2012 Donington Superbike World Championship round

The 2012 Donington Superbike World Championship round was the fifth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 May 2012 at Donington Park in North West Leicestershire, England.

   Donington Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 5 of 14 rounds in the Superbike World Championship. and Round 5 of 13 rounds in the Supersport World Championship.
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Date	11-13 May 2012
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Tom Sykes 1:27.716 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Max Biaggi Max Biaggi 1:48.867 1:28.995
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Jules Cluzel 1:30.931 Fastest lap Sam Lowes 1:31.097

Superbike

Race 1 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	23	34:26.736	3	25
2	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	23	+0.728	2	20
3	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+1.609	1	16
4	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1.819	6	13
5	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	23	+2.102	4	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	23	+4.820	9	10
7	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	23	+7.520	13	9
8	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	23	+7.927	5	8
9	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+15.144	7	7
10	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	23	+16.065	11	6
11	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	23	+19.805	10	5
12	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	23	+20.170	16	4
13	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	23	+21.274	15	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	23	+21.517	8	2
15	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	23	+26.920	12	1
16	76	Loris Baz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+35.025	18
17	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+39.193	17
18	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	23	+42.334	20
19	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	23	+43.554	14
NC	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	21	+2 laps	21
NC	60	Peter Hickman	Suzuki GSX-R1000	15	+8 laps	19
Ret	101	Gary Mason	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	Retirement	23
Ret	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	0	Accident	22
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Race 2 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	23	34:31.847	6	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	23	+0.508	4	20
3	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+2.029	1	16
4	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+4.245	7	13
5	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	23	+6.595	5	11
6	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	23	+17.469	10	10
7	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	23	+17.788	16	9
8	76	Loris Baz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+21.093	18	8
9	60	Peter Hickman	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+21.866	19	7
10	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+22.620	17	6
11	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	23	+26.764	14	5
12	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	23	+27.043	20	4
13	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	23	+28.390	11	3
14	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	23	+56.618	21	2
15	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	23	+1:20.196	2	1
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	22	Accident	3
Ret	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	19	Retirement	22
Ret	101	Gary Mason	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	Retirement	23
Ret	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	12	Retirement	15
Ret	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	11	Retirement	13
Ret	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	10	Accident	12
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	0	Accident	9
Ret	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	0	Accident	8
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport

Race classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	11	Sam Lowes	Honda CBR600RR	22	33:43.603	2	25
2	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+0.678	4	20
3	16	Jules Cluzel	Honda CBR600RR	22	+3.987	1	16
4	23	Broc Parkes	Honda CBR600RR	22	+8.088	3	13
5	45	Glen Richards	Triumph Daytona 675	22	+11.786	5	11
6	32	Sheridan Morais	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+20.849	6	10
7	34	Ronan Quarmby	Honda CBR600RR	22	+23.795	11	9
8	53	Valentin Debise	Honda CBR600RR	22	+24.094	9	8
9	30	Billy McConnell	Triumph Daytona 675	22	+26.663	7	7
10	99	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+26.806	10	6
11	22	Roberto Tamburini	Honda CBR600RR	22	+29.832	14	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Triumph Daytona 675	22	+33.755	16	4
13	3	Jed Metcher	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+34.035	13	3
14	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+34.311	8	2
15	112	Luke Mossey	Triumph Daytona 675	22	+34.601	12	1
16	40	Martin Jessopp	Honda CBR600RR	22	+46.853	19
17	74	Kieran Clarke	Honda CBR600RR	22	+47.133	21
18	157	Ilario Dionisi	Honda CBR600RR	22	+48.506	18
19	98	Romain Lanusse	Kawasaki ZX-6R	22	+50.129	23
20	87	Luca Marconi	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+53.157	20
21	37	David Linortner	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+53.232	24
22	8	Andrea Antonelli	Honda CBR600RR	22	+1:00.246	29
23	13	Dino Lombardi	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+1:03.852	28
24	61	Fabio Menghi	Yamaha YZF-R6	22	+1:09.505	25
25	27	Thomas Caiani	Honda CBR600RR	21	+1 lap	35
26	24	Eduard Blokhin	Yamaha YZF-R6	21	+1 lap	34
Ret	17	Roberto Anastasia	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	32
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	Honda CBR600RR	12	Accident	17
Ret	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Triumph Daytona 675	11	Retirement	27
Ret	20	Mathew Scholtz	Honda CBR600RR	10	Retirement	15
Ret	33	Yves Polzer	Yamaha YZF-R6	10	Retirement	33
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Honda CBR600RR	8	Retirement	22
Ret	64	Joshua Day	Kawasaki ZX-6R	4	Retirement	30
Ret	38	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	0	Retirement	31
DNS	65	Vladimir Leonov	Yamaha YZF-R6			26
DNQ	73	Oleg Pozdneev	Yamaha YZF-R6
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

External links

• The official website of the Superbike World Championship