Moto2

Moto2
Motorcycle World Championship 2020
Vehicle type	Motorcycle - prototypes
Country or region	World Championship
Current name	Moto2
First season	2010
Engines	triumph
tires	Dunlop
Official website	www.motogp.com

The podium of the first Moto2 race in history: Alex Debón (left), Shōya Tomizawa (center) and Jules Cluzel (right) after the 2010 Qatar Grand Prix.

World Champion 2010 : Toni Elías on Moriwaki

The Moto2 class is the second highest prototype racing class within the FIM - Motorcycle World Championship of Road Racing .

For the 2010 season, Moto2 replaced the 250 cc class, which had existed since 1949 , as the second highest category within the motorcycle world championship, and since the 2019 season has been specifying four-stroke engines with 3 cylinders and 765 cc displacement from Triumph .

Regulations

The regulations for the successor series of the 250 cc Moto2 World Championship were published on December 15, 2008 by the FIM.

background

The Moto2 series was a response to the steadily increasing cubic capacity of road machines and the disappearance of the two-stroke engines over the last few decades . A change was urgently required. The new regulations should also limit the costs for the racing teams, which were previously very high due to the use of exotic materials.

engine

In contrast to the production-based superbike racing series, only standard engines are permitted in the Moto2 class. The engines achieve a maximum output of 100 kW (136 hp) and maximum speeds of 18,000 rpm. Pneumatic valve control , oval pistons and carbon brakes are no longer permitted. The teams are obliged to use the electronic engine control ( ECU ) and fuel injection prescribed by the FIM . The petrol has a knock resistance of 100 RON .

From 2010 to 2018 Honda (series engine of the Honda CBR 600 ) was a supplier. There were four-cylinder four-stroke - naturally aspirated engines used cc with a cylinder capacity of 600th Triumph has been supplying the engines since the 2019 season , currently with 3 cylinders and 765 cc. The ECUs are supplied by a manufacturer specified by the FIM. Inlet and outlet valves must be made from conventional materials. A variable valve timing is not permitted. The minimum weight for the motors is 53 kg.

Each rider only has one motorcycle available per race weekend. Two complete engines are allowed for each weekend. These are provided with serial numbers so that they can be checked by the race management. A system for data recording is provided for all teams by a unit manufacturer. ECU and fuel are provided by the Moto2 organizers.

transmission

A maximum of six gear ratios are permitted. A maximum of three alternative settings are permitted per gear ratio, but only two for the main gear ratio. The teams must provide precise information about their gear ratios before the season. Automatic electro-mechanical or electro-hydraulic clutch systems are not permitted.

landing gear

The chassis is still a prototype . The implementation is free within the given guidelines, through the technical regulations of the FIM Grand Prix . However, the frame, swing arm, seat, tank and trim parts may not be used by series machines. The minimum weight for the machines was initially 135 kg. This rule was changed with the 2013 season, since then the minimum weight for driver and machine has been 215 kg.

The tires will be supplied exclusively by Dunlop after an approval of the tire choice had initially been discussed.

Approved materials

The following parts must be made of steel alloys : springs for the valves, camshaft , crankshaft , connecting rods , piston pins , brake discs . The following parts must be made of aluminum alloys : engine housing and cylinder heads ( cast ), pistons.

Point system

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	25th	20th	16	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All of the results achieved by a driver are counted towards the driver rating. For the constructors' classification, the best result of a driver of the respective brand counts; all points scored by the drivers of a team are included in the team classification.

World Champion

year	Driver world champion	Constructor world champion	Team world champion
2010	Toni Elías ( Moriwaki )	Suter	Title not awarded
2011	Stefan Bradl ( Kalex )	Suter
2012	Marc Marquez ( Suter )	Suter
2013	Pol Espargaró ( Kalex )	Kalex
2014	Esteve Rabat ( Kalex )	Kalex
2015	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Kalex
2016	Johann Zarco ( Kalex )	Kalex
2017	Franco Morbidelli ( Kalex )	Kalex
2018	Francesco Bagnaia ( Kalex )	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo
2019	Álex Márquez ( Kalex )	Kalex	Flexbox HP40

Rookie of the Year

The rookie of the year is awarded to the driver who, as a newcomer, has collected the most points at the end of the year.

