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.
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.
The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class. [4]
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 | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
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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 |
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 |
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Bold – Pole |
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 |
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.
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.
The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class. [4]
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 |
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Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
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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 |
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 |
|
Bold – Pole |
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 |