2012 Moto3 Championship
In the Moto3 class at the Hertz British Grand Prix in Silverstone it was Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Sandro Cortese who set the quickest time of the opening day ahead of Efrén Vázquez and Romano Fenati.
The Moto3 grid was greeted by sunshine for their afternoon practice session, where championship leader Cortese, fully recovered from his hand injury from Catalunya, set the quickest time of 2.19’063, over three tenths faster than JHK T-Shirt Laglisse’s Vázquez. Third placed Fenati, on board his Team Italia FMI machine, was back on the pace once more, finishing under a tenth down on the Spaniard.
Fourth spot was occupied by Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins in front of Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales, who will be looking to claw back some points on Cortese this weekend. Cortese’s teammate Danny Kent, who was quickest in the wet in the morning practice, set the sixth fastest time.
Seventh place went to Racing Team Germany’s Louis Rossi, while eighth was occupied by RW Racing GP’s Luis Salóm. Completing the top ten were Bankia Aspar Team’s Alberto Moncayo and Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou. The whole top-ten were separated by less than 1.5s, promising a close race should conditions stay dry.
Wild card entrant John McPhee of the Racing Steps Foundation KRP was an early crasher in the afternoon, while Ivan Moreno on board his Andalucia JHK Laglisse bike also crashed out. Mahindra Racing’s Marcel Schrotter suffered an oil leak early on in the session, which the team was unable to fix in time to set a competitive lap. In the wet morning session, Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou, Mahindra Racing’s Danny Webb, Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati, AirAsia-SIC-Ajo’s Zulfahmi Khairuddin and San Carlo Gresini Moto3’s Niccolò Antonelli all came off their bikes, yet no one was injured in the crashes.
2012 Silverstone Moto3: Free Practice One Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 204.4 | 2’37.401 | |
| 2. | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 205.8 | 2’38.075 | 0.674 / 0.674 |
| 3. | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JHK Laglisse | Honda | 203.6 | 2’38.128 | 0.727 / 0.053 |
| 4. | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 203.2 | 2’38.637 | 1.236 / 0.509 |
| 5. | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda | 201.7 | 2’38.652 | 1.251 / 0.015 |
| 6. | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 193.2 | 2’38.664 | 1.263 / 0.012 |
| 7. | 15 | Simone GROTZKYJ | ITA | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 201.9 | 2’38.704 | 1.303 / 0.040 |
| 8. | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Blusens Avintia | FTR Honda | 200.9 | 2’38.798 | 1.397 / 0.094 |
| 9. | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 203.0 | 2’39.199 | 1.798 / 0.401 |
| 10. | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | Moto FGR | FGR Honda | 205.8 | 2’39.560 | 2.159 / 0.361 |
| 11. | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 208.5 | 2’39.586 | 2.185 / 0.026 |
| 12. | 26 | Adrian MARTIN | SPA | JHK Laglisse | Honda | 199.7 | 2’39.701 | 2.300 / 0.115 |
| 13. | 17 | John McPHEE | GBR | Racing Steps Foundation KRP | KRP Honda | 202.8 | 2’40.008 | 2.607 / 0.307 |
| 14. | 55 | Hector FAUBEL | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 201.7 | 2’40.157 | 2.756 / 0.149 |
| 15. | 8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology | Honda | 200.7 | 2’40.211 | 2.810 / 0.054 |
| 16. | 31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | TT Motion Events Racing | KTM | 206.7 | 2’40.327 | 2.926 / 0.116 |
| 17. | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 204.2 | 2’40.402 | 3.001 / 0.075 |
| 18. | 27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 199.6 | 2’40.444 | 3.043 / 0.042 |
| 19. | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 199.8 | 2’40.919 | 3.518 / 0.475 |
| 20. | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 203.4 | 2’41.049 | 3.648 / 0.130 |
| 21. | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FRA | Caretta Technology | Honda | 203.2 | 2’41.436 | 4.035 / 0.387 |
| 22. | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 201.5 | 2’42.363 | 4.962 / 0.927 |
| 23. | 79 | Fraser ROGERS | GBR | Racing Steps Foundation KRP | KRP Honda | 198.3 | 2’42.677 | 5.276 / 0.314 |
| 24. | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 199.8 | 2’42.998 | 5.597 / 0.321 |
| 25. | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | AirAsia-Sic-Ajo | KTM | 207.0 | 2’43.007 | 5.606 / 0.009 |
| 26. | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 195.8 | 2’43.073 | 5.672 / 0.066 |
