2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round

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Miller Motorsports Park
CoursePermanent racing facility
4.907 km (3.049 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Czech Republic Jakub Smrž
1:47.626
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
Italy Marco Melandri Spain Carlos Checa
1:48.867 1:48.820

The 2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the

Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah, United States. The races were held on Memorial Day
Monday.

Carlos Checa won the first race but lost the front and crashed in the second race while Marco Melandri finished second to Checa in the first race but won the second race. Still, it was Aprilia rider Max Biaggi that extended his lead in the championship standings by finishing third place in both races.[1]

Superbike

Race 1 classification

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 7 Spain Carlos Checa
Ducati 1098R
21 38:21.283 2 25
2 33 Italy Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 21 +2.313 9 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +5.338 7 16
4 65 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 21 +5.517 5 13
5 58 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +12.201 8 11
6 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž
Ducati 1098R
21 +13.262 1 10
7 19 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 21 +19.662 11 9
8 66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes
Kawasaki ZX-10R
21 +21.292 3 8
9 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 21 +21.450 10 7
10 91 United Kingdom Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 21 +23.433 13 6
11 34 Italy Davide Giugliano
Ducati 1098R
21 +23.696 4 5
12 50 France Sylvain Guintoli
Ducati 1098R
21 +24.752 6 4
13 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
21 +29.400 20 3
14 86 Italy Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 21 +31.222 18 2
15 76 France Loris Baz
Kawasaki ZX-10R
21 +32.966 17 1
16 121 France Maxime Berger
Ducati 1098R
21 +35.409 14
17 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR 21 +52.153 21
18 14 United States Shane Turpin
Ducati 1098R
20 +1 lap 24
19 16 United States Jake Holden BMW S1000RR 20 +1 lap 23
Ret 36 Argentina Leandro Mercado
Kawasaki ZX-10R
13 Accident 22
Ret 87 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti
Ducati 1098R
11 Accident 12
Ret 21
John Hopkins
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
7 Accident 16
Ret 44 Spain David Salom
Kawasaki ZX-10R
7 Retirement 19
Ret 59 Italy Niccolò Canepa
Ducati 1098R
6 Accident 15
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Race 2 classification

The race was stopped after 3 laps due to Hiroshi Aoyama's crash, that spilt fluid on the track, and restarted an hour later on an 18-lap distance.[2]

Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time Grid Points
1 33 Italy Marco Melandri BMW S1000RR 18 32:56.257 9 25
2 65 United Kingdom Jonathan Rea Honda CBR1000RR 18 +0.195 5 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Aprilia RSV4 Factory 18 +2.137 7 16
4 19 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia RSV4 Factory 18 +4.245 11 13
5 66 United Kingdom Tom Sykes
Kawasaki ZX-10R
18 +9.534 3 11
6 58 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia RSV4 Factory 18 +9.798 8 10
7 34 Italy Davide Giugliano
Ducati 1098R
18 +11.891 4 9
8 91 United Kingdom Leon Haslam BMW S1000RR 18 +12.715 13 8
9 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž
Ducati 1098R
18 +13.017 1 7
10 50 France Sylvain Guintoli
Ducati 1098R
18 +13.703 6 6
11 2 United Kingdom Leon Camier
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
18 +15.687 20 5
12 84 Italy Michel Fabrizio BMW S1000RR 18 +21.923 10 4
13 86 Italy Ayrton Badovini BMW S1000RR 18 +23.940 18 3
14 76 France Loris Baz
Kawasaki ZX-10R
18 +24.051 17 2
15 121 France Maxime Berger
Ducati 1098R
18 +33.897 14 1
16 21
John Hopkins
Suzuki GSX-R 1000
18 +38.692 16
17 36 Argentina Leandro Mercado
Kawasaki ZX-10R
18 +47.703 22
18 16 United States Jake Holden BMW S1000RR 18 +1:07.223 23
19 14 United States Shane Turpin
Ducati 1098R
18 +1:41.714 24
Ret 44 Spain David Salom
Kawasaki ZX-10R
13 Retirement 19
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa
Ducati 1098R
11 Retirement 2
Ret 59 Italy Niccolò Canepa
Ducati 1098R
9 Retirement 15
Ret 87 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti
Ducati 1098R
5 Accident 12
Ret 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda CBR1000RR Not restarted 21
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

References

  1. ^ "Aprilia Max Biaggi leads World Superbike going into Misano Adriatico". GrandPrixRankings.com. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "Melandri resists Rea as Checa chucks it". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

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