2012 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round

France   2012 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 13 of 14 rounds in the
2012 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 13 of 13 rounds in the
2012 Supersport World Championship.
Date7 October, 2012
LocationMagny-Cours
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.411 km (2.741 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
United Kingdom Tom Sykes
1:36.950
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
France Sylvain Guintoli Italy Davide Giugliano
1:53.143 1:39.237
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
Australia Broc Parkes
1:41.545
Fastest lap
Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu
1:51.861

The 2012 Magny-Cours Superbike World Championship round was the 14th and final round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship. It took place over the weekend of 5–7 October 2012 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours located in Magny-Cours, France. In the WSBK, Max Biaggi clinches the title after beating closest rival Tom Sykes by just half a point.[1][2][3]

Superbike

Race 1 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1098R 23 44:06.299 5 25
2 33 Italy Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 23 +6.127 4 20
3 66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 +16.595 1 16
4 121 France Maxime Berger Ducati 1098R 23 +21.857 14 13
5 91 United Kingdom Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 23 +25.149 7 11
6 86 Italy Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 23 +32.778 17 10
7 58 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 23 +34.311 3 9
8 34 Italy Davide Giugliano Ducati 1098R 23 +47.269 15 8
9 71 Italy Claudio Corti Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 +49.720 12 7
10 76 France Loris Baz Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 +50.192 13 6
11 64 Italy Norino Brignola BMW S1000RR 22 +1 lap 19 5
12 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 21 +2 lap 11 4
13 65 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 18 +5 lap 6 3
Ret 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier Suzuki GSX-R1000 9 Accident 9
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 7 Accident 2
Ret 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 7 Retirement 18
Ret 87 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 1098R 5 Accident 16
Ret 3 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2 Accident 10
Ret 19 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1 Accident 8
DNS 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki GSX-R1000 Did not start
DNS 5 Sweden Alexander Lundh Kawasaki ZX-10R Did not start
Report: [4]

Race 2 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 38:15.725 1 25
2 65 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 23 +1.354 6 20
3 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1098R 23 +2.393 5 16
4 58 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 23 +13.122 3 13
5 3 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 23 +13.955 10 11
6 34 Italy Davide Giugliano Ducati 1098R 23 +18.229 15 10
7 7 Spain Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 23 +18.430 2 9
8 19 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 23 +26.648 8 8
9 86 Italy Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 23 +33.809 17 7
10 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier Suzuki GSX-R1000 23 +37.217 9 6
11 121 France Maxime Berger Ducati 1098R 23 +38.871 14 5
12 71 Italy Claudio Corti Kawasaki ZX-10R 23 +55.714 12 4
13 87 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 1098R 23 +57.621 16 3
14 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 23 +1:05.487 18 2
15 64 Italy Norino Brignola BMW S1000RR 22 +1 lap 19 1
Ret 91 United Kingdom Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 15 Accident 7
Ret 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 8 Accident 11
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 5 Accident 4
Ret 76 France Loris Baz Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 Accident 13
DNS 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki GSX-R1000 Did not start
DNS 5 Sweden Alexander Lundh Kawasaki ZX-10R Did not start
Report: [5]

