2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round

  2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 2 of 14 rounds in the
2012 Superbike World Championship.
and
Round 2 of 13 rounds in the
2012 Supersport World Championship.
Date1 April, 2012
LocationImola
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.936 km (3.067 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Tom Sykes
1:46.748
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
Carlos Checa Tom Sykes
1:47.877 1:47.552
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
Sam Lowes
1:51.436
Fastest lap
Broc Parkes
1:51.952

The 2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 30 March–1 April 2012 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy.

Superbike

Race 1 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 21 38:06.264 3 25
2 66 Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +3.206 1 20
3 91 Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 21 +5.593 4 16
4 3 Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +6.519 5 13
5 58 Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +24.662 11 11
6 33 Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 21 +27.261 6 10
7 17 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +27.384 8 9
8 87 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 1098R 21 +28.299 9 8
9 65 Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 21 +34.067 7 7
10 59 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 1098R 21 +35.724 14 6
11 96 Jakub Smrž Ducati 1098R 21 +36.738 10 5
12 121 Maxime Berger Ducati 1098R 21 +37.257 13 4
13 21 John Hopkins Suzuki GSX-R1000 21 +50.418 19 3
14 36 Leandro Mercado Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +53.623 24 2
15 86 Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 21 +53.942 16 1
16 68 Brett McCormick Ducati 1098R 21 +54.139 22
17 18 Mark Aitchison BMW S1000RR 21 +57.944 21
18 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 21 +1:06.233 23
19 44 David Salom Kawasaki ZX-10R 16 +5 laps 20
Ret 84 Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 8 Retirement 18
Ret 34 Davide Giugliano Ducati 1098R 8 Retirement 12
Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1098R 1 Retirement 2
Ret 19 Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1 Retirement 17
Ret 2 Leon Camier Suzuki GSX-R1000 0 Retirement 15
Ret 15 Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda CBR1000RR 0 Retirement 25
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Race 2 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Carlos Checa Ducati 1098R 21 37:57.571 3 25
2 66 Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +1.935 1 20
3 91 Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 21 +2.969 4 16
4 3 Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +3.346 5 13
5 65 Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 21 +18.925 7 11
6 58 Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +21.180 11 10
7 96 Jakub Smrž Ducati 1098R 21 +21.392 10 9
8 2 Leon Camier Suzuki GSX-R1000 21 +23.797 15 8
9 17 Joan Lascorz Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +24.219 8 7
10 33 Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 21 +25.599 6 6
11 50 Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1098R 21 +25.776 2 5
12 121 Maxime Berger Ducati 1098R 21 +26.004 13 4
13 87 Lorenzo Zanetti Ducati 1098R 21 +31.172 9 3
14 19 Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +33.837 17 2
15 86 Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 21 +45.541 16 1
16 68 Brett McCormick Ducati 1098R 21 +50.807 22
17 44 David Salom Kawasaki ZX-10R 21 +51.083 20
18 18 Mark Aitchison BMW S1000RR 21 +57.833 21
Ret 34 Davide Giugliano Ducati 1098R 20 Retirement 12
Ret 59 Niccolò Canepa Ducati 1098R 17 Retirement 14
Ret 36 Leandro Mercado Kawasaki ZX-10R 14 Retirement 24
Ret 4 Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 12 Retirement 23
Ret 15 Lorenzo Alfonsi Honda CBR1000RR 8 Retirement 25
Ret 21 John Hopkins Suzuki GSX-R1000 4 Retirement 19
Ret 84 Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 0 Retirement 18
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport

