# 2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2012 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 October 2012 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

## Classification
### MotoGP

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | 42:31.569 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 24 | +4.275 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +6.752 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 24 | +16.397 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +20.566 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +24.567 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +26.072 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 24 | +36.724 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha YSP Racing Team | Yamaha | 24 | +36.794 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 24 | +1:10.729 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 24 | +1:15.658 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 24 | +1:22.769 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | Suter | 24 | +1:24.968 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | James Ellison | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 24 | +1:29.388 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 51 | Michele Pirro | San Carlo Honda Gresini | FTR | 24 | +1:34.612 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 84 | Roberto Rolfo | Speed Master | ART | 24 | +1:50.853 | 21 | |
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 23 | Out of fuel | 3 | |
| Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 23 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 22 | Iván Silva | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 14 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 14 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 1 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Avintia Blusens | BQR | 1 | Accident | 17 | |
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### Moto2

| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 23 | 42:56.171 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 23 | +0.415 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 23 | +9.584 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 23 | +11.069 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 23 | +11.595 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 23 | +18.383 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +18.672 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 23 | +28.226 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 23 | +28.451 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 23 | +28.599 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 60 | Julián Simón | Suter | 23 | +28.971 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 23 | +29.815 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 23 | +39.783 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Kalex | 23 | +39.868 | 23 | 2 |
| 15 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | FTR | 23 | +39.970 | 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 23 | +40.763 | 15 | |
| 17 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 23 | +40.900 | 18 | |
| 18 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 23 | +44.379 | 9 | |
| 19 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | FTR | 23 | +46.507 | 17 | |
| 20 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 23 | +55.561 | 25 | |
| 21 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 23 | +55.815 | 21 | |
| 22 | 75 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Suter | 23 | +56.051 | 27 | |
| 23 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Bimota | 23 | +56.492 | 24 | |
| 24 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 23 | +58.417 | 28 | |
| 25 | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Speed Up | 23 | +1:12.398 | 26 | |
| 26 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Speed Up | 23 | +1:39.841 | 31 | |
| 27 | 57 | Eric Granado | Motobi | 23 | +1:40.787 | 32 | |
| 28 | 20 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 19 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 3 | Retirement | 7 | |
| DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 23 | (+29.609) | 20 | |
| DSQ | 31 | Kohta Nozane | FTR | 6 | Black flag | 29 | |
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### Moto3

| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 52 | Danny Kent | KTM | 20 | 40:02.775 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 20 | +0.260 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 20 | +2.352 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suter Honda | 20 | +3.404 | 13 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 20 | +3.645 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 20 | +13.394 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 20 | +15.523 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 96 | Louis Rossi | FTR Honda | 20 | +15.739 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | FTR Honda | 20 | +15.946 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 20 | +16.129 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 20 | +16.223 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 20 | +16.371 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 20 | +28.368 | 23 | 3 |
| 14 | 12 | Álex Márquez | Suter Honda | 20 | +28.375 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | FTR Honda | 20 | +28.509 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 81 | Hyuga Watanabe | Honda | 20 | +31.071 | 21 | |
| 17 | 26 | Adrián Martín | FTR Honda | 20 | +40.292 | 16 | |
| 18 | 51 | Kenta Fujii | TSR Honda | 20 | +42.822 | 29 | |
| 19 | 8 | Jack Miller | Honda | 20 | +42.896 | 22 | |
| 20 | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 20 | +47.451 | 20 | |
| 21 | 17 | John McPhee | KRP Honda | 20 | +48.245 | 26 | |
| 22 | 29 | Luca Amato | Kalex KTM | 20 | +48.359 | 31 | |
| 23 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 20 | +48.439 | 25 | |
| 24 | 28 | Josep Rodríguez | FGR Honda | 20 | +1:03.762 | 30 | |
| 25 | 30 | Giulian Pedone | Suter Honda | 20 | +1:10.290 | 28 | |
| 26 | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 20 | +1:10.484 | 32 | |
| 27 | 82 | Yuudai Kamei | Honda | 19 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 19 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 19 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | FTR Honda | 19 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 14 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 4 | Retirement | 24 | |
| DNS | 80 | Armando Pontone | Ioda | | Did not start | 33 | |
| DNS | 20 | Riccardo Moretti | Mahindra | | Did not start | 34 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 310 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 282 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 197 |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | 192 |
| 5 | Álvaro Bautista | 144 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 337 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 326 |
| 3 | Ducati | 161 |
| 4 | ART | 79 |
| 5 | BQR | 31 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.