# 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

The 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season was the sixth season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season began at Circuito de Jerez on 28 April and ended on 30 September at MotorLand Aragón after 15 races. The races, contested by the riders on equal KTM 125cc machinery for the last season before switching to the 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes for 2013, were held at eight meetings on the Grand Prix motorcycle racing calendar.
German rider Florian Alt won the championship, securing the title with a third place in the first Aragon race.

## Calendar

2012 calendar :
| Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Race winner |
| 1 | 28 April | Jerez | Marcos Ramírez | Diego Pérez | Florian Alt |
| 1 | 29 April | Jerez | Marcos Ramírez | Joe Roberts | Lorenzo Baldassarri |
| 2 | 5 May | Estoril | Ivo Lopes | Kyle Ryde | Scott Deroue |
| 2 | 6 May | Estoril | Ivo Lopes | Karel Hanika | Scott Deroue |
| 3 | 16 June | Silverstone | Karel Hanika | Stefano Manzi | Florian Alt |
| 3 | 17 June | Silverstone | Karel Hanika | Scott Deroue | Philipp Öttl |
| 4 | 29 June | Assen | Karel Hanika | Marcos Ramírez | Florian Alt |
| 4 | 30 June | Assen | Karel Hanika | Livio Loi | Florian Alt |
| 5 | 7 July | Sachsenring | Nicolò Castellini | Scott Deroue | Scott Deroue |
| 5 | 8 July | Sachsenring | Nicolò Castellini | Hafiq Azmi | Lukas Trautmann |
| 6 | 25 August | Brno | Karel Hanika | Karel Hanika | Karel Hanika |
| 6 | 26 August | Brno | Karel Hanika | Livio Loi | Livio Loi |
| 7 | 15 September | Misano | Bradley Ray | Philipp Öttl | Karel Hanika |
| 8 | 29 September | Aragon | Karel Hanika | Livio Loi | Lukas Trautmann |
| 8 | 30 September | Aragon | Karel Hanika | Jorge Martín | Karel Hanika |

## Entry list

2012 entry list :
| No. | Rider | Rounds |
| 3 | Diego Pérez | All |
| 5 | Philipp Öttl | All |
| 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | All |
| 8 | Hafiq Azmi | All |
| 11 | Livio Loi | All |
| 18 | Aarón España | All |
| 19 | Tarran Mackenzie | 3–8 |
| 21 | Filippo Scalbi | All |
| 24 | Marcos Ramírez | All |
| 25 | Willi Albert | 1–6 |
| 27 | Joe Roberts | All |
| 28 | Bradley Ray | All |
| 29 | Stefano Manzi | All |
| 34 | Jordan Weaving | All |
| 46 | Yui Watanabe | All |
| 47 | Nicolò Castellini | All |
| 50 | Lukas Trautmann | All |
| 66 | Florian Alt | All |
| 75 | Ivo Lopes | All |
| 77 | Kyle Ryde | All |
| 88 | Jorge Martín | 1–6, 8 |
| 94 | Simon Danilo | 1–6 |
| 95 | Scott Deroue | All |
| 98 | Karel Hanika | All |

## Championship standings

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
| Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | JER | JER | EST | EST | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | MIS | ARA | ARA | Pts |
| 1 | Florian Alt | 1 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 233 |
| 2 | Scott Deroue | 10 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 7 | 177 |
| 3 | Karel Hanika | Ret | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 162 |
| 4 | Philipp Öttl | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 10 | DNS | 8 | NC | 5 | 159 |
| 5 | Lukas Trautmann | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 18 | Ret | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 153 |
| 6 | Marcos Ramírez | 2 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 153 |
| 7 | Bradley Ray | Ret | 5 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 123 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | 8 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 7 | Ret | 11 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 | 101 |
| 9 | Joe Roberts | 7 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 101 |
| 10 | Ivo Lopes | 5 | 2 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 99 |
| 11 | Livio Loi | 13 | 8 | 20 | 11 | DNS | 17 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | NC | 96 |
| 12 | Jorge Martín | Ret | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 6 | Ret | | 7 | 10 | 82 |
| 13 | Stefano Manzi | 15 | 17 | 19 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 3 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 75 |
| 14 | Diego Pérez | 3 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 71 |
| 15 | Kyle Ryde | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | Ret | 14 | Ret | 17 | Ret | 17 | 12 | 16 | 70 |
| 16 | Hafiq Azmi | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 63 |
| 17 | Aarón España | 9 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 45 |
| 18 | Willi Albert | 12 | Ret | 17 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 13 | Ret | | | | 36 |
| 19 | Simon Danilo | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 22 | Ret | Ret | DNS | | | | 22 |
| 20 | Jordan Weaving | Ret | 11 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 16 | Ret | 11 | 21 |
| 21 | Nicolò Castellini | Ret | 10 | 18 | 13 | DNS | 14 | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 14 | 15 | 18 | 17 |
| 22 | Yui Watanabe | Ret | 15 | 21 | 14 | DNS | DNS | 21 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 16 |
| 23 | Tarran Mackenzie | | | | | 19 | 20 | 20 | 16 | Ret | 15 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 11 |
| 24 | Filippo Scalbi | 16 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 19 | Ret | 19 | 3 |
| Pos. | Rider | JER | JER | EST | EST | SIL | SIL | ASS | ASS | SAC | SAC | BRN | BRN | MIS | ARA | ARA | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |