Round 12 of 18 Aftermath

Czech Grand Prix 2012

5.403 m · since 1930

24.08 – 26.08.2012

Aftermath

What happened

The official result against what we predicted, race craft by phase and the start.

Race result

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Team	Time / gap	Points
1	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	Repsol Honda Team	42:51.570	25
2	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Yamaha Factory Racing	+0.178	20
3	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+12.343	16
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	+18.591	13
5	Stefan Bradl	Honda	LCR Honda MotoGP	+25.582	11
6	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	San Carlo Honda Gresini	+29.451	10
7	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	Ducati Team	+34.514	9
8	Randy De Puniet	ART	Power Electronics Aspar	+64.285	8
9	Karel Abraham	Ducati	Cardion AB Motoracing	+68.278	7
10	Aleix Espargaro	ART	Power Electronics Aspar	+69.972	6
11	Toni Elias	Ducati	Pramac Racing Team	+70.003	5
12	Yonny Hernandez	BQR	Avintia Blusens	+84.040	4
13	Colin Edwards	Suter	NGM Mobile Forward Racing	+87.898	3
14	Michele Pirro	FTR	San Carlo Honda Gresini	+96.165	2
15	James Ellison	ART	Paul Bird Motorsport	+100.565	1
16	Mattia Pasini	ART	Speed Master	+101.226	0
17	Danilo Petrucci	Ioda	Came IodaRacing Project	+0.000	0
DNF	Ben Spies	Yamaha	Yamaha Factory Racing	Retired	0
DNF	Ivan Silva	BQR	Avintia Blusens	Retired	0

Lap-by-lap positions: race

Position crossing the line on each lap. The top six are in colour; the rest can be switched on in the legend. When a rider retires, their line ends.

The race in numbers

Race

Overtakes

Lead changes

2 leaders

11/22

Laps led by the winner

Daniel Pedrosa

0.178 s

Closest finish

Comeback of the day: Alvaro Bautista, from P8 to P6.

Longest battle: Daniel Pedrosa vs Jorge Lorenzo (22 laps).

Overtakes are counted at the finish line: moves undone within the same lap are not seen. It is a measure of movement, not an official statistic.

The start

C23

Holeshot: Jorge Lorenzo (started P1).

Rider	Grid	L1	Δ
Colin Edwards	15	10	+5
Ivan Silva	18	15	+3
Randy De Puniet	10	8	+2
Ben Spies	4	14	−10
Mattia Pasini	16	18	−2
Cal Crutchlow	2	3	−1

Who finished better and worse than the grid suggested

Rider	Grid→Pos.	Beats the grid
Daniel Pedrosa	3→1	+3.1
Stefan Bradl	7→5	+1.7
Andrea Dovizioso	5→4	+1.4
Danilo Petrucci	19→17	−2.6
Michele Pirro	14→14	−2.8
Mattia Pasini	16→16	−3.5

Positions gained (+) or lost (−) versus what the starting position suggests, net of what is normally gained or lost at the start. Finishers only.

Race weather

C25

20.2 °C

Air

max 20.2 °C

55%

Humidity

Dry

Rain

14 km/h

Wind

gusts 34 km/h

Open-Meteo data at the circuit location during the race; not the track temperature.

Preview

Before the race

What to expect this weekend: race and qualifying outlook, the weight of the grid and the weather.

Who rules each sector

Data from:

Finish line (approximate) S1 S2 S3 S4 · 5,401 m per lap

Approximate sectors: estimated from the time spent in each sector (typical error 5 to 10% of a lap) until we have the official split points.

