# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2012

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2012 was de veertiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2012. Het evenement werd gehouden tussen 12 oktober en 14 oktober 2012 op het circuit van Motegi.

## Resultaten
### MotoGP

| Pos | No | Rijder | Constructeur | Ronden | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | 42:31.569 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 24 | +4.275 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 24 | +6.752 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 24 | +16.397 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 24 | +20.566 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | Honda | 24 | +24.567 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Ducati | 24 | +26.072 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati | 24 | +36.724 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 21 | Katsuyuki Nakasuga | Yamaha | 24 | +36.794 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Ducati | 24 | +1:10.729 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Ducati | 24 | +1:15.658 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | ART | 24 | +1:22.769 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Suter | 24 | +1:24.968 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | James Ellison | ART | 24 | +1:29.388 | 20 | 2 |
| 15 | 51 | Michele Pirro | FTR | 24 | +1:34.612 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 84 | Roberto Rolfo | ART | 24 | +1:50.853 | 21 | |
| DNF | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Yamaha | 23 | Niet gefinisht | 3 | |
| DNF | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda-Suter | 23 | Niet gefinisht | 19 | |
| DNF | 22 | Iván Silva | BQR | 14 | Niet gefinisht | 22 | |
| DNF | 14 | Randy de Puniet | ART | 14 | Niet gefinisht | 14 | |
| DNF | 11 | Ben Spies | Yamaha | 1 | Niet gefinisht | 4 | |
| DNF | 68 | Yonny Hernández | BQR | 1 | Niet gefinisht | 17 | |

### Moto2

| Pos | No | Rijder | Constructeur | Ronden | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 23 | +29.609 | 20 | 4 |
| 13 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 23 | +29.815 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Tech 3 | 23 | +39.783 | 22 | 2 |
| 15 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Kalex | 23 | +39.868 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | FTR | 23 | +39.970 | 14 | |
| 17 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 23 | +40.763 | 15 | |
| 18 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 23 | +40.900 | 18 | |
| 19 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 23 | +44.379 | 9 | |
| 20 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | FTR | 23 | +46.507 | 17 | |
| 21 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 23 | +55.561 | 25 | |
| 22 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | AJR | 23 | +55.815 | 21 | |
| 23 | 75 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | Suter | 23 | +56.051 | 27 | |
| 24 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Bimota | 23 | +56.492 | 24 | |
| 25 | 8 | Gino Rea | Suter | 23 | +58.417 | 28 | |
| 26 | 22 | Alessandro Andreozzi | Speed Up | 23 | +1:12.398 | 26 | |
| 27 | 82 | Elena Rosell | Speed Up | 23 | +1:39.841 | 31 | |
| 28 | 57 | Eric Granado | Motobi | 23 | +1:40.787 | 32 | |
| 29 | 20 | Jesko Raffin | Kalex | 22 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| DNF | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 19 | Niet gefinisht | 10 | |
| DNF | 38 | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 | 3 | Niet gefinisht | 7 | |
| DSQ | 31 | Kohta Nozane | FTR | 6 | Gedisqualificeerd | 29 | |

### Moto3

| Pos | No | Rijder | Constructeur | Ronden | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 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 | |
| DNF | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 19 | Niet gefinisht | 7 | |
| DNF | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 19 | Niet gefinisht | 6 | |
| DNF | 23 | Alberto Moncayo | FTR Honda | 19 | Niet gefinisht | 15 | |
| DNF | 41 | Brad Binder | Kalex KTM | 14 | Niet gefinisht | 18 | |
| DNF | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Honda | 4 | Niet gefinisht | 24 | |
| DNS | 80 | Armando Pontone | Ioda | | Niet gestart | 33 | |
| DNS | 20 | Riccardo Moretti | Mahindra | | Niet gestart | 34 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 310 |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 282 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Honda | 197 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Yamaha | 192 |
| 5 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Honda | 144 |

### Moto2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Suter | 283 |
| 2 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 230 |
| 3 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Speed Up | 178 |
| 4 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 177 |
| 5 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 144 |

### Moto3

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | KTM | 255 |
| 2 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | FTR Honda | 199 |
| 3 | 39 | Luis Salom | Kalex KTM | 194 |
| 4 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 126 |
| 5 | 10 | Álex Rins | Suter-Honda | 119 |
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