2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Ranking movements
Notes: The Coaches' and Baseball America had no rankings for week 16 and 17, June 5 and June 11; the Final rank is used.


2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster and Stats, Players
NOTE: The use of 99. and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.


2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster and Stats, Pitchers
NOTE: The use of 99. and ² have no significance other than to maintain Totals and Opponents at the bottom when sorted ascending for those columns.


2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team, Roster and Stats, Players Not Played
These players were on the roster, but did not appear in a game, and may have been redshirted or left the program.


2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in his fourth season with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


2012 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
The 2012 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils were led by third year head coach Karl Morgan and played their home games at Rice–Totten Field. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and finished the season with an overall record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 5–4 SWAC).


2012 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team, Media
All Delta Devils games were carried live on WVSD radio.


2012 Missouri Attorney General election
The 2012 Missouri Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. The incumbent Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, won re-election for a second full term against Republican attorney Ed Martin.


2012 Missouri Attorney General election, Background
Chris Koster won the 2008 Missouri Attorney General election with 52.8% of the vote against Republican candidate Michael R. Gibbons.


2012 Missouri Secretary of State election
The Missouri Secretary of State election, 2012 was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. Democratic State Representative Jason Kander defeated Republican Speaker Pro Tem Shane Schoeller by 39,085 votes.


2012 Missouri Secretary of State election, Background
Incumbent Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan won the 2008 Missouri secretary of state election with 61.8% of the vote against Republican candidate Mitchell Hubbard. She announced on September 30, 2011 that she will not run for reelection, creating an open seat in 2012.


2012 Missouri State Bears football team
The 2012 Missouri State Bears football team represented Missouri State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Terry Allen and played their home games at the Plaster Sports Complex. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in eighth place.


2012 Missouri State Treasurer election
The 2012 Missouri State Treasurer election was held on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential and gubernatorial elections. Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Clint Zweifel was re-elected to a second term against Republican State Representative Cole McNary.


2012 Missouri State Treasurer election, Background
Clint Zweifel won the 2008 Missouri state treasurer election, narrowly defeating Republican candidate Brad Lager with 50.5% of the vote.


2012 Missouri Tigers football team
The 2012 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached for the 12th season by Gary Pinkel and played their home games at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri for the 87th consecutive season. In their first season as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference, Missouri finished fifth with a record of 2–6 in the conference, and 5–7 overall. As a result, the Tigers failed to qualify for a bowl game for the first time since the 2004 season.


2012 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
All nineteen recruits signed their National Letter of Intent during the National Signing Period (February 1, 2012 – April 1, 2012).


2012 Missouri Tigers football team, Recruits
Almost one-third (six) of the nineteen recruits are from Missouri with three of them from St. Louis and one from Kansas City. Another six were from Texas. Markus Golden, a linebacker from Visalia, Texas, is the only junior college transfer. Darius White (the 20th), a wide receiver from Fort Worth, Texas is a transfer from the Texas Longhorns who has already enrolled in the off-season but has to sit out the 2012 season per NCAA transfer rules and will then have two years of eligibility starting in 2013.


2012 Missouri Tigers football team, Coaching staff
David Yost resigned on December 3, suggestingly for personal reasons.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Arch Madness", as part of the 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season was played in St. Louis, Missouri March 1–4, 2012 at the Scottrade Center. The championship game was televised live on CBS on Sunday March 4 at 1:05 pm CST. The tournament's winner received the Missouri Valley Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season was the 22nd season of men's varsity soccer in the conference.


2012 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer season
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was hosted by Bradley and won by Creighton.


2012 Missouri Western Griffons football team
The 2012 Missouri Western Griffons football team represented Missouri Western University during the 2012 NCAA Division II football season.


2012 Missouri elections
The 2012 Missouri elections took place on November 6, 2012.


2012 Missouri elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Claire McCaskill won by a considerably large margin even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney.


2012 Missouri elections, Governor
Even as Barack Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney, Incumbent Governor Jay Nixon won re-election by 10 points


2012 Missouri gubernatorial election
The 2012 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Missouri. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Nixon won re-election against the Republican nominee, businessman Dave Spence, despite incumbent President Barack Obama losing Missouri on the same day to Republican nominee Mitt Romney. As of 2021, this is the last time a Democrat won the governorship of Missouri.


2012 Missouri gubernatorial election, General election, Results
Nixon won with a comfortable margin, even though it was a little closer than his 2008 victory. Even with President Barack Obama losing the state by a nine-point margin, Nixon and Senator Claire McCaskill both won reelection easily. Nixon, like McCaskill was able to get a huge number of votes from rural areas. Both Nixon and McCaskill were declared the winners of their respective races, even before the known Democratic strongholds of St. Louis, and Kansas City came in.


2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election
The 2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Republican Peter Kinder faced Democratic nominee and former state auditor Susan Montee, Libertarian Matthew Copple, and the Constitution Party nominee, former state representative Cynthia Davis.


2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, Background
Incumbent lieutenant governor Peter Kinder won the 2008 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election with 49.9% of the vote against Democratic candidate Sam Page. Kinder had been considered the front-runner in the 2012 Republican Gubernatorial primary, however after various controversies emerged, he decided to run for re-election. His decision was also influenced by St. Louis businessman and multimillionaire Dave Spence unexpectedly declaring to run for governor and pledging to put much of his own money into the race.


2012 Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, General election
Kinder defeated all other candidates to become the first Missouri Lieutenant Governor to be elected to a third term since Frank Gaines Harris, who served from January 1933 to December 1944. Kinder received 49.4 percent of the vote while Susan Montee received 45.4 percent. Libertarian Matthew Copple and Constitution Party candidate Cynthia L. Davis garnered 2.8 and 2.4 percent, respectively.


2012 Mito HollyHock season
The 2012 Mito HollyHock season sees Mito HollyHock compete in J.League Division 2 for the 13th consecutive season and 15th second-tier season overall. Mito HollyHock are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards
The 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 30, 2012, at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the third consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea. It was reported by international news agencies such as Agence France-Presse, ITN, and was also broadcast in 85 countries around the world.


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Leading the nominees was Psy with six nominations. By the end of the ceremony, Psy had won four awards, the most of any of the nominees, followed by boybands Big Bang and Busker Busker with two each, excluding the special awards.


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Background
The event marked the fourteenth of the annual music awards. Using its slogan "Music Makes One" for the second consecutive time, MAMA was broadcast live in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia through various channels, as well as in the US and Canada.


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Background
During the Red Carpet, artists B.A.P, Davichi,  Mike Izon and Block B performed their songs "No Mercy", "Crash", "I'll Think of You", "Don't Say Goodbye", "Set Fire to the Rain" and "Nillili Mambo" respectively. International artists were seen with their greetings on screen during the main event including Dr. Dre and Jackie Chan


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Multiple awards, Artist(s) with multiple wins
The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):


2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards, Presenters and performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


2012 Molde FK season
The 2012 season was Molde's 5th consecutive year in Tippeligaen, and their 36th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. It was Ole Gunnar Solskjær's second season as the club's manager. Molde were defending champions in Tippeligaen and played through qualification for UEFA Champions League. Molde entered the Champions League in the second qualifying round, where they eliminated Ventspils before and facing Basel of Switzerland in the third qualifying round. They lost 1–2 on aggregate and were knocked out, dropping down into the Play off round of the UEFA Europa League. Molde successfully defended their title on 11 November 2012, when they beat Hønefoss 1–0, whilst their closest title challengers, Strømsgodset lost 2–1 away to Sandnes Ulf.


2012 Moldova security zone incident
The 2012 Moldova security zone incident happened in the Transnistrian security zone maintained by the Joint Control Commission on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. On 1 January, a Moldovan civilian drove through a checkpoint in the zone and was fatally wounded by a Russian soldier.


2012 Moldova security zone incident
The civilian died a few hours later at a Chișinău hospital. His death raised tension between Russia and Moldova and revived a decades-old debate over the presence of Russian forces in Moldova. The incident caused demonstrations in Moldova, in which the protesters demanded free passage through the security zone and the withdrawal of Russian troops. On 25 January 2012, a group of European parliamentaries issued a call to the participants of the 5+2 format negotiations to replace the current Russian military contingent with an international civil peacekeeping mission.


