2012 Moto3 World Championship

The 2012 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. It was the inaugural season of Moto3.

Sandro Cortese was the 2012 Moto3 Champion.

Season summary edit

The inaugural Moto3 world championship title went to German rider Sandro Cortese, following his fourth victory of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix,[1] which gave him an unassailable points lead over his two title rivals Luis Salom and Maverick Viñales in the championship race.[2] Cortese also became the first rider to win any Grand Prix title for the Austrian manufacturer KTM.[3] KTM also won the constructors' championship at the Australian Grand Prix, doing so after Cortese won the race.

Class changes edit

The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class.[4]

Calendar edit

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012:[5][6]

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 17-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011.[7] Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.[8]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 8 April ‡   Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 29 April   Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
3 6 May   Grande Prémio de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril
4 20 May   Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5 3 June   Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
6 17 June   Hertz British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
7 30 June ††   Iveco TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8 8 July   eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9 15 July   Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
10 19 August   Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11 26 August   bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno
12 16 September   Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
13 30 September   Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
14 14 October   AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
15 21 October   Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
16 28 October   AirAsia Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17 11 November   Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race
†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes edit

Teams and riders edit

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
  Ioda Team Italia
  IodaRacing Project[10]
Ioda[9] Ioda TR002 3   Luigi Morciano[9] 1–13, 17
80   Armando Pontone[11] 3, 10–17
94   Jonas Folger[12] 1, 4–9
  Team Italia FMI[10] FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 5   Romano Fenati[9] All
19   Alessandro Tonucci[9] All
  TT Motion Events Racing[10] KTM[9] KTM RC250GP 6   Joan Olivé[11] 3, 11
31   Niklas Ajo[9] 1–2, 4–10, 12–17
  JHK T-shirt Laglisse
  JHK Laglisse[14]
Honda[14] Honda NSF250R 7   Efrén Vázquez[14] 1
26   Adrián Martín[15] 1
FTR Honda[16] FTR M312 7   Efrén Vázquez[14] 2–17
26   Adrián Martín[15] 2–17
  Caretta Technology[10] Honda[9] Honda NSF250R 8   Jack Miller[9] 1–2, 4–10, 12–17
10   Alexis Masbou[9] 1–11
71   Michael Ruben Rinaldi 11–12
73   Manuel Tatasciore[11] 3
KRP Honda[17] KRP M3-01 17   John McPhee[18] 13–17
  Cresto Guide MZ Racing[10]
  MZ Racing
MZ-RE Honda[9] MZ Moto3 9   Toni Finsterbusch[13] 1
MZ FTR[19] FTR M312 2
Honda[20] Honda NSF250R 3–4, 6–11
  Racing Team Germany[10] Honda Honda NSF250R 9   Toni Finsterbusch[21] 12–17
FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 96   Louis Rossi[9] All
  Red Bull KTM Ajo[10] KTM[22] KTM RC250GP 11   Sandro Cortese[23] All
52   Danny Kent[24] All
61   Arthur Sissis[24] All
  AirAsia-SIC-Ajo[10] 63   Zulfahmi Khairuddin[9] All
  Ambrogio Next Racing[25] Suter Honda[26] Suter MMX3 12   Álex Márquez[27] 10–17
15   Simone Grotzkyj[25] 4–9
30   Giulian Pedone[28] 4–17
Oral[28] Oral M3 15   Simone Grotzkyj[25] 1–3
30   Giulian Pedone[28] 2–3
  Estrella Galicia 0,0[10] Suter Honda[9] Suter MMX3 12   Álex Márquez[19] 2–3, 5
42   Álex Rins[29] All
44   Miguel Oliveira[29] All
  Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda KRP M3-01 17   John McPhee[30] 5–6, 11
79   Fraser Rogers[31] 6
  Mahindra Racing[10] Mahindra[32] Mahindra MGP3O 20   Riccardo Moretti[33] 9–11, 14–16
77   Marcel Schrötter[34] 1–8
95   Miroslav Popov 11–13, 17
99   Danny Webb[34] 1–10, 12–17
  Andalucia JHK Laglisse[13] FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 21   Iván Moreno[13] 1–9
23   Alberto Moncayo[27] 10–16
55   Héctor Faubel[35] 17
  Dutch Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 22   Bryan Schouten[36] 7
  Bankia Aspar Team[10]
  Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3[37]
Kalex KTM[38] Kalex KTM 23   Alberto Moncayo[38] 1–9
29   Luca Amato[39] 13–17
55   Héctor Faubel[38] 1–12
94   Jonas Folger[27] 10–17
  Blusens Avintia[40][10] FTR Honda[9] FTR M312 25   Maverick Viñales[41] All
  San Carlo Gresini Moto3[10] Honda[42] Honda NSF250R 27   Niccolò Antonelli[42] 1
FTR Honda[19] FTR M312 2–17
  Wild Wolf BST FTR Honda FTR M312 28   Josep Rodríguez[19] 2
58   Juan Francisco Guevara[18] 13, 17
  Ongetta-Centro Seta[10]
  Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta
FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 28   Josep Rodríguez[21] 12
32   Isaac Viñales[43] 1–11, 13–17
84   Jakub Kornfeil[9] All
  Moto FGR[10] FGR Honda[9] FGR 250 GP 28   Josep Rodríguez[44] 14–17
53   Jasper Iwema[45] 1–13
  Team Imperiali Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 33   Stefano Valtulini[21] 12
  Fastline GP Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 36   Sam Clarke[46] 16
  RW Racing GP[10] Kalex KTM[47] Kalex KTM 39   Luis Salom[47] All
41   Brad Binder[47] All
  MIR Racing Honda MIR Racing Moto3 40   Julián Miralles[36] 7
  Freudenberg Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 43   Luca Grünwald[37] 8, 11
  Bradol Larresport Honda Honda NSF250R 49   Jorge Navarro[18] 13
  Technomag-CIP-TSR[10] TSR Honda[9] TSR TSR3 51   Kenta Fujii[48] All
89   Alan Techer[49] All
  HP Moto Kalex Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 65   Philipp Öttl[35] 17
  Racing Team Gabrielli Honda Honda NSF250R 71   Michael Ruben Rinaldi[33] 9
  Elle 2 Ciatti Honda Honda NSF250R 74   Kevin Calia[33] 9, 12
  K1 Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 75   Lincoln Gilding[46] 16
  Project μ 7C Harc Honda Honda NSF250R 81   Hyuga Watanabe[44] 14
  18 Garage Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 82   Yuudai Kamei[44] 14
  Thomas Sabo GP Team Honda Honda NSF250R 86   Kevin Hanus[19] 3–4, 8
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings edit

