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2012 FIM ROAD RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
GRAND PRIX ROUND 18 NOVEMBER 9/10/11, 2012 VALENCIA, SPAIN PREVIEW MOTOGP, MOTO2, MOTO3

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The 2012 MotoGP World Championship concludes this weekend with the traditional season finale in Valencia, the last of four Spanish rounds of the championship and one final showcase for the Honda riders.

The weekend marks an important transition for the Repsol Honda team, which long ago won the 2012 Team championship. Two-time MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner will race the Repsol Honda RC213V for the final time, having earlier this year announced his intention to retire at the end of the season. The Australian will be replaced by Marc Marquez, the Spanish teen-ager who two weeks ago won the Moto2 World Championship on the same day that Stoner won his sixth consecutive Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. Marquez will be racing for Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol for the final time in Moto2 before joining the senior circuit as the team-mate of Dani Pedrosa. Pedrosa has had a breakthrough season. Not only has he won a personal best six MotoGP races, but he has improved his racecraft to become a more complete racer; Pedrosa won his first grand prix in the rain at the Malaysian Grand Prix, his fifth win in six races.

Pedrosa has amassed a career high 307 points in pursuit of this year’s title, 58 more than he has ever scored and a record for a championship runner-up. And he has one more race to add to it on a track where he has had great success in the past, and where he will be racing in front of his fellow Spaniards. Pedrosa first won in Valencia in 2002 in the 125cc race aboard a Honda RS125.
He again rose to the top of the rostrum in 2005 on a Honda RS250, then again in 2007 when he won the Valencia MotoGP race for the first time on the Repsol Honda RC212V. He repeated as the MotoGP winner in 2009, again on the RC212V.

Having secured second in the championship, Pedrosa’s mission will be to add to his six season wins and help Honda win the Constructor championship. Honda leads the championship by 21 points, having scored 11 wins in 17 races.

Stoner has cemented his place in grand prix history by turning his unmatched speed into two world championships. A third world championship was put out of reach when he fractured his right ankle at the end of the summer break in Indianapolis. His focus changed from winning the title to winning his home grand prix, which he did with authority at Phillip Island less than two weeks ago. That win was his 38th in the premier class, giving him sole control of fourth all-time behind Valentino Rossi, Giacomo Agostini, and Mick Doohan.

Stoner would like to go out with a victory in his final grand prix at Valencia, a track that suits him and where he has won many times. As an ex-dirt tracker, the left-biased track works to his favor, and has repeatedly. He first won the 125cc grand prix in 2003; five years later he won the MotoGP race. Last year, having sewn up the
2011 MotoGP World Championship at the previous round in Australia, Stoner ended the season with his second MotoGP win in Valencia. He also has a pair of seconds in the MotoGP class at the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana, in 2007 and 2010.

Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) caps off his greatest MotoGP season in Valencia with a strong chance to finish fifth overall.
Bautista not only scored his first pole and first two podiums this year, but his 2012 points tally is more than he earned in his previous two MotoGP seasons combined. Because of that the Spaniard heads into the season finale with a 12 point lead on the sixth placed rider having not finished worse than sixth in his past seven races.

Bautista finished on the podium at Valencia in his final two seasons in the 250cc class, though MotoGP success has thus far eluded him.

Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP) has a truly unbelievable record at Valencia; it is the only track on the calendar where he has never scored a single point. Considering how successful he has been in his debut MotoGP season, that will certainly change. The 22-year-old German has not come worse than ninth in any race he finished this year. That record has made him the runaway winner of Rookie of the Year honours, with second currently held by fellow Honda rider Michele Pirro (San Carlo Honda Gresini – FTR Honda).

Pirro returns to Valencia with good memories. It was here that he scored his breakthrough grand prix win from the pole position in last year’s
Moto2 race for the Gresini Racing team. He will line up for the season-ender sitting a strong third in the CRT championship as the lone Honda rider. Pirro’s FTR chassis is powered by a Honda CBR1000RR engine.

The Moto2 World Championship was won by Marc Marquez (Team CaixaCatalunya Repsol-Suter) at the Phillip Island Circuit when he finished third to Pol Espargaro, the Tuenti Movil HP 40 – Kalex rider who secured second overall by winning the race. So dominant has the Spanish duo been that they have shared the podium in 10 of 16 races, with Marquez racking up eight wins and Espargaro a career season best four.

