title: 2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round
text: # 2012 Imola Superbike World Championship round
  
  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 ||||||||
  