2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round

The 2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the first round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 24–26 February 2012 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.

  2012 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 1 of 14 rounds in the 2012 Superbike World Championship. and Round 1 of 13 rounds in the 2012 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	26 February, 2012
Location	Phillip Island
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.445 km (2.762 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Tom Sykes 1:31.323 (Combined sessions) Superpole cancelled when circuit closed following investigation into fatal crash during support race. Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Max Biaggi Carlos Checa 1:31.785 1:32.846
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Broc Parkes 1:34.445 Fastest lap Fabien Foret 1:35.274

Superbike

Crescent Suzuki's John Hopkins and Team Pedercini's Leandro Mercado, both injured, were replaced by Josh Brookes and Bryan Staring.^[1]

During Saturday sessions, a crash in the domestic Supersport race killed Oscar McIntyre, 17, and the circuit was closed for investigation following the fatal crash. The incident forced officials to call off Superpole qualifying, as the investigation curtailed all events at the circuit for the day.^[2] The starting grid for both races was then established from the two qualifying sessions.^[3]

Max Biaggi won the first race with 7.104 secs advantage over Marco Melandri while Carlos Checa lost the rear tire when he was accelerating into the main straight of the circuit. In terms of top speed, both Biaggi and Melandri recorded the highest top speeds of 324.6 and 322.7 km/h respectively. Melandri's result represented the first ever second position for BMW at a superbike race. Phillip Island second race was full of drama when Biaggi went off the track and re-joined in the last position. He remounted all the way to finish second at just +5.707 secs from race winner Checa.^[4]

Race 1 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	22	34:13.963	2	25
2	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	22	+7.104	13	20
3	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	22	+7.378	5	16
4	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+12.189	1	13
5	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	22	+16.424	4	11
6	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	22	+20.200	10	10
7	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+20.223	8	9
8	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+24.108	16	8
9	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	22	+28.072	14	7
10	67	Bryan Staring	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+34.232	17	6
11	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	22	+34.450	20	5
12	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	22	+35.648	12	4
13	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	22	+36.392	9	3
14	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+41.500	18	2
15	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+42.086	15	1
16	25	Josh Brookes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+42.605	21
17	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+43.366	6
18	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	22	+45.225	22
19	20	David Johnson	BMW S1000RR	22	+1:08.782	24
20	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	22	+1:10.440	7
Ret	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	19	Retirement	11
Ret	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	14	Retirement	19
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	5	Accident	3
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda CBR1000RR	0	Retirement	23
DNS	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory		Injured
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Race 2 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	22	34:26.728	3	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	22	+5.707	2	20
3	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+12.521	1	16
4	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+12.655	8	13
5	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	22	+18.179	12	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	22	+18.831	13	10
7	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	22	+18.939	9	9
8	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	22	+19.478	11	8
9	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+19.554	16	7
10	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	22	+26.289	7	6
11	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	22	+26.479	4	5
12	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+29.145	6	4
13	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	22	+36.482	14	3
14	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	22	+38.113	20	2
15	25	Josh Brookes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	+43.234	21	1
16	67	Bryan Staring	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	+43.526	17
17	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda CBR1000RR	22	+53.929	23
Ret	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	11	Retirement	19
Ret	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	10	Accident	15
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	9	Retirement	5
Ret	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	8	Retirement	18
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	4	Retirement	10
Ret	20	David Johnson	BMW S1000RR	4	Retirement	24
Ret	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	1	Accident	22
DNS	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory		Injured
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport

Race classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki ZX-6R	15	24:08.130	4	25
2	99	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	15	+0.078	5	20
3	23	Broc Parkes	Honda CBR600RR	15	+2.038	1	16
4	16	Jules Cluzel	Honda CBR600RR	15	+2.113	3	13
5	11	Sam Lowes	Honda CBR600RR	15	+4.955	2	11
6	32	Sheridan Morais	Kawasaki ZX-6R	15	+6.812	6	10
7	34	Ronan Quarmby	Honda CBR600RR	15	+11.592	13	9
8	25	Alex Baldolini	Triumph Daytona 675	15	+16.761	7	8
9	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Triumph Daytona 675	15	+18.098	14	7
10	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda CBR600RR	15	+18.425	12	6
11	3	Jed Metcher	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+19.227	17	5
12	64	Joshua Day	Kawasaki ZX-6R	15	+24.412	19	4
13	87	Luca Marconi	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+28.808	23	3
14	20	Mathew Scholtz	Honda CBR600RR	15	+28.915	15	2
15	61	Fabio Menghi	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+29.128	18	1
16	8	Andrea Antonelli	Honda CBR600RR	15	+31.719	24
17	40	Martin Jessopp	Honda CBR600RR	15	+36.812	22
18	10	Imre Tóth	Honda CBR600RR	15	+40.102	20
19	98	Romain Lanusse	Kawasaki ZX-6R	15	+40.788	26
20	13	Dino Lombardi	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+44.040	25
21	38	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	15	+48.573	8
22	33	Yves Polzer	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+1:05.387	27
23	27	Thomas Caiani	Honda CBR600RR	15	+1:20.489	28
Ret	69	Ondřej Ježek	Honda CBR600RR	12	Retirement	16
Ret	22	Roberto Tamburini	Honda CBR600RR	7	Retirement	9
Ret	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	3	Retirement	11
Ret	19	Paweł Szkopek	Honda CBR600RR	0	Retirement	10
Ret	65	Vladimir Leonov	Yamaha YZF-R6	0	Retirement	21
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

References

1. "Phillip Island Entry List" (PDF). Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. . Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 25 February 2012. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
3. (PDF). fim-live.com. Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 1.17.3: Grid positions will be based...for the Superbike, on the Superpole results and the qualifying practice results. In the case where the Superpole has been cancelled, the grid position will be based on the qualifying practice results.
4. "Biaggi Melandri Sykes Checa take the lead 2012 world superbike season". grandprixrankings.com. Grand Prix Rankings. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

External links

• The official website of the Superbike World Championship