Grands Prix edit

Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team Winning constructor Report
1   Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix[50]   Sandro Cortese   Maverick Viñales   Maverick Viñales   Blusens Avintia   FTR Honda Report
2   Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix[51]   Álex Rins   Romano Fenati   Romano Fenati   Team Italia FMI   FTR Honda Report
3   Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix[7]   Sandro Cortese   Sandro Cortese   Sandro Cortese   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
4   French motorcycle Grand Prix[52]   Maverick Viñales   Jakub Kornfeil   Louis Rossi   Racing Team Germany   FTR Honda Report
5   Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix[53]   Maverick Viñales   Álex Márquez   Maverick Viñales   Blusens Avintia   FTR Honda Report
6   British motorcycle Grand Prix[54]   Maverick Viñales   Sandro Cortese   Maverick Viñales   Blusens Avintia   FTR Honda Report
7   Dutch TT[55]   Sandro Cortese   Zulfahmi Khairuddin   Maverick Viñales   Blusens Avintia   FTR Honda Report
8   German motorcycle Grand Prix[7]   Sandro Cortese   Sandro Cortese   Sandro Cortese   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
9   Italian motorcycle Grand Prix[56]   Maverick Viñales   Sandro Cortese   Maverick Viñales   Blusens Avintia   FTR Honda Report
10   Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix[57]   Sandro Cortese   Romano Fenati   Luis Salom   RW Racing GP   Kalex KTM Report
11   Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix[58]   Maverick Viñales   Luis Salom   Jonas Folger   Maphre Aspar Team Moto3   Kalex KTM Report
12   San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix[59]   Sandro Cortese   Álex Rins   Sandro Cortese   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
13   Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix[60]   Jonas Folger   Danny Kent   Luis Salom   RW Racing GP   Kalex KTM Report
14   Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix[61]   Danny Kent   Alessandro Tonucci   Danny Kent   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
15   Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix[62]   Zulfahmi Khairuddin   Zulfahmi Khairuddin   Sandro Cortese   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
16   Australian motorcycle Grand Prix[63]   Sandro Cortese   Alessandro Tonucci   Sandro Cortese   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report
17   Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix[64]   Jonas Folger   Zulfahmi Khairuddin   Danny Kent   Red Bull KTM Ajo   KTM Report

