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2012 MotoGP World Championship

Jorge Lorenzo became the MotoGP world champion.

The 2012 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Casey Stoner started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion.[1]

In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner. Lorenzo won four of the first six races to be held in the campaign to open up an advantage over Stoner, before he was taken out of the Dutch TT on the first lap by Álvaro Bautista; Stoner won the race to eradicate the points lead.[2] In the next race, Stoner crashed out of the German Grand Prix on the final lap and allowed Pedrosa to take his first win of the season.[3] Stoner struggled in the next few races – despite a victory at the United States Grand Prix[4] – with his championship challenge ended by a qualifying crash at Indianapolis. After ankle surgery,[5] he returned to the series and won his final race of his career at his home race, the Australian Grand Prix, for the sixth successive season.[6] Pedrosa went on a run of five victories in six races, with the streak being interrupted by a first-lap crash at Misano, where he was taken out by Héctor Barberá.[7] Lorenzo finished second to Pedrosa on each occasion that he had won, and he took advantage of Pedrosa's accident to win at Misano.[8] Lorenzo ultimately won the title with a second-place finish to Stoner in Australia, after Pedrosa had crashed out of the lead early on.

  1. ^ Rostance, Tom (16 October 2011). "Casey Stoner seals MotoGP title with win in Australia". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ^ Rostance, Tom (30 June 2012). "Casey Stoner level with Jorge Lorenzo after Assen win". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  3. ^ Birt, Matthew (9 July 2012). "Casey Stoner makes last lap blunder". Motor Cycle News. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. ^ Osborne, Chris (29 July 2012). "Casey Stoner wins US GP ahead of Jorge Lorenzo". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Casey Stoner undergoes surgery on broken ankle". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Lorenzo crowned Champion as Stoner makes it six at Australian GP". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Pedrosa suffers Misano to forget". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. ^ Rostance, Tom (16 September 2012). "Jorge Lorenzo wins as Dani Pedrosa crashes in Misano". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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