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Ai Ogura +0.25%	Marc Marquez +0.32%	Maverick Viñales +0.47%
S2	Marc Marquez +0.02%	Raul Fernandez +0.20%	Fabio Quartararo +0.34%
S3	Marc Marquez +0.10%	Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.38%	Marco Bezzecchi +0.46%
S4	Marc Marquez +0.30%	Marco Bezzecchi +0.34%	Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.36%

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Ai Ogura +0.08%	Marc Marquez +0.43%	Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.49%
S2	Marc Marquez +0.11%	Raul Fernandez +0.24%	Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.26%
S3	Marc Marquez +0.07%	Fabio Di Giannantonio +0.36%	Joan Mir +0.42%
S4	Ai Ogura +0.19%	Francesco Bagnaia +0.19%	Marc Marquez +0.30%

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Marc Marquez	Pol Espargaro +0.34%	Marco Bezzecchi +0.37%
S2	Marc Marquez +0.05%	Raul Fernandez +0.16%	Francesco Bagnaia +0.32%
S3	Marc Marquez	Pedro Acosta +0.41%	Marco Bezzecchi +0.48%
S4	Marc Marquez +0.07%	Marco Bezzecchi +0.20%	Jack Miller +0.21%

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Pol Espargaro	Alex Rins +0.32%	Andrea Dovizioso +0.40%
S2	Fabio Quartararo +0.05%	Franco Morbidelli +0.10%	Joan Mir +0.24%
S3	Pol Espargaro +0.06%	Franco Morbidelli +0.21%	Takaaki Nakagami +0.27%
S4	Pol Espargaro +0.09%	Johann Zarco +0.39%	Franco Morbidelli +0.45%

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Andrea Dovizioso +0.03%	Maverick Viñales +0.11%	Alex Rins +0.30%
S2	Marc Marquez +0.03%	Jack Miller +0.28%	Andrea Dovizioso +0.34%
S3	Andrea Dovizioso +0.20%	Jack Miller +0.37%	Marc Marquez +0.41%
S4	Andrea Dovizioso +0.10%	Cal Crutchlow +0.23%	Marc Marquez +0.54%

Sector	1	2	3
S1	Andrea Dovizioso	Maverick Viñales +0.36%	Andrea Iannone +0.37%
S2	Marc Marquez	Daniel Pedrosa +0.44%	Valentino Rossi +0.45%
S3	Marc Marquez +0.09%	Andrea Iannone +0.14%	Andrea Dovizioso +0.16%
S4	Jorge Lorenzo +0.25%	Marc Marquez +0.41%	Maverick Viñales +0.48%

Fastest per sector: 2018–2026

Median gap to the fastest rider in each sector within each session, across all seasons at this circuit; active riders only. The name on the layout is the sector leader. Sector split points on the map are approximate.

A track for grid position, or an open one?

C15

A grid-position track: the grid rules here and it is very hard to come back.

81/100

Position index

40%

Pole wins

60%

Front row on the podium

0.78

Grid ↔ result

When two teammates disagree between pace and grid, pace wins 100% of the time (between 44% and 100%; 3 cases).

Descriptive, over 5 races (2018–2026). 100 = the track where the grid matters most; 0 = the most open. Within a team, practice pace tells who will finish ahead 7 times in 10, but when the faster teammate qualifies behind, they finish behind 6 times in 10: grid position weighs more than pace.

How they arrive in the standings

#	Rider	Points	Gap
1	Jorge Lorenzo	225	—
2	Daniel Pedrosa	207	−18
3	Casey Stoner	186	−39
4	Andrea Dovizioso	137	−88
5	Cal Crutchlow	106	−119
6	Stefan Bradl	94	−131

Full championship →

The last race here in numbers

2011 edition

Overtakes

Lead changes

2 leaders

20/22

Laps led by the winner

Casey Stoner

6.532 s

Closest finish

Comeback of the day: Andrea Dovizioso, from P7 to P2.

Longest battle: Colin Edwards vs Nicky Hayden (18 laps).

Overtakes are counted at the finish line: moves undone within the same lap are not seen. It is a measure of movement, not an official statistic.

Winners here

2026Marc MarquezDucati
2025Marc MarquezDucati
2020Brad BinderKTM
2019Marc MarquezHonda
2018Andrea DoviziosoDucati
2017Marc MarquezHonda
2016Cal CrutchlowHonda
2015Jorge LorenzoYamaha

Attrition here

Average here 16% · global 19%

Year	DNFs	%
2026	3/20	15%
2025	3/21	14%
2020	3/21	14%
2019	3/23	13%
2018	5/25	20%
2017	3/23	13%