2012 Moto3 World Championship

The inaugural Moto3 world championship title went to German rider Sandro Cortese, following his fourth victory of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix,[1] which gave him an unassailable points lead over his two title rivals Luis Salom and Maverick Viñales in the championship race.[2] Cortese also became the first rider to win any Grand Prix title for the Austrian manufacturer KTM.[3] KTM also won the constructors' championship at the Australian Grand Prix, doing so after Cortese won the race.

The 2012 season also saw the introduction of four-stroke bikes in the new Moto3 class.[4]

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]

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	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, Selangor
16	28 October	AirAsia Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
17	11 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 13 January 2012.[9] All teams used Dunlop tyres.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ioda Team Italia IodaRacing Project[10] Ioda[9] Ioda TR002 3 Luigi Morciano[9] 1–13, 17 80 Armando Pontone[11] 3, 10–17 94 Jonas Folger[12] 1, 4–9 Team Italia FMI[10] FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 5 Romano Fenati[9] All 19 Alessandro Tonucci[9] All TT Motion Events Racing[10] KTM[9] KTM RC250GP 6 Joan Olivé[11] 3, 11 31 Niklas Ajo[9] 1–2, 4–10, 12–17 JHK T-shirt Laglisse JHK Laglisse[14] Honda[14] Honda NSF250R 7 Efrén Vázquez[14] 1 26 Adrián Martín[15] 1 FTR Honda[16] FTR M312 7 Efrén Vázquez[14] 2–17 26 Adrián Martín[15] 2–17 Caretta Technology[10] Honda[9] Honda NSF250R 8 Jack Miller[9] 1–2, 4–10, 12–17 10 Alexis Masbou[9] 1–11 71 Michael Ruben Rinaldi 11–12 73 Manuel Tatasciore[11] 3 KRP Honda[17] KRP M3-01 17 John McPhee[18] 13–17 Cresto Guide MZ Racing[10] MZ Racing MZ-RE Honda[9] MZ Moto3 9 Toni Finsterbusch[13] 1 MZ FTR[19] FTR M312 2 Honda[20] Honda NSF250R 3–4, 6–11 Racing Team Germany[10] Honda Honda NSF250R 9 Toni Finsterbusch[21] 12–17 FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 96 Louis Rossi[9] All Red Bull KTM Ajo[10] KTM[22] KTM RC250GP 11 Sandro Cortese[23] All 52 Danny Kent[24] All 61 Arthur Sissis[24] All AirAsia-SIC-Ajo[10] 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin[9] All Ambrogio Next Racing[25] Suter Honda[26] Suter MMX3 12 Álex Márquez[27] 10–17 15 Simone Grotzkyj[25] 4–9 30 Giulian Pedone[28] 4–17 Oral[28] Oral M3 15 Simone Grotzkyj[25] 1–3 30 Giulian Pedone[28] 2–3 Estrella Galicia 0,0[10] Suter Honda[9] Suter MMX3 12 Álex Márquez[19] 2–3, 5 42 Álex Rins[29] All 44 Miguel Oliveira[29] All Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda KRP M3-01 17 John McPhee[30] 5–6, 11 79 Fraser Rogers[31] 6 Mahindra Racing[10] Mahindra[32] Mahindra MGP3O 20 Riccardo Moretti[33] 9–11, 14–16 77 Marcel Schrötter[34] 1–8 95 Miroslav Popov 11–13, 17 99 Danny Webb[34] 1–10, 12–17 Andalucia JHK Laglisse[13] FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 21 Iván Moreno[13] 1–9 23 Alberto Moncayo[27] 10–16 55 Héctor Faubel[35] 17 Dutch Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 22 Bryan Schouten[36] 7 Bankia Aspar Team[10] Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3[37] Kalex KTM[38] Kalex KTM 23 Alberto Moncayo[38] 1–9 29 Luca Amato[39] 13–17 55 Héctor Faubel[38] 1–12 94 Jonas Folger[27] 10–17 Blusens Avintia[40][10] FTR Honda[9] FTR M312 25 Maverick Viñales[41] All San Carlo Gresini Moto3[10] Honda[42] Honda NSF250R 27 Niccolò Antonelli[42] 1 FTR Honda[19] FTR M312 2–17 Wild Wolf BST FTR Honda FTR M312 28 Josep Rodríguez[19] 2 58 Juan Francisco Guevara[18] 13, 17 Ongetta-Centro Seta[10] Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta FTR Honda[13] FTR M312 28 Josep Rodríguez[21] 12 32 Isaac Viñales[43] 1–11, 13–17 84 Jakub Kornfeil[9] All Moto FGR[10] FGR Honda[9] FGR 250 GP 28 Josep Rodríguez[44] 14–17 53 Jasper Iwema[45] 1–13 Team Imperiali Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 33 Stefano Valtulini[21] 12 Fastline GP Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 36 Sam Clarke[46] 16 RW Racing GP[10] Kalex KTM[47] Kalex KTM 39 Luis Salom[47] All 41 Brad Binder[47] All MIR Racing Honda MIR Racing Moto3 40 Julián Miralles[36] 7 Freudenberg Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 43 Luca Grünwald[37] 8, 11 Bradol Larresport Honda Honda NSF250R 49 Jorge Navarro[18] 13 Technomag-CIP-TSR[10] TSR Honda[9] TSR TSR3 51 Kenta Fujii[48] All 89 Alan Techer[49] All HP Moto Kalex Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 65 Philipp Öttl[35] 17 Racing Team Gabrielli Honda Honda NSF250R 71 Michael Ruben Rinaldi[33] 9 Elle 2 Ciatti Honda Honda NSF250R 74 Kevin Calia[33] 9, 12 K1 Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 75 Lincoln Gilding[46] 16 Project μ 7C Harc Honda Honda NSF250R 81 Hyuga Watanabe[44] 14 18 Garage Racing Team Honda Honda NSF250R 82 Yuudai Kamei[44] 14 Thomas Sabo GP Team Honda Honda NSF250R 86 Kevin Hanus[19] 3–4, 8

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider