Race 1 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date
8 April 2012
Official name
Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1]
Location
Losail International Circuit
Course
Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider
Jorge Lorenzo
Yamaha
Time
1:54.634
Fastest lap
Rider
Casey Stoner
Honda
Time
1:55.541
Podium
First
Jorge Lorenzo
Yamaha
Second
Dani Pedrosa
Honda
Third
Casey Stoner
Honda
Moto2
Pole position
Rider
Thomas Lüthi
Suter
Time
2:00.187
Fastest lap
Rider
Marc Márquez
Suter
Time
2:00.645
Podium
First
Marc Márquez
Suter
Second
Andrea Iannone
Speed Up
Third
Pol Espargaró
Kalex
Moto3
Pole position
Rider
Sandro Cortese
KTM
Time
2:08.188
Fastest lap
Rider
Maverick Viñales
FTR Honda
Time
2:07.276
Podium
First
Maverick Viñales
FTR Honda
Second
Romano Fenati
FTR Honda
Third
Sandro Cortese
KTM
The 2012 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2012 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit near Doha in Qatar 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 the Honda RC213V, replacing the 800cc engines and the Honda RC212V that were used between 2007 and 2011, [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]
^"2012 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^"FIM announce changes to 2012 MotoGP calendar". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^"MotoGP changes for 2012". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^Birt, Matthew (29 June 2010). "Moto3 to replace 125GP class in 2012". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
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