- 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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2012 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous: 2011 Next: 2013 The 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season will be the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
The MotoGP class changes to allow up to 1,000 cc (61 cu in) in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81 mm (3.2 in) cylinder bore.[1] In addition, outside of the factories, Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) will be introduced, allowing participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs will be given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but will be subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission.[2] The sport's governing body has received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.[3] In June 2011, the FIM announced that six teams from Moto2 – Interwetten Paddock, Forward Racing, Marc VDS, Kiefer Racing, Speed Master and BQR-Blusens – had been granted entries to the 2012 grid;[4] in November, a seventh new team – Paul Bird Motorsports – announced that it had been accepted to the grid, running under CRT regulations.[5]
The 2012 season will see the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class.[6]
Contents
Provisional race calendar
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 18-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011.[7]
Round Grand Prix Circuit Date 1 Qatar Grand Prix[8] Losail 15 April 2 Spanish Grand Prix[9] Jerez 29 April 3 Portuguese Grand Prix[7] Estoril 6 May 4 French Grand Prix[10] Le Mans 20 May 5 Catalan Grand Prix[11] Catalunya 3 June 6 British Grand Prix[12] Silverstone 17 June 7 Dutch TT[13] Assen 30 June 8 German Grand Prix[7] TBD 8 July 9 Italian Grand Prix[14] Mugello 15 July 10 United States Grand Prix[15] Laguna Seca 29 July 11 Indianapolis Grand Prix[16] Indianapolis 19 August 12 Czech Republic Grand Prix[17] Brno 26 August 13 San Marino Grand Prix[18] Misano Adriatico 16 September 14 Aragon Grand Prix[19] Motorland Aragón 30 September 15 Japanese Grand Prix[20] Motegi 14 October 16 Malaysian Grand Prix[21] Sepang 21 October 17 Australian Grand Prix[22] Phillip Island 28 October 18 Valencian Grand Prix[23] Valencia 11 November Participants
MotoGP participants
Moto2 participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Gresini Racing[41] TBA TBA TBA GP Team Switzerland[41] TBA TBA TBA Ioda Racing Project[41] TBA TBA TBA Italtrans Racing Team[41] TBA TBA Claudio Corti[42] Takaaki Nakagami[42] JiR Moto2[41] Motobi TBA Eric Granado[43] [N 1] Johann Zarco[43] Kiefer Racing[41] TBA TBA TBA Mapfre Aspar Moto2[41] TBA TBA Toni Elías[44] Nicolás Terol[45] Marc VDS Racing Team[41] Kalex[46] TBA Scott Redding[47] MZ Motor[41] TBA TBA TBA NGM Mobile Forward Racing[41] Suter TBA Alex de Angelis[48] Yuki Takahashi[49] Pons HP 40 Tuenti[41] Kalex[50] TBA Pol Espargaró[50] Esteve Rabat[51] QMMF Racing Team[41] TBA TBA TBA Racing Team by Queroseno[41] TBA TBA TBA Speed Master[41] FTR[37] TBA Andrea Iannone[37] Speed Up[41] TBA TBA TBA Stop and Go Racing Team[41] TBA TBA Ángel Rodríguez[52] Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol[41] TBA TBA Marc Márquez[53] Tech 3[41] Tech 3 TBA Xavier Siméon[54] Bradley Smith[54] Technomag CIP[41] TBA TBA TBA TT Motion Events[41] TBA TBA TBA Moto3 participants
Team Constructor Motorcycle Rider Ajo Motorsport Red Bull[55] KTM[56] TBA TBA Avant AirAsia Ajo[55] TBA TBA TBA Bankia Aspar Team[55] TBA TBA TBA By Queroseno Racing[55] TBA TBA Maverick Viñales[57] Caretta Technology[55] TBA TBA TBA CBC Corse[55] TBA TBA TBA Gresini Racing[55] TBA TBA TBA Ioda Racing Project[55] TBA TBA TBA Mahindra Racing Team[55] Mahindra-Oral[58] Mahindra MGP30 Marcel Schrötter[58] Danny Webb[58] Monlau Competicion[55] TBA TBA TBA Moto FGR[55] TBA TBA TBA Moto Racing Matteoni[55] TBA TBA TBA MZ Motor Co[55] TBA TBA Toni Finsterbusch[59] Phonica Racing[55] TBA TBA TBA Racing Team Germany[55] TBA TBA TBA RW Racing GP[55] Kalex-KTM[60] TBA Brad Binder[60] Luis Salom[60] Team Italia FMI[55] TBA TBA TBA Team Machado[55] TBA TBA TBA Technomag-CIP[55] TBA TBA Kenta Fujii[61] TT Motion Events Racing[55] TBA TBA TBA Notes
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