The FIM and the MotoGP official website have revealed the 2011 entry list for all three classes.
MotoGP will see a penurious 17 riders on the grid, and we keep asking ourselves whatever happened to the minimum 18 rider grid requirement that MotoGP was supposed to have to retain its world status.
2010 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo will be taking the #1 plate, while his team after having lost Fiat as their title sponsor is at the moment called Yamaha Factory Racing.
Even the Ducati Team seems to have lost its Marlboro sponsor name, at least on the entry list, and strangely enough it doesn’t even appear on the Ducati MotoGP sponsor and partner page.
Moto2 despite losing two teams, Jack&Jones by Antonio Banderas and Holiday Gym Racing, the grid is still 38 rider strong, with some big and interesting shuffling between the teams.
There’s also the entry of former World Superbike rider Max Neukirchner, which we already knew and that Scottish rider Kev Coghlan after two wildcard rides last season, gets a fulltime job with Motorsport 69 which we didn’t know about.
The 125 cc class will see Taylor McKenzie, son of Niall, debut on the world scene, along with Indian rider Sareth Kumar, Niklas Ajo, son of Aki, owner and manager of Ajo Motorsports, and the already much talked about Paris Hilton team with Spanish champion Maverick Vinales and the new Indian Mahindra racing team.
Entry lists after the jump: MotoGP:1; JORGE LORENZO, SPANISH, YAMAHA FACTORY RACING, YAMAHA4; ANDREA DOVIZIOSO, ITALIAN, REPSOL HONDA TEAM, HONDA5; COLIN EDWARDS, AMERICAN, MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA7; HIROSHI AOYAMA, JAPANESE, SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI, HONDA8; HECTOR BARBERA, SPANISH, ASPAR TEAM, DUCATI11; BEN SPIES AMERICAN, YAMAHA FACTORY RACING, YAMAHA14; RANDY DE PUNIET, FRENCH, PRAMAC RACING TEAM, DUCATI17; KAREL ABRAHAM, CZECH, CARDION AB MOTORACING, DUCATI19; ALVARO BAUTISTA, SPANISH, RIZLA SUZUKI MotoGP, SUZUKI24; TONI ELIAS, SPANISH, LCR HONDA MOTOGP, HONDA26; DANI PEDROSA, SPANISH, REPSOL HONDA TEAM, HONDA27; CASEY STONER, AUSTRALIAN, REPSOL HONDA TEAM, HONDA35; CAL CRUTCHLOW, BRITISH, MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA46; VALENTINO ROSSI, ITALIAN, DUCATI TEAM, DUCATI58; MARCO SIMONCELLI, ITALIAN, SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI, HONDA65; LORIS CAPIROSSI, ITALIAN, PRAMAC RACING TEAM, DUCATI69; NICKY HAYDEN, AMERICAN, DUCATI TEAM, DUCATIMoto2:3; SIMONE CORSI, ITALIAN, IODA RACING PROJECT, IODA4.
RANDY KRUMMENACHER, SWISS, GP TEAM SWITZERLAND KIEFER RACING, KALEX9; KENNY NOYES, AMERICAN, AVINTIA-STX, FTR10; FONSI NIETO, SPANISH, G22 RACING TEAM, MORIWAKI12; THOMAS LUTHI, SWISS, INTERWETTEN PADDOCK M2 RACING, SUTER13; ANTHONY WEST, AUSTRALIAN, MZ RACING TEAM, MZ-RE HONDA14; RATTHAPARK WILAIROT, THAI, SAG TEAM, FTR15; ALEX DE ANGELIS, SAN MARINESE, JIR Moto2, MOTOBI16; JULES CLUZEL, FRENCH, FORWARD RACING, SUTER21; JAVIER FORES, SPANISH, MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM, SUTER25; ALEX BALDOLINI, ITALIAN, FORWARD RACING, SUTER29; ANDREA IANNONE, ITALIAN, SPEED MASTER, SUTER34; ESTEVE RABAT, SPANISH, BLUSENS-STX, FTR35; RAFFAELE DE ROSA, ITALIAN, G22 RACING TEAM, MORIWAKI36; MIKA KALLIO, FINNISH, MARC VDS RACING TEAM, SUTER38; BRADLEY SMITH, BRITISH, TECH 3 RACING, TECH 339; ROBERTINO PIETRI, VENEZUELAN, ITALTRANS RACING TEAM, SUTER40; ALEIX ESPARGARO, SPANISH, PONS RACING, PONS