year	Number of rookies	winner	machine	team
2011	13	Marc Marquez	Suter	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol
2012	4th	Johann Zarco	Motobi	JIR Moto2
2013	5	Jordi Torres	Suter	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2
2014	7th	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Páginas Amarillas HP 40
2015	2	Álex Rins	Kalex	Páginas Amarillas HP 40
2016	6th	Xavi Vierge	Tech 3	Tech 3
2017	11	Francesco Bagnaia	Kalex	Sky Racing Team VR46
2018	7th	Joan Mir	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team
2019	10	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Speed ​​up	Speed ​​Up Racing

Records

Records by drivers

Drivers who are under contract with a team in the 2019 season are highlighted in blue.

World champion title

See also : List of world champions in motorcycle road racing

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	title	Years
1	Johann Zarco	2	2015, 2016
2	Toni Elías	1	2010
	Stefan Bradl	1	2011
	Marc Marquez	1	2012
	Pol Espargaró	1	2013
	Esteve Rabat	1	2014
	Franco Morbidelli	1	2017
	Francesco Bagnaia	1	2018
	Álex Marquez	1	2019

Grand Prix victories

See also : List of Moto2 Grand Prix winners

As of: Qatar GP 2020

space	driver	Victories
1	Marc Marquez	16
2	Johann Zarco	15th
3	Esteve Rabat	13
4th	Thomas Lüthi	12
5	Pol Espargaró	10
6th	Andrea Iannone	8th
	Franco Morbidelli	8th
	Francesco Bagnaia	8th
	Álex Marquez	8th
	Brad Binder	8th

Pole positions

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	Poles
1	Esteve Rabat	16
2	Johann Zarco	15th
3	Pol Espargaró	14th
	Marc Marquez	14th
5	Álex Marquez	12
6th	Mattia Pasini	8th
	Sam Lowes	8th
8th	Stefan Bradl	7th
	Thomas Lüthi	7th
10	Franco Morbidelli	6th
	Francesco Bagnaia	6th

Fastest racing laps

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	SR
1	Thomas Lüthi	18th
2	Andrea Iannone	13
	Franco Morbidelli	13
4th	Esteve Rabat	10
	Pol Espargaró	10
	Álex Marquez	10
7th	Marc Marquez	7th
	Álex Rins	7th
	Johann Zarco	7th
10	Alex De Angelis	5
	Jonas Folger	5
	Julián Simón	5
	Maverick Viñales	5
	Lorenzo Baldassarri	5

World Cup points

Status: GP of the Czech Republic 2020

space	driver	Points
1	Thomas Lüthi	1,768
2	Johann Zarco	1.010
3	Esteve Rabat	989
4th	Simone Corsi	930
5	Dominique Aegerter	899
6th	Álex Marquez	778
7th	Mika Kallio	740
8th	Franco Morbidelli	686
9	Takaaki Nakagami	646
10	Pol Espargaró	609

Podium places

As of: Qatar GP 2020

space	driver	Podiums
1	Thomas Lüthi	53
2	Esteve Rabat	33
3	Johann Zarco	30th
4th	Marc Marquez	25th
5	Pol Espargaró	23
	Álex Marquez	23
7th	Franco Morbidelli	21st
8th	Miguel Oliveira	20th
9	Andrea Iannone	19th
10	Álex Rins	17th

Grand Prix starts

All races in which the driver in question actually took part are counted. If, for example, he failed in the introductory lap (i.e. before the actual start of the race), this will not be counted as a GP participation. However, those who have made at least the first attempt to start the Grand Prix race are considered to have started.

Status: GP of Styria 2020

space	driver	GP
1	Dominique Aegerter	167
	Simone Corsi	167
3	Thomas Lüthi	160
4th	Marcel Schrötter	136
5	Mattia Pasini	129
6th	Xavier Siméon	128
7th	Axel Pons	124
8th	Julián Simón	116
9	Lorenzo Baldassarri	111
10	Takaaki Nakagami	104