Of the two, Espargaro has had the better results in Valencia. Twice in the 125cc race he has been on the podium. Marquez finished fourth from the pole in the 2010 125cc race. Last year, he sat out Valencia while recovering from injuries suffered in the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Andrea Iannone (Speed Master – Speed Up) enters the final race in the same championship position as he has done last year, fighting for third in the championship. In 2011 he arrived at Valencia protecting a two point lead, this year he has 11 points on Thomas Luthi (Interwetten – Paddock Suter). Both riders had their best days in Valencia in the inaugural Moto2 race in 2010.
Iannone was second and Luthi fourth in a race in which the top four were covered by .760s.

The end of the season has been tumultuous for Maverick Vinales (Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda), though he still has a chance to finish runner-up in the inaugural Moto3 World Championship. A mechanical issue prevented him from starting in Aragon. Then came the flyaways which began with a win in Japan, after which he left the team, returning in Australia where he again failed to finish. Still, he could finish second with a strong performance.

Two of Honda’s grand prix rookies, Alex Rins (Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda) and Romano Fenati (Team FMI Italia – FTR Honda), are likely to finish fourth and fifth, respectively, after vastly different campaigns. Rins started more slowly and suffered his only two non-finishes in the first third of the season. In the past eight races, he has placed no lower than seventh.
Fenati was a sensation, leading his first grand prix en route to second, then winning the second time out. His season has been less consistent and he heads into Valencia trailing Rins by five points.

The Circuito de la Comunitat Valenciana made its debut on the MotoGP World Championship calendar in 1999 as one of the new “stadium-style” tracks.
The versatile facility has a number of different layouts, with the MotoGP track running 4005m with nine lefts and five rights. The run from the final left onto the 650m straight is crucial, as was evidenced last year when Stoner used his superior power to catch and pass the race leader and win by .015s.

The natural amphitheater provides excellent sight lines for the crowd, which last year numbered over 135,000. The road leading to the circuit is lined with campgrounds, which makes for a festive atmosphere among the knowledgeable fans who come to cheer their compatriots. Valencia is always among the best events of the year and the 2005 running was voted by the teams as the best grand prix of the season.

The track, by its nature, is tight and twisty and places an emphasis on changes of direction, edge grip, and acceleration. With a number of slow corners, technicians have to find a balance between traction and wheelie control, and the vast reserves of power the Honda riders have on tap. Other than the straightaway, the track gives riders little time to rest, with the linked corners providing a rhythm that punishes riders who get out of sync.

The riders will be encountering a new track surface after a recent repaving, which could put further demands on the assymetric rear tyres.

Honda has won six of the 13 premier class races at Valencia, beginning with Alex Barros in 2002, then Valentino Rossi a year later. Marco Melandri won in 2005 and Pedrosa in 2007 and again in 2009. Stoner won last year’s race and would like to leave grand prix racing with his 46th career win.

MotoGP RIDER QUOTES

Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa says:
“I'm very excited to get to Valencia and race again in front of the Spanish crowd. It's been a long time away and I really look forward to enjoy the atmosphere there; it's always a special race because it's the last one of the season and I have a lot of people there supporting me together with my family and friends. I enjoy riding in this track and we've had good results there in the past. So, I want to make this weekend special and fight for the win and finish the season on a high.”

Repsol Honda rider Casey Stoner says:
“Valencia should be a little better for me again, not as good as Phillip Island, but I've always had great success there, many pole positions and race wins. I hope we can be competitive there, and with the track going left it should suit our bike and me a little better at this point. It's not going to be easy, but it would be nice to get another good result in my final race in MotoGP.”

San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Alvaro Bautista says:
“The flyaways were positive for me with a podium, moving up to fifth place in the championship and signing a new deal with Gresini Racing. It could have been ever better if it wasn't for a few problems in Malaysia and Australia, but I think we can be satisfied that we did our best. We have picked up important points for the championship and the team have worked hard to give me a bike that I enjoy riding. Now we go to Valencia, which is always a special round because it is the last race of the season and it's at home. The objective is to make sure of fifth place in the championship and we will be working hard from Friday to solve the problems we have found with the bike at other circuits. I am really looking forward to getting back on the bike and hopefully having fun again and making the most of the support. Valencia is a very technical and slow circuit, you never get a break because the bike is constantly leaned over and changing direction.
There is a new track surface this year, so we'll have to wait and see what the grip is like - the data we got from the test last year won't be of much use. I have been on the podium a few times in the past at Valencia, but it's not one of my favourite circuits.”

