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2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round

{{Infobox Superbike race report

| Round = Monza

| flag = Italy

| Location = Monza

| Course_km = 5.777

| SBK_Round_No = 4

| SBK_Season_No = 14

| SS_Round_No = 4

| SS_Season_No = 13

| Image = Monza track map.svg

| Prev = Assen

| Next = Donington

| Date = May 6

| Year = 2012

| Pole_Rider_SBK = Sylvain Guintoli

| Pole_Rider_SBK_Country = France

| Pole_Time_SBK = 1:54.276

| Fast1_Rider_SBK = n/a

| Fast1_Rider_SBK_Country =

| Fast1_Time_SBK =

| Fast2_Rider_SBK = Tom Sykes

| Fast2_Rider_SBK_Country = United Kingdom

| Fast2_Time_SBK = 1:44.707

| Pole_Rider_SS = Sam Lowes

| Pole_Rider_SS_Country = United Kingdom

| Pole_Time_SS = 1:47.601

| Fast_Rider_SS = Sam Lowes

| Fast_Rider_SS_Country = United Kingdom

| Fast_Time_SS = 2:00.653

}}

The 2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fourth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 4–6, 2012 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza located in Monza, Italy.

Superbike

=Report=

At this round the championship held an awards ceremony marking their 25th anniversary, this however would be a round full of incident, the conditions were changeable throughout the weekend, and during a wet superpole riders were unable to make their wet tyres last more than 2 laps due to the tyres falling apart down the center due to the high speed nature of the Monza circuit. The race started dry but Mark Aitchison fell at the final turn on the warm up lap then John Hopkins and Marco Melandri, would also go down at the final turn. The race was stopped as the rain persisted and race 1 was canceled on safety grounds.{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/179368/1/rain_halts_first_wsbk_race.html|title=Rain halts first WSBK race|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=6 May 2012|accessdate=7 May 2012}}

Race 2 was run in similar conditions with the rain falling just after half distance meaning that half points were awarded. After the debacle Team Effenbert Liberty Racing hit out at WSBK organizers for favoring a few riders in the cancellation of race 1, putting doubt into their further participation in the championship.{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/179403/1/furious_effenbert_liberty_team_slams_wsbk.html|title=Furious Effenbert Liberty slams WSBK|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=7 May 2012|accessdate=8 May 2012}} Pirelli the lone tyre provider hit back at complaints from the riders who Pirelli say ignored the advice to use the intermediate tyres during the wet/dry racing.{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/179401/1/pirelli_teams_completely_ignored_advice.html|title=Pirelli teams completely ignored advice|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=7 May 2012|accessdate=8 May 2012}}

Liberty racing later released a statement backtracking on was said in the wake of Monza and confirming that the team would be competing at the next round but hinted that the title sponsor Effenbert may scale back their branding in way of protest.{{cite news|url=http://www.crash.net/world+superbikes/news/179542/1/liberty_clarifies_position_after_monza_furore.html|title=Liberty clarifies position|work=crash.net|publisher=Crash Media Group|date=10 May 2012|accessdate=12 May 2012}}

=Race 2 classification=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! No.

! Rider

! Bike

! Laps

! Time

! Grid

! Points

1

| 66

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Tom Sykes

| Kawasaki ZX-10R

| 8

| 14:08.800

| 2

| 12.5

2

| 91

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Leon Haslam

| BMW S1000RR

| 8

| +9.709

| 13

| 10

3

| 58

| {{flagicon|Ireland}} Eugene Laverty

| Aprilia RSV4 Factory

| 8

| +10.119

| 9

| 8

4

| 33

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Marco Melandri

| BMW S1000RR

| 8

| +10.294

| 3

| 6.5

5

| 3

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Max Biaggi

| Aprilia RSV4 Factory

| 8

| +10.527

| 6

| 5.5

6

| 65

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Jonathan Rea

| Honda CBR1000RR

| 8

| +10.638

| 5

| 5

7

| 7

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Carlos Checa

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +10.899

| 4

| 4.5

8

| 34

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Davide Giugliano

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +12.195

| 8

| 4

9

| 96

| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Jakub Smrž

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +13.199

| 7

| 3.5

10

| 86

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Ayrton Badovini

| BMW S1000RR

| 8

| +19.372

| 12

| 3

11

| 4

| {{flagicon|Japan}} Hiroshi Aoyama

| Honda CBR1000RR

| 8

| +24.551

| 18

| 2.5

12

| 19

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia RSV4 Factory

| 8

| +24.655

| 14

| 2

13

| 121

| {{flagicon|France}} Maxime Berger

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +24.662

| 17

| 1.5

14

| 87

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Lorenzo Zanetti

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +24.668

| 15

| 1

15

| 2

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Leon Camier

| Suzuki GSX-R1000

| 8

| +24.810

| 11

| 0.5

16

| 36

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Leandro Mercado

| Kawasaki ZX-10R

| 8

| +24.935

| 19

|

17

| 59

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Niccolò Canepa

| Ducati 1098R

| 8

| +25.278

| 16

|

DNS

| 84

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Michel Fabrizio

| BMW S1000RR

|

|

| 10

|

DNS

| 50

| {{flagicon|France}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Ducati 1098R