| 27. | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 194.2 | 2’43.246 | 5.845 / 0.173 |
| 28. | 77 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 197.5 | 2’43.296 | 5.895 / 0.050 |
| 29. | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 203.8 | 2’43.530 | 6.129 / 0.234 |
| 30. | 30 | Giulian PEDONE | SWI | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 196.4 | 2’43.987 | 6.586 / 0.457 |
| 31. | 3 | Luigi MORCIANO | ITA | Ioda Team Italia | Ioda | 192.6 | 2’44.265 | 6.864 / 0.278 |
| 32. | 51 | Kenta FUJII | JPN | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 198.7 | 2’46.259 | 8.858 / 1.994 |
| 33. | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 203.7 | 2’47.089 | 9.688 / 0.830 |
| 34. | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Cresto Guide MZ Racing | Honda | 197.4 | 2’47.359 | 9.958 / 0.270 |
| 21 | Ivan MORENO | SPA | Andalucia JHK Laglisse | FTR Honda | 196.5 | 2’49.531 | 12.130 / 2.172 |
2012 Silverstone Moto3: Free Practice Two Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 206.7 | 2’19.063 | |
| 2. | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JHK Laglisse | Honda | 204.1 | 2’19.445 | 0.382 / 0.382 |
| 3. | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 205.7 | 2’19.528 | 0.465 / 0.083 |
| 4. | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 206.5 | 2’19.607 | 0.544 / 0.079 |
| 5. | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Blusens Avintia | FTR Honda | 205.2 | 2’19.610 | 0.547 / 0.003 |
| 6. | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 209.5 | 2’19.731 | 0.668 / 0.121 |
| 7. | 96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda | 205.6 | 2’19.824 | 0.761 / 0.093 |
| 8. | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 212.1 | 2’19.863 | 0.800 / 0.039 |
| 9. | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 205.1 | 2’19.977 | 0.914 / 0.114 |
| 10. | 10 | Alexis MASBOU | FRA | Caretta Technology | Honda | 205.4 | 2’20.498 | 1.435 / 0.521 |
| 11. | 89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 204.0 | 2’20.731 | 1.668 / 0.233 |
| 12. | 99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 199.9 | 2’20.744 | 1.681 / 0.013 |
| 13. | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 205.4 | 2’20.808 | 1.745 / 0.064 |
| 14. | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 202.9 | 2’21.001 | 1.938 / 0.193 |
| 15. | 55 | Hector FAUBEL | SPA | Bankia Aspar Team | Kalex KTM | 204.8 | 2’21.046 | 1.983 / 0.045 |
| 16. | 26 | Adrian MARTIN | SPA | JHK Laglisse | Honda | 204.7 | 2’21.063 | 2.000 / 0.017 |
| 17. | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | AirAsia-Sic-Ajo | KTM | 212.7 | 2’21.338 | 2.275 / 0.275 |
| 18. | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 195.8 | 2’21.397 | 2.334 / 0.059 |
| 19. | 53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | Moto FGR | FGR Honda | 205.8 | 2’21.598 | 2.535 / 0.201 |
| 20. | 8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology | Honda | 206.9 | 2’21.850 | 2.787 / 0.252 |
| 21. | 27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 201.6 | 2’21.913 | 2.850 / 0.063 |
| 22. | 31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | TT Motion Events Racing | KTM | 209.3 | 2’21.926 | 2.863 / 0.013 |
| 23. | 17 | John McPHEE | GBR | Racing Steps Foundation KRP | KRP Honda | 204.6 | 2’22.199 | 3.136 / 0.273 |
| 24. | 15 | Simone GROTZKYJ | ITA | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 203.0 | 2’22.216 | 3.153 / 0.017 |
| 25. | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 208.3 | 2’22.373 | 3.310 / 0.157 |
| 26. | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 206.8 | 2’22.528 | 3.465 / 0.155 |
| 27. | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 204.2 | 2’22.555 | 3.492 / 0.027 |
| 28. | 21 | Ivan MORENO | SPA | Andalucia JHK Laglisse | FTR Honda | 202.6 | 2’23.026 | 3.963 / 0.471 |
| 29. | 32 | Isaac VIÑALES | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 201.3 | 2’23.052 | 3.989 / 0.026 |
| 30. | 51 | Kenta FUJII | JPN | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 204.4 | 2’23.341 | 4.278 / 0.289 |
| 31. | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Cresto Guide MZ Racing | Honda | 203.4 | 2’23.420 | 4.357 / 0.079 |
| 32. | 79 | Fraser ROGERS | GBR | Racing Steps Foundation KRP | KRP Honda | 202.5 | 2’23.425 | 4.362 / 0.005 |
| 33. | 30 | Giulian PEDONE | SWI | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 198.9 | 2’24.113 | 5.050 / 0.688 |
| 34. | 77 | Marcel SCHROTTER | GER | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 200.3 | 2’25.425 | 6.362 / 1.312 |
| 35. | 3 | Luigi MORCIANO | ITA | Ioda Team Italia | Ioda | 190.9 | 2’25.716 | 6.653 / 0.291 |