LCR Honda MotoGP rider Stefan Bradl says:
“Well, Valencia is a strange race track to me. I have never finished a race in the world championship there in my career, so I aim to do it with the LCR Honda MotoGP team this season. I started my MotoGP career there one year ago when Lucio (Cecchinello) gave me the chance to ride his 800, but I know it will be totally different aboard the 1000. But anyway, we already have some reference points. After three races in a row I was happy to go back home to have some time off, but now I am looking forward to this last round.
My performance in Phillip Island and the battle for the fourth place gave me more confidence ahead this race and I will try to finish this championship with another good result.”

San Carlo Honda Gresini rider Michele Pirro says:
“We can look back positively on the last three races because I have consolidated my position as the third best CRT in the championship and the top rookie. Obviously if it wasn't for the rain in Malaysia and a problem with the fairing in Australia things could be even better, but anyway I am satisfied. It goes without saying that I have great memories of Valencia thanks to my victory there in the Moto2 race last season. This year I would like to finish the season in style again and beat the Aprilia-ART bikes at last.
That would be fantastic and the perfect way to repay everybody who has believed in our CRT project.”

Moto2 RIDER QUOTES

Team CaixaCatalunya – Suter rider Marc Marquez says:
“We are going to a track that I like and where I will try to give 100%. Already we have less pressure because the title race is over, but it is an important event because we are riding in front of our fans ­you always want to win there.”

Tuenti Movil HP 40 – Kalex rider Pol Espargaro says:
“The Valencia race will be fun because we play only for honor. Marc (Marquez) is the champion and he will give it all to go for the win. I am the sub-champion and I would like to close the year with my fifth triumph and in front of the fans, after Jerez and Motorland Aragon. And the rest of rivals have nothing to lose and will risk their best to finish ahead of the two rulers of this year in Moto2. As always I will give everything every time…and I hope that the push of my friends, my family, and Espargarins generally help me to achieve my goal.”

Speed Master – Speed Up rider Andrea Iannone says:
“Unfortunately a technical problem struck as we were making progress in Phillip Island and we had to stop. The only positive note is the progress we have made over the weekend, and we will now look forward to Valencia again for the last race in Moto2. I’m in a good position to finish third in the world championship, which I want to do for the team before I move to MotoGP next year.”

Moto3 RIDER QUOTES

Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda rider Maverick Vinales says:
“We come to the last race of the year and we can take the runner-up spot. No doubt that is the goal. We'll play everything on one card and we do so at a track that I like and where I feel comfortable. The presence of the fans and the fans will spur me on, but it won’t be easy. The Ricardo Tormo circuit is quite twisty, so the chassis setup is very important for success. I am motivated and convinced that we can do a good job. We have a good chance of achieving our objectives.”

Estrella Galicia 0,0 – Suter Honda Alex Rins says:
“The truth is that I am looking forward to this final race of the season, fighting for the rookie of the year honour with Romano Fenati. The Ricardo Tormo circuit is a track that I know well and where I'm pretty good. They have resurfaced it in recent months, so I'm sure that it has a lot more grip. It is an interesting track with all kinds of bends, and in the pre-season test we went well there.”

Team Italia FMI – FTR Honda rider Romano Fenati says:
“We are going to Valencia, a track where I rode during some tests. I like it and I want to seize the Rookie of the Year award. I’m very close to fourth place, so we need to concentrate during practice and qualifying and do our best during the final race of the year.”

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2012 FIM MotoGP/Moto2/Moto3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND 18, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, VALENCIA, SPAIN

Weather: Cool and damp
Temperature: Ambient 13 degrees C / Track 15 degrees C

PEDROSA WINS 2012 FINALE, STONER THIRD IN HIS LAST RACE

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC213V) scored a masterful victory in today’s Valencia grand finale, winning an incident-packed race that started on partially damp and very unforgiving track. The Spanish hero was joined on the podium by third-placed Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda RC213V), riding his last race before retirement.

Alvaro Bautista (San Carlo Honda Gresini RC213V) finished fourth, some way in front of Michele Pirro (San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR-Honda) who rode a storming race on his CBR1000RR-powered CRT bike. That made it five Honda-powered machines in the top six.

Morning rain had left the slow-drying track still wet in places, despite the earlier Moto2 and
Moto3 races, so there were plenty of deliberation about tyre choice before the start. Some riders chose slicks, others rain tyres. Pedrosa was one of several riders who started the warm-up lap on rain tyres, then decided to change, rushing into the pits and swapping to their slick-equipped spare bikes. According to the rules, Pedrosa started the race from pit lane, after the main pack, his RC213V fishtailing as he launched, its slick tyres struggling for grip on still-soaking pit road.

