2017 Moto2 World Championship

Franco Morbidelli secured the Riders' Championship at the Malaysian Grand Prix.

The 2017 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

The season was marred by the death of Stefan Kiefer, head of Kiefer Racing, in Malaysia. Johann Zarco was the reigning two-time series champion but he did not further defend his title as he joined the series' premier class, MotoGP.

The 2017 season was the first season for the KTM Moto2 chassis, after KTM expanded its factory operations to Moto2 and MotoGP.

Calendar[]

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017.^[1]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grand Prix of Qatar[2]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	9 April	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina[3]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
3	23 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[4]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	7 May	Gran Premio Red Bull de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	21 May	HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France[5]	Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7	11 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	25 June	Motul TT Assen[6]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	2 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[7]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	6 August	Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky[8]	Automotodrom Brno, Brno
11	13 August	NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	27 August	Octo British Grand Prix[9]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone[10]
13	10 September	Gran Premio Tribul MasterCard di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[11]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[12]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	15 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[13]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	22 October	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[14]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	29 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	12 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[15]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Calendar changes[]

• The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track has not commenced.^[16] The two circuits reached a deal that will see Silverstone continue to host the British Grand Prix in 2017, with an option to host the 2018 race.^[10]

Teams and riders[]

A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016.^[17] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Garage Plus Interwetten CarXpert Interwetten Kalex 2 Jesko Raffin[18] All 12 Thomas Lüthi[19] 1–17 27 Iker Lecuona[18] 3–5, 7–18 52 Danny Kent[20] 6 60 Julián Simón[21] 1–2 88 Ricard Cardús 18 NTS 4 Steven Odendaal 14 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex 5 Andrea Locatelli[19] All 54 Mattia Pasini[19] All Kiefer Racing Suter[22] Suter MMX2 6 Tarran Mackenzie[23] 5–18 22 Federico Fuligni[24] 4 52 Danny Kent[25] 1–3 77 Dominique Aegerter[25] All Forward Racing Team Forward Junior Team Kalex 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri[19] 1–8, 10–18 10 Luca Marini[19] All 22 Federico Fuligni[26] 6–7, 13–14 22 Federico Fuligni[27] 9 QMMF Racing Speed Up 8 Saeed Al Sulaiti[21] 1 96 Nasser Al Malki[28] 1 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Kalex 9 Jorge Navarro[29] 1–16, 18 26 Dimas Ekky Pratama 17 Dynavolt Intact GP Suter[30] Suter MMX2 11 Sandro Cortese[31] All 15 Alex de Angelis 13 23 Marcel Schrötter[31] 1–10, 14–18 52 Danny Kent 11 94 Jake Dixon[32] 12 94 Jake Dixon 18 Tech 3 Racing Tech 3 14 Héctor Garzó[27] 9 60 Julián Simón[33] 3 87 Remy Gardner[34] 1–2, 4–18 97 Xavi Vierge[34] 1–8, 10–18 Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 Kalex 15 Alex de Angelis[35] 12, 17 19 Xavier Siméon[36] 1–11, 13–16, 18 AGR Team Kalex 20 Joe Roberts 10–14 68 Yonny Hernández[37] 1–9 EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex 21 Franco Morbidelli[19] All 73 Álex Márquez[38] All Speed Up Racing Speed Up [39] 24 Simone Corsi[19] All 37 Augusto Fernández[26] 6–18 47 Axel Bassani[19] 2–5 88 Ricard Cardús[21] 1 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex 30 Takaaki Nakagami[19] All 89 Khairul Idham Pawi[19] All BE-A-VIP SAG Team Teluru SAG Team Teluru MOTOBUM Racing Team Kalex 32 Isaac Viñales[40] All 33 15 45 Tetsuta Nagashima[19] All MuSASHi RT HARC-RRO Kalex 34 Ryo Mizuno 15 Pons HP40 Kalex 40 Fabio Quartararo[41] All 57 Edgar Pons[19] All Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM[42] 41 Brad Binder[42] 1–2, 6–18 44 Miguel Oliveira[42] All 88 Ricard Cardús[33] 3–5 Sky Racing Team VR46 Kalex 42 Francesco Bagnaia[43] All 62 Stefano Manzi[19] All RW Racing GP Kalex 49 Axel Pons[44] All Promoracing Kalex 51 Eric Granado 18 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex 55 Hafizh Syahrin[19] All Willirace Team Kalex 98 Karel Hanika 10