2012 Moldova security zone incident
A similar case occurred on 27 January 1995, when another civilian, Constantin Andreev, was fatally wounded by a Russian soldier in the security zone, between Dubăsari and Rîbnița.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, The incident
The incident occurred at the 9th peacekeeping checkpoint on a bridge across the Dniester River, between the Transnistrian village of Pârâta and the Moldovan town of Vadul lui Vodă, early in the morning of 1 January 2012. According to reports, civilians Vadim Pisari and Constantin Bologan from the village of Pîrîta on the eastern bank of the Dniester drove a car to the neighbouring town of Vadul lui Vodă. On their way to the town, they passed a bridge with a check point manned by a Russian military contingent. The car did not slow down at the check point, rammed the check point's boom barrier, and broke through to the other side.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, The incident
A short time later, Pisari and Bologan were returning to Pîrîta via the same route. When their car entered the bridge again, at 7:15 a.m. local time, the driver disobeyed repeated demands to pull over. Vyacheslav Kozhukhar, the chief of the Russian military force, fired several warning shots in the air, and, when those were ignored as well, shot at the driver's side of the man's car, severely wounding him in the back. One bullet hit the car, which continued a short distance before it stopped, the door opened and Pisari fell out, injured. Pisari was rushed to the Emergency Hospital in Chișinău, where he died soon after a surgery was performed on his spine.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Investigation
A special task force led by Russian military prosecutors was formed following an emergency meeting of the Joint Control Commission.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Investigation
In April 2015, in the case of Pisari v. the Republic of Moldova and Russia, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been the violations of the Article 2 of European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation as concerned both the killing of the Pisaris' son and the ensuing investigation. The Court held that the Russian Federation should be held responsible for consequences arising from a Russian soldier's actions even though they had not occurred in Russia.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Investigation
The Court further found that the Russian soldier's decision to shoot at the passing vehicle had not been justified and identified procedural problems with the Russian investigation into the case. The association that helped the relatives of the dead to appeal for justice, announced that Russia must have paid the relatives 40580 euros in the next 3 months however, the obligation wasn't fulfilled.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Aftermath
On 4 January, Vadim Pisari was buried in his native village. The funeral procession grew into a protest rally. A protest of some 250 people followed the funeral with demonstrators holding placards calling for Russia to reduce its influence in the region. Among the participants at the funeral on January 4 were Dorin Chirtoacă, members of PL and PLDM. The Moldovan Government allocated 100,000 lei for the funeral of Pisari.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On January 2, protesters gathered in Pârâta demanding the removal of the checkpoint. On the same day, the prime minister of Moldova Vlad Filat condemned the incident, ordered compensation payments to be made to the family of the victim, and called for a joint Moldovan-Russian investigation.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On January 3, around 100 protesters gathered near the point where Pisari was wounded, demanding that the checkpoint and others like it be removed. The protest disrupted the check point for two hours.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On January 3, protesters signed a letter addressed to the Moldovan government, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the international community, asking for immediate withdrawal of all fifteen peacekeeping points in the Dniester River area. "Nothing justifies the death of a person," Moldova Prime Minister Vlad Filat said on January 3. "It is not the first time that peacekeepers have committed such crimes," the president of Promo-Lex Ion Manole said.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On January 5, the prime minister Vlad Filat and Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Eugen Carpov laid flowers at the grave of Pisari.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On 9 January, participants of a rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Chișinău demanded withdrawal of Russian troops.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
In the following weeks, several Moldovan NGOs organized protests in front of Russian embassies in Bucharest and Chișinău, demanding the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Moldova
On January 11, over 500 protested in the Moldovan town of Vadul lui Vodă demanding withdrawal of Russian troops.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Russia
On January 2, a statement released by the Russia's ambassador to Moldova, Valery Kuzmin, claimed that Vadim Pisari bore much responsibility for the shooting, citing "repeated crude violations on the part of the victim, who was in a state of alcoholic intoxication and driving a car that did not belong to him." The Russian Embassy in Chișinău also cited "damage to the gate, the danger of running over one of the peacekeepers, speeding through barriers, failure to obey the command to pull over even after warning shots in the air."


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Russia
These statements were rejected by the Ministry of Interior of Moldova. On January 3, a press release of the Moldova's Foreign Ministry states that is not the first time that Ambassador Valery Kuzmin had made inappropriate statements. Foreign Minister Iurie Leancă described the comments by Valery Kuzmin in connection with the murder of Pisari as "unfortunate" and "sarcastic ".


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, Russia
On January 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing regret over the death of Vadim Pisari and pledging to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, International
On January 4, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania Teodor Baconschi expressed his condolences to the family of Pisari On 4 January, in a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow has conveyed condolences to Moldova on the death of Vadim Pisar.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, International
The United States and Germany issued statements urging Russia and Moldova to avoid a rise in tension in the security zone and to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident. They also expressed their readiness to participate in talks to demilitarize the area and convert the current Russian occupying force to an OSCE-led peacekeeping one.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, International
On 8 January, immigrants from Moldova protested in front of the Russian Embassy in Paris, demanding withdrawal of Russian troops.


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, International
On 25 January, 31 members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe signed a declaration calling for an international civil peacekeeping mission to replace the current one in Transnistria. The declaration also noted the protests in local villages and stated that "the preliminary investigation proves the Russian peacekeeper had no reason to open fire on the vehicle".


2012 Moldova security zone incident, Reactions, International
On 26 January 2012, Moldovan PACE representative Ana Guțu spoke about the death of Pisari before the Assembly.


2012 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship
The 2012 Molson Canadian Men's Provincial Curling Championship was held from February 1 to 5 at the Thistle St. Andrew Curling Club in Saint John, New Brunswick. The winning team of Terry Odishaw, will represent New Brunswick at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.


2012 Molson Cash Spiel
The 2012 Molson Cash Spiel was held from November 23 to 25 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, Minnesota as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. It was held in conjunction with the 2012 Coors Light Cash Spiel. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was USD$7,200. In the final, Krista McCarville of Ontario defeated Becca Hamilton of Wisconsin with a score of 8–4 for her third title.


2012 Monaco GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2012 Monaco GP2 Series round and the 2012 Monaco GP3 Series round were a pair of motor races held at the Circuit de Monaco in the Principality of Monaco as part of both the GP2 and GP3 Series. The races, held on 25 and 26 May, were in support of the Monaco Grand Prix. The GP2 races was the fifth round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races formed the second round of the 2012 GP3 season. 2012 marked the first time that the GP3 Series held at the Circuit de Monaco.


2012 Monaco GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, GP2 Series classification, Qualifying
The qualifying session was divided into two groups in order to avoid accidents due to the overcrowding on the track. Following a ballot, Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers. The grid was formed in two rows in order from the sessions.


2012 Monaco GP2 and GP3 Series rounds, GP3 Series classification, Qualifying
As with the GP2 Series qualifying, qualifying for the GP3 Series race saw the drivers split into two groups. Group A was formed by cars with even numbers and Group B by those with odd numbers.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix
The 2012 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2012) was a Formula One motor race that took place in the principality of Monaco on 27 May 2012. It was the sixth round of the 2012 season, and the seventieth running of the Monaco Grand Prix. The race was supported by the GP2, GP3 and Formula Renault 3.5 series. Mark Webber's victory created a new record for Formula One in that there had never been six different winners of the opening six Grands Prix of the season before. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg came in second place, his second podium in the 2012 season, and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso third and taking the Formula One championship lead by three points over Vettel and Webber.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background
Like the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix, tyre supplier Pirelli brought its yellow-banded soft compound tyre as the harder "prime" tyre and the red-banded super-soft compound tyre as the softer "option" tyre. It was the first time for the season that the super-soft compound made an appearance at a race weekend.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background, Circuit changes
The circuit underwent some extensive changes in the aftermath of Sergio Pérez's accident during qualifying for the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix. Pérez crashed heavily at the Nouvelle Chicane, suffering a concussion and a sprained thigh. He was unable to take part in the race. In response to this, the event organisers had the approach to the chicane smoothened by lowering the tarmac 20 centimetres (7.9 in), and the barrier that Pérez hit was moved back a further 15 metres (49 ft). Other changes included the widening of the pit exit and the removal of nearby trees to allow a driver re-joining the race greater visibility. TecPro barriers were also added at Sainte Dévote and Piscine.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Background, Driver penalties
Michael Schumacher was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Bruno Senna during the Spanish Grand Prix. Pastor Maldonado was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Sergio Pérez during the final free practice session. He then received another five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying took place at 14:00 local time under fine and sunny conditions with an ambient temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) and a track temperature of 39 °C (102 °F).


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
Charles Pic and Jean-Éric Vergne were the first cars to emerge from pit lane once the twenty-minute session was given the green light to begin. Pic's first flying lap was ruined when he was blocked by the slow-moving HRT of Pedro de la Rosa at Rascasse, forcing the Frenchman to pit.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
Sauber's Sergio Pérez crashed heavily at the Swimming Pool, striking the outer barrier with enough force to remove a wheel. The session was red-flagged due to his crash (for the second year in succession) for six minutes while the car was removed. During replays of the incident, commentators observed Pérez shouting "power steering!" over his radio moments before the crash. Pérez's left-front steering was damaged, leading to speculation that the crash had been a by-product of the incident with Pastor Maldonado in the third free practice session.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
With eight minutes remaining Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher led teammate Nico Rosberg with several drivers close behind. Defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel opted for a set of super-soft tyres late in the session, as his time from his stint on the slower soft tyres had left him in 16th place. Both Lotus drivers waited late to set their first timed lap, both opting for soft tyres. However, while Romain Grosjean set a competitive lap time, Kimi Räikkönen was not so quick and was only half a second ahead Caterham's Heikki Kovalainen and in danger of being eliminated. Räikkönen switched to a set of super-soft compounds and was able to avoid elimination.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q1
Nico Hülkenberg set the fastest time of the session while on super-softs, while at the back of the field, Kovalainen out-qualified teammate Vitaly Petrov by eight-tenths of a second, with Marussia's Timo Glock a further half-second behind. Pedro de la Rosa was also eliminated ahead of Pic and teammate Narain Karthikeyan. As he did not set a lap time, Sergio Pérez was twenty-fourth and last, though this became twenty-third when Maldonado's grid penalties were applied. Prior to the session, Pérez had been the only driver on the grid who had not been eliminated in Q1 since the introduction of the knockout qualifying system.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
Force India driver Paul di Resta was first out followed by Williams's Bruno Senna for the fifteen-minute session. All cars were out on track early, however Jean-Éric Vergne damaged his front wing and suspension after he hit the wall under braking on the exit of the tunnel. Vergne limped back to the pits where he was subsequently eliminated.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
After the early phases of timed laps, Rosberg was fastest on 1:15.022. Six minutes of the Q2 session remained when Vettel pitted with complaints about the front of his car "jumping like a rabbit". After opting for soft tyres early on, both Lotus cars eventually went for super-soft tyres along with the rest of the field. Late in the session, the first driver into the 1:14 bracket was Felipe Massa in his Ferrari.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
As time ran out, McLaren driver Jenson Button, was 11th and in the elimination zone, along with the Lotuses, Toro Rossos, Di Resta and Senna. Grosjean and Räikkönen were able to set laps good enough to push German Nico Hülkenberg and the sole remaining Sauber of Kamui Kobayashi out of qualifying and into 11th and 12th places, respectively. Button was unable to improve on his previous lap and missed entry to the Q3 session by two-tenths of a second. It was the first time since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix that Button had missed Q3 in consecutive race weekends. Behind Button were Senna, di Resta and Daniel Ricciardo.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q2
At the end of the period, just 0.967 of a second separated the top sixteen drivers.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
The Mercedes of Nico Rosberg was the first car on track followed by Pastor Maldonado. The ten-minute session was split into two informal phases: initial competitive timed laps followed by short rest at the pits, then a frantic run at the end of the session. In the first five minutes, Vettel and the two Ferrari drivers were the only drivers not to set timed laps.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton both went out on a brand new set of super-soft tyres, while others fitted used tyres of the same compound. After the initial runs, Rosberg (who completed two timed laps) led the Lotus of Grosjean, followed by Mark Webber. The gap between the top three was just over one tenth of a second, meaning that no driver had the comfort of knowing his lap time would be sufficient to hold his current position.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
With three minutes left of the session, the top five cars at the time pitted and awaited for their final attack on qualifying. At this stage, both Ferraris went out onto the track for the first time in the session, along with Vettel. However, Vettel left the pit with the slower soft tyres fitted. It became clear by his slow pace that he would – as in Spain – not complete a timed lap so as to have the option of starting the race on either type of dry compound tyres.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Webber, Grosjean and Rosberg all went out again on an unused set of the red-banded super-soft compound, but their initial times remained unchallenged. All cars were by then on the track, with the exception of Vettel. As the chequered flag fell upon the session, it was Webber who was ahead of Rosberg, after having set the fastest second and third sector times. Hamilton and Massa fell short of Webber's time, leaving Schumacher, Rosberg and Grosjean the only drivers capable of taking pole from Webber, as they were the only drivers to still on a timed lap.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
Schumacher was the only one to eclipse Webber's time and did so by only eight hundredths of a second. It was the first time he had been fastest in qualification since his comeback after he left the sport in 2006. Unfortunately for him, he would have to start from sixth on the grid due to his penalty from the previous race. This elevated Red Bull driver Webber to pole position, the tenth of his career.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Q3
The second Mercedes of Rosberg was third, with Hamilton in fourth and Grosjean in fifth, although all, along with Fernando Alonso, would also gain a place due to Schumacher's penalty. Alonso was six-tenths of a second off the pole time, leading Massa, who qualified in the top ten for the first time in 2012. Kimi Räikkönen was eighth fastest, followed by Maldonado, whose ten-place grid penalty and subsequent penalty for a gearbox change would drop him from ninth to last on the grid. Vettel was promoted to ninth, and would start alongside the Force India of Nico Hülkenberg.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post qualifying
Schumacher was extremely happy with his best qualifying performance since his return to Formula One racing. The seven time world champion stated "It is simply a wonderful feeling to set pole after such a long time, and particularly here in Monaco. Okay, it has taken a little bit longer than I might have wanted in the second chapter of my career, but that makes it even sweeter. It's just beautiful". Schumacher came into qualifying knowing that his five-place grid penalty would mean that his best possible grid position was sixth.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post qualifying
Knowing this, in the Wednesday pre-race press conference Schumacher rather humorously stated he would have to qualify in first position. True to his word Schumacher later stated in the post-qualifying press conference "I told you guys already in the press conference, my situation is going to be pole, start the race in sixth and I'm going to win it".


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post qualifying
Struggling Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was upbeat about his best qualifying performance of the 2012 season saying "I am very happy with how things have gone in this Grand Prix so far. Finally, I am having fun at the wheel of the F2012".