Pedrosa took care in the first few laps, working hard to get heat into his tyres and stay on the narrow dry line. At the end of lap one he was 20th, but by lap three he was up to 11th and the fastest man on the track, making good progress over rivals who had started on rain tyres.

However, Pedrosa was not the only man on slicks.
Recently crowned World Champion Jorge Lorenzo
(Yamaha) and a few others had started the race on slicks from the grid and it was not long before Lorenzo was in the lead. Pedrosa moved into second just before one-quarter distance and then began to whittle away his compatriot’s advantage.
He had got the gap down to just one tenth of a second when he found a false neutral and ran off the track at turn ten which put him four seconds behind. The very next lap Lorenzo crashed at the same right-hander that had nearly claimed Pedrosa.

The vast majority of the eight crashes during the race round this anti-clockwise circuit where in right-handers, the riders struggling to get enough heat into the right side of their tyres.

When Lorenzo tumbled, Pedrosa inherited a 22 second lead over Yamaha rider Cal Crutchlow (who later crashed) and from then on his main challenges were maintaining concentration and staying on the narrow dry line. At the finish he was a gaping 37.6 seconds ahead of Katsuyuki Nakasuga (Yamaha), substituting for the injured Ben Spies. This was his seventh win of the year – a MotoGP record for the 27-year-old.

Stoner was one of the majority who started the race on rain tyres, the 2011 World Champion soon deciding he needed slicks and pitting at the end of lap four to change to his ‘dry’ bike. Next time around he was 16th and 31 seconds outside of a podium finish. His advance from that position was impressively determined as he passed other riders and made up a few more places as others fell by the wayside. He moved into third with two laps to go, giving him the opportunity to mark the end of his glittering career with a podium finish.

Nine years ago Stoner won his first GP victory – in the 125 class – here at Valencia. Today the Australian hangs up his leathers as one of the sport’s all time greats, with two MotoGP World Championships and 45 Grand Prix wins across all three classes.

The final victim of Stoner’s career was Bautista who nonetheless had good reason to be happy with his fourth-place finish. Like Pedrosa, Bautista also changed his mind about tyres during the warm-up lap, swapping bikes in pit lane and starting from there. He worked his way through from 19th on the first lap, riding well in the unforgiving conditions.

Like Lorenzo and Nakasuga, Pirro started the race on slicks, staying cautious in the early laps and then making the most of his advantage as the track dried out somewhat. His fifth-place finish was the best result so far by a CRT machine, the lower-cost MotoGP bikes introduced at the start of this season.

Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda MotoGP RC213V) started his last race as a MotoGP rookie on slick tyres and was going well, holding third place just ahead of Nakasuga, when he tumbled at the turn five right-hander on lap ten.

Marc Marquez (Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol-Suter) won an unforgettable final victory in the Honda-powered Moto2 race, coming from the back of the grid to take his ninth win of the year from Julian Simon (Blusens Avintia – Suter) who led 17 laps of the 27 lap race, run in treacherously damp conditions. Last year’s 125 World Champion Nicolas Terol (Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter) led the early stages and finished third, his first Moto2 podium.

Marquez – who next year joins Dani Pedrosa in the factory Repsol Honda MotoGP team – was sent to the back of the grid for an incident with another rider during Friday practice. This was his second win from the back of the grid – he won the 2010 Portuguese 125 GP from the back row after falling on the sighting lap.

The 19-year-old was astonishing on the first lap, passing 23 riders. By half-distance he was up to fourth, but by then Simon and Terol were way out on their own and seemed out of his reach. Lapping more than a second a lap quicker than the leaders, Marquez passed Terol with seven laps to go and took the lead with three laps remaining.

Simon and Terol finished second and third, making it an all-Spanish podium. An all-Swiss duel for fourth place went to Thomas Luthi
(Interwetten-Paddock-Suter) who got the better of Dominique Aegerter (Technomag-CIP Suter) by less than a second.

Terol’s team-mate Jordi Torres (Mapfre Aspar Team – Suter) scored his best Moto2 result in sixth.
Mika Kallio (Marc VDS Racing Team – Kalex) was seventh ahead of Pol Espargaro (Pons 40 HP
Tuenti-Kalex) who crashed and remounted to finish eighth, just ahead of Toni Elias (Italtrans Racing Team-Kalex) and Esteve Rabat (Pons 40 HP Tuenti – Kalex).

