MotoGP News
Date: 22/December/2012
All planned places in next year’s
MotoGP World Championship have been taken, following the announcement that
Lukas Pesek will ride the second IodaRacing entry.
Pesek brings the number of
confirmed riders to 24, three more than this year. His seat, alongside Danilo
Petrucci, had been the only ‘to be announced’ ride on November’s provisional
entry list.
Czech rider Pesek finished fourth
in the 2007 125cc World Championship for Derbi, but left grand prix after
eleven races of the inaugural 2010 Moto2 season.
Pesek will be one of seven rookies
on next year’s grid, which will be an equal 50/50 split between manufacturer
and privateer CRT machines.
Pesek said: "I'm very happy
to get this opportunity. I have to thank [Ioda boss] Giampiero Sacchi, with
whom I share some great memories of my 125cc years.
"Racing in MotoGP is
definitely not an easy task, I'll be up against the best riders in the world -
it's a big step for sure but I'll give my best!"
Petrucci was Ioda’s only rider
during its debut MotoGP season, which they began with their own Aprilia-powered
bike, before switching to the Suter-BMW.
The rookie Italian took a best
finish of eighth in the wet final round at Valencia and was ranked sixth out of
eleven riders in the CRT standings.
Ioda will be the only team using
the Suter-BMW package next year, with Forward Racing switching to
FTR-Kawasakis.
A MotoGP winter testing ban is now
in place, with the first official test of 2013 scheduled for Sepang, Malaysia
in early February.
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 ITA 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)
#? Lukas
Pesek* CZE Came IodaRacing Project (Ioda-Suter)
* Rookie.
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