2024 Moto2 World Championship

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The 2024 FIM Moto2 World Championship is the premier class of the 76th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders[change | change source]

Team Constructor Chassis Riders
No. Rider names
Spain  MT Helmets – MSi Boscoscuro B-24 03 Spain Sergio García
79 Japan Ai Ogura
Italy  Speed Up Racing 21 Spain Alonso López
54 Spain Fermín Aldeguer
Switzerland  Klint Forward Factory Team Forward F2 43 Spain Xavier Artigas
17 Spain Alex Escrig
Spain  CFMoto Aspar Racing Team Kalex Moto2 28 Spain Izan Guevara
96 United Kingdom Jake Dixon
Belgium  Marc VDS Racing Team 12 Czech Republic Filip Salač
14 Italy Tony Arbolino
Italy  Fantic Racing 20 Andorra Xavier Cardelús
44 Spain Aron Canet
Japan  Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 34 Indonesia Mario Aji
35 Thailand Somkiat Chantra
Italy  Italtrans Racing Team 10 Brazil Diogo Moreira
71 Italy Dennis Foggia
Germany Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 15 South Africa Darryn Binder
81 Australia Senna Agius
United States  OnlyFans American Racing 16 United States Joe Roberts
24 Spain Marcos Ramírez
Indonesia  Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 5 Spain Jaume Masià
64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder
Italy  QJmotor Gresini Moto2 18 Spain Manuel González
75 Spain Albert Arenas
Finland  Red Bull KTM Ajo 13 Italy Celestino Vietti
53 Turkey Deniz Öncü
Netherlands  RW-Idrofoglia Racing GP 7 Belgium Barry Baltus
84 Netherlands Zonta van den Goorbergh
Italy  Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team 22 Japan Ayumu Sasaki
52 Spain Jeremy Alcoba

All teams use series-specified Pirelli tyres and Triumph 765cc 3-cylinder engines.

Team changes[change | change source]

  • Pons Racing will leave Grand Prix motorcycle racing as a whole, ending Sito Pons' 42-year presence in MotoGP as both a rider and team owner.[1] The team has competed in the intermediate class since 2009, the final year of the 250cc classs.[2] They will be replaced by MT Helmets – MSi, which would enter Moto2 after having a Moto3 team since 2022. MT Helmets – MSi will use Boscoscuro bikes, instead of the Kalex bikes used by Pons Racing.
  • Aspar Team will switch from GasGas to CFMoto branding.[3]

Rider changes[change | change source]

  • Filip Salač will move to Elf Marc VDS Racing Team from QJmotor Gresini Moto2. replacing Sam Lowes who will to the Superbike World Championship with the same team.
  • Jaume Masià will make his Moto2 debut with Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team, replacing Taiga Hada. Masià was the 2023 Moto3 champion.
  • Diogo Moreira will make his Moto2 debut with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Joe Roberts. Moreira raced in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship.
  • Celestino Vietti and Deniz Öncü will race for Red Bull KTM Ajo, replacing Pedro Acosta who will move up to MotoGP, and Albert Arenas. Vietti will move from Fantic Racing, while Öncü will make his Moto2 debut, having raced in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship.
  • Sergio García and Ai Ogura will race for the newly-formed MT Helmets – MSi. García will move from the now defunct Pons Racing, while Ogura will move from Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.
  • Senna Agius will make his full-time Moto2 debut with Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP, replacing Lukas Tulovic who will move to MotoE with the same team. Agius previously served as a replacement rider in 2022 and 2023, and is also the 2023 Moto2 European Champion.
  • Mario Aji will make his Moto2 debut with Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, replacing Ai Ogura. Aji raced in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship with the same team.
  • Manuel González and Albert Arenas will race for QJmotor Gresini Moto2, replacing Filip Salač and Jeremy Alcoba. González will move from Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Team, while Arenas will move from Red Bull KTM Ajo.
  • Joe Roberts and Marcos Ramírez will race for OnlyFans American Racing Team. Roberts will move from Italtrans Racing Team and return to the team where he last raced for in 2020. Roberts' supposed teammate is Rory Skinner, who is contracted to race for the team until 2024. However, his contract was terminated and the team signed Ramírez. Ramírez was Skinner's teammate in the last 11 races of the 2023 season after replacing Skinner's original teammate Sean Dylan Kelly, who was sacked by the team midway through the season. Ramírez will also race for the team in a full season for the first time since 2021.
  • Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba will race for Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Team, replacing Kohta Nozane and Manuel González.
  • Xavier Artigas will make his Moto2 debut with Forward Team. Artigas raced in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship.
  • Xavier Cardelús and Arón Canet will race for Fantic Racing, replacing Celestino Vietti and Mattia Casadei. Cardelús, who is the 2023 Moto2 European runner-up, will return to Moto2 after having last raced full-time in the class in 2019, while Canet will move from the now defunct Pons Racing.

Results[change | change source]

Grand Prix Circuit Pole Position [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle

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San Marino Circuit Marco Simoncelli Misano Circuit, Misano
Japan Grand Prix Japan Motegi Circuit, Motegi

Standings[change | change source]

Place 1st 2nd 3th 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
Race points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Calendar[change | change source]

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2024:[4]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 10 March Qatar Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 24 March Portugal Grande Prémio de Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão
3 7 April Argentina Gran Premio de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4 14 April United States Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
5 28 April Spain Gran Premio de España Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
6 12 May France Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
7 26 May Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 2 June Italy Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
9 16 June Kazakhstan Grand Prix of Kazakhstan Sokol International Racetrack, Almaty[a]
10 30 June Netherlands TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
11 7 July Germany Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
12 4 August United Kingdom British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 18 August Austria Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
14 1 September Aragon Gran Premio de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15 8 September San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
16 22 September India Grand Prix of India Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida
17 29 September Indonesia Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok
18 6 October Japan Grand Prix of Japan Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi
19 20 October Australia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
20 27 October Thailand Thailand Grand Prix Chang International Circuit, Buriram
21 3 November Malaysia Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
22 17 November Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

The following Grand Prix is planned as a reserve venue:[4][5]

Grand Prix Circuit
Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Balaton Park Circuit [hu], Balatonfőkajár[a]

Calendar changes[change | change source]

  • The Grand Prix of Qatar will return as the season opener after being the penultimate round in 2023.[6]
  • The Kazakhstan Grand Prix is set to make its debut this season after its cancellation in 2023 due to homologation works at the circuit along with global operational challenges.[7]
  • The Grand Prix of Aragon will return this season after not being held in 2023.[8]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Subject to homologation

References[change | change source]

  1. "PONS Racing closes a stage as Sito Pons faces a new era". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. McLaren, Peter (29 August 2023). "Sito Pons: 'After 42 years in grand prix, it's time to step aside. We will see each other on the circuits'". Crash.net. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  3. "CFMOTO and Aspar Team will fight together for the Moto2 and Moto3 titles". www.cfmoto.com. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "REVEALED: MotoGP announces provisional 2024 calendar". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. "Hungary on the horizon for MotoGP™". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. "2024 is coming: save the dates!". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  7. "2023 Kazakhstan GP cancelled". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  8. "Aragon, Kazakhstan on 2024 calendar as MotoGP slates record 22 races". uk.news.yahoo.com. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.