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Riders changes[]

• Isaac Viñales switched team to SAG Team, filling the spot vacated by the late Luis Salom. Remy Gardner has replaced Viñales in Tech 3 for 2017.
• Marcel Schrötter switched team to Dynavolt Intact GP, filling the spot vacated by Jonas Folger who moved up to MotoGP with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
• Jorge Navarro moved up to Moto2 with Federal Oil Gresini Moto2, filling the spot vacated by Sam Lowes who was promoted to MotoGP with the Aprilia Gresini Team.
• Francesco Bagnaia and Stefano Manzi moved up to Moto2 with Sky Racing Team VR46.
• Miguel Oliveira switched team to Red Bull KTM Ajo, with 2016 Moto3 champion Brad Binder who has been promoted to Ajo's Moto2 team as Oliveira's teammate. Both will fill the spot vacated by Johann Zarco who moved up to MotoGP with Monster Yamaha Tech 3 after winning two consecutive Moto2 titles.
• Xavier Siméon switched from QMMF Racing Team to Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 for 2017 as a replacement for Remy Gardner.
• Fabio Quartararo moved up to Moto2 with Páginas Amarillas HP 40, filling the seat vacated by Álex Rins who moved up to MotoGP with Team Suzuki Ecstar.
• After spending his entire Moto2 career with Technomag (including after their merger with Interwetten Paddock in 2015), Dominique Aegerter has switched teams to Kiefer Racing.
• Andrea Locatelli moved up to Moto2 with the Italtrans Racing Team.
• Yonny Hernández joined AGR Team after losing his MotoGP seat at Pull & Bear Aspar Team to Karel Abraham, replacing Axel Pons who switched teams to RW Racing GP BV.
• Tetsuta Nagashima returned to Moto2 full-time with SAG Team, replacing Jesko Raffin who switched teams to CarXpert Interwetten.
• CarXpert Interwetten promotes Iker Lecuona with a full-season seat in the team after Lecuona becoming the replacement rider for Dominique Aegerter in 2016.
• Khairul Idham Pawi moved up to Moto2 with Idemitsu Honda Team Asia.
• Robin Mulhauser left Moto2 for the Supersport World Championship.
• 2016 FIM Europe Supersport Cup champion Axel Bassani joined Moto2 with Speed Up.

Team changes[]

• Ajo Motorsport switched to KTM bikes, with KTM making their Moto2 debut. KTM will field two bikes for Brad Binder and Miguel Oliveira.
• Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing Team VR46 expanded to Moto2, fielding two Kalex bikes for Francesco Bagnaia and Stefano Manzi.
• SAG Team will field two bikes again, after running most of the 2016 season with only one bike due to Luis Salom's death at the Catalonia Grand Prix.
• After four years with Kalex, Dynavolt Intact GP switched to Suter.
• Leopard Racing will revert to their original name Kiefer Racing. In addition, they have also switched to Suter.
• Italtrans Racing Team are competing with two bikes again in 2017, with Pasini and Locatelli riding.
• AGR Team have downsized to one bike in exchange for one slot in Moto3 for 2017.
• QMMF Racing Team withdrew from the championship. As a result of losing their customer, Speed Up have expanded to two bikes.
• RW Racing GP switched from Moto3 to Moto2 for 2017.

