2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round

  2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 2 of 14 rounds in the 2012 Superbike World Championship. and Round 2 of 13 rounds in the 2012 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	1 April, 2012
Location	Imola
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.936 km (3.067 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Tom Sykes 1:46.748 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Carlos Checa Tom Sykes 1:47.877 1:47.552
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Sam Lowes 1:51.436 Fastest lap Broc Parkes 1:51.952

The 2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round was the second round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place over the weekend of 30 March–1 April 2012 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola, Italy.

Superbike

Race 1 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	21	38:06.264	3	25
2	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+3.206	1	20
3	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	21	+5.593	4	16
4	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	21	+6.519	5	13
5	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	21	+24.662	11	11
6	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	21	+27.261	6	10
7	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+27.384	8	9
8	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	21	+28.299	9	8
9	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	21	+34.067	7	7
10	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	21	+35.724	14	6
11	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	21	+36.738	10	5
12	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	21	+37.257	13	4
13	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki GSX-R1000	21	+50.418	19	3
14	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+53.623	24	2
15	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	21	+53.942	16	1
16	68	Brett McCormick	Ducati 1098R	21	+54.139	22
17	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	21	+57.944	21
18	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	21	+1:06.233	23
19	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	16	+5 laps	20
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	8	Retirement	18
Ret	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	8	Retirement	12
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	1	Retirement	2
Ret	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	1	Retirement	17
Ret	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	0	Retirement	15
Ret	15	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR1000RR	0	Retirement	25
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 1 REPORT

Race 2 classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	7	Carlos Checa	Ducati 1098R	21	37:57.571	3	25
2	66	Tom Sykes	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+1.935	1	20
3	91	Leon Haslam	BMW S1000RR	21	+2.969	4	16
4	3	Max Biaggi	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	21	+3.346	5	13
5	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR1000RR	21	+18.925	7	11
6	58	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	21	+21.180	11	10
7	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098R	21	+21.392	10	9
8	2	Leon Camier	Suzuki GSX-R1000	21	+23.797	15	8
9	17	Joan Lascorz	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+24.219	8	7
10	33	Marco Melandri	BMW S1000RR	21	+25.599	6	6
11	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati 1098R	21	+25.776	2	5
12	121	Maxime Berger	Ducati 1098R	21	+26.004	13	4
13	87	Lorenzo Zanetti	Ducati 1098R	21	+31.172	9	3
14	19	Chaz Davies	Aprilia RSV4 Factory	21	+33.837	17	2
15	86	Ayrton Badovini	BMW S1000RR	21	+45.541	16	1
16	68	Brett McCormick	Ducati 1098R	21	+50.807	22
17	44	David Salom	Kawasaki ZX-10R	21	+51.083	20
18	18	Mark Aitchison	BMW S1000RR	21	+57.833	21
Ret	34	Davide Giugliano	Ducati 1098R	20	Retirement	12
Ret	59	Niccolò Canepa	Ducati 1098R	17	Retirement	14
Ret	36	Leandro Mercado	Kawasaki ZX-10R	14	Retirement	24
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	12	Retirement	23
Ret	15	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR1000RR	8	Retirement	25
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki GSX-R1000	4	Retirement	19
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	BMW S1000RR	0	Retirement	18
OFFICIAL SUPERBIKE RACE 2 REPORT

Supersport

Race classification

Pos	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	99	Fabien Foret	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	35:44.653	6	25
2	11	Sam Lowes	Honda CBR600RR	19	+0.574	1	20
3	34	Ronan Quarmby	Honda CBR600RR	19	+17.266	11	16
4	22	Roberto Tamburini	Honda CBR600RR	19	+17.270	7	13
5	31	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Triumph Daytona 675	19	+22.953	14	11
6	65	Vladimir Leonov	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+25.509	13	10
7	38	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	19	+30.042	9	9
8	8	Andrea Antonelli	Honda CBR600RR	19	+32.429	16	8
9	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+37.894	8	7
10	32	Sheridan Morais	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+39.265	2	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Triumph Daytona 675	19	+46.848	15	5
12	64	Joshua Day	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+56.679	17	4
13	98	Romain Lanusse	Kawasaki ZX-6R	19	+57.925	20	3
14	87	Luca Marconi	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+1:04.381	24	2
15	3	Jed Metcher	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+1:11.922	19	1
16	81	Cristiano Erbacci	Yamaha YZF-R6	19	+1:12.356	21
17	40	Martin Jessopp	Honda CBR600RR	19	+1:14.321	18
18	52	Lukáš Pešek	Honda CBR600RR	19	+1:20.799	23
19	33	Yves Polzer	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	+1 lap	27
20	23	Broc Parkes	Honda CBR600RR	18	+1 lap	5
21	24	Eduard Blokhin	Yamaha YZF-R6	17	+2 laps	29
Ret	13	Dino Lombardi	Yamaha YZF-R6	18	Retirement	22
Ret	61	Fabio Menghi	Yamaha YZF-R6	17	Retirement	25
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Honda CBR600RR	9	Retirement	12
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Honda CBR600RR	5	Retirement	4
Ret	18	David Látr	Honda CBR600RR	1	Retirement	28
DSQ	20	Mathew Scholtz	Honda CBR600RR	12	Disqualified	10
DSQ	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Kawasaki ZX-6R	7	Disqualified	3
DNS	19	Paweł Szkopek	Honda CBR600RR			26
DNQ	27	Thomas Caiani	Honda CBR600RR
DNQ	73	Oleg Pozdneev	Yamaha YZF-R6
OFFICIAL SUPERSPORT RACE REPORT

External links

• The official website of the Superbike World Championship