Moto2 World Championship: Sixteen Grand Prix winners to face-off in Moto2 at Qatar

The second year of the Moto2 class has attracted a very strong line-up of riders

Moto2 Rider Listing:

Welcome (in bold): Marc Marquez, Bradley Smith, Randy Krummenacher, Javier Fores, Esteve Rabat, Mika Kallio, Aleix Espargaro, Pol Espargaro, Kev Coghlan, Michele Pirro, Kenan Sofuoglu, Santi Hernandez, Max Neukirchner and Ricky Cardus.

N.	RIDER	NATION	TEAM	MACHINE
3	SIMONE CORSI	ITALIAN	IODA RACING PROJECT	IODA
4	RANDY KRUMMENACHER	SWISS	GP TEAM SWITZERLAND KIEFER RACING	KALEX
9	KENNY NOYES	USA	AVINTIA-STX	FTR
10	FONSI NIETO	SPANISH	G22 RACING TEAM	MORIWAKI
12	THOMAS LUTHI	SWISS	INTERWETTEN PADDOCK M2 RACING	SUTER
13	ANTHONY WEST	AUSTRALIAN	MZ RACING TEAM	MZ-RE HONDA
14	RATTHAPARK WILAIROT	THAI	SAG TEAM	FTR
15	ALEX DE ANGELIS	SAN MARINESE	JIR Moto2	MOTOBI
16	JULES CLUZEL	FRENCH	FORWARD RACING	SUTER
21	JAVIER FORES	SPANISH	MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM	SUTER
25	ALEX BALDOLINI	ITALIAN	FORWARD RACING	SUTER
29	ANDREA IANNONE	ITALIAN	SPEED MASTER	SUTER
34	ESTEVE RABAT	SPANISH	BLUSENS-STX	FTR
35	RAFFAELE DE ROSA	ITALIAN	G22 RACING TEAM	MORIWAKI
36	MIKA KALLIO	FINNISH	MARC VDS RACING TEAM	SUTER
38	BRADLEY SMITH	BRITISH	TECH 3 RACING	TECH 3
39	ROBERTINO PIETRI	VENEZUELAN	ITALTRANS RACING TEAM	SUTER
40	ALEIX ESPARGARO	SPANISH	PONS RACING	PONS KALEX
44	POL ESPARGARO	SPANISH	HP TUENTI SPEED UP	SPEED UP
45	SCOTT REDDING	BRITISH	MARC VDS RACING TEAM	SUTER
49	KEV COGHLAN	BRITISH	MOTORSPORT 69	FTR
51	MICHELE PIRRO	ITALIAN	GRESINI RACING Moto2	MORIWAKI
53	VALENTINE DEBISE	FRENCH	SPEED UP	SPEED UP
54	KENAN SOFUOGLU	TURKISH	TECHNOMAG-CIP	SUTER
60	JULIAN SIMON	SPANISH	MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM	SUTER
63	MIKE DI MEGLIO	FRENCH	TECH 3 RACING	TECH 3
64	SANTI HERNANDEZ	COLOMBIAN	SAG TEAM	FTR
65	STEFAN BRADL	GERMAN	VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING	KALEX
68	YONNY HERNANDEZ	COLOMBIAN	BLUSENS-STX	FTR
71	CLAUDIO CORTI	ITALIAN	ITALTRANS RACING TEAM	SUTER
72	YUKI TAKAHASHI	JAPANESE	GRESINI RACING Moto2	MORIWAKI
75	MATTIA PASINI	ITALIAN	IODA RACING PROJECT	IODA
76	MAX NEUKIRCHNER	GERMAN	MZ RACING TEAM	MZ-RE HONDA
77	DOMINIQUE AEGERTER	SWISS	TECHNOMAG-CIP	SUTER
80	AXEL PONS	SPANISH	PONS RACING	PONS KALEX
88	RICKY CARDUS	SPANISH	QMMF RACING TEAM	MORIWAKI
93	MARC MARQUEZ	SPANISH	TEAM CATALUNYA CAIXA REPSOL	SUTER
95	MASHEL AL NAIMI	QATARI	QMMF RACING TEAM	MORIWAKI

Facts:
Sixteen of the riders on the full-time entry list have previously won Grand Prix races. Between them these sixteen riders have scored 81 Grand Prix wins.

Four of the riders competing in Moto2 in 2011 have won the 125cc world championship.
The full-time entry list includes riders from 17 different nations.

The youngest rider in the full-time Moto2 entry list is reigning 125cc world champions Marc Marquez who will be just 18 years 31 days old at the first GP of the year.

The oldest rider is Spanish-based American rider Kenny Noyes, who is the only rider on the full-time entry list to be over the age of 30 at the opening race of the year in Qatar.


Goodbye: Toni Elias, Karel Abraham, Gabor Talmacsi, Roberto Rolfo, Alex Debon, Sergio Gadea, Hector Faubel, Joan Olive, Fonsi Nieto, Vladimir Ivanov, Yannick Guerra and Niccolo Canepa