MotoGP News
Date: 26/November/2012
MotoGP plans to expand from 21 to
24 full time riders next season. However the growth will come not from factory
participants, but increased privateer entries.
The provisional line-up announced
by the FIM contained few surprises, with the twelve manufacturer machines -
divided equally between Honda, Yamaha and Ducati - known well in advance.
The only new information was the
naming of the two Paul Bird Motorsport riders. PBM joined MotoGP under the new
privateer ‘Claiming Rule Team’ regulations this season and is expanding to two
entries for 2013.
Rumours linking Columbian Yonny
Hernandez to PBM have proved correct, with the former Avintia rider listed on
the English team’s Aprilia motorcycle, while the biggest surprise of the entry
list is the appointment of Ulsterman Michael Laverty for the second seat.
Laverty, 31, is the older brother
of World Superbike race winner Eugene and finished fifth in this year’s British
Superbike Championship. He is to ride a ‘PBM’ bike - expected to compose of an
Aprilia engine in a British designed chassis.
The only place still to be
confirmed is a second IodaRacing entry, alongside Danilo Petrucci. Speed
Master, which suffered funding problems during this season, is the only team
not returning in 2013.
World Champion Jorge Lorenzo
(Yamaha) intends to race with his #99 instead of the #1.
The 2013 MotoGP calendar is also
close to completion, with the planned return to Argentina having been postponed
by a year due to a travel warning issued by the Spanish government for Repsol employees.
Repsol is one of the biggest
sponsors in the MotoGP paddock, but in dispute with the Argentinean government.
Just two days after the calendar deadline, the Spanish government removed the
travel warning - but it was too late to reinstate the event.
The season-opening Qatar round has
been delayed by one week to help fill the gap. The 2013 calendar will now
remain at 18 rounds, with Estoril in Portugal dropping away and being replaced
by a new event in Austin, Texas.
2013 MotoGP entry list
Manufacturer riders:
#4 Andrea
Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Ducati)
#6 Stefan
Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (Honda)
#11 Ben Spies USA Pramac Racing Team (Ducati)
#19 Alvaro Bautista SPA Go & Fun Honda Gresini (Honda)
#26 Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol
Honda Team (Honda)
#29 Andrea Iannone* ITA Pramac Racing Team (Ducati)
#35 Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster
Yamaha Tech 3 (Yamaha)
#38 Bradley Smith* GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (Yamaha)
#46 Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory Racing (Yamaha)
#69 Nicky Hayden USA Ducati
Team (Ducati)
#93 Marc Marquez*
SPA Repsol Honda Team (Honda)
#99 Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha
Factory Racing (Yamaha)
Privateer (CRT) riders:
#5 Colin
Edwards USA NGM
Mobile Forward Racing (FTR Kawasaki)
#7 Hiroshi
Aoyama JPN Avintia Blusens (FTR)
#8 Hector
Barbera SPA Avintia Blusens (FTR)
#9 Danilo
Petrucci IA Came IodaRacing Project (Ioda-Suter)
#14 Randy de Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART)
#17 Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (ART)
#33 Michael Laverty* GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM)
#41 Aleix Espargaro SPA Power Electronics Aspar (ART)
#67 Bryan Staring* AUS Go & Fun Honda Gresini (FTR Honda)
#68 Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART)
#71 Claudio Corti* ITA NGM
Mobile Forward Racing (FTR Kawasaki)
#?? ‘To Be Confirmed’ ??? Came IodaRacing Project (Ioda-Suter)
* Rookie.
2013 MotoGP Calendar
7 April Qatar Losail*
21 April Americas Austin
5 May Spain (STC) Jerez
19 May France Le
Mans
2 June Italy Mugello
16 June Catalunya Catalunya
29 June Netherlands Assen**
7 July Germany Sachsenring
21st July United States Laguna
Seca***
18 August Indianapolis Indianapolis
25 August Czech Rep. Brno
1 September Great Britain Silverstone
15 September San Marino Misano
29 September Aragon Aragon
13 October Malaysia Sepang
20 October Australia Phillip
Island
27 October Japan Motegi
10 November Valencia Valencia
* Evening race
** Saturday race
*** Only MotoGP class
(STC) = Subject to Contract
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