Кейси Стоунер был вынужден сдать позицию лидера под напором Хорхе Лоренцо и Дани Педросы в первом Гран-При сезона MotoGP 2012 года в Losail International Circuit.
МОТОГОНКИ.РУ, 9 апреля 2012 - Результаты Гран-При Катара, MotoGP (8/04/2012):
| 1. | Jorge Lorenzo | SPA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | 42:44.214 | |
| 2. | Dani Pedrosa | SPA | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | +0.852 | |
| 3. | Casey Stoner | AUS | Repsol Honda Team/Honda | +2.908 | |
| 4. | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | +17.114 | |
| 5. | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3/Yamaha | +17.420 | |
| 6. | Nicky Hayden | USA | Ducati Team/Ducati | +28.413 | |
| 7. | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/Honda | +28.446 | |
| 8. | Stefan Bradl | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP/Honda | +29.464 | |
| 9. | Hector Barbera | SPA | Pramac Racing Team/Ducati | +31.384 | |
| 10. | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Ducati Team/Ducati | +33.665 | |
| 11. | Ben Spies | USA | Yamaha Factory Racing/Yamaha | +56.907 | |
| 12. | Colin Edwards | USA | NGM Mobile Forward Racing/Suter | +58.088 | |
| 13. | Randy De Puniet | FRA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | +1:10.650 | |
| 14. | Yonny Hernandez | COL | Avintia Blusens/BQR-FTR | +1:15.943 | |
| 15. | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Power Electronics Aspar/ART | +1:26.733 | |
| 16. | Ivan Silva | SPA | Avintia Blusens/BQR-FTR | +1:43.327 | |
| 17. | Mattia Pasini | ITA | Speed Master/ART | +1:47.419 | |
| 18. | James Ellison | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport/ART | +1:51.882 | |
| 19. | Michele Pirro | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini/FTR | +7 кругов | |
| Сходы | |||||
| Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Came IodaRacing Project/Ioda | +7 кругов | ||
| Karel Abraham | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing/Ducati | +15 кругов | ||
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