Race classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 99 Fabien Foret Kawasaki ZX-6R 19 35:44.653 6 25
2 11 Sam Lowes Honda CBR600RR 19 +0.574 1 20
3 34 Ronan Quarmby Honda CBR600RR 19 +17.266 11 16
4 22 Roberto Tamburini Honda CBR600RR 19 +17.270 7 13
5 31 Vittorio Iannuzzo Triumph Daytona 675 19 +22.953 14 11
6 65 Vladimir Leonov Yamaha YZF-R6 19 +25.509 13 10
7 38 Balázs Németh Honda CBR600RR 19 +30.042 9 9
8 8 Andrea Antonelli Honda CBR600RR 19 +32.429 16 8
9 55 Massimo Roccoli Yamaha YZF-R6 19 +37.894 8 7
10 32 Sheridan Morais Kawasaki ZX-6R 19 +39.265 2 6
11 25 Alex Baldolini Triumph Daytona 675 19 +46.848 15 5
12 64 Joshua Day Kawasaki ZX-6R 19 +56.679 17 4
13 98 Romain Lanusse Kawasaki ZX-6R 19 +57.925 20 3
14 87 Luca Marconi Yamaha YZF-R6 19 +1:04.381 24 2
15 3 Jed Metcher Yamaha YZF-R6 19 +1:11.922 19 1
16 81 Cristiano Erbacci Yamaha YZF-R6 19 +1:12.356 21
17 40 Martin Jessopp Honda CBR600RR 19 +1:14.321 18
18 52 Lukáš Pešek Honda CBR600RR 19 +1:20.799 23
19 33 Yves Polzer Yamaha YZF-R6 18 +1 lap 27
20 23 Broc Parkes Honda CBR600RR 18 +1 lap 5
21 24 Eduard Blokhin Yamaha YZF-R6 17 +2 laps 29
Ret 13 Dino Lombardi Yamaha YZF-R6 18 Retirement 22
Ret 61 Fabio Menghi Yamaha YZF-R6 17 Retirement 25
Ret 10 Imre Tóth Honda CBR600RR 9 Retirement 12
Ret 16 Jules Cluzel Honda CBR600RR 5 Retirement 4
Ret 18 David Látr Honda CBR600RR 1 Retirement 28
DSQ 20 Mathew Scholtz Honda CBR600RR 12 Disqualified 10
DSQ 54 Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki ZX-6R 7 Disqualified 3
DNS 19 Paweł Szkopek Honda CBR600RR 26
DNQ 27 Thomas Caiani Honda CBR600RR
DNQ 73 Oleg Pozdneev Yamaha YZF-R6
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

Superstock

Superstock 1000 Race classification

The race was stopped after 7 laps after Heber Pedrosa crashed at Variante Bassa, the race was later restarted and shortened into 5 lap.

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 20 Sylvain Barrier BMW S1000RR 5 9:25.462 4 25
2 65 Loris Baz KAwasaki ZX-10R 5 +0.700 5 20
3 47 Eddi La Marra Ducati 1199 Panigale 5 +1.098 1 16
4 21 Markus Reiterberger BMW S1000RR 5 +1.240 2 13
5 67 Bryan Staring Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 +5.638 9 11
6 15 Fabio Massei Honda CBR1000RR 5 +11.703 8 10
7 24 Kev Coghlan Ducati 1199 Panigale 5 +13.079 12 9
8 32 Lorenzo Savadori Ducati 1199 Panigale 5 +13.210 6 8
9 55 Tomáš Svitok Ducati 1098R 5 +15.069 16 7
10 37 Andrzej Chmielewski Ducati 1098R 5 +18.545 17 6
11 44 Federico Dittadi Aprilia RSV4 APRC 5 +22.074 14 5
12 40 Alen Győrfi Honda CBR1000RR 5 +22.840 15 4
13 155 Tiago Dias Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 +24.262 23 3
14 36 Philippe Thiriet Kawasaki ZX-10R 5 +28.065 21 2
15 14 Lorenzo Baroni BMW S1000RR 5 +28.286 3 1
Ret 5 Marco Bussolotti Ducati 1098R 2 Accident 7
Ret 88 Massimo Parziani Aprilia RSV4 APRC 0 Retirement 18
DNS 42 Heber Pedrosa Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Accident (original attempt) 20
DNS 93 Mathieu Lussiana Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Retirement (original attempt) 13
DNS 71 Christoffer Bergman Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Retirement (original attempt) 22
DNS 39 Randy Pagaud Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Retirement (original attempt) 19
DNS 23 Federico Sandi Ducati 1199 Panigale 0 Accident (original attempt) 11
DNS 11 Jérémy Guarnoni Kawasaki ZX-10R 0 Accident (original attempt) 10
DNQ 61 Alexey Ivanov Ducati 1199 Panigale Did not qualify
DNQ 30 Bogdan Vrăjitoru Kawasaki ZX-10R Did not qualify
OFFICIAL SUPERSTOCK 1000 RACE REPORT