Hector Faubel (JHK T-Shirt Laglisse – FTR Honda) was Honda’s top finisher in the last Moto3 race of the year, the Spaniard in the thick of the action in the lead group throughout. At the finish line the Spaniard was fifth, less than four seconds behind the winner.

The race was run on a wet track, with many riders falling victim to the slippery conditions.
Several in the lead group slid off, leaving Danny Kent to take the win from KTM team-mate and recently crowned World Champion Sandro Cortese at the final corner.

Faubel was not the only Honda rider running up front. Louis Rossi (Racing Team Germany – FTR
Honda) briefly led the race during the early stages, but the winner of May’s wet French GP then slipped back a few positions to complete the
24 laps in sixth place, comfortably ahead of Jakub Kornfeil (Thomas Sabo GP Team – Honda).

Maverick Vinales (Blusens Avintia – FTR Honda) had a difficult end to his 2012 season, finishing eighth which puts him a close third in the final World Championship standings. After Cortese, Vinales has the second largest victory haul of the year, with five wins.

Faubel’s team-mate Efren Vazquez (JHK T-Shirt Laglisse – FTR Honda) was one of the front-runners who fell during the race, taking Miguel Oliveira (Estrella Galicia 0.0 – Suter
Honda) with him at two-thirds distance. The pair had been running third and second when they fell.

Most riders have little chance to rest after today’s racing. Moto2 winter testing begins tomorrow, with MotoGP following the next day for a two-day session here.

MotoGP rider quotes

Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda: race winner
“After Marquez's race, I thought I should do something similar! But seriously, I'm really happy with this win. It was very difficult at the start to make the decision with tyres. I saw Jorge on slicks on the grid and I was pretty sure with my decision, but standing there the track was drying up very quickly and before the start I didn't know if it would be better to forget about the pole and start from the pits or go out on wets and stop after four or five laps. In the last corner of the sighting lap, the instinct told me to get in immediately. I started from the pit lane and I managed to be fast from the beginning. I caught Jorge and then I made a mistake and lost three seconds again, but one lap later he also made a mistake and crashed out.
From this point another race began for me. It was tough to maintain concentration with such conditions and a big advantage, so I planned the second half of the race like a practice session, taking the corners, the lines, lap by lap. It's a great end of the season and I'd like to thank all the Repsol Honda Team!”

Casey Stoner, Repsol Honda: 3rd
“Considering everything that happened today, we're very happy with a podium. My motivation wasn't particularly high as I haven't wanted to push in the wet and haven't felt comfortable on the bike. I just didn't want to take any risks of crashing and damaging my ankle again so I was very cautious and this isn't how I like to ride.
Even with the choice of going with the wets, not the slick tyres at the beginning of the race, I took the easy option, which really isn't me. When I saw the slicks had a big advantage, we came in and changed bikes and went back out and pushed as hard as we could, without taking unnecessary risks. In the end we were able to chase down Alvaro and take the last spot on the podium in our last race. My team are like my second family, we've been through a lot of ups and downs together and it's going to be difficult not to see them every week. I'm sorry for them and for everyone who has supported me for so long but this is the way it is and it's time to say goodbye. Thank you to all the people who have supported us over the years and all our sponsors, and to everyone in the Repsol Honda Team.”

Alvaro Bautista, San Carlo Honda Gresini: 4th “That was definitely the most difficult race of the season. On the warm-up lap I decided to come in and swap the bike for my other bike with slick tyres because I could see the track was drying. I tried to manage the situation as best I could out there and focus on our objective of making sure of fifth in the championship, but I'm not happy with the performance because again I had no feeling from the front. But anyway the season is over now and I am happy with where we have finished and with the progress we have made over the course of the season. Thanks to the team, Fausto Gresini and all the sponsors who have supported us. Now we start looking towards 2013 and I am happy to be with the same team and all the guys who have worked so hard this year. We have a good base to work from and improve next year.”

Michel Pirro, San Carlo Honda Gresini: 5th “What a fantastic day! To finish fifth and as the top CRT, with the best CRT result of the season, is wonderful. It wasn't an easy race, but we tried to push our best and take a few risks. Like last year when I won the Moto2 race I could feel Marco's hand on my shoulder, giving me a push, and I feel this is a fitting way to say good bye to Team Gresini. The past two years with them have been very important for my career so I want to thank each and every member. The memories of our victory together here at Valencia last year and this fantastic result today will stay with us forever and it has been wonderful to write a small chapter in the history of this great championship. Thanks everybody.”