Riders' standings edit

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 
SPA
 
POR
 
FRA
 
CAT
 
GBR
 
NED
 
GER
 
ITA
 
INP
 
CZE
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
AUS
 
VAL
 
Pts
1   Sandro Cortese KTM 3 3 1 6 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 6 1 1 2 325
2   Luis Salom Kalex KTM 4 2 3 Ret 10 2 4 3 Ret 1 2 2 1 Ret 4 15 10 214
3   Maverick Viñales FTR Honda 1 6 2 Ret 1 1 1 17 1 Ret 4 5 DNS 2 WD Ret 8 207
4   Danny Kent KTM 8 Ret 8 Ret 20 6 3 Ret 5 12 7 12 4 1 6 5 1 154
5   Álex Rins Suter Honda 10 4 7 3 Ret Ret 6 20 7 7 5 4 6 4 7 4 16 141
6   Romano Fenati FTR Honda 2 1 Ret Ret 9 7 12 24 2 5 8 3 Ret 10 20 6 18 136
7   Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 6 10 4 Ret 8 9 11 6 9 6 Ret 11 Ret 5 2 Ret 3 128
8   Miguel Oliveira Suter Honda 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 10 10 19 Ret 4 9 9 8 7 5 2 Ret 114
9   Jonas Folger Ioda Ret WD 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 93
Kalex KTM 3 1 6 3 Ret 3 11 Ret
10   Efrén Vázquez Honda 16 93
FTR Honda Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 9 5 6 Ret 25 7 5 9 8 8 Ret
11   Louis Rossi FTR Honda 9 Ret Ret 1 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 13 17 Ret 7 8 Ret 20 6 86
12   Arthur Sissis KTM 7 Ret 13 5 22 8 16 9 Ret 11 14 10 9 11 11 3 19 84
13   Alexis Masbou Honda Ret 5 9 Ret 5 4 7 2 12 10 16 81
14   Niccolò Antonelli Honda 17 77
FTR Honda 8 6 4 12 13 Ret 12 4 Ret 23 8 10 12 15 DNS 13
15   Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda 15 Ret 10 Ret 11 11 13 10 8 8 6 15 11 15 16 13 7 71
16   Héctor Faubel Kalex KTM 12 9 12 Ret 7 12 15 7 10 DNS 11 13 63
FTR Honda 5
17   Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM 14 7 14 2 14 15 19 Ret Ret 52
FTR Honda 9 12 14 13 Ret 18 17
18   Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda Ret 11 18 14 28 16 22 16 16 15 10 17 12 3 17 7 14 45
19   Niklas Ajo KTM 13 Ret EX 15 21 14 8 14 11 DSQ EX Ret 14 13 9 Ret 9 40
20   Álex Márquez Suter Honda 12 15 6 Ret 21 Ret 15 14 14 9 Ret 27
21   Brad Binder Kalex KTM Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 20 Ret 24 Ret 20 16 16 Ret 12 14 4 24
22   Alan Techer TSR Honda 11 14 17 8 13 21 17 13 17 Ret DNS Ret 21 20 21 16 21 21
23   Jack Miller Honda 25 Ret Ret 15 Ret DSQ 4 21 DNS Ret 19 19 13 21 Ret 17
24   Adrián Martín Honda 20 16
FTR Honda Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 Ret 13 Ret 13 DNS Ret 17 10 12 Ret
25   Iván Moreno FTR Honda 19 13 20 9 18 22 29 25 26 10
26   Jasper Iwema FGR Honda 24 17 Ret 7 16 18 24 Ret Ret Ret 24 Ret Ret 9
27   Luca Grünwald Honda 8 19 8
28   Isaac Viñales FTR Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 24 23 21 21 19 14 DNS 17 23 19 10 20 8
29   Giulian Pedone Oral 15 NC 7
Suter Honda 10 27 27 Ret 27 23 17 22 Ret 23 25 26 23 17
30   Toni Finsterbusch MZ-RE Honda 23 7
MZ FTR Ret
Honda 21 DNS 19 14 11 18 16 Ret 18 18 Ret 23 Ret Ret
31   Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 11 5
32   Juan Francisco Guevara FTR Honda 24 12 4
33   Marcel Schrötter Mahindra Ret 16 19 12 Ret 26 Ret Ret 4
34   Kevin Hanus Honda 25 13 26 3
35   Kevin Calia Honda 14 Ret 2
36   Josep Rodríguez FTR Honda Ret 23 1
FGR Honda 24 25 DNS 15
37   John McPhee KRP Honda 19 28 15 22 21 22 19 Ret 1
38   Michael Ruben Rinaldi Honda 15 Ret 20 1
39   Simone Grotzkyj Oral 22 Ret WD 1
Suter Honda Ret 23 20 23 15 22
  Hyuga Watanabe Honda 16 0
  Joan Olivé KTM 16 18 0
  Kenta Fujii TSR Honda 21 Ret 23 Ret 25 24 27 23 25 18 26 22 26 18 27 22 23 0
  Danny Webb Mahindra 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 20 DNS Ret 25 26 Ret DNS Ret 0
  Armando Pontone Ioda NC 19 28 Ret 27 DNS 28 18 24 0
  Miroslav Popov Mahindra Ret 19 Ret Ret 0
  Luca Amato Kalex KTM 20 22 24 Ret 22 0
  Riccardo Moretti Mahindra Ret 20 DNS DNS Ret Ret 0
  Luigi Morciano Ioda Ret Ret 24 Ret 26 25 28 22 27 Ret 27 21 DNS Ret 0
  Manuel Tatasciore Honda 22 0
  Lincoln Gilding Honda 24 0
  Stefano Valtulini Honda 24 0
  Sam Clarke Honda 25 0
  Bryan Schouten Honda 25 0
  Julián Miralles Honda 26 0
  Yuudai Kamei Honda 27 0
  Jorge Navarro Honda Ret 0
  Fraser Rogers KRP Honda Ret 0
Pos Rider Bike QAT
 