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Qualifying, Post qualifying
Adding to Maldonado's ten-place grid penalty for colliding with Mexican Sergio Pérez in free practice three (FP3), the Williams team decided to make a gearbox change and incur a further five-place grid penalty. Pérez, who failed to set a qualifying time, also decided to take a gearbox change and was penalised with a five-place grid penalty. Maldonado started in 24th with the Mexican ahead of him in 23rd.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
The Monaco Grand Prix was the sixth of the season and began at 12:00 UTC (14:00 local). Conditions for the race were sunny with an ambient temperature of 22 °C (72 °F) and a track temperature of 35 °C (95 °F). Rain was forecast for the day but it was unclear whether the race would be affected. The race begun with humidity at 58%. Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, Vitaly Petrov and Pedro de la Rosa were the only drivers to start on the slower yellow-banded soft compound tyre, with the rest of the field either opting or being forced (by qualifying rules) to start on the red-banded super-soft compound.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the race started both Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg got away cleanly and were first and second, respectively, as the field squabbled behind them. Fernando Alonso squeezed through the gap between Grosjean and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, but Grosjean clipped the rear left wheel of the Ferrari which in turn pushed him to the outside of the track and into the path of fast starting Michael Schumacher.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher had nowhere to go as he was already right next to the wall and as a result Grosjean's left rear wheel was forced into and over the Mercedes car's front right, which severely damaged the Lotus's suspension. This sent Grosjean into a spin and he ended up broadside across the track at the entry to turn one. Other drivers tried to avoid crashing into each other and the stricken Grosjean, however some failed. Vettel, starting from ninth, clipped the front wing of the still moving Lotus but his car was undamaged.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
He and a number of others took the shortcut behind the apex of the first corner to avoid the mess. Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi, who was right behind Vettel, decided to avoid Grosjean by passing him on the racing line. Before the Lotus finally came to a complete stop it rolled backwards slightly and its right rear tyre clipped the left rear of slow moving Kobayashi sending him into the air, nearly landing on Button's McLaren.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the very back of the field, amidst all the chaos Pastor Maldonado, starting last, braked too late and crashed into the back of de la Rosa's HRT, terminally damaging both his front wing and de la Rosa's rear wing. Maldonado retired later in the lap. In order to permit safe clearance of the debris, the safety car was deployed.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
The safety car was called in during the second lap after Grosjean and Maldonado's cars had been removed, while Kobayashi and de la Rosa made it back to the pits under their own power. Damage to de la Rosa's car forced his retirement, but following checks the Sauber was able to rejoin the race in 21st place. Schumacher was told by his team that his car seemed fine after the contact with Grosjean and he was able to continue.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
On the restart nearly all drivers held their positions. Webber led Rosberg and Hamilton in an unchanged top three from the grid. Meanwhile, Kobayashi returned to the pits where he retired due to suspension damaged from the first corner incident with the Lotus. Webber was setting consecutive fastest laps while the stewards investigated various cars cutting the first corner to avoid Grosjean; no further action was taken.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
After 13 laps the threat of rain forced teams to not pit stop early so as not to change tyres again if it did eventually rain. Petrov pitted on lap 16 only to retire as he had an electrical problem. As the track temperature dropped both Ferraris, in fourth and fifth, started to pick up pace and set quick lap times.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 23 the sole remaining Sauber of Sergio Pérez was the only car making multiple overtaking moves, up to 15th from his 23rd place grid spot. Meanwhile, Schumacher pressured a struggling Kimi Räikkönen as the Lotus driver was told to stay out and wait for predicted rain. Thanks to Räikkönen's pace, a gap formed that allowed Rosberg to pit on lap 27, to switch to the soft compound tyre, and return to the track without any nearby traffic.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Leaders Webber and Hamilton followed Rosberg's lead and pitted the next lap. Alonso, now in first place, stayed out for another lap during which he set consecutive fastest sectors by nearly a second before following the others and switching to the soft tyre. So quick was Alonso that he came out of the pits well ahead of Hamilton. Massa inherited the lead and pitted on the next lap. This left Vettel, who had not stopped, in the lead with a ten-second advantage over his teammate, Webber.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
As the race went on Vettel extended his lead over Webber and the rest of the field. Later, in the press conference, both Webber and Rosberg stated that they had struggled to warm their soft compound tyre at that time of the race whereas Vettel already had the tyres at the optimum temperature.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
On lap 38 Pérez was given a drive-through penalty for a late pit entry that had impeded Räikkönen. The same lap also saw Button, who started on the soft tyre, change for the super-soft compound. In an already poor race for Button, his pit stop allowed the Caterham of Heikki Kovalainen to slip ahead of him as he rejoined.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
The gap to Vettel had settled to sixteen seconds as he still waited for the forecast rain. Massa got a radio message asking him to close the gap to Hamilton as there was a possibility that Vettel could split the two when he rejoined. Further back there was a significant gap from sixth to seventh, where Schumacher was being followed by Jean-Éric Vergne, who had pitted early, and the two Force Indias. Kovalainen held twelfth place ahead of both Button and Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Forty-five laps into the race Vettel finally took his only pit stop for the race. As he rejoined, teammate Webber reclaimed the lead while Vettel was able to only marginally get ahead of Hamilton. As the leaders lapped backmarkers, the gap between the top six was less than six seconds. Räikkönen's engineer told him that no rain was now expected.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
By lap 48 Pérez was 2.7 seconds per lap quicker than the leaders and set a number of fastest laps. Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley was attempting to keep Massa motivated in sixth when he claimed "keep our tyres fresh cause he doesn't look absolutely fantastic, old Lewis", referring to Hamilton ahead in fifth.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Schumacher began to complain of a problem on lap 59 but still continued. However, on lap 61 he let Vergne past him and continued to slow. Spots of rain started to show in some parts of the track but nothing of real concern for the drivers. A few laps later the seven time world champion entered the pits and retired from the race with a fuel pressure problem. In consecutive laps Pic and Ricciardo both retired from the race owing to an electrical fault and a steering problem, respectively.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
With 10 laps remaining, the first six drivers were split by fewer than four seconds. On lap 69 and Vergne pitted to switch to intermediate tyres; the only driver to do so in the race. Still behind Kovalainen, Button locked up his brakes next to the swimming pool and spun. That left Pérez behind him to attack the Caterham, which Pérez succeeded in passing. Vergne's move to intermediate tyres had not worked, as he was losing over seven seconds every lap to his rivals. Two laps after Button spun, he had caught back up to Kovalainen.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Button attempted an overtake on Kovalainen around the outside of turn 1. Button, who was able to brake later in his McLaren, launched down the outside of Kovalainen in the braking zone of turn 1. At the same time Kovalainen moved left and the Finn's front wing hit Button's front right tyre, causing a puncture on the McLaren, and Kovalainen damaged his front wing. A subsequent pit stop for Kovalainen put him down to 13th place, meanwhile Button retired from the race due to his puncture.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
The gap at the front remained close however; no driver was able to move ahead. In the final few laps rain still threatened, but each of the six leaders held their own as they lapped cars. Hamilton and Massa did drop back slightly from the four towards the end of the race. By the final lap, artificial light from cameras was becoming more prominent as daylight faded with the threat of darker rain clouds. Ultimately, Webber was able to keep Rosberg, Alonso and Vettel at bay for his second career victory at the Monte-Carlo circuit.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
In winning the Monaco Grand Prix Webber became the only Australian to win on multiple occasions at the circuit. It was Webber's first win of the season and first since his victory at the last race of the 2011 season in Brazil. In taking the victory Webber and the five victorious drivers before him set a new record for six different winners from the first six races of a Formula One season. The margin between the first four drivers was only 1.343 seconds as Rosberg followed Webber into second place and Spaniard Alonso finished in third; his 76th career podium. Red Bull teammate Vettel, using a different strategy to the top three, was fourth while Hamilton was fifth. Massa backed up his best qualifying effort of the season with his best result of the season by finishing sixth and only six seconds from the eventual winner.


2012 Monaco Grand Prix, Report, Race
Some forty seconds off the lead was the Force India's led by di Resta, who was on the same strategy as Vettel, and teammate Hülkenberg who (like Webber and Massa) captured his best result of the season thus far. Räikkönen was ninth while Williams driver Senna picked up the final point in tenth. Importantly for the constructors title, Caterham driver Kovalainen finished in thirteenth (his highest so far) moving Caterham up into tenth place ahead of Marussia and HRT on the 2012 standings. This was despite Marussia driver Glock (14th) and HRT driver Karthikeyan (15th) finishing in their respective highest positions for the season.


2012 Mongolian Premier League
Statistics of Niislel Lig in the 2012 season. The title was won by Erchim which was their seventh title.


2012 Mongolian Premier League, League standings
All the teams played each other twice. the team which had the most points in two rounds became the winner.


2012 Mongolian Premier League, Mongolian Football Federation Cup
Ten teams participated in the 2012 Mongolian Football Federation Cup. The final was played on 15 September 2012. Erchim defeated Khasiin Khulguud in  a penalty shoot-out, after the match ended in extra time with a 1-1 draw.


2012 Mongolian Premier League, Super Cup
The 2012 Super Cup was played on 30 September 2012 between the league winner Erchim and the cup runner-up Khasiin Khulguud. It is usually played between the winners of the Niislel League and the Mongolian Football Federation Cup, but Erchim won both titles this year. Erchim defeated Khasiin Khulguud 7-2. As the winner of the Super Cup, they will participate in the 2013 AFC President's Cup representing Mongolia.


2012 Mongolian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Mongolia on 28 June 2012 to elect 76 members of the State Great Khural. Also held during the parliamentary elections was the Ulaanbaatar city council election, the first time both have been held at the same time. For the first time, the election used vote counting machines by new legislative election laws to make the election fair.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Electoral system
A new legislative election law introduced the status of domestic election observers who are nominated by civil society organisations. Parties had to announce 48 candidates for constituency seats and 28 candidates for proportional allocation. Among the changes was also a quota of 20% of seats reserved for women.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Parties
On 24 May the Democratic Party (DP) and Mongolian People's Party (MPP) announced their candidates for the election. A new party that participated was Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party which was established in 2010 by Nambaryn Enkhbayar.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Parties
Prior to January, the Democratic Party was a part of the grand coalition in government with the Mongolian People's Party, but later withdrew to focus on the campaign.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign
A large share of the posters were for individual candidates, though showing party logos, which were perceived as being aimed at voters in specific constituencies. By contrast, advertising on television was much broader and much more focused on the parties.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign
Corruption is a big problem, because of corruption, because of bad governance I think most of the emerging societies are failing and failed. We [don't] want to repeat that.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign
A spate of mining concessions to foreign companies has led to an influx of money into the country. This was also followed by accusations of corruption and a lack of accountability over the political leadership for squandering the country's natural resources and at least tacitly tolerating the mistreatment of Mongolian workers at mines operated by foreign companies. All political parties campaigned against corruption before the election. Mining and Energy Minister Dashdorjiin Zorigt said that "the only way out of this situation is to have more growth that is more just."