Stefan Bradl, LCR Honda MotoGP: DNF
“We had very tricky conditions today as almost everybody was on wet tyres because the dry line was less than 10cm wide and we decided to go on slicks because we wanted to avoid a bike change which could cost us a lot of time. At the end we made the right choice and I want to thank the team for their support because it’s not easy for a rider to decide when the surface is so slippery. I was on a good pace from the beginning and was third when I crashed out. The rider in front of me was slower and I wanted to overtake him quickly but in turn five I was a bit too aggressive and lost the control of the bike. I should have waited a bit longer to make the move and I feel bad for the team because I lost the chance to fight for the podium. However I feel happy today because I will be awarded as Rookie of the Year and this is simply great. This first year in the premier class has been incredible for me and I must thank Lucio and his team because at the beginning I was a bit worried but now I know this team is like a family.”

Moto2 rider quotes

Marc Marquez, Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol: race winner “Before the race I didn’t think I could win. It was an advantage for me to ride without the pressure of the championship – my mentality was to make a good start, rider 100 per cent and see what happens. The difficult thing is that the closer you get to the front the more difficult it is to pass because the riders are stronger. I had a nice battle with Rea, Aegerter and Zarco – I passed them and they passed me many times. Then I saw that Nico and Julian were many seconds in front, so I didn’t expect to beat them. I was on the limit at every corner – okay, if I crash, I crash! To finish the championship with a victory is very good and now I am 100 per cent focused on MotoGP. I am very enthusiastic to discover a MotoGP bike on Tuesday and to work with the best team.”

Julian Simon, Blusens Avintia: 2nd
“I’m happy with second and my congratulations to Marc – I think they need to make him start from even further back on the grid! I led many laps but in the end I couldn’t push anymore because my front tyre was starting to slide. The last laps were complicated as the track dried a bit, though I was able to stay close to Marc. My thanks to my team and now I am looking forward to a great 2013.”

Nicolas Terol, Mapfre Aspar Team: 3rd
“My first season in Moto2 has been quite difficult because there are so many fast riders and because I’ve had to learn to ride a four-stroke. So it’s a dream to score my first
Moto2 podium here at this circuit, in front of my fans and family. It’s an important result because it gives me a good feeling for next year. I pushed very hard but when Julian and then Marc came past it was not possible to go with them, though I made the podium which makes me happy.”

Moto3 Rider Quotes

Hector Faubel, JHK T-Shirt Laglisse: 5th “It was a beautiful race – special and fun.
Initially it was difficult because I was far behind. But then I started passing slower riders.
It was a shame not to be on the podium, but I gave everything I could to get there. Now I want to thank Pedro Machado and my sponsors for giving me this opportunity.”

Louis Rossi, Racing Team Germany: 6th
“The race was good, except for my mistake. I downshifted to first going into turn one after a few laps and ran off the track. I’m sad because without that I would have been able to fight for the podium. Anyway, we were strong, we led the race, we had a good pace and we got some points.
Now it feels a bit strange to leave this team and begin my career in Moto2 – my thanks to the team for all they’ve done this year.”

Jakub Kornfeil, Thomas Sabo GP Team: 7th “I still have big problems in the early stages. I always lose so much in the beginning and it takes a while to get into the racing rhythm. We tried to use a harder tyre because we knew it would work later on. It was quite difficult to move up from 18th place. In the beginning I was fighting with Popov and he was really hard to beat. Then my feeling with the bike improved so I closed the gap to Salom, Vinales and Ajo. I was able to overtake both of them. In another lap, I also passed Ajo. I knew Faubel was in the front and if I did not score some decent points, I would be relegated to 16th in the standings, But I was comfortably seventh and Faubel made a mistake that cost him a podium finish. This weekend had not been going well, so seventh place is a perfect way to end the season.”

RESULTS

MOTOGP
RACE: (30 laps = 120.15 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Dani PEDROSA / SPA / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / HONDA / 48'23.819 /
2 / Katsuyuki NAKASUGA / JPN / Yamaha Factory Racing / YAMAHA / YAMAHA / 49'01.480 / 37.661
3 / Casey STONER / AUS / Repsol Honda Team / HONDA / HONDA / 49'24.452 / 1'00.633
4 / Alvaro BAUTISTA / SPA / San Carlo Honda Gresini / HONDA / HONDA / 49'26.630 / 1'02.811
5 / Michele PIRRO / ITA / San Carlo Honda Gresini / FTR / FTR / 49'50.427 / 1'26.608
6 / Andrea DOVIZIOSO / ITA / Monster Yamaha Tech
3 / YAMAHA / YAMAHA / 49'54.242 / 1'30.423
7 / Karel ABRAHAM / CZE / Cardion AB Motoracing / DUCATI / DUCATI / 49'55.608 / 1'31.789
8 / Danilo PETRUCCI / ITA / Came IodaRacing Project / IODA-SUTER / IODA-SUTER / 48'32.847 / 1 lap
9 / James ELLISON / GBR / Paul Bird Motorsport / ART / ART / 48'41.030 / 1 lap
10 / Valentino ROSSI / ITA / Ducati Team / DUCATI / DUCATI / 48'45.740 / 1 lap
11 / Aleix ESPARGARO / SPA / Power Electronics Aspar / ART / ART / 49'23.359 / 1 lap
12 / Randy DE PUNIET / FRA / Power Electronics Aspar / ART / ART / 48'38.162 / 2 laps
13 / Hiroshi AOYAMA / JPN / Avintia Blusens / BQR / BQR / 49'13.795 / 2 laps
14 / Colin EDWARDS / USA / NGM Mobile Forward Racing / SUTER / SUTER / 48'55.662 / 3 laps

Pole Position: Dani PEDROSA 1'30.844 158.711 Km/h Fastest Lap: Dani PEDROSA 1'33.119 154.834 Km/h Lap 12 Circuit Record Lap: Casey STONER 1'32.582 155.732 Km/h 2008 Circuit Best Lap: Dani PEDROSA 1'30.844 158.711 Km/h 2012

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONs:
1 LORENZO 350, 2 PEDROSA 332, 3 STONER 254, 4 DOVIZIOSO 218, 5 BAUTISTA 178,
6 ROSSI 163, 7 CRUTCHLOW 151, 8 BRADL 135, 9 HAYDEN 122, 10 SPIES Ben 88,
11 BARBERA 83, 12 ESPARGARO 74, 13 DE PUNIET 62, 14 ABRAHAM 59, 15 PIRRO 43.

Constructor:
1 HONDA 412, 2 YAMAHA 386, 3 DUCATI 192, 4 ART 100, 5 FTR 43, 6 BQR 35,
7 SUTER 27, 8 IODA-SUTER 18, 9 IODA 9, 10 APR 2, 11 BQR-FTR 2.

MOTO2
RACE: (27 laps = 108.135 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Marc MARQUEZ / SPA / Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol / SUTER / 48'50.706 / 132.83 /
2 / Julian SIMON / SPA / Blusens Avintia / SUTER / 48'51.962 / 132.773 / 1.256
3 / Nicolas TEROL / SPA / Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 / SUTER / 49'02.078 / 132.316 / 11.372
4 / Thomas LUTHI / SWI / Interwetten-Paddock / SUTER / 49'03.712 / 132.243 / 13.006
5 / Dominique AEGERTER / SWI / Technomag-CIP / SUTER / 49'04.531 / 132.206 / 13.825
6 / Jordi TORRES / SPA / Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 / SUTER / 49'18.617 / 131.577 / 27.911
7 / Mika KALLIO / FIN / Marc VDS Racing Team / KALEX / 49'27.044 / 131.203 / 36.338
8 / Pol ESPARGARO / SPA / Tuenti Movil HP 40 / KALEX / 49'29.041 / 131.115 / 38.335
9 / Toni ELIAS / SPA / Italtrans Racing Team / KALEX / 49'30.125 / 131.067 / 39.419
10 / Esteve RABAT / SPA / Tuenti Movil HP 40 / KALEX / 49'30.182 / 131.064 / 39.476
11 / Andrea IANNONE / ITA / Speed Master / SPEED UP / 49'30.913 / 131.032 / 40.207
12 / Gino REA / GBR / Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 / SUTER / 49'31.903 / 130.988 / 41.197
13 / Dani RIVAS / SPA / TSR Galicia School / KALEX / 49'32.474 / 130.963 / 41.768
14 / Yuki TAKAHASHI / JPN / NGM Mobile Forward Racing / FTR / 49'32.649 / 130.955 / 41.943
15 / Ricard CARDUS / SPA / Arguiñano Racing Team / AJR / 49'33.009 / 130.94 / 42.303

