2012 Moto3 Championship
Spoiler Alert: 2012 Moto3 results from Misano listed below
In a nail-bighting Moto3 race at the Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera de Rimini, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Sandro Cortese stormed to a thrilling victory ahead of Luis Salom and Romano Fenati.
Cortese got the holeshot into turn one as drama unfolded at the back of the grid, as Mahindra Racing’s Danny Webb, Elle 2-Ciati’s Kevin Calia, Technomag-CIP-TSR’s Alan Techer and Ambrogio Next Racing’s Giulian Pedone all crashed out. Moto FGR’s Jasper Iwema suffered a similar fate on the next lap as the Dutchman also slid out of the race.
Back on track, Team Italia FMI’s Romano Fenati was valiantly pushing his way up the field, taking the lead off Cortese. The frantic start to the race however continued further afield as IodaRacing Project’s Luigi Morciano, Team Imperiali Racing’s Stefano Valtulini and Pedone’s teammate Alex Márquez also crashed out.
A few laps on and the race had not settled down with Cortese and Fenati swapping the lead frequently up front, pursued by RW Racing GP’s Luis Salom, San Carlo Gresini Moto3’s Niccolò Antonelli and Estrella Galicia 0,0’s Miguel Oliveira. With 13 laps remaining Fenati and Cortese had pulled out a small gap over the pursuing group, with Blusens Avintia’s Maverick Viñales making his way through the pack.
A few laps later the situation changed with Salom and the followers closing right up to the battling duo up front, with Fenati and Cortese looking to be slowing. With three laps left Cortese made his move on Fenati as the Italian was pushed back to fifth by Oliveira’s teammate Alex Rins, Salom and Viñales. The final laps were the usual battling Moto3 affair as Cortese tried to pull away at the front in the five-man fight. Viñales tried with a last stab up the inside to take the lead but ran wide, with Salom and Fenati taking advantage.
It was ultimately Cortese who took the chequered flag in front of Salom and Fenati. His third victory of the season now gives the German a 46 point lead at the top of the championship table over Viñales. Rins finished fourth after aggressively pushing Viñales wide in the last turn, with the Blusens rider finishing fifth. Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3’s Jonas Folger was sixth, ahead of JHK t-shirt Laglisse’s Efrén Vázquez, Antonelli, Oliveira and Red Bull’s Arthur Sissis.
2012 Misano Moto3 Results:
Pos. | Points | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Km/h | Time/Gap |
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1. | 25 | 11 | Sandro CORTESE | GER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 144.5 | 40’22.100 |
2. | 20 | 39 | Luis SALOM | SPA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 144.4 | +0.467 |
3. | 16 | 5 | Romano FENATI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 144.4 | +0.937 |
4. | 13 | 42 | Alex RINS | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 144.4 | +0.974 |
5. | 11 | 25 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Blusens Avintia | FTR Honda | 144.4 | +1.145 |
6. | 10 | 94 | Jonas FOLGER | GER | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 144.4 | +1.180 |
7. | 9 | 7 | Efren VAZQUEZ | SPA | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | FTR Honda | 144.4 | +1.315 |
8. | 8 | 27 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | ITA | San Carlo Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda | 144.2 | +3.983 |
9. | 7 | 44 | Miguel OLIVEIRA | POR | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | Suter Honda | 144.2 | +4.376 |
10. | 6 | 61 | Arthur SISSIS | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 143.8 | +10.872 |
11. | 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | MAL | AirAsia-Sic-Ajo | KTM | 143.6 | +14.499 |
12. | 4 | 52 | Danny KENT | GBR | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM | 143.6 | +14.604 |
