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| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 8 April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Losail International Circuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the2012 MotoGP season. It was held at theLosail International Circuit nearDoha inQatar on 8 April 2012.[2] It was contested over twenty-two laps.
This race saw the début of the 1000cc engine motorcycles introduced in the MotoGP class for this season and also the début of theHonda RC213V, replacing the 800cc engines and theHonda RC212V that were used between2007 and2011,[3] and also the début of the 125cc 2-stroke replacement class,Moto3, which are powered by 250cc (15.2 cu in) 4-stroke engines.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 |  Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | 42:44.214 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +0.852 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 |  Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +2.908 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 |  Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +17.114 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +17.420 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +28.413 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +28.446 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +29.464 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 22 | +31.384 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +33.665 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | +56.907 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 22 | +58.088 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 22 | +1:10.650 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández | Avintia Blusens | BQR-FTR | 22 | +1:15.943 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 22 | +1:26.733 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Iván Silva | Avintia Blusens | BQR-FTR | 22 | +1:43.327 | 20 | |
| 17 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Master | ART | 22 | +1:47.419 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 22 | +1:51.882 | 21 | |
| NC | 51 | Michele Pirro | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 15 | +7 laps | 17 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 15 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 7 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Sources:[1][5][6] | ||||||||
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 20 | 40:34.225 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 20 | +0.061 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 20 | +1.412 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 20 | +1.639 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 20 | +3.981 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 20 | +6.768 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Speed Up | 20 | +6.794 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 20 | +6.986 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 20 | +10.828 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 |  Mika Kallio | Kalex | 20 | +11.379 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 20 | +12.750 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 20 | +14.121 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | Suter | 20 | +17.634 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 20 | +17.875 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Julián Simón | FTR | 20 | +17.894 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Kalex | 20 | +19.014 | 8 | |
| 17 | 19 |  Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 20 | +19.114 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 20 | +28.802 | 16 | |
| 19 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Suter | 20 | +36.598 | 25 | |
| 20 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | FTR | 20 | +36.738 | 22 | |
| 21 | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot | Moriwaki | 20 | +37.147 | 28 | |
| 22 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 20 | +37.443 | 24 | |
| 23 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 20 | +39.523 | 26 | |
| 24 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 20 | +45.260 | 23 | |
| 25 | 95 | Anthony West | Moriwaki | 20 | +53.786 | 29 | |
| 26 | 8 | Gino Rea | Moriwaki | 20 | +54.008 | 27 | |
| 27 | 10 | Marco Colandrea | FTR | 20 | +1:19.054 | 31 | |
| 28 | 7 |  Alexander Lundh | MZ FTR | 20 | +1:19.071 | 30 | |
| 29 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Moriwaki | 20 | +1:35.150 | 32 | |
| 30 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Kalex | 19 | +1 lap | 6 | |
| Ret | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | Suter | 18 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 96 |  Nasser Al Malki | Moriwaki | 10 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 3 | Retirement | 20 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[7]
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