# 2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 2012 at Silverstone in Northamptonshire, England. In qualifying for MotoGP, Álvaro Bautista took the first pole position of his career.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 20 | 41:16.429 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +3.313 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 20 | +3.599 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 20 | +5.196 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 20 | +11.531 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 20 | +15.112 | 20 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +15.527 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 20 | +22.521 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 20 | +36.138 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 20 | +41.328 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 20 | +1:03.157 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 20 | +1:03.443 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 51 | Michele Pirro | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 20 | +1:07.290 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | James Ellison | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 20 | +1:14.782 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 20 | +1:15.108 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 20 | +1:29.899 | 15 | |
| 17 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda | 20 | +1:40.302 | 18 | |
| 18 | 22 | Iván Silva | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 20 | +1:52.099 | 19 | |
| 19 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 19 | +1 lap | 8 | |
| Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Master | ART | 14 | Retirement | 16 | |
| WD | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | | Injured | | |
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### Moto2

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 18 | 38:29.792 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 18 | +1.462 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 18 | +1.521 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 18 | +2.851 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 18 | +3.803 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Kalex | 18 | +7.109 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 18 | +7.627 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 18 | +7.669 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 18 | +15.847 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 18 | +20.179 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Suter | 18 | +20.450 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías | Suter | 18 | +23.017 | 22 | 4 |
| 13 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 18 | +23.155 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 18 | +23.236 | 12 | 2 |
| 15 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 18 | +24.507 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 18 | +26.418 | 13 | |
| 17 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Kalex | 18 | +28.043 | 16 | |
| 18 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Speed Up | 18 | +28.365 | 15 | |
| 19 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 18 | +28.577 | 17 | |
| 20 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 18 | +36.100 | 27 | |
| 21 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 18 | +39.473 | 24 | |
| 22 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 18 | +39.718 | 26 | |
| 23 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 18 | +39.995 | 25 | |
| 24 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 18 | +40.493 | 14 | |
| 25 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Suter | 18 | +41.470 | 28 | |
| 26 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | Bimota | 18 | +1:02.611 | 23 | |
| 27 | 7 | Alexander Lundh | MZ-RE Honda | 18 | +1:08.938 | 29 | |
| 28 | 10 | Marco Colandrea | FTR | 18 | +1:34.995 | 31 | |
| 29 | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi | FTR | 18 | +1:42.775 | 32 | |
| 30 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Moriwaki | 18 | +1:44.102 | 34 | |
| 31 | 57 | Eric Granado | Motobi | 18 | +1:58.051 | 33 | |
| DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Moriwaki | 18 | (+1:05.324) | 30 | |
| Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 7 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 1 | Retirement | 8 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 17 | 38:55.210 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 17 | +0.933 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 17 | +1.023 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 17 | +8.100 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | FTR Honda | 17 | +8.414 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | Danny Kent | KTM | 17 | +8.637 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 17 | +8.940 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 17 | +9.046 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 17 | +9.208 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 17 | +15.613 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | FTR Honda | 17 | +20.397 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Kalex KTM | 17 | +20.559 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 17 | +21.369 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 17 | +27.526 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Kalex KTM | 17 | +27.708 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 17 | +28.032 | 12 | |
| 17 | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 17 | +35.001 | 26 | |
| 18 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | FGR Honda | 17 | +55.456 | 22 | |
| 19 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 17 | +55.559 | 27 | |
| 20 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Suter Honda | 17 | +55.829 | 25 | |
| 21 | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 17 | +56.230 | 17 | |
| 22 | 21 | Iván Moreno | FTR Honda | 17 | +56.385 | 34 | |
| 23 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 17 | +1:05.383 | 28 | |
| 24 | 51 | Kenta Fujii | TSR Honda | 17 | +1:11.283 | 30 | |
| 25 | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Ioda | 17 | +1:18.155 | 31 | |
| 26 | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 16 | +1 lap | 35 | |
| 27 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Suter Honda | 16 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| 28 | 17 | John McPhee | KRP Honda | 15 | +2 laps | 29 | |
| Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | FTR Honda | 16 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 79 | Fraser Rogers | KRP Honda | 14 | Retirement | 33 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 11 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 26 | Adrián Martín | FTR Honda | 8 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Ioda | 4 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 42 | Álex Rins | Suter Honda | 1 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 8 | Jack Miller | Honda | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
| OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 140 |
| 2 | Casey Stoner | 115 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 101 |
| 4 | Cal Crutchlow | 66 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 60 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 140 |
| 2 | Honda | 126 |
| 3 | Ducati | 65 |
| 4 | ART | 24 |
| 5 | FTR | 9 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.