Wins in one season

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	Victories	Year / s (season race)
1	Marc Marquez	9	2012 (17)
2	Johann Zarco	8th	2015 (18)
	Franco Morbidelli	8th	2017 (18)
	Francesco Bagnaia	8th	2018 (18)
5	Toni Elías	7th	2010 (17)
	Marc Marquez	7th	2011 (17)
	Esteve Rabat	7th	2014 (18)
	Johann Zarco	7th	2016 (18)
9	Pol Espargaró	6th	2013 (17)
10	Álex Marquez	5	2019 (19)
	Brad Binder	5	2019 (19)

Pole positions in one season

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	Poles	Year / s (season race)
1	Esteve Rabat	11	2014 (18)
2	Pol Espargaró	8th	2012 (17)
3	Stefan Bradl	7th	2011 (17)
	Marc Marquez	7th	2011 (17)
	Johann Zarco	7th	2015 (18), 2016 (18)
6th	Pol Espargaró	6th	2013 (17)
	Franco Morbidelli	6th	2017 (18)
	Francesco Bagnaia	6th	2018 (18)
	Álex Marquez	6th	2019 (19)
10	Andrea Iannone	5	2010 (17)

Fastest race laps in a season

Status: end of season 2019

space	driver	SR	Year / s (season race)
1	Franco Morbidelli	8th	2017 (18)
2	Andrea Iannone	7th	2011 (17)
3	Andrea Iannone	6th	2010 (17)
	Álex Marquez	6th	2019 (19)
5	Marc Marquez	5	2012 (17)
	Pol Espargaró	5	2012 (17)
	Esteve Rabat	5	2014 (18)
	Maverick Viñales	5	2014 (18)
9	Pol Espargaró	4th	2013 (17)
	Álex Rins	4th	2015 (18)
	Johann Zarco	4th	2016 (18)
	Lorenzo Baldassarri	4th	2018 (18)
	Thomas Lüthi	4th	2018 (18), 2019 (19)