Mid-season changes[]

• Danny Kent surprisingly left Kiefer Racing after not starting the Grand Prix of the Americas due to 'irreconcilable differences'. Federico Fuligni temporarily replaced him in Jerez before Kiefer Racing announced that Tarran Mackenzie will replace Kent for the remainder of the season. Kent returned to Moto2 with GaragePlus Interwetten replacing injured Iker Lecuona at the Italian Grand Prix. At the Austrian Grand Prix, Kent rejoined Moto2 to replace Marcel Schrötter at Dynavolt Intact GP.
• Ricard Cardús replaces Brad Binder at Red Bull KTM Ajo for 3 rounds. He also replaced Thomas Lüthi at CarXpert Interwetten in Valencia GP.
• Axel Bassani left Speed Up after the French Grand Prix due to his bad results with the team, so he was replaced by Augusto Fernández for the rest of the season.
• Yonny Hernández left the AGR Team midway through the season due to inconsistent race results, managing only 16 points over 9 races. He will be replaced by the American Joe Roberts for the remainder of the season. After the Aragon Grand Prix, AGR Team folded for the rest of the season.

Results and standings[]

Grands Prix[]

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Franco Morbidelli[a]	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
2	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Miguel Oliveira	Miguel Oliveira	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
3	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Márquez	Franco Morbidelli	Álex Márquez	Kalex	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Thomas Lüthi	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Franco Morbidelli	Thomas Lüthi	Mattia Pasini	Kalex	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Márquez	Álex Márquez	Álex Márquez	Kalex	Report
8	Dutch TT	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Franco Morbidelli	Miguel Oliveira	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
10	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Mattia Pasini	Franco Morbidelli	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	Report
11	Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mattia Pasini	Álex Márquez	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Mattia Pasini	Franco Morbidelli	Takaaki Nakagami	Kalex	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	Mattia Pasini	Brad Binder	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Miguel Oliveira	Mattia Pasini	Franco Morbidelli	Kalex	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Takaaki Nakagami	Álex Márquez	Álex Márquez	Kalex	Report
16	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Mattia Pasini	Brad Binder	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Franco Morbidelli	Miguel Oliveira	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Álex Márquez	Franco Morbidelli	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Report

Riders' standings[]

