2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round
# 2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round

The 2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the first round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 24–26 February 2012 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.

## Superbike

Crescent Suzuki's John Hopkins and Team Pedercini's Leandro Mercado, both injured, were replaced by Josh Brookes and Bryan Staring.

During Saturday sessions, a crash in the domestic Supersport race killed Oscar McIntyre, 17, and the circuit was closed for investigation following the fatal crash. The incident forced officials to call off Superpole qualifying, as the investigation curtailed all events at the circuit for the day. The starting grid for both races was then established from the two qualifying sessions.

Max Biaggi won the first race with 7.104 secs advantage over Marco Melandri while Carlos Checa lost the rear tire when he was accelerating into the main straight of the circuit. In terms of top speed, both Biaggi and Melandri recorded the highest top speeds of 324.6 and 322.7 km/h respectively. Melandri's result represented the first ever second position for BMW at a superbike race. Phillip Island second race was full of drama when Biaggi went off the track and re-joined in the last position. He remounted all the way to finish second at just +5.707 secs from race winner Checa.

### Race 1 classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 22 | 34:13.963 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 33 | Marco Melandri | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +7.104 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +7.378 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 66 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +12.189 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +16.424 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +20.200 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +20.223 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +24.108 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 34 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +28.072 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 67 | Bryan Staring | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +34.232 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 87 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +34.450 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 91 | Leon Haslam | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +35.648 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 121 | Maxime Berger | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +36.392 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | David Salom | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +41.500 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 17 | Joan Lascorz | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +42.086 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Josh Brookes | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +42.605 | 21 | |
| 17 | 2 | Leon Camier | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +43.366 | 6 | |
| 18 | 18 | Mark Aitchison | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +45.225 | 22 | |
| 19 | 20 | David Johnson | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +1:08.782 | 24 | |
| 20 | 59 | Niccolò Canepa | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +1:10.440 | 7 | |
| Ret | 58 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 19 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | BMW S1000RR | 14 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati 1098R | 5 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda CBR1000RR | 0 | Retirement | 23 | |
| DNS | 19 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | | Injured | | |
| OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT ||||||||

### Race 2 classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Ducati 1098R | 22 | 34:26.728 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 22 | +5.707 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 66 | Tom Sykes | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +12.521 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +12.655 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 91 | Leon Haslam | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +18.179 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 33 | Marco Melandri | BMW S1000RR | 22 | +18.831 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 121 | Maxime Berger | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +18.939 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 58 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | 22 | +19.478 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +19.554 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 59 | Niccolò Canepa | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +26.289 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +26.479 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 2 | Leon Camier | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +29.145 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Davide Giugliano | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +36.482 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 87 | Lorenzo Zanetti | Ducati 1098R | 22 | +38.113 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | Josh Brookes | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +43.234 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 67 | Bryan Staring | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +43.526 | 17 | |
| 17 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +53.929 | 23 | |
| Ret | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | BMW S1000RR | 11 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 17 | Joan Lascorz | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 10 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati 1098R | 9 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 44 | David Salom | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 8 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | BMW S1000RR | 4 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 20 | David Johnson | BMW S1000RR | 4 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 18 | Mark Aitchison | BMW S1000RR | 1 | Accident | 22 | |
| DNS | 19 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia RSV4 Factory | | Injured | | |
| OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT ||||||||

## Supersport

### Race classification

| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 15 | 24:08.130 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Fabien Foret | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 15 | +0.078 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +2.038 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +2.113 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Sam Lowes | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +4.955 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 32 | Sheridan Morais | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 15 | +6.812 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 34 | Ronan Quarmby | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +11.592 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Triumph Daytona 675 | 15 | +16.761 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 31 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Triumph Daytona 675 | 15 | +18.098 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +18.425 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 3 | Jed Metcher | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +19.227 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 64 | Joshua Day | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 15 | +24.412 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 87 | Luca Marconi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +28.808 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 20 | Mathew Scholtz | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +28.915 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 61 | Fabio Menghi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +29.128 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | Andrea Antonelli | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +31.719 | 24 | |
| 17 | 40 | Martin Jessopp | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +36.812 | 22 | |
| 18 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +40.102 | 20 | |
| 19 | 98 | Romain Lanusse | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 15 | +40.788 | 26 | |
| 20 | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +44.040 | 25 | |
| 21 | 38 | Balázs Németh | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +48.573 | 8 | |
| 22 | 33 | Yves Polzer | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +1:05.387 | 27 | |
| 23 | 27 | Thomas Caiani | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +1:20.489 | 28 | |
| Ret | 69 | Ondřej Ježek | Honda CBR600RR | 12 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 22 | Roberto Tamburini | Honda CBR600RR | 7 | Retirement | 9 | |
| Ret | 55 | Massimo Roccoli | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 3 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 19 | Paweł Szkopek | Honda CBR600RR | 0 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 65 | Vladimir Leonov | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 0 | Retirement | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT ||||||||