More records

Status: GP of Styria 2020

record	Details	driver
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fastest World Cup decision	after 14 of 17 races (82.35%)	Toni Elías ( 2010 )
Biggest point advantage of the world champion	118 points	Johann Zarco on Álex Rins ( 2015 )
Smallest point advantage of the world champion	3 points	Álex Márquez on Brad Binder ( 2019 )
The youngest world champion	at 19 years and 254 days	Marc Marquez ( 2012 )
The oldest world champion	with 27 years and 198 days	Toni Elías ( 2010 )
Most consecutive world titles	2	Johann Zarco ( 2015 - 2016 )
VICTORIES
The best win rate	50% (16 wins in 32 races)	Marc Marquez
Most consecutive wins (absolute)	4th	Toni Elías ( 2010 )
Most wins in a row (in one season)	4th	Toni Elías ( 2010 )
Most wins from pole position	10	Johann Zarco
Most of the hat tricks	5	Esteve Rabat
Most wins in the same GP (absolute)	2 at the Australian GP	Alex De Angelis ( 2010 - 2011 ) Pol Espargaró ( 2012 - 2013 )
	2 at the Dutch TT , GP Germany , GP Indianapolis and GP San Marino	Marc Márquez ( 2011 - 2012 )
	2 at the Italian GP	Andrea Iannone ( 2010 , 2012 ) Esteve Rabat ( 2014 - 2015 )
	2 at the GP Portugal	Stefan Bradl ( 2010 - 2011 )
	2 at the French GP ( 2012 , 2015 ) and Japanese GP ( 2014 , 2016 )	Thomas Lüthi
	2 at the GP Argentina , GP Catalonia and GP Malaysia	Johann Zarco ( 2015 - 2016 )
	2 at the GP Aragon and GP Australia	Brad Binder ( 2018 - 2019 )
	2 at the Catalonia GP	Álex Márquez ( 2017 , 2019 )
Most wins in the same GP (in a row)	2 at the Australian GP	Alex De Angelis ( 2010 - 2011 ) Pol Espargaró ( 2012 - 2013 )
	2 at the Dutch TT , GP Germany , GP Indianapolis and GP San Marino	Marc Márquez ( 2011 - 2012 )
	2 at the GP Portugal	Stefan Bradl ( 2010 - 2011 )
	2 at the Italian GP	Esteve Rabat ( 2014 - 2015 )
	2 at the GP Argentina , GP Catalonia and GP Malaysia	Johann Zarco ( 2015 - 2016 )
	2 at the GP Aragon and GP Australia	Brad Binder ( 2018 - 2019 )
The youngest Grand Prix winner	at 18 years and 87 days, French GP 2011	Marc Marquez
The oldest Grand Prix winner	with 32 years and 346 days, Dutch TT 2014	Anthony West
Drivers who won their first Grand Prix participation		Shōya Tomizawa ( 2010 )
Most Grand Prix starts before the first win	86	Mattia Pasini
STARTING PLACES
The best pole quota	43.75% (14 poles in 32 races)	Marc Marquez
Most consecutive poles (absolute)	5	Stefan Bradl ( 2011 )
Most consecutive poles (in one season)	5	Stefan Bradl ( 2011 )
Most poles in one season	11 (in 18 races)	Esteve Rabat ( 2014 )
Most of the starting places in the first row	37	Johann Zarco
Youngest driver on pole position	at 18 years and 115 days, 2011 British GP	Marc Marquez
Oldest driver on pole position	at 33 years and 76 days, Australian GP 2018	Mattia Pasini
Drivers who were on pole position in their first race		Toni Elías ( 2010 )
FASTEST LAPS
The best rate of fastest race laps	27.78% (5 fastest lap in 18 races)	Maverick Viñales
Most fastest race laps in a season	7 in 17 starts (41.18%)	Andrea Iannone ( 2011 ) Franco Morbidelli ( 2017 )
The youngest driver to set the fastest race lap	with 17 years and 300 days, GP Portugal 2010	Scott Redding
The oldest driver who drove the fastest race lap	at 33 years and 72 days, Valencia GP 2019	Thomas Lütho
Drivers who set the fastest lap in their first race		Thomas Lüthi ( 2010 )
Podestals
The best podium quota	78.13% (25 podiums in 32 races)	Marc Marquez
Most podium finishes in one season	14 in 17 races (82.35%)	Marc Marquez ( 2012 )
Most of the podium finishes without a win	12	Julián Simón
Most second places	16	Thomas Lüthi
Most third places	21st	Thomas Lüthi
Youngest driver on the podium	at 17 years and 237 days, Indianapolis GP 2010	Scott Redding
Oldest driver on the podium	at 34 years and 42 days, Qatar Grand Prix	Alex Debón
POINT RANGES
Most point placements (absolute)	119	Thomas Lüthi
Most point placements (in a row)	34	Dominique Aegerter
Most point placements in a season	18th	Esteve Rabat ( 2014 ) Johann Zarco ( 2015 ) Francesco Bagnaia ( 2018 ) Miguel Oliveira ( 2018 )
Most fourth places	11	Mattia Pasini
Most fifth places	13	Thomas Lüthi
Most sixth places	11	Thomas Lüthi
Most seventh places	13	Simone Corsi
Most eighth places	14th	Dominique Aegerter
Most ninth places	12	Dominique Aegerter
Most tenth places	8th	Dominique Aegerter Simone Corsi
Most eleventh places	9	Simone Corsi
Most twelfth places	8th	Dominique Aegerter
Most thirteenth places	9	Marcel Schrötter
Most fourteenth places	7th	Simone Corsi
Most fifteenth places	10	Axel Pons
The youngest driver to finish in the points	at 17 years and 139 days, French GP 2010	Scott Redding
The oldest driver who finished in the points	at 35 years and 35 days, Czech GP 2016	Anthony West
Most of the GP participations without scoring World Championship points	42	Thitipong Warokorn
DESTINATION ARRIVALS
Most destination arrivals in a row	46	Dominique Aegerter ( 2011 - 2013 )
Most finishings in one season	18 in 18 races	Esteve Rabat ( 2014 ) Román Ramos ( 2014 ) Takaaki Nakagami ( 2015 ) Johann Zarco ( 2015 , 2016 ) Francesco Bagnaia ( 2017 ) Jesko Raffin ( 2017 ) Tetsuta Nagashima ( 2017 ) Francesco Bagnaia ( 2018 ) Miguel Oliveira ( 2018 )
	18 in 19 races	Andrea Locatelli ( 2019 ) Dominique Aegerter ( 2019 )
Failures
Most failures in a race	15 of 31 starters (48.4%), GP of San Marino 2017
Most failures in a row	5	Xavier Siméon ( 2012 )
Most failures in one season	9 in 17 races (52.94%)	Ratthapark Wilairot ( 2011 )
GP PARTICIPATION
The youngest GP participant	at 16 years and 7 days, British GP 2012	Eric Granado
The oldest GP participant	at 50 years and 143 days, British GP 2014	Jeremy McWilliams
The highest number of GP participants	42 participants in 2010 : GP of Catalonia
The longest break between two Grand Prix races	6 years and 287 days, Valencia GP 2012 and Qatar GP 2019	Bradley Smith
The largest time span between the first and the last Grand Prix	10 years and 121 days, GP Qatar 2010 to GP of the Czech Republic 2020	Thomas Lüthi Dominique Aegerter
Most of the season participations	11	Simone Corsi Dominique Aegerter ( 2010 - 2020 )
Most GP participations without a win	17th	Simone Corsi
OTHERS
Most positions won in a race	35 in Australia	Marc Marquez ( 2011 )

