2017 Moto2 season

2017 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 2017 Moto2 season will be a part of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Johann Zarco is currently the reigning series champion but he is not defending his title as he joined the series' premier class, MotoGP.

Teams and riders

A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016.^[1]

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider
CarXpert Interwetten Garage Plus Interwetten	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	2	Jesko Raffin[2]
			12	Thomas Lüthi[3]
			27	Iker Lecuona[2]
Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	5	Andrea Locatelli[3]
			54	Mattia Pasini[3]
Forward Team	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri[3]
			10	Luca Marini[3]
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	9	Jorge Navarro[4]
Dynavolt Intact GP	Suter[5]	Suter MMX2	11	Sandro Cortese[6]
			23	Marcel Schrötter[6]
Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	19	Xavier Siméon[7]
EG 0,0 Marc VDS	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	21	Franco Morbidelli[3]
			73	Álex Márquez[8]
Speed Up	Speed Up	Speed Up SF17	24	Simone Corsi[3]
			47	Axel Bassani[3]
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	30	Takaaki Nakagami[3]
			89	Khairul Idham Pawi[3]
SAG Team Teluru SAG Team	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	32	Isaac Viñales[9]
			45	Tetsuta Nagashima[3]
Páginas Amarillas HP 40	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	40	Fabio Quartararo[10]
			57	Edgar Pons[3]
Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM[11]	KTM	41	Brad Binder[11]
			44	Miguel Oliveira[11]
Sky Racing Team VR46	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	42	Francesco Bagnaia[12]
			62	Stefano Manzi[3]
RW Racing GP	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	49	Axel Pons[13]
Kiefer Racing	Suter[14]	Suter MMX2	52	Danny Kent[15]
			77	Dominique Aegerter[15]
Petronas Raceline Malaysia	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	55	Hafizh Syahrin[3]
AGR Team	Kalex	Kalex Moto2	68	Yonny Hernández[16]
Tech 3 Racing	Tech 3	Tech 3 Mistral 610	87	Remy Gardner[17]
			97	Xavi Vierge[17]

Riders changes

• Isaac Viñales switches team to SAG Team, filling the spot vacated by the late Luis Salom. Remy Gardner will replace Viñales in Tech 3 for 2017.
• Marcel Schrötter switches team to Dynavolt Intact GP, filling the spot vacated by Jonas Folger who moved up to Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
• Jorge Navarro moved up to Moto2 with Federal Oil Gresini Moto2, filling the spot vacated by Sam Lowes who is promoted to Gresini's MotoGP 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 set to be promoted to Ajo's Moto2 team as Oliveira's teammate. Both will fill the spot vacated by Johann Zarco who moved up to Monster Yamaha Tech 3 after winning two consecutive Moto2 titles.
• Xavier Siméon will switch 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 Team Suzuki Ecstar.
• After spending his entire Moto2 career with Technomag (including after their merger with Interwetten Paddock in 2015), Dominique Aegerter will switch team to Leopard Racing.
• According to the teams official Facebook page, Andrea Locatelli will ride for the Italtrans Racing Team.
• Yonny Hernández will join AGR Team after losing his MotoGP seat at Pull & Bear Aspar Team to Karel Abraham, replacing Axel Pons who switched team to RW Racing GP BV.
• Tetsuta Nagashima returns to Moto2 full-time with SAG Team, replacing Jesko Raffin who switched team 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.
• 2016 FIM Europe Supersport Cup champion Axel Bassani joined Moto2 with Speed Up.

Team changes

• Ajo Motorsport switches 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 expands 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 will switch to Suter.
• Leopard Racing will revert to their original name Kiefer Racing. In addition, they will also switch to Suter.
• Italtrans Racing Team look set to compete with two bikes again in 2017, with Pasini and Locatelli riding.
• AGR Team will downsize 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 expands to two bikes.
• RW Racing GP BV switched from Moto3 to Moto2 for 2017.

Calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grand Prix of Qatar[18]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	9 April	Gran Premio de la República Argentina[19]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
3	23 April	Grand Prix of the Americas[20]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	7 May	Gran Premio de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	21 May	Grand Prix de France[21]	Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7	11 June	Gran Premi de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	25 June	Dutch TT[22]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	16 July	Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[23]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	6 August	Grand Prix České republiky[24]	Automotodrom Brno, Brno
11	13 August	Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	27 August	Octo British Grand Prix*[25]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone[26]
13	10 September	Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[27]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Gran Premio de Aragón[28]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	15 October	Grand Prix of Japan[29]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	22 October	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[30]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	29 October	Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	12 November	Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana[31]	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.^[32] 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.^[26]

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