2012 Moto2 World Championship

Marc Márquez won the Moto2 championship title after a season-long battle with fellow Spanish rider Pol Espargaró; a third-place finish for Márquez at the Australian Grand Prix – despite a win for Espargaró^[2] – was enough to give him his second world title before moving into the premier class for the 2013 season.^[3] He took his last victory in the class at the Valencian Grand Prix, the last event of the season, despite starting from 33rd on the grid. This performance, which included overtaking 20 bikes on the first lap alone, meant the biggest comeback in the sport's history.^[4] Márquez's result was enough to give Suter the constructors' title for the class.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2012:^[5][6]

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released an 17-race provisional calendar on 14 September 2011.^[7] Another provisional calendar was released three months later, with the Qatar Grand Prix moved forward by a week.^[8]

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Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	8 April ‡	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	29 April	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
3	6 May	Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril
4	20 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5	3 June	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
6	17 June	Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
7	30 June ††	Iveco TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8	8 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9	15 July	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
10	19 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11	26 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	16 September	Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
13	30 September	Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
14	14 October	AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
15	21 October	Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
16	28 October	AirAsia Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	11 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

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‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 13 January 2012.^[9] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

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Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Came IodaRacing Project[10] FTR[11] FTR Moto M212 3 Simone Corsi[9] All GP Team Switzerland[10] Kalex[11] Kalex Moto2 4 Randy Krummenacher[9] 1–12, 16–17 20 Jesko Raffin[12] 13–15 JiR Moto2[10] Motobi TSR TSR6 5 Johann Zarco[13] All 57 Eric Granado[13] 1 6–11, 13–17 Cresto Guide MZ Racing[10] MZ Racing MZ FTR[11] FTR Moto M212 7 Alexander Lundh[9] 1 MZ-RE Honda[14] MZ Moto2 2–7 21 Markus Reiterberger[15] 8 63 Mike Di Meglio[16] 9–11 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2[10] Thai Honda Gresini Moto2 Moriwaki[9] Moriwaki MD600 8 Gino Rea[9] 1–3 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[9] 1–3 Suter[17] Suter MMX2 8 Gino Rea[9] 4–17 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[9] 4–17 SAG Team[10] Desguaces La Torre SAG FTR[18] FTR Moto M212 10 Marco Colandrea[19] 1–13, 15–16 28 Román Ramos[20] 17 31 Kohta Nozane[21] 14 47 Ángel Rodríguez[22] 1–3 Bimota[17] Bimota HB4 4–6 23 Marcel Schrötter[23] 10–17 50 Damian Cudlin[24] 7–8 55 Massimo Roccoli[16] 9 Kiefer Racing[10] IAMT IAMT Moto2 11 Kevin Wahr[15] 8 Kalex[25] Kalex Moto2 63 Mike Di Meglio[26] 12–17 76 Max Neukirchner[25] 1–11 Interwetten-Paddock[9] Suter[9] Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[9] All NGM Mobile Forward Racing[10] Suter Suter MMX2 15 Alex de Angelis[27] 1–6 72 Yuki Takahashi[28] 1–6 FTR[24] FTR Moto M212 15 Alex de Angelis[27] 7–16 54 Mattia Pasini[20] 17 72 Yuki Takahashi[28] 7–17 TSR Galicia School Kalex Kalex Moto2 17 Dani Rivas[20] 17 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2[10] Suter[29] Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[29] All 24 Toni Elías[29] 1–9 81 Jordi Torres[23] 10–17 Tech 3 Racing[10] Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 19 Xavier Siméon[30] 1–4, 6–17 38 Bradley Smith[30] All 81 Jordi Torres[31] 5 Andreozzi Reparto Corse FTR FTR Moto M210 22 Alessandro Andreozzi[32] 6 Speed Master[10] S/Master Speed Up[10] Speed Up[11] Speed Up S12 22 Alessandro Andreozzi[15] 8–17 29 Andrea Iannone[33] All 63 Mike Di Meglio[9] 1–7 Italtrans Racing Team[10] Kalex[34] Kalex Moto2 24 Toni Elías[21] 14–17 30 Takaaki Nakagami[35] All 71 Claudio Corti[35] 1–13 Marc VDS Racing Team[10] Kalex[36] Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio[37] All 45 Scott Redding[38] All Pons 40 HP Tuenti[10] Tuenti Móvil HP 40 Kalex[11] Kalex Moto2 40 Pol Espargaró[39] All 49 Axel Pons[39] All 80 Esteve Rabat[39] All Technomag-CIP[10] Suter[40] Suter MMX2 44 Roberto Rolfo[40] 1–11 75 Tomoyoshi Koyama[26] 12–17 77 Dominique Aegerter[40] All Blusens Avintia[41][10] FTR[9] FTR Moto M212 60 Julián Simón[41] 1 Suter[14] Suter MMX2 2–17 QMMF Racing Team[10] Evalube QMMF Racing Moriwaki[9] Moriwaki MD600 82 Elena Rosell[9] 1–10 95 Anthony West[42] 1–8 96 Nasser Al Malki[11] 1 Speed Up[43] Speed Up S12 82 Elena Rosell 11–17 95 Anthony West[43] 9–16 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto[20] 17 Arguiñano Racing Team[9] AJR[11] AJR EVO 2012 84 Steven Odendaal[26] 12–13 88 Ricard Cardús[44] 1–11, 14–17 Petronas Raceline Malaysia FTR FTR Moto M212 86 Hafizh Syahrin[45] 15 Targo Bank CNS Motorsport Suter Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena[12] 13 Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol[10] Suter[9] Suter MMX2 93 Marc Márquez[46] All

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Notes:

• ^1 — Eric Granado only completed from the British Grand Prix onwards, after he reached the age of 16 which is the minimum age to compete in the championship.