/web/20121119151935/http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/FIM_Anti-doping_controls_-_Decision_of_the_CDI_-_Antony_West_(AUS),_29_October.pdf 2012-11-19 dead 27 Ret 5 FRA Johann Zarco Motobi 21 Accident 8 Ret 82 ESP Elena Rosell Moriwaki 18 Accident 30 Ret 30 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 17 Accident 24 Ret 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Speed Up 16 Accident 22 Ret 88 ESP Ricard Cardús AJR 13 Accident 15 Ret 93 ESP Marc Márquez Suter 11 Retirement 1 Ret 8 GBR Gino Rea Suter 7 Accident 23 Ret 7 SWE Alexander Lundh MZ-RE Honda 7 Retirement 25 Ret 15 SMR Alex de Angelis Suter 3 Accident 7 Ret 47 ESP Ángel Rodríguez Bimota 2 Accident 29 Ret 3 ITA Simone Corsi FTR 2 Retirement 14 Ret 4 CHE Randy Krummenacher Kalex 1 Retirement 13 DNS 19 BEL Xavier Siméon Tech 3 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 96 FRA Louis Rossi FTR Honda 24 49:12.390 15 25 2 23 ESP Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM 24 +27.348 7 20 3 42 ESP Álex Rins Suter Honda 24 +28.899 26 16 4 27 ITA Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 24 +33.195 27 13 5 61 AUS Arthur Sissis KTM 24 +36.989 14 11 6 11 DEU Sandro Cortese KTM 24 +45.312 6 10 7 53 NLD Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 24 +58.645 25 9 8 89 FRA Alan Techer TSR Honda 24 +1:05.022 18 8 9 21 ESP Iván Moreno FTR Honda 24 +1:09.194 29 7 10 30 CHE Giulian Pedone Suter Honda 24 +1:45.751 19 6 11 94 DEU Jonas Folger Ioda 23 +1 lap 11 5 12 77 DEU Marcel Schrötter Mahindra 23 +1 lap 32 4 13 86 DEU Kevin Hanus Honda 23 +1 lap 30 3 14 19 ITA Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 22 +2 laps 23 2 15 31 FIN Niklas Ajo KTM 20 +4 laps 13 1 Ret 63 MYS Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 17 Accident 10 Ret 25 ESP Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 16 Accident 1 Ret 44 PRT Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 15 Accident 3 Ret 39 ESP Luis Salom Kalex KTM 13 Accident 9 Ret 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 12 Accident 8 Ret 84 CZE Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 12 Accident 4 Ret 32 ESP Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 12 Accident 20 Ret 26 ESP Adrián Martín FTR Honda 8 Accident 12 Ret 8 AUS Jack Miller Honda 8 Retirement 22 Ret 15 ITA Simone Grotzkyj Suter Honda 7 Accident 24 Ret 99 GBR Danny Webb Mahindra 7 Retirement 31 Ret 52 GBR Danny Kent KTM 5 Accident 17 Ret 5 ITA Romano Fenati FTR Honda 2 Accident 21 Ret 10 FRA Alexis Masbou Honda 1 Accident 5 Ret 51 JPN Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 1 Accident 28 Ret 41 ZAF Brad Binder Kalex KTM 0 Accident 16 Ret 3 ITA Luigi Morciano Ioda 0 Retirement 33 DNS 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez FTR Honda 2 DNS 9 DEU Toni Finsterbusch Honda OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/FRA/MotoGP/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v3_3c967f63 Standings 2012 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-25 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 90 2 AUS Casey Stoner 82 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 65 4 GBR Cal Crutchlow 45 5 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 44 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 90 2 JPN Honda 86 3 ITA Ducati 47 4 ITA ART 16 5 CHE Suter 4 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References French motorcycle Grand Prix 2012 2012 Portuguese Grand Prix 2012 Catalan Grand Prix 2011 French Grand Prix 2013 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix French motorcycle Grand Prix