2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 11 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 19 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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The 2012 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix)[4] was the eleventh round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held on 19 August 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana.
After being absent from the United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes returned to competition at Indianapolis.[5]
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Classification
MotoGP
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 46:39.631 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 99 | ![]() |
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +10.823 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +17.310 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +19.803 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 19 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +22.556 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +30.072 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 46 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +57.614 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 17 | ![]() |
Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 28 | +1:08.442 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 68 | ![]() |
Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:11.106 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 41 | ![]() |
Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 28 | +1:14.079 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 24 | ![]() |
Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 28 | +1:26.305 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 22 | ![]() |
Avintia Blusens | BQR | 28 | +1:40.274 | 20 | 4 |
13 | 5 | ![]() |
NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 27 | +1 lap | 19 | 3 |
14 | 15 | ![]() |
Attack Performance | APR | 27 | +1 lap | 21 | 2 |
15 | 77 | ![]() |
Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 27 | +1 lap[6] | 17 | 1 |
16 | 20 | ![]() |
GPTech | BCL | 27 | +1 lap | 22 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 9 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() |
Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 8 | Retirement | 9 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() |
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 6 | Retirement | 4 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 1 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 54 | ![]() |
Speed Master | ART | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 9 | ![]() |
Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 0 | Retirement | 18 | |
DNS | 69 | ![]() |
Ducati Team | Ducati | Injury | |||
Sources: [7][8][9] |
Moto2
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 93 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | 45:13.763 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 40 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +5.855 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 60 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +9.394 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 36 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +15.549 | 8 | 13 |
5 | 12 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +16.138 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 45 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +16.805 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 77 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +21.359 | 5 | 9 |
8 | 3 | ![]() |
FTR | 26 | +21.368 | 12 | 8 |
9 | 29 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 26 | +25.873 | 3 | 7 |
10 | 71 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +26.471 | 7 | 6 |
11 | 80 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +26.916 | 15 | 5 |
12 | 5 | ![]() |
Motobi | 26 | +27.274 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 18 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +31.122 | 10 | 3 |
14 | 88 | ![]() |
AJR | 26 | +35.928 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 38 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 26 | +39.240 | 14 | 1 |
16 | 30 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +42.507 | 11 | |
17 | 4 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +45.629 | 26 | |
18 | 81 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +45.753 | 23 | |
19 | 8 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +51.567 | 19 | |
20 | 76 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +52.106 | 28 | |
21 | 49 | ![]() |
Kalex | 26 | +56.150 | 27 | |
22 | 23 | ![]() |
Bimota | 26 | +1:11.069 | 29 | |
23 | 14 | ![]() |
Suter | 26 | +1:11.765 | 25 | |
24 | 63 | ![]() |
MZ-RE Honda | 26 | +1:20.042 | 20 | |
25 | 57 | ![]() |
Motobi | 26 | +1:42.924 | 31 | |
26 | 10 | ![]() |
FTR | 26 | +1:43.184 | 32 | |
27 | 72 | ![]() |
FTR | 23 | +3 laps | 21 | |
DSQ | 95 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 26 | (+35.701)[10] | 24 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() |
Suter | 20 | Retirement | 22 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Tech 3 | 17 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
FTR | 17 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
Speed Up | 10 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 82 | ![]() |
Moriwaki | 7 | Accident | 33 | |
Source:[11] |
Moto3
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 39 | ![]() |
Kalex KTM | 23 | 42:14.300 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 11 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +0.056 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 94 | ![]() |
Kalex KTM | 23 | +2.940 | 15 | 16 |
4 | 44 | ![]() |
Suter Honda | 23 | +3.067 | 11 | 13 |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +3.664 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 63 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +7.663 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 42 | ![]() |
Suter Honda | 23 | +7.697 | 6 | 9 |
8 | 84 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +11.203 | 10 | 8 |
9 | 23 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +11.242 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 10 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +13.163 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 61 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +23.362 | 22 | 5 |
12 | 52 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +24.364 | 2 | 4 |
13 | 96 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +25.001 | 14 | 3 |
14 | 32 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +31.211 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 19 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 23 | +34.179 | 13 | 1 |
16 | 9 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +1:12.945 | 27 | |
17 | 30 | ![]() |
Suter Honda | 23 | +1:14.428 | 26 | |
18 | 51 | ![]() |
TSR Honda | 23 | +1:14.709 | 29 | |
19 | 80 | ![]() |
Ioda | 23 | +1:15.326 | 28 | |
20 | 20 | ![]() |
Mahindra | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 22 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 89 | ![]() |
TSR Honda | 15 | Accident | 18 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 11 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 3 | ![]() |
Ioda | 10 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 12 | ![]() |
Suter Honda | 6 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() |
Kalex KTM | 3 | Accident | 17 | |
Ret | 26 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 53 | ![]() |
FGR Honda | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 27 | ![]() |
FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
DSQ | 31 | ![]() |
KTM | 4 | Disqualified | 23 | |
DNS | 8 | ![]() |
Honda | Injury | |||
DNS | 99 | ![]() |
Mahindra | Injury | |||
DNS | 55 | ![]() |
Kalex KTM | Injury | |||
Source:[12] |
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[13]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "2012 Indianapolis MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2012 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Indianapolis Motor Speedway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ^ ""The Corkscrew" awaits as MotoGP™ descends on Laguna Seca". motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
This will be the 14th time the MotoGP field is set to race at the track, which is the shortest on the Grand Prix calendar [...] the Moto2 and Moto3 classes will not be racing at this weekend's event.
- ^ James Ellison was demoted 1 position after the race for shortcutting the track.
- ^ "2012 Indianapolis MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2012". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Doping – Decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of rider Anthony West" (PDF). v2-fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 28 November 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 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.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Moto2 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix – Moto3 – Race" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 August 2012.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2012. Retrieved 2019-08-25.