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Race 16 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 21 October 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sepang International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2012 at theSepang International Circuit.Sandro Cortese became the first Moto3 world champion.[4]
The race was red-flagged due to the worsening weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 13th lap and full points were awarded.[5]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 26 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | 29:29.049 | 2 | 25 |
2 | 99 | ![]() | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 13 | +3.774 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 1 | ![]() | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | +7.144 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 69 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | +10.518 | 9 | 13 |
5 | 46 | ![]() | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | +16.759 | 11 | 11 |
6 | 19 | ![]() | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 13 | +17.276 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 8 | ![]() | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +50.282 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 41 | ![]() | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 13 | +51.585 | 12 | 8 |
9 | 77 | ![]() | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 13 | +56.676 | 16 | 7 |
10 | 17 | ![]() | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 13 | +57.622 | 14 | 6 |
11 | 9 | ![]() | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 13 | +1:02.805 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 51 | ![]() | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 13 | +1:02.891 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 4 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 13 | +1:28.989 | 3 | 3 |
DSQ | 84 | ![]() | Speed Master | ART | 13 | (+1:23.890)[6] | 19 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 11 | Accident | 8 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 10 | Accident | 13 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 10 | Accident | 20 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 10 | Retirement | 18 | |
Ret | 11 | ![]() | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 8 | Accident | 6 | |
DNS | 68 | ![]() | Avintia Blusens | BQR | Injury | |||
Source:[7][8][5] |
The race was stopped with the red flag due to weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap.[9]
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[14]
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[...] 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.
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