MotoGP World Championship

2012 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 18

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Jorge Lorenzo	350	—	6	16
2	Daniel Pedrosa	332	−18	7	15
3	Casey Stoner	254	−96	5	10
4	Andrea Dovizioso	218	−132	0	6
5	Alvaro Bautista	178	−172	0	2
6	Valentino Rossi	163	−187	0	2
7	Cal Crutchlow	151	−199	0	2
8	Stefan Bradl	135	−215	0	0
9	Nicky Hayden	122	−228	0	0
10	Ben Spies	88	−262	0	0
11	Hector Barbera	83	−267	0	0
12	Aleix Espargaro	74	−276	0	0
13	Randy De Puniet	62	−288	0	0
14	Karel Abraham	59	−291	0	0
15	Michele Pirro	43	−307	0	0
16	James Ellison	35	−315	0	0
17	Yonny Hernandez	28	−322	0	0
18	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	27	−323	0	1
19	Danilo Petrucci	27	−323	0	0
20	Colin Edwards	27	−323	0	0
21	Jonathan Rea	17	−333	0	0
22	Mattia Pasini	13	−337	0	0
23	Ivan Silva	12	−338	0	0
24	Toni Elias	10	−340	0	0
25	Hiroshi Aoyama	3	−347	0	0
26	Steve Rapp	2	−348	0	0
27	David Salom	1	−349	0	0
28	Franco Battaini	0	−350	0	0
29	Chris Vermeulen	0	−350	0	0
30	Claudio Corti	0	−350	0	0
31	Roberto Rolfo	0	−350	0	0
32	Aaron Yates	0	−350	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	08.04	Jorge Lorenzo
2	Spanish Grand Prix	29.04	Casey Stoner
3	Portuguese Grand Prix	06.05	Casey Stoner
4	French Grand Prix	20.05	Jorge Lorenzo
5	Catalan Grand Prix	03.06	Jorge Lorenzo
6	British Grand Prix	17.06	Jorge Lorenzo
7	Dutch TT	30.06	Casey Stoner
8	German Grand Prix	08.07	Daniel Pedrosa
9	Italian Grand Prix	15.07	Jorge Lorenzo
10	United States Grand Prix	29.07	Casey Stoner
11	Indianapolis Grand Prix	19.08	Daniel Pedrosa
12	Czech Grand Prix	26.08	Daniel Pedrosa
13	San Marino Grand Prix	16.09	Jorge Lorenzo
14	Aragon Grand Prix	30.09	Daniel Pedrosa
15	Japanese Grand Prix	14.10	Daniel Pedrosa
16	Malaysian Grand Prix	21.10	Daniel Pedrosa
17	Australian Grand Prix	28.10	Casey Stoner
18	Valencia Grand Prix	11.11	Daniel Pedrosa

0.84

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.78

33%

Pole wins

historical avg. 39%

Different winners

historical avg. 6.0

21%

Retirements

historical avg. 19%

Over 18 races this season. The higher the grid ↔ result correlation, the more predictable the year.

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Repsol Honda Team	Daniel Pedrosa – Casey Stoner	8–7	0–0	7–8	332–254
Yamaha Factory Racing	Jorge Lorenzo – Ben Spies	15–1	0–0	14–2	350–88
Monster Yamaha Tech 3	Andrea Dovizioso – Cal Crutchlow	13–5	0–0	4–14	218–151
Ducati Team	Valentino Rossi – Nicky Hayden	10–6	0–0	7–10	163–122
San Carlo Honda Gresini	Alvaro Bautista – Michele Pirro	17–1	0–0	17–1	178–43
Power Electronics Aspar	Aleix Espargaro – Randy De Puniet	12–6	0–0	8–10	74–62
Avintia Blusens	Yonny Hernandez – Ivan Silva	8–3	0–0	13–1	28–12

Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.