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 1 1 1 Ret 1 4 5 1 1 8 1 3 Ret 1 8 3 3 2 308 2 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 2 3 2 8 3 2 2 2 Ret 1 3 4 1 4 11 10 DNS 243 3 Miguel Oliveira KTM 4 2 6 3 17 5 3 5 2 3 Ret 8 Ret 3 7 1 1 1 241 4 Álex Márquez Kalex 5 21 4 1 4 3 1 6 Ret 2 2 14 DNS Ret 1 6 Ret 5 201 5 Francesco Bagnaia Kalex 12 7 16 2 2 22 13 10 3 7 4 5 3 10 4 12 5 4 174 6 Mattia Pasini Kalex 24 20 22 4 5 1 DSQ 4 5 Ret 5 2 Ret 2 5 Ret 4 19 148 7 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 3 Ret 3 21 7 Ret 10 3 10 24 6 1 10 8 6 Ret Ret 7 137 8 Brad Binder KTM 20 9 10 17 13 7 12 7 9 4 5 Ret 2 2 3 125 9 Simone Corsi Speed Up 17 6 7 Ret 8 8 11 Ret 4 6 11 6 7 7 21 7 11 9 117 10 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex Ret 10 11 13 11 12 9 8 11 15 10 17 2 16 3 16 6 6 106 11 Xavi Vierge Tech 3 9 5 9 Ret 9 DNS 8 DNS 5 Ret 12 14 14 2 5 8 Ret 98 12 Dominique Aegerter Suter 11 14 5 7 6 7 16 12 Ret Ret 9 10 DSQ 12 9 8 WD 10 88 13 Fabio Quartararo Kalex 7 Ret 12 16 18 18 7 9 13 20 Ret 16 6 11 19 Ret 7 8 64 14 Jorge Navarro Kalex Ret 15 15 12 Ret 9 6 15 6 11 8 13 Ret 6 28 Ret Ret 60 15 Luca Marini Kalex 6 12 10 5 Ret 6 DNS Ret DNS 4 Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 23 Ret 23 59 16 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 8 4 Ret 11 Ret Ret 4 DNS 18 Ret 29 Ret 13 10 14 Ret 15 51 17 Marcel Schrötter Suter 16 11 8 6 12 11 Ret 11 9 DNS Ret 13 Ret 17 13 50 18 Sandro Cortese Suter 22 8 23 Ret 14 19 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 5 9 Ret 9 Ret Ret 43 19 Axel Pons Kalex 10 Ret 18 10 15 21 18 22 DNS 16 13 15 DNS Ret 18 11 Ret 11 27 20 Jesko Raffin Kalex 14 13 21 20 23 23 23 17 16 29 18 27 9 23 25 4 15 21 26 21 Remy Gardner Tech 3 Ret Ret 22 20 14 19 16 12 9 15 20 12 20 12 15 Ret 22 23 22 Isaac Viñales Kalex 21 17 17 18 Ret 13 12 Ret 22 25 Ret 18 Ret Ret 24 19 9 12 18 23 Xavier Siméon Kalex 15 Ret 13 19 16 15 20 7 14 23 Ret Ret 25 Ret DNS Ret 16 24 Yonny Hernández Kalex 18 22 Ret 9 10 17 15 14 17 16 25 Stefano Manzi Kalex 29 23 Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 21 Ret 7 Ret 15 26 13 Ret Ret 14 26 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 19 19 19 15 21 24 26 21 18 17 12 19 13 18 20 18 10 26 14 27 Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 28 24 25 Ret 22 26 25 26 20 14 17 28 8 Ret 23 21 Ret 25 10 28 Andrea Locatelli Kalex 27 Ret 20 26 19 16 14 18 Ret 13 Ret 23 Ret 19 Ret Ret 13 16 8 29 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 25 7 KTM 14 14 13 Kalex Ret 30 Joe Roberts Kalex 10 19 21 Ret 26 6 31 Augusto Fernández Speed Up 25 21 19 DSQ 27 16 26 Ret 22 16 17 12 14 6 32 Alex de Angelis Kalex 24 18 5 Suter 11 33 Danny Kent Suter 13 Ret DNS DNS 3 Kalex Ret 34 Edgar Pons Kalex 26 16 Ret 17 25 20 22 24 19 28 14 22 Ret 17 27 Ret 16 20 2 35 Iker Lecuona Kalex DNS Ret DNS 24 23 21 19 21 Ret Ret 21 17 20 14 18 2 36 Kalex 14 2 37 Tarran Mackenzie Suter Ret 27 Ret 25 23 26 20 30 Ret 27 15 22 WD 24 1 38 Federico Fuligni Suter 24 1 Kalex 28 27 24 15 Ret 39 Eric Granado Kalex 17 0 40 Julián Simón Kalex 23 18 0 Tech 3 Ret 41 Karel Hanika Kalex 22 0 42 Ryo Mizuno Kalex 22 0 43 Axel Bassani Speed Up 25 24 23 24 0 44 Steven Odendaal 24 0 45 Jake Dixon Suter 25 DNS 0 Saeed Al Sulaiti Speed Up Ret 0 Héctor Garzó Tech 3 Ret 0 Dimas Ekky Pratama Kalex Ret 0 Nasser Al Malki Speed Up DNS 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings[]

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	427
2	KTM	4	2	6	3	13	5	3	5	2	3	7	8	4	3	7	1	1	1	266
3	Suter	11	8	5	6	6	7	16	11	8	26	9	10	5	9	9	8	17	10	120
4	Speed Up	17	6	7	23	8	8	11	19	4	6	11	6	7	7	16	7	11	7	117
5	Tech 3	9	5	9	22	7	14	8	16	12	5	15	12	12	14	2	5	8	22	107
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Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	ARG	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

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