2017 MotoGP season

The 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez will start the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining.

Teams and riders

Constructor Team Motorcycle No. Rider Aprilia Aprilia Racing Team Gresini       Aprilia RS-GP 22 Sam Lowes[1] 41 Aleix Espargaró[2] Ducati Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP17 04 Andrea Dovizioso[3] 99 Jorge Lorenzo[4] Octo Pramac Yakhnich Ducati Desmosedici GP17 9 Danilo Petrucci[1] Ducati Desmosedici GP16 45 Scott Redding[1] Avintia Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP16 8 Héctor Barberá[5] Ducati Desmosedici GP15 76 Loris Baz[5] Pull & Bear Aspar Team Ducati Desmosedici GP15 17 Karel Abraham[6] Ducati Desmosedici GP16[7] 19 Álvaro Bautista[8] Honda Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS       Honda RC213V 43 Jack Miller[1] 53 Esteve Rabat[1] Repsol Honda Team 26 Dani Pedrosa[9] 93 Marc Márquez[10] Honda LCR 35 Cal Crutchlow[11] KTM Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16 38 Bradley Smith[12] 44 Pol Espargaró[13] Suzuki Team Suzuki Ecstar       Suzuki GSX-RR 29 Andrea Iannone[14] 42 Álex Rins[15] Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha YZR-M1 5 Johann Zarco[16] 94 Jonas Folger[17] Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 25 Maverick Viñales[18] 46 Valentino Rossi[19]

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team changes

• KTM will join the series with a factory-supported team for the first time.^[20]

Rider changes

• Jorge Lorenzo will join Ducati, after leaving Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. Lorenzo's move to Ducati ends his nine-year relationship with Yamaha.
• Maverick Viñales will join Yamaha, after leaving Team Suzuki Ecstar.
• Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró will leave Tech 3 Yamaha to join the newly formed KTM factory team for the 2017 season.
• Álex Rins will move up to the premier class, making his MotoGP début with Team Suzuki Ecstar. He will be partnered by Andrea Iannone, who left Ducati.
• Sam Lowes will move up to the premier class, making his MotoGP début with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. He will be partnered by Aleix Espargaró, who left Suzuki to join the team.
• Jonas Folger and Johann Zarco, the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Champion, will move up to the premier class, with both riders making their MotoGP début with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
• Stefan Bradl and Eugene Laverty will leave MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship.^[21][22]
• Álvaro Bautista will leave Aprilia Racing Team Gresini to return to Aspar Team. Bautista previously competed with Aspar Team between the 2006 125cc and the 2009 250cc seasons.
• Karel Abraham will return to MotoGP with Aspar Team after previously competing in the Superbike World Championship in the 2016 season.
• Yonny Hernández will return to Moto2, after being left without motorcycle at MotoGP.

Calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March	Grand Prix of Qatar[23]	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	9 April	Gran Premio de la República Argentina[24]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
3	23 April	Grand Prix of the Americas[25]	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[26]	Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia
7	11 June	Gran Premi de Catalunya[27]	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	25 June	Dutch TT[28]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	16 July	Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[29]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	6 August	Grand Prix České republiky[30]	Automotodrom Brno, Brno
11	13 August	Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	27 August	Octo British Grand Prix*[31]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone[32]
13	10 September	Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[33]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Gran Premio de Aragón[34]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	15 October	Grand Prix of Japan[35]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	22 October	Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[36]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	29 October	Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[37]	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	12 November	Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana[38]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Notes

* Subject to confirmation

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.^[39] 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.^[32]

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

• Winglets, additional aerodynamic aids first introduced in 1999, will be banned from 2017 following repeated concerns about their safety.^[40]

Sporting regulations

• A rider may be assisted by no more than four mechanics while changing bikes during a pit stop, all of whom must wear approved helmets. A mechanic may hold in the bike's clutch lever, but only the rider can select a gear.^[41]

Notes

References

External links

• The official website of Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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