SPA
 
POR
 
FRA
 
CAT
 
GBR
 
NED
 
GER
 
ITA
 
INP
 
CZE
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
AUS
 
VAL
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings edit

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos Constructor QAT
 
SPA
 
POR
 
FRA
 
CAT
 
GBR
 
NED
 
GER
 
ITA
 
INP
 
CZE
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
AUS
 
VAL
 
Pts
1   KTM 3 3 1 5 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 346
2   FTR Honda 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 4 3 5 2 8 6 5 306
3   Kalex KTM 4 2 3 2 7 2 4 3 10 1 1 2 1 22 3 11 4 262
4   Suter Honda 5 4 7 3 3 10 6 15 7 4 5 4 6 4 5 2 16 182
5   Honda 16 5 9 13 5 4 7 2 12 10 16 18 18 16 13 21 Ret 87
6   TSR Honda 11 14 17 8 13 21 17 13 17 18 26 22 21 18 21 16 21 21
7   FGR Honda 24 17 Ret 7 16 18 24 Ret Ret Ret 24 Ret Ret 24 25 DNS 15 10
8   Ioda Ret Ret 24 11 26 25 28 22 27 19 27 21 27 Ret 28 18 24 5
9   Mahindra 18 16 19 12 Ret 26 Ret 18 20 20 Ret 19 25 26 Ret Ret Ret 4
10   KRP Honda 19 28 15 22 21 22 19 Ret 1
11   Oral 22 15 NC 1
  MZ-RE Honda 23 0
  MZ FTR Ret 0
Pos Constructor QAT
 
SPA
 
POR
 
FRA
 
CAT
 
GBR
 
NED
 
GER
 
ITA
 
INP
 
CZE
 
RSM
 
ARA
 
JPN
 
MAL
 
AUS
 
VAL
 
Pts

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