Пол Эспаргаро сделал все, чтобы не допустить досрочное завершение интриги в битве за титул. Испанец выиграл Гран-При Австралии в Phillip Island с невероятным превосходством над соперниками в 16 секунд, но Маркес все же взошел на подиум. Результаты 17 этапа в Moto2.
МОТОГОНКИ.РУ, 28 октября 2012 -
| 1. | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Tuenti Movil HP 40/Kalex | 39:26.486 | |
| 2. | Anthony West | AUS | QMMF Racing Team/Speed Up | +16.811 | |
| 3. | Marc Marquez | SPA | Team Catalunya Caixa Repsol/Suter | +16.837 | |
| 4. | Scott Redding | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team/Kalex | +16.957 | |
| 5. | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | Technomag-CIP/Suter | +26.018 | |
| 6. | Johann Zarco | FRA | JIR Moto2/Motobi | +26.028 | |
| 7. | Simone Corsi | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project/FTR | +26.091 | |
| 8. | Esteve Rabat | SPA | Tuenti Movil HP 40/Kalex | +26.372 | |
| 9. | Randy Krummenacher | SWI | GP Team Switzerland/Kalex | +26.474 | |
| 10. | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex | +26.580 | |
| 11. | Jordi Torres | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2/Suter | +36.520 | |
| 12. | Bradley Smith | GBR | Tech 3 Racing/Tech 3 | +36.565 | |
| 13. | Toni Elias | SPA | Italtrans Racing Team/Kalex | +36.870 | |
| 14. | Xavier Simeon | BEL | Tech 3 Racing/Tech 3 | +38.220 | |
| 15. | Mike Di Meglio | FRA | Kiefer Racing/Kalex | +44.350 | |
| 16. | Yuki Takahashi | JPN | NGM Mobile Forward Racing/FTR | +48.586 | |
| 17. | Ricard Cardus | SPA | Arguiñano Racing Team/AJR | +48.763 | |
| 18. | Nicolas Terol | SPA | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2/Suter | +48.768 | |
| 19. | Ratthapark Wilairot | THA | Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2/Suter | +52.487 | |
| 20. | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Desguaces La Torre SAG/Bimota | +52.569 | |
| 21. | Gino Rea | GBR | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2/Suter | +52.707 | |
| 22. | Tomoyoshi Koyama | JPN | Technomag-CIP/Suter | +1:12.087 | |
| 23. | Alessandro Andreozzi | ITA | S/Master Speed Up/Speed Up | +1:21.455 | |
| 24. | Elena Rosell | SPA | QMMF Racing Team/Speed Up | +1 круг | |
| 25. | Marco Colandrea | SWI | SAG Team/FTR | +1 круг | |
| Сходы | |||||
| Mika Kallio | FIN | Marc VDS Racing Team/Kalex | +2 круга | ||
| Axel Pons | SPA | Tuenti Movil HP 40/Kalex | +2 круга | ||
| Julian Simon | SPA | Blusens Avintia/Suter | +2 круга | ||
| Eric Granado | BRA | JIR Moto2/Motobi | +2 круга | ||
| Thomas Luthi | SWI | Interwetten-Paddock/Suter | +8 кругов | ||
| Andrea Iannone | ITA | Speed Master/Speed Up | +21 кругов | ||
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