2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix
# 2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 October 2012 at the Sepang International Circuit. Sandro Cortese became the first Moto3 world champion.

## Classification

### MotoGP

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.

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | 29:29.049 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 13 | +3.774 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 13 | +7.144 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | +10.518 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 13 | +16.759 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 13 | +17.276 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 13 | +50.282 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 13 | +51.585 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 | James Ellison | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 13 | +56.676 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 13 | +57.622 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 13 | +1:02.805 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 51 | Michele Pirro | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 13 | +1:02.891 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 13 | +1:28.989 | 3 | 3 |
| DSQ | 84 | Roberto Rolfo | Speed Master | ART | 13 | (+1:23.890) | 19 | |
| Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 11 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 10 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 10 | Accident | 13 | |
| Ret | 22 | Iván Silva | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 10 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 10 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 8 | Accident | 6 | |
| DNS | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Avintia Blusens | BQR | | Injury | | |
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### Moto2

The race was stopped with the red flag due to weather conditions. The final results were taken at the end of the 15th lap.

| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | FTR | 15 | 36:57.793 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 15 | +1.363 | 22 | 20 |
| 3 | 86 | Hafizh Syahrin | FTR | 15 | +2.941 | 27 | 16 |
| 4 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 15 | +7.583 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 15 | +10.062 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 15 | +23.078 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 15 | +26.957 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 15 | +30.063 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 15 | +31.514 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 15 | +31.746 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 15 | +37.108 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 15 | +38.627 | 28 | 4 |
| 13 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 15 | +39.095 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 15 | +40.686 | 26 | 2 |
| 15 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | FTR | 15 | +40.757 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 75 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Suter | 15 | +41.859 | 21 | |
| 17 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Bimota | 15 | +46.760 | 25 | |
| 18 | 20 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 15 | +1:10.712 | 30 | |
| 19 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Speed Up | 15 | +1:17.807 | 31 | |
| 20 | 10 | Marco Colandrea | FTR | 15 | +1:19.320 | 32 | |
| 21 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 15 | +1:27.281 | 16 | |
| 22 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 15 | +1:41.865 | 12 | |
| DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 15 | (+0.710) | 19 | |
| DSQ | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Speed Up | 15 | (+1:28.788) | 29 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 14 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Kalex | 14 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 12 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 12 | Accident | 20 | |
| Ret | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 12 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 57 | Eric Granado | Motobi | 6 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
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### Moto3

| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 18 | 40:54.123 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 18 | +0.028 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 18 | +0.247 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 18 | +8.503 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 18 | +8.674 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Danny Kent | KTM | 18 | +9.335 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suter Honda | 18 | +18.973 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | FTR Honda | 18 | +25.419 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 18 | +30.714 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 26 | Adrián Martín | FTR Honda | 18 | +30.763 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 18 | +30.886 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 18 | +31.019 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Jack Miller | Honda | 18 | +31.225 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Álex Márquez | Suter Honda | 18 | +31.313 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 18 | +31.649 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | FTR Honda | 18 | +31.715 | 14 | |
| 17 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 18 | +31.790 | 13 | |
| 18 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | FTR Honda | 18 | +32.147 | 15 | |
| 19 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 18 | +39.364 | 18 | |
| 20 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 18 | +45.824 | 17 | |
| 21 | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 18 | +46.622 | 20 | |
| 22 | 17 | John McPhee | KRP Honda | 18 | +46.672 | 26 | |
| 23 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 18 | +46.790 | 22 | |
| 24 | 29 | Luca Amato | Kalex KTM | 18 | +1:09.086 | 30 | |
| 25 | 28 | Josep Rodríguez | FGR Honda | 18 | +1:15.734 | 23 | |
| 26 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Suter Honda | 18 | +1:33.717 | 27 | |
| 27 | 51 | Kenta Fujii | TSR Honda | 18 | +1:33.811 | 28 | |
| 28 | 80 | Armando Pontone | Ioda | 18 | +1:54.114 | 29 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 8 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | FTR Honda | 5 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 20 | Riccardo Moretti | Mahindra | 1 | Retirement | 31 | |
| WD | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | | Withdrew | | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.

| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 330 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 307 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 213 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 195 |
| 5 | Álvaro Bautista | 154 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 362 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 346 |
| 3 | Ducati | 174 |
| 4 | ART | 87 |
| 5 | BQR | 31 |

* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