13. | 3 | 55 | Hector FAUBEL | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM | 143.6 | +14.880 |
14. | 2 | 23 | Alberto MONCAYO | SPA | Andalucia JHK t-shirt Laglisse | FTR Honda | 143.2 | +21.011 |
15. | 1 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | CZE | Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 143.2 | +21.062 |
16. | 41 | Brad BINDER | RSA | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM | 143.2 | +21.777 | |
17. | 19 | Alessandro TONUCCI | ITA | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda | 143.0 | +24.493 | |
18. | 9 | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | GER | Racing Team Germany | Honda | 141.0 | +59.383 | |
19. | 95 | Miroslav POPOV | CZE | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 141.0 | +59.685 | |
20. | 71 | Michael Ruben RINALDI | ITA | Caretta Technology | Honda | 141.0 | +59.841 | |
21. | 3 | Luigi MORCIANO | ITA | Ioda Team Italia | Ioda | 139.8 | +1’19.973 | |
22. | 51 | Kenta FUJII | JPN | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 139.7 | +1’22.961 | |
23. | 28 | Josep RODRIGUEZ | SPA | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda | 139.7 | +1’23.080 | |
24. | 33 | Stefano VALTULINI | ITA | Team Imperiali Racing | Honda | 130.2 | 2 Laps | |
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31 | Niklas AJO | FIN | TT Motion Events Racing | KTM | 140.3 | 2 Laps | ||
12 | Alex MARQUEZ | SPA | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 128.6 | 19 Laps | ||
96 | Louis ROSSI | FRA | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda | 126.6 | 20 Laps | ||
80 | Armando PONTONE | ITA | IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 118.4 | 20 Laps | ||
30 | Giulian PEDONE | SWI | Ambrogio Next Racing | Suter Honda | 107.8 | 20 Laps | ||
8 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Caretta Technology | Honda | 135.9 | 21 Laps | ||
53 | Jasper IWEMA | NED | Moto FGR | FGR Honda | 129.2 | 22 Laps | ||
74 | Kevin CALIA | ITA | Elle 2-Ciatti | Honda | 0 Lap | |||
89 | Alan TECHER | FRA | Technomag-CIP-TSR | TSR Honda | 0 Lap | |||
99 | Danny WEBB | GBR | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra | 0 Lap |
2012 Moto3 Point Standings:
Pos. | Rider | Bike | Nation | Points |
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1. | Sandro CORTESE | KTM | GER | 225 |
2. | Maverick VIÑALES | FTR Honda | SPA | 179 |
3. | Luis SALOM | Kalex KTM | SPA | 169 |
4. | Romano FENATI | FTR Honda | ITA | 120 |
5. | Alex RINS | Suter Honda | SPA | 96 |
6. | Alexis MASBOU | Honda | FRA | 81 |
7. | Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN | KTM | MAL | 81 |
8. | Danny KENT | KTM | GBR | 70 |
9. | Miguel OLIVEIRA | Suter Honda | POR | 66 |
10. | Niccolò ANTONELLI | FTR Honda | ITA | 63 |
11. | Louis ROSSI | FTR Honda | FRA | 59 |
12. | Efren VAZQUEZ | FTR Honda | SPA | 59 |
13. | Jonas FOLGER | Kalex KTM | GER | 56 |
14. | Jakub KORNFEIL | FTR Honda | CZE | 53 |
15. | Hector FAUBEL | Kalex KTM | SPA | 52 |
16. | Arthur SISSIS | KTM | AUS | 51 |
17. | Alberto MONCAYO | FTR Honda | SPA | 49 |
18. | Alan TECHER | TSR Honda | FRA | 21 |
19. | Niklas AJO | KTM | FIN | 21 |
20. | Alex MARQUEZ | Suter Honda | SPA | 15 |
21. | Jack MILLER | Honda | AUS | 14 |
22. | Alessandro TONUCCI | FTR Honda | ITA | 14 |
23. | Ivan MORENO | FTR Honda | SPA | 10 |
24. | Jasper IWEMA | FGR Honda | NED | 9 |
25. | Luca GRUENWALD | Honda | GER | 8 |
26. | Giulian PEDONE | Suter Honda | SWI | 7 |
27. | Toni FINSTERBUSCH | Honda | GER | 7 |
28. | Adrian MARTIN | FTR Honda | SPA | 6 |
29. | Brad BINDER | Kalex KTM | RSA | 5 |
30. | Marcel SCHROTTER | Mahindra | GER | 4 |
31. | Kevin HANUS | Honda | GER | 3 |
32. | Isaac VIÑALES | FTR Honda | SPA | 2 |
33. | Kevin CALIA | Honda | ITA | 2 |
34. | John McPHEE | KRP Honda | GBR | 1 |
35. | Michael Ruben RINALDI | Honda | ITA | 1 |
36. | Simone GROTZKYJ | Suter Honda | ITA | 1 |