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign
According to the opinion polling firm, Sumati Luvsandendev, 90% of Mongolians believe that politicians benefit from some form of "special arrangements" over mining concessions to foreign companies. Rapper Tugsjargal Munkherdene, also known as "Gee," partook in campaigning against corruption. including a controversial video clip against the alleged exploitation by ethnic Chinese. As a result of public pressure, there was a speculation of tightening restrictions for investment in the mining sector after the election.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Campaign
The MPRP campaigned on a platform of "resource nationalism." Reuters suggested its participation in government could impact the mining sector, including the Tavan Tolgoi coal project, which the MPRP wants controlled by Mongolians. Other issues included variations by the parties on how to use the windfall from mining concessions most efficiently, including pensions, infrastructure and other subsidies for local industries. The Democratic Party expressed it was best placed to help the poor and unemployed, while calling the Mongolian People's Party held to the elite and foreign mining interests.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Opinion polls
The Sant Maral Foundation and analysts had suggested that the Democratic Party would get a small plurality over the Mongolian People's Party, though neither party would get a majority.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Conduct
The polling stations were open from 7:00 to 20:00. Voting took place using electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the first time. The voting machines were set up by the Canadian company Dominion Voting Systems to report results immediately to the General Election Committee rather than any kind of tabulation by the local election officials. Of the 1,833,000 eligible voters, 65% turned out to vote. There were 544 candidates, of which 174 were women.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Conduct
Upon voting, President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj said "Today, we Mongolians face an important time to make a historic choice to address Mongolia's development and democracy."


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Results
Four seats were unfilled following the elections; in two constituencies the winning candidate received less than 28% of the vote, while the victory of two MPP candidates were annulled due to breaches of electoral law.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Reactions
Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj pointed out he was led to believe that all parties had so far accepted the result thus a coalition is likely to be formed in August. He then added that "the Mongolian People's Party seems to be losing to the Democratic Party" and that he "hope[s] that Mongolia is going to make great progress towards democracy, justice and prosperity."


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Reactions
On 30 June the Mongolian People's Party and eight smaller parties called for a new election with manual hand counting throughout every constituency in the country. MPP Secretary Yangug Sodbaatar said that the EVMs "violated the constitution. We are [thus] demanding the traditional system of counting votes by hand in every election constituency across the whole country to end this confusion that the population has about the voting machines and automated systems." However, the Democratic Party did not sign a petition to call for a new election, backing the automated system.


2012 Mongolian legislative election, Reactions
As a result of the election, the Democratic Party became the majority at the parliament. The Democratic Party formed a coalition government with Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and Civil Will-Green Party in August 2012. The Mongolian People's Party became the opposition at the parliament.


2012 Monmouth Hawks football team
The 2012 Monmouth Hawks Devils football team represented Monmouth University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference. They were led by 20th- year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 4–3 in NEC play to place third.


2012 Monmouth Hawks football team
This was the Hawks last season as a member of the NEC. In July 2013, Monmouth athletics moved to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. However, the MAAC does not sponsor football, so the Hawks played the 2013 season as an FCS independent before joining the Big South Conference as a football-only member in 2014.


2012 Monmouth Hawks football team, Schedule
Central Connecticut game on November 3 cancelled due to effect from Hurricane Sandy.


2012 Monmouthshire County Council election
The 2012 Monmouthshire County Council Election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Monmouthshire County Council in Wales. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The Council shifted from Conservative to No Overall Control. The election was preceded by the 2008 elections and followed by the 2017 elections.


2012 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Mick Delaney and played their home games on campus at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. Montana is a charter member of the Big Sky Conference.


2012 Montana Grizzlies football team
Previous head coach Robin Pflugrad was fired in March by university president Royce Engstrom before starting his third season.


2012 Montana Grizzlies football team
The Grizzlies finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.


2012 Montana Grizzlies football team, Game summaries, Appalachian State
First ever regular season meeting. Previous two meetings came in the playoff semifinals in 2000 and 2009.


2012 Montana House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 6, 2012 to elect all 100 members to Montana's House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor and State Senate. The primary election was held on June 5, 2012.


2012 Montana House of Representatives election
Republicans retained control of the House despite a net loss of seven seats, winning 61 seats compared to 39 seats for the Democrats.


2012 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, Statewide
Statewide results of the 2012 Montana House of Representatives election:


2012 Montana House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2012 Montana House of Representatives election by district:


2012 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team represented Montana State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by sixth-year head coach Rob Ash and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Big Sky play to share the conference championship with Cal Poly and Eastern Washington. The received an at–large bid into the FCS playoffs where they defeated Stony Brook in the second round before falling to Sam Houston State in the quarterfinals. It was the second straight year the Bobcats were knocked out of the playoffs by Sam Houston State.


2012 Montana State Bobcats football team, FCS Playoffs, Sam Houston State–FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals
This is the second straight year the Bobcats and Bearkats have met in the FCS quarterfinals. Last years game was in Huntsville, Texas.


2012 Montana gubernatorial election
The 2012 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Montana. Incumbent Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term.


2012 Montana gubernatorial election
Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock won the Democratic primary with 87% of the vote and former U.S. Representative Rick Hill won the Republican primary with 34% of the vote. In the general election, Bullock won by 7,571 votes, taking 48.9% of the vote to Hill's 47.3%. With a margin of 1.6%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2012 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in Puerto Rico. Due to the close margin, media outlets did not call the race for Bullock until the next day.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally
The 2012 Monte Carlo Rally, officially 80ème Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo was the first round of the 2012 World Rally Championship (WRC) season. The rally took place between 18 and 22 January 2012.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Introduction
The rally, which returned to the WRC calendar after a three-year absence, started in Valence on Wednesday 18 January and covered over 1,339 kilometres (832.0 mi), including 433 kilometres (269.1 mi) of special stages. Stages were run in both daylight and at night, and the route included two passes through the famous Col de Turini stage on Saturday. The rally became the first in the modern era of the sport to be held over the course of five days. 82 entries were registered for the event.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Leg One (18 January)
2011 World Champion Sébastien Loeb took an early lead when he won the first stage of the rally, Le Moulinon–Antraigues. However, icy conditions on the second stage, Burzet–St Martial meant that Ford driver Jari-Matti Latvala took the lead when he adopted an unorthodox tyre strategy, using super-soft and studded tyres on opposite corners of his car. By the end of the stage, Latvala had established a thirty-second lead over Loeb. Latvala's lead was short-lived, as he crashed out on the second running of Burzet–St Martial when he missed a pace note warning that a corner tightened on entry. His car fell over a short drop, but could not be retrieved. Ford later confirmed that Latvala had retired from the rally, as the event was not run to "Rally 2" – formerly super-rally – regulations which would normally allow Latvala to restart the rally the next day.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Leg One (18 January)
Latvala's accident meant that Loeb reclaimed the lead of the rally, one minute ahead of Mini's Dani Sordo and Petter Solberg in the second works Ford Fiesta. Sébastien Ogier finished the day fourth in his Škoda Fabia S2000, which he credited to the mixed conditions minimising the differences in performance between the WRC and Super 2000 cars. Evgeny Novikov was fifth, the first of the privateer WRC cars.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Leg Two (19 January)
The second day of competition saw the running of six special stages, five of which were won by Loeb; Sordo won the second run over Labatie D'Andaure–Lalouvesc. Ogier crashed out of the rally on the final stage of the day, the second pass over Lamastre–Gilhoc–Alboussière. Ogier had been running sixth at the time of the accident. His co-driver, Julien Ingrassia, injured his arm in the crash, though the exact extent of his injuries was not revealed except to say that it was "not broken".


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Report, Leg Two (19 January)
At the end of the second day, Loeb's lead over Sordo was one minute and thirty-seven seconds, with third-placed Solberg a further three seconds behind. Ford team principal Malcolm Wilson admitted that he felt Solberg was being "too conservative" with the car and encouraged him to chase Sordo as it was more important for Solberg to become familiar with the car's abilities than it was to score manufacturer points. Loeb's team-mate Mikko Hirvonen was a further two minutes behind Solberg, holding a narrow lead over Novikov.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Results, Event standings
* Only team eligible for SWRC points that was classified.


2012 Monte Carlo Rally, Results, Power Stage
The "Power stage" was a 5.16 km (3.21 mi) stage at the end of the rally, held between Ste-Agnes and Col de la Madone.


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
The 2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters was a men's tennis tournament for male professional players, played from 16 April through 22 April 2012, on outdoor clay courts. It was the 106th edition of the annual Monte Carlo Masters tournament, which was sponsored by Rolex for the fourth time. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco. Rafael Nadal won the singles title.


