2022 MotoGP World Championship

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The 2022 FIM MotoGP World Championship will be the premier class of the 74th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Fabio Quartararo will come into the season the defending world champion.

Teams and riders[]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
Italy Aprilia Racing Aprilia RS-GP 12 Spain Maverick Viñales[1]
41 Spain Aleix Espargaró[2]
Italy Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici 43 Australia Jack Miller[3]
63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia[4]
Italy Gresini Racing MotoGP 23 Italy Enea Bastianini[5]
49 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio[5]
Italy Pramac Racing 5 France Johann Zarco[6]
89 Spain Jorge Martín[6]
Italy VR46 Racing Team 10 Italy Luca Marini[7]
72 Italy Marco Bezzecchi[8]
Monaco LCR Honda Idemitsu
Monaco LCR Honda Castrol 		Honda RC213V 30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami[9]
73 Spain Álex Márquez[10]
Japan Repsol Honda Team 44 Spain Pol Espargaró[10]
93 Spain Marc Márquez[11]
Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16 33 South Africa Brad Binder[12]
88 Portugal Miguel Oliveira[13]
France Tech3 KTM Factory Racing 25 Spain Raúl Fernández[14]
87 Australia Remy Gardner[15]
Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR 36 Spain Joan Mir[16]
42 Spain Álex Rins[17]
Japan Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 20 France Fabio Quartararo[18]
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli[19]
Malaysia WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso[20]
40 South Africa Darryn Binder[21]
Sources:[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

All teams use series-specified Michelin tyres.

Team changes[]

  • Aprilia will enter the series with their own full factory team effort for the first time since 2004.[30] Aprilia had previously sponsored and supplied bikes with factory support to the Gresini Racing team beginning in 2015.
  • Racing Team VR46 will enter the championship, taking over the grid slots from Esponsorama Racing who will leave the premier class after 10 seasons.[31][26] The team will use Ducati machinery until at least the end of 2024.[25]
  • Gresini Racing will make their return as a fully-independent team with their bikes being supplied by Ducati.[5]
  • Petronas SRT quit the sport after the 2021 season, with the management team forming a new entry for 2022.[28] It was subsequently announced that the team will rebrand as RNF MotoGP Racing starting 2022.[29] The team will continue to use Yamaha bikes for 2022, with options to extend for 2023 and 2024.[32] The team will officially enter the class as the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team.

Rider changes[]

  • 2021 Moto2 champion Remy Gardner and runner-up Raúl Fernández will enter the MotoGP class with Tech3 KTM.[15][14] The riders were previously teammates at Red Bull KTM Ajo.
  • Enea Bastianini will join Gresini Racing from Esponsorama Racing.[5]
  • Fabio Di Giannantonio will enter the MotoGP class with Gresini Racing.[5]
  • Maverick Viñales was initially signed to ride with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP until the end of the 2022 season, but he mutually agreed with the team to leave after 2021.[33][34] He joined Aprilia Racing mid-season in 2021 after being released prematurely from Yamaha, replacing Lorenzo Savadori.[1][35]
  • Valentino Rossi announced during the 2021 Styrian Grand Prix that he would retire after the 2021 season.[36]
  • Franco Morbidelli was in contract to race for Petronas SRT until 2022, but was promoted to the Yamaha factory team during the 2021 season as a championship replacement for Maverick Viñales.[37][19] In his replacement, Andrea Dovizioso was brought in the SRT team, and signed a contract with Yamaha to race in 2022 for the RNF MotoGP Racing team that will replace SRT.
  • Marco Bezzecchi will enter the MotoGP class with the VR46 Racing Team.[8]
  • Darryn Binder, younger brother of Brad Binder, will enter the MotoGP class with the WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team.[21]
  • Iker Lecuona, who raced for Tech3 in 2021, will move to the Superbike World Championship.[38]
  • Danilo Petrucci who also raced for Tech3 in 2021, will participate in Dakar Rally with KTM.[39]

Calendar[]

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2022:[40]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 6 March[a] Qatar Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 20 March Indonesia Grand Prix of Indonesia Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok
3 3 April Argentina Gran Premio de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4 10 April United States Grand Prix of The Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
5 24 April Portugal Grande Prémio de Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão
6 1 May Spain Gran Premio de España Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
7 15 May France Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
8 29 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
9 5 June Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
10 19 June Germany Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
11 26 June Netherlands TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
12 10 July Finland Grand Prix of Finland Kymi Ring, Iitti
13 7 August United Kingdom British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
14 21 August Austria Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
15 4 September San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
16 18 September Aragon Gran Premio de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
17 25 September Japan Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
18 2 October Thailand Thailand Grand Prix Chang International Circuit, Buriram
19 16 October Australia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
20 23 October Malaysia Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
21 6 November Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
Sources:[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]

Grand Prix locations[]

Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2022.

Calendar changes[]

  • Cancelled Grands Prix in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the Argentine, Finnish, Japanese, Thailand, Australian, and Malaysian Grands Prix, are scheduled to return in 2022. Consequently, the Grands Prix held in 2021 that replaced the aforementioned cancelled races, namely the Doha, Styrian, Emilia Romagna, and Algarve Grands Prix, are not scheduled to return in 2022.[40]
  • The previously mentioned Finnish Grand Prix will return to the calendar after a 39-year absence. The venue hosting the round will be the new Kymi Ring, instead of the Tampere Circuit used in 1962 and 1963 or the Imatra Circuit which hosted the round until 1982. The Grand Prix was included on both the 2020 and 2021 calendars, but both races were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The Indonesian Grand Prix will return to the calendar after a 24-year absence. The venue hosting the round will be the new Mandalika International Street Circuit, instead of the Sentul International Circuit used in 1996 and 1997. The Grand Prix had been included in the 2021 calendar as a Reserve Grand Prix, but was ultimately dropped before the end of the season.
  • The Brazilian Grand Prix, which had previously been announced to return in 2022, was not included in the provisional calendar released on 7 October 2021.[56][40]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Night race

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