KALEX44; POL ESPARGARO, SPANISH, HP TUENTI SPEED UP, SPEED UP45; SCOTT REDDING, BRITISH, MARC VDS RACING TEAM, SUTER49; KEV COGHLAN,BRITISH, MOTORSPORT 69, FTR51; MICHELE PIRRO ITALIAN, GRESINI RACING Moto2, MORIWAKI53; VALENTIN DEBISE, FRENCH, SPEED UP, SPEED UP54; KENAN SOFUOGLU, TURKISH, TECHNOMAG-CIP, SUTER60; JULIAN SIMON, SPANISH, MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM, SUTER63; MIKE DI MEGLIO, FRENCH, TECH 3 RACING, TECH 364;SANTI HERNANDEZ, COLOMBIAN, SAG TEAM, FTR65; STEFAN BRADL, GERMAN, VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING, KALEX68; YONNY HERNANDEZ, COLOMBIAN, BLUSENS-STX, FTR71; CLAUDIO CORTI, ITALIAN, ITALTRANS RACING TEAM, SUTER72; YUKI TAKAHASHI, JAPANESE, GRESINI RACING Moto2, MORIWAKI75; MATTIA PASINI,ITALIAN, IODA RACING PROJECT, IODA76; MAX NEUKIRCHNER, GERMAN, MZ RACING TEAM, MZ-RE HONDA77; DOMINIQUE AEGERTER, SWISS, TECHNOMAG-CIP, SUTER80; AXEL PONS, SPANISH, PONS RACING, PONS KALEX88; RICKY CARDUS, SPANISH, QMMF RACING TEAM, MORIWAKI93; MARC MARQUEZ, SPANISH, TEAM CATALUNYA CAIXA REPSOL, SUTER95; MASHEL AL NAIMI, QATARI, QMMF RACING TEAM, MORIWAKI125cc class:3; LUIGI MORCIANO, ITALIAN, TEAM ITALIA FMI, APRILIA5; JOHANN ZARCO, FRENCH, AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI7; EFREN VAZQUEZ, SPANISH, AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI11; SANDRO CORTESE, GERMAN, RACING TEAM GERMANY, APRILIA12; DANIEL KARTHEININGER, GERMAN, CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT.
, KTM15; SIMONE GROTZKYJ, ITALIAN, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA17; TAYLOR MACKENZIE, BRITISH, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA18; NICOLAS TEROL, SPANISH, BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM, APRILIA19; ALESSANDRO TONUCCI, ITALIAN, TEAM ITALIA FMI, APRILIA21; HARRY STAFFORD, BRITISH, ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA, APRILIA23; ALBERTO MONCAYO, SPANISH ANDALUCIA CAJASOL APRILIA25; MAVERICK VINALES, SPANISH, PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON, APRILIA26; ADRIAN MARTIN, SPANISH, MOTORSPORT 69, APRILIA30; GIULIAN PEDONE, SWISS, WORLDWIDE RACE, APRILIA31; NIKLAS AJO, FINNISH, TT MOTION EVENTS RACING, APRILIA39; LUIS SALOM, SPANISH, MOLENAAR RACING GP, APRILIA40; SERGIO GADEA, SPANISH, PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON, APRILIA43; FRANCESCO MAURIELLO, ITALIAN, WTR-TEN10 RACING, APRILIA44; MIGUEL OLIVEIRA, PORTUGUESE, ANDALUCIA CAJASOL, APRILIA52; DANNY KENT, BRITISH, RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI53; JASPER IWEMA, DUTCH, MOLENAAR RACING GP, APRILIA55; HECTOR FAUBEL, SPANISH, BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM, APRILIA63; ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN, MALAYSIAN, AIRASIA – SIC – AJO, DERBI69; SARATH KUMAR, INDIAN, WTR-TEN10 RACING, APRILIA71; TOMOYOSHI KOYAMA, JAPANESE, RACING TEAM GERMANY, APRILIA72; ALEXANDER KRISTIANSSON, SWEDISH, MATTEONI RACING, APRILIA76; HIROKI ONO, JAPANESE, CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT.
, KTM77; MARCEL SCHROTTER, GERMAN, MAHINDRA RACING, MAHINDRA84; JAKUB KORNFEIL, CZECH, ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA, APRILIA94; JONAS FOLGER, GERMAN, RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT, DERBI96; LOUIS ROSSI, FRENCH, MATTEONI RACING, APRILIA99; DANNY WEBB, BRITISH, MAHINDRA RACING, MAHINDRA
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