# Grand Prix-wegrace van Qatar 2012

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Qatar 2012 was de eerste race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2012. De race werd verreden van 6 tot 8 april 2012 op het Losail International Circuit nabij Doha, Qatar. De races werden 's nachts verreden. Dit was de eerste race voor de MotoGP-klasse met 1000cc-motoren en de eerste race voor de nieuwe Moto3-klasse, die de 125cc-klasse vervangt.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 22 | 42:44.214 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 22 | +0.852 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 22 | +2.908 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 22 | +17.114 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 22 | +17.420 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 22 | +28.413 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 22 | +28.446 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 22 | +29.464 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 22 | +31.384 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 22 | +33.665 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 22 | +56.907 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Suter | 22 | +58.088 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | ART | 22 | +1:10.650 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | BQR-FTR | 22 | +1:15.943 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | ART | 22 | +1:26.733 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Iván Silva | BQR-FTR | 22 | +1:43.327 | 20 | |
| 17 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | ART | 22 | +1:47.419 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | James Ellison | ART | 22 | +1:51.882 | 21 | |
| NC | 51 | Michele Pirro | FTR | 15 | +7 rondes | 17 | |
| DNF | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda | 15 | Niet gefinisht | 19 | |
| DNF | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 7 | Niet gefinisht | 10 | |
| Verslag ||||||||

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 20 | 40:34.225 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 20 | +0.061 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 20 | +1.412 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 20 | +1.639 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 20 | +3.981 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 20 | +6.768 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Speed Up | 20 | +6.794 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 3 | Simone Corsi | FTR | 20 | +6.986 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 20 | +10.828 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 20 | +11.379 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Kalex | 20 | +12.750 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Motobi | 20 | +14.121 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 24 | Toni Elías | Suter | 20 | +17.634 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 20 | +17.875 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Julián Simón | FTR | 20 | +17.894 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | Claudio Corti | Kalex | 20 | +19.014 | 8 | |
| 17 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 20 | +19.114 | 18 | |
| 18 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 20 | +28.802 | 16 | |
| 19 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Suter | 20 | +36.598 | 25 | |
| 20 | 47 | Ángel Rodríguez | FTR | 20 | +36.738 | 22 | |
| 21 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Moriwaki | 20 | +37.147 | 28 | |
| 22 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 20 | +37.443 | 24 | |
| 23 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 20 | +39.523 | 26 | |
| 24 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 20 | +45.260 | 23 | |
| 25 | 95 | Anthony West | Moriwaki | 20 | +53.786 | 29 | |
| 26 | 8 | Gino Rea | Moriwaki | 20 | +54.008 | 27 | |
| 27 | 10 | Marco Colandrea | FTR | 20 | +1:19.054 | 31 | |
| 28 | 7 | Alexander Lundh | MZ FTR | 20 | +1:19.071 | 30 | |
| 29 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Moriwaki | 20 | +1:35.150 | 32 | |
| 30 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Kalex | 19 | +1 ronde | 6 | |
| DNF | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Suter | 18 | Niet gefinisht | 15 | |
| DNF | 96 | Nasser Al Malki | Moriwaki | 10 | Niet gefinisht | 33 | |
| DNF | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Suter | 3 | Niet gefinisht | 20 | |
| Verslag ||||||||

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 18 | 38:40.995 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 18 | +4.301 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 18 | +18.013 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 18 | +18.200 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 18 | +18.745 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 18 | +19.052 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 18 | +35.940 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 52 | Danny Kent | KTM | 18 | +21.098 | 12 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Louis Rossi | FTR Honda | 18 | +21.153 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 42 | Álex Rins | Suter Honda | 18 | +28.733 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 18 | +29.775 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Kalex KTM | 18 | +29.813 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 18 | +35.940 | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | Kalex KTM | 18 | +35.983 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | FTR Honda | 18 | +38.641 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Honda | 18 | +40.219 | 21 | |
| 17 | 27 | Niccolò Antonelli | Honda | 18 | +50.629 | 20 | |
| 18 | 99 | Danny Webb | Mahindra | 18 | +54.751 | 25 | |
| 19 | 21 | Iván Moreno | FTR Honda | 18 | +54.989 | 22 | |
| 20 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Honda | 18 | +54.989 | 24 | |
| 21 | 51 | Kenta Fujii | TSR Honda | 18 | +1:21.239 | 28 | |
| 22 | 15 | Simone Grotzkyj | Oral | 18 | +1:35.791 | 29 | |
| 23 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | MZ-RE Honda | 18 | +1:41.291 | 31 | |
| 24 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | FGR Honda | 18 | +1:54.293 | 17 | |
| 25 | 8 | Jack Miller | Honda | 17 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| DNF | 94 | Jonas Folger | Ioda | 11 | Niet gefinisht | 32 | |
| DNF | 3 | Luigi Morciano | Ioda | 7 | Niet gefinisht | 30 | |
| DNF | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 6 | Niet gefinisht | 15 | |
| DNF | 77 | Marcel Schrötter | Mahindra | 5 | Niet gefinisht | 23 | |
| DNF | 10 | Alexis Masbou | Honda | 0 | Niet gefinisht | 10 | |
| DNF | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 0 | Niet gefinisht | 11 | |
| DNF | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 0 | Niet gefinisht | 27 | |
| Verslag ||||||||

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 11 |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 25 |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 16 |
| 4 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 11 |

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 16 |
| 4 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 13 |
| 5 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Suter Honda | 11 |
* ↑ "Veranderingen voor MotoGP in 2012". Gearchiveerd op 3 december 2014. Geraadpleegd op 18 juli 2023.
* ↑ "Moto3 vervangt 125cc in 2012".
* ↑ Rijder niet geclassificeerd omdat hij te weinig rondes heeft gereden.
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