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Points and prize money, Points
Because the Monte Carlo Masters is the non-mandatory Masters 1000 event, special rules regarding points distribution are in place. The Monte Carlo Masters counts as one of a player's 500 level tournaments, while distributing Masters 1000 points.


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Max Mirnyi /  Daniel Nestor, 6–2, 6–3


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan successfully defended their title beating Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles
Seven-time defending champion Rafael Nadal successfully defended his title, defeating Novak Djokovic in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the Singles title at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was his record-extending eighth consecutive Monte-Carlo Masters title, making him the first man in the Open Era to win a tournament eight consecutive times.


2012 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Singles, Seeds
Top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.


2012 Montedio Yamagata season
The 2012 Montedio Yamagata season sees Montedio Yamagata return to J.League Division 2 after being relegated in the 2011 J.League Division 1. This will be their 16th season overall in the second tier. Montedio Yamagata are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.


2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro on 14 October 2012. The parliamentary elections were the ninth since the reintroduction of multi-party system in 1990, and the third since regaining full independence in 2006. The result was a victory for the ruling European Montenegro alliance (based around the Democratic Party of Socialists) led by Milo Đukanović, which won 39 of the 81 seats, remaining without the majority by itself for the first time since the 2001 election, and subsequently forming a majority coalition government with the ethnic minority Bosniak Party (BS) and Croatian Civic Initiative (HGI) parties.


2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 81 members of Parliament were elected by proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency with an electoral threshold of 3%, although the threshold was reduced to 0.7% for ethnic minority parties in districts where ethnic minorities accounted for at least 15% of the population. For ethnic Croats, the electoral list wins one seat if it receives more than 0.35% of the popular vote. Seats were distributed using the D'Hondt method, which slightly favors larger lists.


2012 Montenegrin parliamentary election, Opinion polls
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first, and using the date the survey's fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. If such date is unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's colour. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown empty. The threshold for a party to elect members is 3%.


2012 Monterrey Open
The 2012 Monterrey Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Monterrey Open and was an International tournament on the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Sierra Madre Tennis Club in Monterrey, Mexico, from 20 to 26 February. Tímea Babos won the singles title.


2012 Monterrey Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2012 Monterrey Open, Champions, Doubles
Sara Errani /  Roberta Vinci def. Kimiko Date-Krumm /  Zhang Shuai, 6–2, 7–6(8–6)


2012 Monterrey Open – Doubles
Iveta Benešová and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová were the defending champions but chose to participate at the 2012 Dubai Tennis Championships instead.


2012 Monterrey Open – Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won the title over Kimiko Date-Krumm and Zhang Shuai.


2012 Monterrey Open – Singles
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova is the defending champion, but decided to participate at the Dubai Tennis Championships instead.


2012 Monterrey Open – Singles
Tímea Babos won her first WTA title after defeating Alexandra Cadanțu 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2012 Montreal Alouettes season
The 2012 Montreal Alouettes season was their 46th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Alouettes finished in 1st place in the East Division with an 11–7 record. However, the Alouettes lost the East Final to the Toronto Argonauts 27–20. The Alouettes opened their training camp at Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec on June 3.


2012 Montreal Alouettes season, Offseason, CFL Draft
The 2012 CFL Draft took place on May 3, 2012 live at 3:00 PM EDT. The Alouettes had six selections in the six-round draft, after trading their first-round pick to the BC Lions for Sean Whyte and trading Dylan Steenbergen for another sixth-round pick.


2012 Montreal Impact season
The 2012 Montreal Impact season was the club's inaugural season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of both American and Canadian soccer. Including the former club, this was the 19th season of a team under the moniker "Montreal Impact".


2012 Montreal Impact season
For the 2012 season, outside of MLS, the Impact competed in the 2012 Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup competition, which determined the Canadian entrant in the CONCACAF Champions League, in which they lost the semi-final.


2012 Montreal Impact season
Jesse Marsch was hired to be the head coach in the club's inaugural season in MLS. Mauro Biello, Preston Burpo and Mike Sorber were hired as assistant coaches for the inaugural season.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Background
Prior to the start of the season, a Division 2 soccer club of the same named played in the North American Soccer League finishing in seventh during the regular season, failing to qualify for the playoffs.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Background
On May 7, 2010, the club's owner, Joey Saputo, was granted a 19th franchise in Major League Soccer, starting in 2012. The MLS franchise will be privately owned by the Saputo family.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Background
On June 14, 2011, the Montreal Impact announced they've reached a five-year agreement with the Bank of Montreal (BMO) to become lead sponsor and jersey sponsor when they join MLS as an expansion team in 2012.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, October 2011
The building of the Montreal Impact MLS team started on October 3, 2011 with the signing of defensemen Nelson Rivas, who previously played for Inter Milan of the Italian Serie A. The club later awarded MLS contracts to former NASL team defensemen Hassoun Camara, goalkeeper Evan Bush and midfielder Sinisa Ubiparipovic.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, November 2011
On November 23, 2011, the league held the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft which allowed the Impact to select ten players from their existing club's unprotected list. Brian Ching (from Houston Dynamo), Zarek Valentin (from C.D. Chivas USA), Justin Mapp (from Philadelphia Union), Bobby Burling (from San Jose Earthquakes), Jeb Brovsky (from Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Collen Warner (from Real Salt Lake), Josh Gardner (from Columbus Crew), Sanna Nyassi (from Colorado Rapids), James Riley (from Seattle Sounders) and Seth Sinovic (from Sporting Kansas City) were selected by the Montreal team.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, November 2011
James Riley was immediately traded to C.D. Chivas USA with allocation money for Justin Braun and Gerson Mayen. Seth Sinovic was later traded with allocation money to Sporting Kansas City for eventual captain Davy Arnaud. The club continued to build by adding defensemen Tyson Wahl, midfielder Bryan Arguez, and goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, December 2011
The club's roster continued to take shape as the club signed Miguel Montaño who had been loaned to their NASL team by the Seattle Sounders FC, veteran goalkeeper and former Impact Greg Sutton, Quebec native midfielder Patrice Bernier and Brazilian midfielder Felipe.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, January 2012
The 2012 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 12, 2012. With the first overall pick, the Impact selected Andrew Wenger from Duke University. Defender Calum Mallace was the team's second round choice. The team also added Jamaican defensemen Shavar Thomas to the roster.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, February 2012
After a long period of uncertainty regarding his desire to play in Montreal, forward Brian Ching was sent back to Houston Dynamo for a conditional pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. The following day, Impact selected Eddie Johnson via allocation process, but immediately traded him to Seattle Sounders FC for Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle. After making a good impression in training camp, veteran forward and long time Impact player Eduardo Sebrango was awarded a contract for MLS.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, March 2012
On March 1, 2012, Italian defender Matteo Ferrari was signed by the club. On March 10, 2012, the Impact played their first-ever MLS game, a 2–0 loss against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. A week later, the team made its home debut at the Olympic Stadium, playing to a 1–1 draw with the Chicago Fire; the match attracted 58,912 spectators, surpassing the previous record for professional soccer in Montreal established in a 1981 Montreal Manic home game (58,542). Former Serie A forward Bernardo Corradi was signed by the club on March 15, 2012 after a successful tryout period.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, April 2012
The Montreal Impact captured their first ever MLS win on April 7, 2012 against Canadian rival Toronto FC. On April 20, 2012, Mike Fucito was traded to the Portland Timbers for either the Timbers' highest second round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft or a 2013 international roster slot conditional on Fucito's performance.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, May 2012
On May 12, 2012, the Impact played in front of a crowd of 60,860 spectators during a game against the Los Angeles Galaxy, establishing a record attendance for a professional soccer match in Canada. On May 24, 2012, Montreal Impact announced the signing of their first-ever Designated Player in Italian striker and Serie A veteran Marco Di Vaio.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, June 2012
Quebec defender Karl Ouimette became the first player to graduate from the Montreal Impact Academy when he was awarded a contract on June 5, 2012. June 16, 2012 marked the opening of the fully renovated Saputo Stadium. Impact went on to win 4–1 against the Seattle Sounders FC before 17,112 spectators.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, July 2012
In July, the club added two defensemen in Italian international Alessandro Nesta and Swiss Dennis Iapichino. Justin Braun and Tyson Wahl were traded to Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids respectively. Bryan Arguez and Miguel Montaño were sent on loans and Bobby Burling, who was selected in the 2011 MLS Expansion Draft but never signed with the team, was traded to C.D. Chivas USA for an international roster slot.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, August 2012
On August 7, 2012, Impact swapped goalkeepers with Portland Timbers, sending Donovan Ricketts to Portland for Troy Perkins.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Review, August 2012
On August 25, the expansion Montreal Impact set the record for most goals scored by an expansion team in MLS in a single season, with their 3–0 win against D.C. United, giving them 42 goals scored, breaking the mark of 40 goals scored by the Portland Timbers in 2011.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Competitions, MLS regular season, Results summary
Last updated: October 6, 2012Source: 2012 Major League Soccer seasonPld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  D = Matches drawn;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Montreal Impact season, Competitions, MLS reserves
The Montreal Impact will compete in the Eastern Division for the 2012 MLS Reserves season. The division consists of seven teams, including Columbus Crew, D.C. United, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, Philadelphia Union and Toronto FC.