Pole Position: Pol ESPARGARO 1'35.191 151.463 Km/h Fastest Lap: Marc MARQUEZ 1'46.440 135.456 Km/h Lap 23 Circuit Record Lap: Karel ABRAHAM 1'36.611 149.237 Km/h 2010 Circuit Best Lap: Pol ESPARGARO 1'35.191 151.463 Km/h 2012

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS:
1 MARQUEZ 324, 2 ESPARGARO 268, 3 IANNONE 193, 4 LUTHI 190, 5 REDDING 161,
6 KALLIO 128, 7 RABAT 114, 8 AEGERTER 110, 9 SMITH 109, 10 ZARCO 94, 11 CORSI 87,
12 DE ANGELIS 86, 13 SIMON 79, 14 CORTI 74, 15 NAKAGAMI 56.

Constructor:
1 SUTER 374, 2 KALEX 319, 3 SPEED UP 227, 4 FTR 134, 5 TECH 3 111, 6 MOTOBI 94,
7 AJR 8, 8 MORIWAKI 1.

MOTO3
RACE: (24 laps = 96.12 Km)
POS / RIDER / NAT. / TEAM / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / KM/H / GAP
1 / Danny KENT / GBR / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 45'05.891 / 127.88 /
2 / Sandro CORTESE / GER / Red Bull KTM Ajo / KTM / 45'05.947 / 127.878 / 0.056
3 / Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN / MAL / AirAsia-Sic-Ajo /
KTM / 45'06.005 / 127.875 / 0.114
4 / Brad BINDER / RSA / RW Racing GP / KALEX KTM / 45'06.322 / 127.86 / 0.431
5 / Hector FAUBEL / SPA / Andalucia JHK t-shirt
Laglisse / FTR HONDA / 45'10.262 / 127.674 / 4.371
6 / Louis ROSSI / FRA / Racing Team Germany / FTR
HONDA / 45'13.496 / 127.522 / 7.605
7 / Jakub KORNFEIL / CZE / Redox-Ongetta-Centro
Seta / FTR HONDA / 45'20.822 / 127.179 / 14.931
8 / Maverick VIÑALES / SPA / Blusens Avintia /
FTR HONDA / 45'24.386 / 127.012 / 18.495
9 / Niklas AJO / FIN / TT Motion Events Racing /
KTM / 45'29.071 / 126.794 / 23.18
10 / Luis SALOM / SPA / RW Racing GP / KALEX KTM / 45'29.136 / 126.791 / 23.245
11 / Philipp OETTL / GER / HP Moto Kalex / KALEX
KTM / 45'33.423 / 126.592 / 27.532
12 / Juan Francisco GUEVAR / SPA / Wild Wolf BST
/ FTR HONDA / 45'36.222 / 126.463 / 30.331
13 / Niccolò ANTONELLI / ITA / San Carlo Gresini
Moto3 / FTR HONDA / 45'37.146 / 126.42 / 31.255
14 / Alessandro TONUCCI / ITA / Team Italia FMI /
FTR HONDA / 45'40.551 / 126.263 / 34.66
15 / Josep RODRIGUEZ / SPA / Moto FGR / FGR HONDA
/ 45'56.413 / 125.537 / 50.522

Pole Position: Jonas FOLGER 1'41.263 142.381 Km/h
Fastest Lap (New record): Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN 1'49.622 131.524 Km/h Lap 24
Circuit Record Lap: New category
Circuit Best Lap: Jonas FOLGER 1'41.263 142.381 Km/h 2012

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS:
1 CORTESE 325, 2 SALOM 214, 3 VIÑALES 207, 4 KENT
154, 5 RINS 141, 6 FENATI 136,
7 KHAIRUDDIN 128, 8 OLIVEIRA 114, 9 FOLGER 93, 10 VAZQUEZ 93, 11 ROSSI 86,
12 SISSIS 84, 13 MASBOU 81, 14 ANTONELLI 77, 15 KORNFEIL 71.

Constructor:
1 KTM 346, 2 FTR HONDA 306, 3 KALEX KTM 262, 4 SUTER HONDA 182, 5 HONDA 87,
6 TSR HONDA 21, 7 FGR HONDA 10, 8 IODA 5, 9 MAHINDRA 4, 10 KRP HONDA 1
11 ORAL 1.

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