|

|

| 1

|

DNS

| 199

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Sergio Gadea

| Kawasaki ZX-10R

|

|

| 21

|

DNS

| 18

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Aitchison

| BMW S1000RR

|

|

| 20

|

DNS

| 21

| {{flagicon|United States}} John Hopkins

| Suzuki GSX-R1000

|

|

|

|

DNS

| 44

| {{flagicon|Spain}} David Salom

| Kawasaki ZX-10R

|

|

|

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2012/ITA2/SBK/002/CLA/Results.pdf OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT]

Supersport

=Race classification=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos

! No.

! Rider

! Bike

! Laps

! Time

! Grid

! Points

1

| 16

| {{flagicon|France}} Jules Cluzel

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| 33:08.897

| 10

| 25

2

| 11

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Sam Lowes

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +0.312

| 1

| 20

3

| 54

| {{flagicon|Turkey}} Kenan Sofuoğlu

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 16

| +17.369

| 2

| 16

4

| 10

| {{flagicon|Hungary}} Imre Tóth

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +21.528

| 11

| 13

5

| 12

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Stefano Cruciani

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 16

| +29.469

| 5

| 11

6

| 25

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Alex Baldolini

| Triumph Daytona 675

| 16

| +32.214

| 19

| 10

7

| 55

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Massimo Roccoli

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 16

| +43.577

| 9

| 9

8

| 8

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Andrea Antonelli

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +43.949

| 16

| 8

9

| 31

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Vittorio Iannuzzo

| Triumph Daytona 675

| 16

| +47.455

| 21

| 7

10

| 35

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Raffaele De Rosa

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +47.826

| 22

| 6

11

| 3

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Jed Metcher

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 16

| +50.880

| 27

| 5

12

| 99

| {{flagicon|France}} Fabien Foret

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 16

| +1:00.681

| 4

| 4

13

| 87

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Luca Marconi

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 16

| +1:01.139

| 13

| 3

14

| 74

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Kieran Clarke

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +1:05.160

| 32

| 2

15

| 40

| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Martin Jessopp

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +1:05.208

| 25

| 1

16

| 22

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Tamburini

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +1:10.453

| 6

|

17

| 6

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Mirko Giansanti

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 16

| +1:16.756

| 18

|

18

| 64

| {{flagicon|United States}} Joshua Day

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 16

| +1:21.270

| 26

|

19

| 88

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Giovanni Altomonte

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +1:28.024

| 33

|

20

| 17

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Anastasia

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +1:28.403

| 30

|

21

| 61

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Fabio Menghi

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 16

| +1:48.237

| 14

|

22

| 13

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Dino Lombardi

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 16

| +1:59.036

| 24

|

23

| 53

| {{flagicon|France}} Valentin Debise

| Honda CBR600RR

| 16

| +2:00.983

| 29

|

24

| 27

| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Thomas Caiani

| Honda CBR600RR

| 15

| +1 lap

| 35

|

25

| 33

| {{flagicon|Austria}} Yves Polzer

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 15

| +1 lap

| 31

|

26

| 24

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Eduard Blokhin

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 15

| +1 lap

| 34

|

Ret

| 98

| {{flagicon|France}} Romain Lanusse

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 15

| Retirement

| 17

|

Ret

| 23

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Broc Parkes

| Honda CBR600RR

| 13

| Retirement

| 7

|

Ret

| 81

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Cristiano Erbacci

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 8

| Accident

| 23

|

Ret

| 157

| {{flagicon|Italy}} Ilario Dionisi

| Honda CBR600RR

| 6

| Retirement

| 20

|

Ret

| 65

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Vladimir Leonov

| Yamaha YZF-R6

| 5

| Accident

| 15

|

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|South Africa}} Mathew Scholtz

| Honda CBR600RR

| 5

| Accident

| 8

|

Ret

| 38

| {{flagicon|Hungary}} Balázs Németh

| Honda CBR600RR

| 5

| Accident

| 28

|

Ret

| 32

| {{flagicon|South Africa}} Sheridan Morais

| Kawasaki ZX-6R

| 3

| Accident

| 3

|

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|South Africa}} Ronan Quarmby

| Honda CBR600RR

| 1

| Accident

| 12

|

DNQ

| 73

| {{flagicon|Russia}} Oleg Pozdneev

| Yamaha YZF-R6

|

|

|

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.worldsbk.com/files/results/2012/ITA2/SSP/001/CLA/Results.pdf OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT]

References

External links

  • [http://www.worldsbk.com/ The official website of the Superbike World Championship]

Monza Superbike World Championship

Monza

Category:Monza Superbike World Championship rounds