2012 Montreal Impact season, International Caps
Players called for senior international duty during the 2012 season while under contract with the Montreal Impact.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Goalkeeper stats
Updated to match played July 24, 2012Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Top assists
Updated to match played November 5, 2012Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Clean sheets
Updated to match played November 12, 2012Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Top minutes played
Updated to match played November 12, 2012Source: Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by position, and then shirt number.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Statistics, Disciplinary record
Last updated: July 24, 2012Source: Competitive matchesOrdered by ,  and  = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Montreal is in the No. 19 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking after using the No. 1 position to select Eddie Johnson. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Miscellany, International roster slots
Montreal has 9 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and Montreal acquired one slot in a trade with Portland Timbers.


2012 Montreal Impact season, Miscellany, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: *2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional round 2 pick from Portland Timbers; *2013 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick from Houston Dynamo; *2013 Supplemental Draft conditional pick from Columbus Crew; *2014 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick from Real Salt Lake. Future picks traded: *2015 Supplemental Draft round 4 pick to Portland Timbers.


2012 Montreal shooting
On the night of September 4, 2012, the Parti Québécois won the Quebec general election, with a minority government. Party leader Pauline Marois was partway through her victory speech at the Métropolis in downtown Montreal when Richard Henry Bain, in an attempt to assassinate premier-designate Pauline Marois and "kill as many separatists as possible", approached the building and opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, killing one stage technician and severely injuring another. After his rifle jammed, Bain lit a fire in back of the building but was quickly tackled and apprehended by Montreal police. In 2016, Bain was convicted of second-degree murder along with three counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to twenty years in prison.


2012 Montreal shooting, Details
Bain, wearing a blue bathrobe and black balaclava approached the back door of the Métropolis theatre with a 9mm CZ 75 semi-automatic pistol and a Česká Zbrojovka-858 semiautomatic rifle. Initial eyewitness reports claimed the rifle was an AK-47 assault rifle, which is similar in appearance to the semiautomatic CZ-858. Bain opened fire, killing Denis Blanchette, a 48-year-old male stage technician. His 27-year-old colleague, Dave Courage, was critically wounded.


2012 Montreal shooting, Details
Marois was whisked away from the stage without harm by her bodyguards, and the suspect was apprehended and arrested, shortly after he had started a fire at the back entrance of the building. While being led to the police vehicle during his arrest, the suspect called out "The English are waking up!" and "It's going to be fucking payback." Although in 2012 it was reported the shooter used a Molotov cocktail, it was later alleged Bain poured gasoline on a door and ignited it with a road flare. Several families living in the area had to be evacuated out of their homes due to the fire, which was quickly doused. The Sûreté du Québec announced that the shooting would be investigated as a potential attempted assassination on Marois, the then-premier-designate.


2012 Montreal shooting, Perpetrator
Richard Henry Bain, 62, was an evangelical Baptist from La Conception, Laurentides, Quebec. Police searched Bain's vehicle and found a 9mm Beretta pistol, a .357 Magnum revolver, a .22-calibre semi-automatic rifle, and more lighter fluid and gas canisters that could have been used for the fire.


2012 Montreal shooting, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings
Bain faced 16 charges, including one first-degree murder and three of attempted murder; the remnant charges are related to arson and weapons violations. In several of the multiple court hearings, Bain claimed that Jesus Christ is his lawyer. After losing his legal aid lawyer, he looked for a new lawyer and read up on the criminal code to represent himself. He had a preliminary hearing scheduled on March 12, 2013.


2012 Montreal shooting, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings
With Alan Guttman as his new defence lawyer, Bain's trial was delayed to May 2016 while Guttman sought an expert to perform another psychiatric evaluation of Bain. Guttman claimed that Bain was on anti-depressants with side effects on personality and hallucinations.


2012 Montreal shooting, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings
During the trial, Guttman argued the defendant was not criminally responsible. However, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Joel Watts, called by the Crown, testified Bain understood his actions were wrong. In their closing arguments, the prosecution cited handwritten answers Bain provided to psychiatrist Marie-Frédérique Allard, who had previously testified for the defense, which stated "If my rifle had not jammed I would have killed other people" and "if Madame Marois could be seen, I would have killed her."


2012 Montreal shooting, Perpetrator, Legal proceedings
On August 23, 2016, Bain was found guilty of second-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. Sentencing arguments were heard in September 2016. On November 18, 2016, Bain was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for parole until he has served 20 years of that sentence.


2012 Montreal shooting, Official reaction
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated that he was 'shocked and saddened' by the shooting, and that "such violence has no place in Canada". At a party caucus meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair issued the following statement: "Our first thoughts are with the victims and their families and those that were close to them. We're going to continue to let the police do their work before commenting any further on these tragic events." On September 6, it was reported that Denis Blanchette would be given a civic funeral. The funeral was held on September 10, with Marois and former premier Bernard Landry among the dignitaries in attendance. Équipe Spectra also organized a benefit concert in memory of Blanchette, with funds to support Blanchette's four-year-old daughter.


2012 Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
The 2012 Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania was the second edition of the race, held in 2011 as Giro di Padania. The race started on 3 September in Sant'Agostino and ended on 7 September in Frabosa Soprana, passing through the area struck by an earthquake in May 2012.


2012 Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
19 teams and 152 riders participated to the race. The 2011 winner Ivan Basso did not take part in the race, with 2010 Vuelta a España winner Vincenzo Nibali leading team Liquigas-Cannondale instead. Other notable riders who participated were the winner of the 2011 Giro d'Italia Michele Scarponi, the sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, the 2012 Italian Road Race Champion Franco Pellizotti and the 2004 Liège–Bastogne–Liège winner Davide Rebellin.


2012 Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
The race was dominated by Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale), who took the leader's jersey on the third stage (won by Oscar Gatto), won the fourth stage and the General classification as well as the Points and King of the Mountains classifications. Acqua & Sapone's Carlos Betancur won the Young Rider classification, and Androni Giocattoli finished first in the Team classification.


2012 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
The 2012 Monza GP2 series round and the 2012 Monza GP3 Series round were a group of motor races held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza in Italy for the GP2 and GP3 Series championships. The races, which were run on 8 and 9 September, was in support of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. The GP2 races formed the eleventh round of the 2012 GP2 championship, while the GP3 races were the eighth and final round of the 2012 GP3 season.


2012 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
GP2 championship contenders Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi both arrived at Monza with equal points. By the end of the meeting, Razia had failed to score in both races while Valsecchi finished sixth in the Feature race and won the Sprint race, which — combined with an extra two points for a fastest lap — gave him a twenty-five point lead going into the final round in Singapore.


2012 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
MW Arden driver Mitch Evans secured the 2012 GP3 championship in the Race 2 when his nearest title rival, Daniel Abt failed to secure enough points to take the title himself.


2012 Monza GP2 and GP3 Series rounds
This was also the final race for the original GP3 car, the Dallara GP3/10, as it was replaced in 2013 by the GP3/13.


2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round
The 2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round was the fourth round of the 2012 Superbike World Championship season and of the 2012 Supersport World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of May 4–6, 2012 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza located in Monza, Italy.


2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round, Superbike, Report
At this round the championship held an awards ceremony marking their 25th anniversary, this however would be a round full of incident, the conditions were changeable throughout the weekend, and during a wet superpole riders were unable to make their wet tyres last more than 2 laps due to the tyres falling apart down the center due to the high speed nature of the Monza circuit. The race started dry but Mark Aitchison fell at the final turn on the warm up lap then John Hopkins and Marco Melandri, would also go down at the final turn.


