2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round

The 2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round was the sixth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 26–28, 2012 at Miller Motorsports Park, in Tooele, Utah, United States. The races were held on Memorial Day Monday.

United States   2012 Miller Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 6 of 14 rounds in the
2012 Superbike World Championship.
DateMay 28, 2012
LocationMiller 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

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 United States 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 United States 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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