Supersport

Race classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 16 France Jules Cluzel Honda CBR600RR 22 42:20.985 3 25
2 11 United Kingdom Sam Lowes Honda CBR600RR 22 +1.591 5 20
3 4 United Kingdom Dan Linfoot Kawasaki ZX-6R 22 +27.615 11 16
4 54 Turkey Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki ZX-6R 22 +27.854 4 13
5 99 France Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 22 +31.601 2 11
6 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Triumph Daytona 675 22 +46.745 10 10
7 20 South Africa Mathew Scholtz Honda CBR600RR 22 +50.820 16 9
8 8 Italy Andrea Antonelli Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +50.934 18 8
9 14 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Honda CBR600RR 22 +53.090 6 7
10 3 Australia Jed Metcher Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +55.664 15 6
11 93 France Florian Marino Kawasaki ZX-6R 22 +57.222 13 5
12 38 Hungary Balázs Németh Honda CBR600RR 22 +58.375 23 4
13 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda CBR600RR 22 +1:00.363 19 3
14 32 South Africa Sheridan Morais Kawasaki ZX-6R 22 +1:16.824 7 2
15 55 Italy Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +1:17.175 9 1
16 81 Italy Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +1:17.492 29
17 65 Russia Vladimir Leonov Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +1:26.293 14
18 40 United Kingdom Martin Jessopp Honda CBR600RR 22 +1:36.675 24
19 31 Italy Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph Daytona 675 22 +1:38.983 8
20 76 Switzerland Roman Stamm Suzuki GSX-R600 22 +1:40.174 22
21 61 Italy Fabio Menghi Yamaha YZF-R6 22 +1:47.916 25
22 117 Portugal Miguel Praia Honda CBR600RR 22 +1:48.178 27
23 94 France Axel Maurin Kawasaki ZX-6R 21 +1 lap 31
24 36 Australia Mitchell Carr Honda CBR600RR 21 +1 lap 28
25 22 Italy Roberto Tamburini Honda CBR600RR 21 +1 lap 26
26 34 South Africa Ronan Quarmby Honda CBR600RR 21 +1 lap 12
27 23 Australia Broc Parkes Honda CBR600RR 21 +1 lap 1
28 98 France Romain Lanusse Kawasaki ZX-6R 20 +2 lap 20
29 33 Austria Yves Polzer Yamaha YZF-R6 20 +2 lap 30
Ret 125 Italy Danilo Marrancone Honda CBR600RR 19 Retirement 21
Ret 53 France Valentin Debise Honda CBR600RR 4 Retirement 17
Ret 24 Russia Eduard Blokhin Yamaha YZF-R6 4 Retirement 32
DNS 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Honda CBR600RR Did not start
Report: [6]

Superstock

STK1000 race classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 11 France Jérémy Guarnoni Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 28:12.230 3 25
2 20 France Sylvain Barrier BMW S1000RR 14 +9.862 1 20
3 32 Italy Lorenzo Savadori Ducati 1199 Panigale 14 +20.703 6 16
4 93 France Mathieu Lussiana Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +34.445 11 13
5 67 Australia Bryan Staring Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +37.916 4 11
6 71 Sweden Christoffer Bergman Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +39.886 8 10
7 69 Czech Republic Ondřej Ježek Ducati 1098R 14 +43.775 12 9
8 25 France Julien Millet Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +49.227 15 8
9 39 France Randy Pagaud Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +49.678 14 7
10 21 Germany Markus Reiterberger BMW S1000RR 14 +1:03.515 7 6
11 88 Italy Massimo Parziani Aprilia RSV4 APRC 14 +1:23.345 19 5
12 27 France Adrien Protat Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +1:45.301 25 4
13 42 Brazil Heber Pedrosa Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +1:46.615 22 3
14 99 Switzerland Gabriel Berclaz Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +2:14.496 24 2
15 155 Portugal Tiago Dias Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 +3:54.896 21 1
16 36 Brazil Philippe Thiriet Kawasaki ZX-10R 13 +1 lap 18
NC 55 Slovakia Tomáš Svitok Ducati 1098R 9 +5 lap 26
Ret 43 South Africa Greg Gildenhuys BMW S1000RR 9 Accident 5
Ret 37 Poland Andrzej Chmielewski Ducati 1098R 8 Retirement 17
Ret 92 Argentina Leandro Mercado Kawasaki ZX-10R 7 Accident 9
Ret 222 South Africa Nicolaas Grobler Kawasaki ZX-10R 4 Accident 16
Ret 47 Italy Eddi La Marra Ducati 1199 Panigale 1 Accident 2
Ret 15 Italy Fabio Massei Honda CBR1000RR 1 Accident 10
Ret 40 Hungary Alen Győrfi Hoda CBR1000RR 0 Accident 23
Ret 169 South Africa David McFadden Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Accident 13
DNS 12 Germany Marc Moser Ducati 1199 Panigale 0 Did not start 20
Report: [7]

References

  1. ^ "Half a point gives Max Biaggi the championship win". worldsbk.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Max Biaggi wins the World Superbikes crown by the smallest ever margin". skysports.com. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Biaggi wins WSBK title". tntsports.co.uk. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ "2012 Superbike Magny-Cours race 1 results" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ^ "2012 Superbike Magny-Cours race 2 results" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  6. ^ "2012 Supersport Magny-Cours race results" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ^ "2012 Superstock 1000 Magny-Cours race results" (PDF). resources.worldsbk.com. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2025.