2012 Monza Superbike World Championship round, Superbike, Report
The race was stopped as the rain persisted and race 1 was canceled on safety grounds. Race 2 was run in similar conditions with the rain falling just after half distance meaning that half points were awarded. After the debacle Team Effenbert Liberty Racing hit out at WSBK organizers for favoring a few riders in the cancellation of race 1, putting doubt into their further participation in the championship. Pirelli the lone tyre provider hit back at complaints from the riders who Pirelli say ignored the advice to use the intermediate tyres during the wet/dry racing. Liberty racing later released a statement backtracking on was said in the wake of Monza and confirming that the team would be competing at the next round but hinted that the title sponsor Effenbert may scale back their branding in way of protest.


2012 Moorilla Hobart International
The 2012 Moorilla Hobart International was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 6 through 14 January 2012.


2012 Moorilla Hobart International, Single main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Moorilla Hobart International, Single main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry from a lucky loser spot:


2012 Moorilla Hobart International, Champions, Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu /  Monica Niculescu def. Chuang Chia-jung /  Marina Erakovic, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]


2012 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2012 Moorilla Hobart International – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu won in the final, defeating Chuang Chia-jung and Marina Erakovic, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–5].


2012 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Jarmila Gajdošová was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mona Barthel.


2012 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
Barthel reached the final where she defeated Yanina Wickmayer 6–1, 6–2 to win her first WTA Tour title. Win this win, Barthel became the first qualifier to win a WTA tournament since Tamira Paszek won Quebec City in September 2010.


2012 Moorilla Hobart International – Singles
This tournament also marked the first WTA main draw appearance of future French Open champion and world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, who was awarded a wild card and defeated in the first round by Bethanie Mattek-Sands.


2012 Moosehead Fall Open
The 2012 Moosehead Fall Open was held from September 19 to 23 at the RCMP Curling Club in Ottawa as part of the 2012–13 Ontario Curling Tour. The event was held in a round robin format, with the purse for the men's event being CAD$16,000, and CAD $7,200 for the women's event.


2012 Moray Council election
Elections to the Moray Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 31 local authorities in Scotland. The election used the eight wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 26 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.


2012 Moray Council election
The election saw the Scottish National Party increase their representation by 1 seat, equalling the seat numbers of the Independents who lost 2 seats, while becoming the largest party on the Council in terms of vote share. The Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party retained their 3 seats while the Scottish Labour Party gained an additional seat.


2012 Moray Council election
Following the election a coalition was formed between the Independents and the Conservatives which was a continuance of the arrangement from 2007-2012.


2012 Moray Council election, Election summary
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 Morehead State Eagles football team
The 2012 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles, a member of the Pioneer Football League, played their 49th season at Jayne Stadium on the university campus. They were led by Matt Ballard, who was in his 19th and final season as head coach. Following a 4–7 season, Ballard was fired.


2012 Morelos gubernatorial election
The 2012 gubernatorial election in the Mexican state of Morelos was held on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Incumbent Morelos Governor Marco Antonio Adame of the National Action Party (PAN) is retiring due to mandatory term limits, which limit all Mexican state governors to one, six-year term in office. The Morelos gubernatorial election coincided with the 2012 Mexican presidential and general elections.


2012 Morgan State Bears football team
The 2012 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 12th-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and played their home games at Hughes Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Morgan State finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca
The 2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Casablanca, Morocco between 27 February and 4 March 2012.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca, Champions, Doubles
Walter Trusendi /  Matteo Viola def. Evgeny Donskoy /  Andrey Kuznetsov, 1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–3]


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Doubles
Guillermo Alcaide and Adrián Menéndez were the defending champions. Alcaide did not participate. Menéndez partnered with Jaroslav Pospíšil, losing in the quarterfinals. Walter Trusendi and Matteo Viola won the title defeating Evgeny Donskoy and Andrey Kuznetsov 1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–3] in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Casablanca – Singles
Evgeny Donskoy was the defending champion but lost in the first round. Aljaž Bedene won the final after defeating Nicolas Devilder 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4) in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech
The 2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Marrakech, Morocco between 19 and 25 March 2012.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech – Doubles
Peter Luczak and Alessandro Motti were the defending champions but decided not to participate. Martin Kližan and Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava won the title, defeating Iñigo Cervantes Huegun and Federico Delbonis 6–3, 1–6, [12–10] in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Marrakech – Singles
Rui Machado was the defending champion but decided not to participate. Martin Kližan won the title, defeating Adrian Ungur 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes
The 2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meknes, Morocco between 20 and 26 February 2012.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes, Champions, Doubles
Adrián Menéndez /  Jaroslav Pospíšil vs.  Gerard Granollers /  Iván Navarro, 6–3, 3–6, [10–8]


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Doubles
Treat Conrad Huey and Simone Vagnozzi were the defending champions but Huey decided not to participate. Vagnozzi played alongside Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava. Adrián Menéndez and Jaroslav Pospíšil won the title after defeating Gerard Granollers and Iván Navarro 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes – Singles
Jaroslav Pospíšil is the defending champion. Evgeny Donskoy won the title after defeating Adrian Ungur 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat
The 2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco between 12 and 18 March 2012.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat, ATP entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Doubles
Alessio di Mauro and Simone Vagnozzi were the defending champions but Vagnozzi decided not to participate. di Mauro played alongside Alessandro Motti. Iñigo Cervantes Huegun and Federico Delbonis won the title after defeating Martin Kližan and Stéphane Robert 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–5] in the final.


2012 Morocco Tennis Tour – Rabat – Singles
Ivo Minář is the defending champion. Martin Kližan won the title after defeating Filippo Volandri 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


2012 Mosconi Cup
The 2012 Mosconi Cup, the 19th edition of the annual nine-ball pool competition between teams representing Europe and the United States, took place 10–13 December 2012 at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England.


2012 Mosconi Cup
Team Europe won the Mosconi Cup by defeating Team USA 11–9.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade was held on 9 May 2012 on Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. The parade marked the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War on the very day on the signing of the German act of capitulation, on the very midnight of May 9, 1945 (Russian time). Newly inaugurated President of Russia Vladimir Putin made his ninth victory holiday address in this parade.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Preparations
Since October 2011, the parade has been well prepared. Rehearsals began to be held by the various participating units.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Preparations
Beginning from March 2012, in the parade practice site in Alabino, Moscow Oblast, parade rehearsal were held from the 19th of that month until April 23, and from April 21 and 22 the parade's Mobile Column began its Moscow test runs.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Preparations
Full rehearsals in Moscow itself started on the final Thursday and weekend of April and lasted until May 6. These also included separate practice runs for the military bands and the mobile column.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, The event
Among the attendees were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, and Mayor Sergey Sobyanin. Over 14,000 troops participated in the ceremony. For the first time in a year, due to the massive unpopularity of the new Battledress duty uniforms worn last year by almost all the parading units, all the participants, save for those in the mobile column, began wearing dress uniforms again. The entire marchpast segment for 2012 was composed of the following Russian uniformed services:


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, The event
The mobile column was composed of more than a hundred military vehicles from various military units and a squadron of Army Air Center Mi-8s carrying the Flag of Russia and the flags of the Armed Forces flying past Red Square closed the parade segment.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, The event
This year's combined military band, conducted by Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov in what is his 10th Victory Day appearance as Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, will have more than 1,100 bandsmen and for the first time in 3 years will see the return of the Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov Moscow Military Music School's Corps of Drums leading the parade in its dark blue and red dress uniform, as it has always done since the Moscow Victory Parade of 1945. The parade finale saw the bands perform the March Borodino and a special arrangement of Farewell of Slavianka', the latter being in honor of the centennial anniversary of its composition and the former being in honor of the bicentennial of the Patriotic War of 1812.


2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Full list of participants
Colonel General Valery Gerasimov was the year's parade commander (his final parade appearance) while the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Serdyukov, in what would be his final parade review, was the parade reviewing officer.


2012 Moscow shooting
The 2012 Moscow shooting was an incident on 7 November 2012, in which six people were killed and one person injured by a lone gunman at a warehouse in northeast Moscow, Russia.


2012 Moscow shooting, The attack
Five people were killed in a shooting spree in northeast Moscow in Russia. Hours before the shooting, Dmitry Vinogradov posted his hatred towards mankind on one of Russia's top social networks, Vkontakte. The gunman entered the warehouse on Chermanskaya Street at around 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 7 November 2012, dressed in camouflage gear and armed with two semiautomatic shotguns, a Saiga 12 variant and a Benelli M3 Super 90. He shot dead three men and two women, injuring two others, a male and female, at their desks before giving himself up to security guards. One of the injured died during the night while in intensive care, having suffered from critical gunshot wounds. Vinogradov's girlfriend was said to be safe.