2012 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  2012 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 May 2012
Official name	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[1]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Honda Time 1:33.638 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Ducati Time 1:44.614 Podium First Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Second Valentino Rossi Ducati Third Casey Stoner Honda
Moto2
Pole position Rider Marc Márquez Suter Time 1:37.710 Fastest lap Rider Claudio Corti Kalex Time 1:53.855 Podium First Thomas Lüthi Suter Second Claudio Corti Kalex Third Scott Redding Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Maverick Viñales FTR Honda Time 1:55.865 Fastest lap Rider Jakub Kornfeil FTR Honda Time 2:01.056 Podium First Louis Rossi FTR Honda Second Alberto Moncayo Kalex KTM Third Álex Rins Suter Honda

The 2012 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–20 May 2012 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France. In a press conference on the Thursday before the race, Casey Stoner announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season.^[2] He went on to finish third in the MotoGP race, handing the championship lead to Jorge Lorenzo, the race winner. Valentino Rossi took second place for his first podium since the previous year's race. Thomas Lüthi and Louis Rossi won the Moto2 and Moto3 races respectively. This was the 800th race to contribute to the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.