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,[1] 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.[2]

Calendar edit

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

Entry list edit

2012 entry list[3]
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 edit

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.[4] Rider JER
 
EST
 
SIL
 
ASS
 
SAC
 
BRN
 
MIS
 
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
 
EST
 
SIL
 
ASS
 
SAC
 
BRN
 
MIS
 
ARA
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole position
Italics – Fastest lap

References edit

  1. ^ "Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup: Future Champions Wanted". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Alt wins Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup 2012". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "FIM Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup – 2012 calendar & Entry list" (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón – Rookies Cup Championship Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

External links edit