2012 Moto3 Championship
Spoiler Alert: Assen Moto3 results listed below
In one of the most hotly contested Moto3 races this season at the Iveco TT Assen it was Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales who stormed to victory in sunny conditions ahead of Sandro Cortese and Danny Kent.
The first three laps were a frantic affair, with Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Cortese, Viñales and San Carlo Gresini Moto3’s Niccolò Antonelli all fighting their way to the front. They were however soon put under pressure by TT Motion Events Racing’s Niklas Ajo, Racing Team Germany’s Louis Rossi and RW Racing GP’s Luis Salom.
Caretta Technology’s Jack Miller was handed a ride-through for a jump-start, while IodaRacing Project’s Jonas Folger’s bad weekend got even worse as he crashed out with 18 laps remaining.
With 12 laps to go a leading group of six riders started to pull out a small gap at the front with Viñales and Cortese leading the pack, pursued by Kent, Salom, Rossi and Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins.
A lap later Miller was shown the black flag for ignoring the ride-through penalty, putting an end to his race. Ambrogio Next Racing’s Giulian Pedone retired from the race with mechanical issues shortly after. It was misery for Antonelli with nine laps left, as he crashed out of what had looked like a promising race for the youngster, as did Mahindra Racing’s Danny Webb.
As the scrap at the front got harder towards the end, Cortese and Kent were going fairing to fairing in their pursuit of the leading Viñales, with Cortese almost taking out his teammate at one point. The group would not settle down however, with many aggressive passes being made in the final laps in a nail-biting finale.
The last lap was one of best ever seen in the Moto3 class as positions changed frantically in the final corners, with Viñales getting the final slingshot over the line, with a photo analysis required to decide the positions between Salom, Kent and Cortese.
With Viñales taking the win, second place went to Cortese, with Kent taking the final step on the rostrum, his first ever podium of his Grand Prix career. They were followed by Salom, Rossi, Rins, Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou, Ajo, JHK T-Shirt Laglisse’s Efrén Vázquez and Rins’ teammate Miguel Oliveira.
2012 Assen Moto3 Results:
Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
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1. | 25 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Blusens Avintia | FTR Honda | 154.7 | 38’45.432 |
2. | 20 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 154.6 | +0.831 |
3. | 16 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 154.6 | +0.842 |
4. | 13 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 154.6 | +0.843 |
5. | 11 | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda | 154.6 | +1.352 |
6. | 10 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 154.4 | +5.033 |
7. | 9 | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FRA | Caretta Technology | Honda | 154.2 | +7.817 |
8. | 8 | 31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | TT Motion Events Racing | KTM | 154.2 | +7.855 |
9. | 7 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JHK Laglisse | FTR Honda | 154.2 | +8.037 |
10. | 6 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 154.1 | +8.243 |
11. | 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | AirAsia-Sic-Ajo | KTM | 154.1 | +8.378 |
12. | 4 | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 154.1 | +8.559 |
13. | 3 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 153.9 | +12.133 |
14. | 2 | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Cresto Guide MZ Racing | Honda | 153.9 | +12.358 |
15. | 1 | 55 | Hector FAUBEL | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 153.9 | +12.533 |
16. | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 153.9 | +12.654 | |
17. | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 153.8 | +12.836 | |
18. | 26 | Adrian MARTIN | SPA | JHK Laglisse | FTR Honda | 153.8 | +12.876 | |
19. | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 153.8 | +12.944 | |
20. | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 153.3 | +21.342 | |
21. | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 153.3 | +21.507 | |
22. | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 153.3 | +21.581 | |
23. | 15 | Simone GROTZKYJ | ITA | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 152.1 | +38.872 | |
24. | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | Moto FGR | FGR Honda | 152.1 | +39.237 | |
25. | 22 | Bryan SCHOUTEN | NED | Dutch Racing Team | Honda | 152.1 | +39.272 | |
26. | 40 | Julian MIRALLES | SPA | MIR Racing | Honda | 152.1 | +39.377 | |
27. | 51 | Kenta FUJII | JPN | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 152.1 | +39.533 | |
28. | 3 | Luigi MORCIANO | ITA | Ioda Team Italia | Ioda | 152.0 | +41.008 | |
29. | 21 | Ivan MORENO | SPA | Andalucia JHK Laglisse | FTR Honda | 151.9 | +43.193 | |
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77 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 151.9 | 2 Laps | ||
30 | Giulian PEDONE | SWI | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 142.3 | 6 Laps | ||
99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 153.1 | 7 Laps | ||
27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 153.8 | 8 Laps | ||
94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 146.8 | 19 Laps | ||
Excluded | ||||||||
8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology | Honda | 0 Lap |
2012 Moto3 Championship Points (after seven of 18 rounds):
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
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1. | Maverick VIÑALES | FTR Honda | SPA | 130 |
2. | Sandro CORTESE | KTM | GER | 123 |
3. | Luis SALOM | Kalex KTM | SPA | 88 |
4. | Romano FENATI | FTR Honda | ITA | 65 |
5. | Louis ROSSI | FTR Honda | FRA | 56 |
6. | Alex RINS | Suter Honda | SPA | 54 |
7. | Alexis MASBOU | Honda | FRA | 51 |
8. | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | MAL | 49 |
9. | Danny KENT | KTM | GBR | 42 |
10. | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Suter Honda | POR | 39 |
11. | Niccolò ANTONELLI | FTR Honda | ITA | 38 |
12. | Alberto MONCAYO | Kalex KTM | SPA | 36 |
13. | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | AUS | 31 |
14. | Efren VAZQUEZ | FTR Honda | SPA | 29 |
15. | Hector FAUBEL | Kalex KTM | SPA | 29 |
16. | Jakub KORNFEIL | FTR Honda | CZE | 20 |
17. | Alan TECHER | TSR Honda | FRA | 18 |
18. | Alex MARQUEZ | Suter Honda | SPA | 15 |
19. | Niklas AJO | KTM | FIN | 14 |
20. | Ivan MORENO | FTR Honda | SPA | 10 |
21. | Jasper IWEMA | FGR Honda | NED | 9 |
22. | Giulian PEDONE | Suter Honda | SWI | 7 |
23. | Alessandro TONUCCI | FTR Honda | ITA | 7 |
24. | Jonas FOLGER | Ioda | GER | 5 |
25. | Brad BINDER | Kalex KTM | RSA | 5 |
26. | Marcel SCHROTTER | Mahindra | GER | 4 |
27. | Kevin HANUS | Honda | GER | 3 |
28. | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | Honda | GER | 2 |
29. | Jack MILLER | Honda | AUS | 1 |