2012 Silverstone Moto3

2012 Moto3 Championship

At this weekend’s Moto3 race at the Hertz British Grand Prix at Silverstone it was Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales who took a hard-fought victory in front of Luis Salóm and Sandro Cortese.

In the best conditions seen all weekend the Moto3 contingent got underway with Caretta Technology’s Alexis Masbou getting the holeshot in front of JHK T-Shirt Laglisse’s Efrén Vázquez. However in true Moto3^TM fashion a group at the front soon formed with Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales, RW Racing GP’s Luis Salóm, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Sandro Cortese, Racing Team Germany’s Louis Rossi and Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati.

Masbou’s teammate Jack Miller was an early crasher on lap one, while Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Alex Rins also crashed out with 16 laps to go. Miller suffered a fractured left collarbone, whilst Rins suffered a fracture to his second metacarpus on his left hand, and a fracture to his second finger on his right hand. The front group was being led in stages by a mix of Viñales, Salóm and Vázquez, while Cortese and Rossi were touching fairings behind.

With 13 laps remaining, IodaRacing Team’s Jonas Folger’s bad luck continued as his race finished early, with British wild card entrant John McPhee from the Racing Steps Foundation KRP crashing out, but managing to remount. With eight laps left, Giulian Pedone suffered a problem, as his race ended prematurely. Two laps later Viñales tried to make a break as the field started to stretch slightly, however Salóm and Cortese were sticking closely to the leader’s tail. It was heartbreak for Mahindra Racing’s local boy Danny Webb, as he was forced to retire in front of his home crowd.

It was a nail-biting last lap as Cortese took Salóm for second, who had been fighting with Viñales. Yet Salóm was battling until the end and put in a tough move to regain second. It was drama for Le Mans race-winner Rossi who lost the front end in the final turns, as he missed out on the scrap to the line. The race ended with Viñales crossing the finish line to take his third victory this season and the championship lead, ahead of Salóm and Cortese, who complete the podium. They finished ahead of Masbou in fourth, followed by Vázquez, Kent, Fenati, Sissis, Khairuddin and Oliveira.

2012 Silverstone Moto3 Results:

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1.	25	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Blusens Avintia	FTR Honda	154.6	38’55.210
2.	20	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	RW Racing GP	Kalex KTM	154.6	+0.933
3.	16	11	Sandro CORTESE	GER	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	154.6	+1.023
4.	13	10	Alexis MASBOU	FRA	Caretta Technology	Honda	154.1	+8.100
5.	11	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	JHK Laglisse	FTR Honda	154.1	+8.414
6.	10	52	Danny KENT	GBR	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	154.1	+8.637
7.	9	5	Romano FENATI	ITA	Team Italia FMI	FTR Honda	154.0	+8.940
8.	8	61	Arthur SISSIS	AUS	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	154.0	+9.046
9.	7	63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	AirAsia-Sic-Ajo	KTM	154.0	+9.208
10.	6	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Suter Honda	153.6	+15.613
11.	5	84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta	FTR Honda	153.3	+20.397
12.	4	55	Hector FAUBEL	SPA	Bankia Aspar Team	Kalex KTM	153.3	+20.559
13.	3	27	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	San Carlo Gresini Moto3	FTR Honda	153.2	+21.369
14.	2	31	Niklas AJO	FIN	TT Motion Events Racing	KTM	152.8	+27.526
15.	1	23	Alberto MONCAYO	SPA	Bankia Aspar Team	Kalex KTM	152.8	+27.708
16.		19	Alessandro TONUCCI	ITA	Team Italia FMI	FTR Honda	152.8	+28.032
17.		41	Brad BINDER	RSA	RW Racing GP	Kalex KTM	152.3	+35.001
18.		53	Jasper IWEMA	NED	Moto FGR	FGR Honda	151.0	+55.456
19.		9	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	GER	Cresto Guide MZ Racing	Honda	151.0	+55.559
20.		15	Simone GROTZKYJ	ITA	Ambrogio Next Racing	Suter Honda	151.0	+55.829
21.		89	Alan TECHER	FRA	Technomag-CIP-TSR	TSR Honda	151.0	+56.230
22.		21	Ivan MORENO	SPA	Andalucia JHK Laglisse	FTR Honda	151.0	+56.385
23.		32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	Ongetta-Centro Seta	FTR Honda	150.4	+1’05.383
24.		51	Kenta FUJII	JPN	Technomag-CIP-TSR	TSR Honda	150.0	+1’11.283
25.		3	Luigi MORCIANO	ITA	Ioda Team Italia	Ioda	149.6	+1’18.155
26.		77	Marcel SCHROTTER	GER	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	144.2	1 Lap
27.		30	Giulian PEDONE	SWI	Ambrogio Next Racing	Suter Honda	142.0	1 Lap
28.		17	John McPHEE	GBR	Racing Steps Foundation KRP	KRP Honda	133.0	2 Laps
Not Classified
		96	Louis ROSSI	FRA	Racing Team Germany	FTR Honda	154.1	1 Lap
		79	Fraser ROGERS	GBR	Racing Steps Foundation KRP	KRP Honda	150.5	3 Laps
		99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	151.3	6 Laps
		26	Adrian MARTIN	SPA	JHK Laglisse	FTR Honda	150.3	9 Laps
		94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	IodaRacing Project	Ioda	145.8	13 Laps
		42	Alex RINS	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	Suter Honda	147.2	16 Laps
		8	Jack MILLER	AUS	Caretta Technology	Honda		0 Lap

2012 Moto3 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1.	Maverick VIÑALES	FTR Honda	SPA	105
2.	Sandro CORTESE	KTM	GER	103
3.	Luis SALOM	Kalex KTM	SPA	75
4.	Romano FENATI	FTR Honda	ITA	61
5.	Louis ROSSI	FTR Honda	FRA	45
6.	Alex RINS	Suter Honda	SPA	44
7.	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	MAL	44
8.	Alexis MASBOU	Honda	FRA	42
9.	Niccolò ANTONELLI	FTR Honda	ITA	38
10.	Alberto MONCAYO	Kalex KTM	SPA	36
11.	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Suter Honda	POR	33
12.	Arthur SISSIS	KTM	AUS	31
13.	Hector FAUBEL	Kalex KTM	SPA	28
14.	Danny KENT	KTM	GBR	26
15.	Efren VAZQUEZ	FTR Honda	SPA	22
16.	Alan TECHER	TSR Honda	FRA	18
17.	Jakub KORNFEIL	FTR Honda	CZE	17
18.	Alex MARQUEZ	Suter Honda	SPA	15
19.	Ivan MORENO	FTR Honda	SPA	10
20.	Jasper IWEMA	FGR Honda	NED	9
21.	Giulian PEDONE	Suter Honda	SWI	7
22.	Alessandro TONUCCI	FTR Honda	ITA	7
23.	Niklas AJO	KTM	FIN	6
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.	Jack MILLER	Honda	AUS	1

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