2012 MotoGP World Championship

[1] In the premier MotoGP class, the championship battle revolved around Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo and Honda pairing Dani Pedrosa and defending champion Stoner.

[3] Stoner struggled in the next few races – despite a victory at the United States Grand Prix[4] – with his championship challenge ended by a qualifying crash at Indianapolis.

[8] Lorenzo ultimately won the title with a second-place finish to Stoner in Australia, after Pedrosa had crashed out of the lead early on.

However, Interwetten Paddock, Marc VDS, and Kiefer Racing were absent from the revised grid released by FIM in January 2012.

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest LapLight blue – Rookie Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.