Remarks

1. ↑ The Qatar GP 2010 was the first race in the new Moto2 category, but Tomizawa had already contested two seasons in the 250 cc class.
2. ↑ Since the 2011 season there have been a maximum of three instead of four drivers per row.
3. ↑ The Qatar GP 2010 was the first race in the new Moto2 category, but Elías had already contested three seasons in the 250 cm³ class.
4. ↑ The GP of Qatar 2010 was the first race in the new Moto2 category, but Lüthi had already contested three seasons in the 250 cm³ class.

Records by designers

In the season 2019 active designers are highlighted in blue.

Constructors' world championship

Status: end of season 2019

space	constructor	title	Years
1	Kalex	7th	2013-2019
2	Suter	3	2010–2012

Grand Prix victories

Status: end of season 2019

space	constructor	Victories
1	Kalex	108
2	Suter	33
3	KTM	14th
4th	Moriwaki	8th
	Speed ​​up	8th
6th	FTR	2
	Motobi	2
7th	Tech 3	1

Pole positions

As of Qatar GP, 2020

space	constructor	Poles
1	Kalex	127
2	Suter	25th
3	Speed ​​up	15th
4th	Moriwaki	4th
5	KTM	3
6th	Motobi	2
7th	FTR	1
	Caterham - Suter	1
	Promoharris	1

Fastest racing laps

Status: end of season 2020

space	constructor	SR
1	Kalex	115
2	Suter	32
3	Speed ​​up	12
4th	KTM	7th
5	FTR	5
6th	Moriwaki	4th
7th	Motobi	3
8th	Tech 3	1

World Cup points

Status: GP of Spain 2020

space	constructor	Points
1	Kalex	3,397
2	Suter	1,835
3	Speed ​​up	1,415
4th	Tech 3	813
5	KTM	662
6th	FTR	483
7th	Motobi	481
8th	Moriwaki	450
9	Pons- Kalex	158
10	Caterham - Suter	146

Podium places

As of: Qatar GP 2020

space	constructor	Podiums
1	Kalex	322
2	Suter	93
3	KTM	38
4th	Speed ​​up	37
5	Moriwaki	17th
6th	FTR	11
7th	Motobi	7th
	Tech 3	5
9	Caterham - Suter	4th
10	Pons- Kalex	2

Grand Prix starts

All races in which the relevant designer actually took part are counted. If, for example, he failed in the introductory lap (i.e. before the actual start of the race), this will not be counted as a GP participation. However, those who have made at least the first attempt to start the Grand Prix race are considered to have started.

Status: GP of Spain 2019

space	constructor	GP
1	Kalex	165
2	Speed ​​up	164
3	Tech 3	158
4th	Suter	145
5	Motobi	68
6th	Moriwaki	63
7th	FTR	58
8th	KTM	55
9	MZ-RE Honda	44
10	NTS	39

Records by nation

World title

Status: end of season 2019

space	nation	title	Years
1	Spain	5	2010, 2012–2014, 2019
2	France	2	2015, 2016
	Italy	2	2017, 2018
4th	Germany	1	2011

Grand Prix victories

Status: GP of Spain, 2020

space	nation	Victories
1	Spain	69
2	Italy	37
3	France	17th
4th	Switzerland	13
5	Germany	8th
	South Africa	8th
7th	Great Britain	6th
	Portugal	6th
9	Japan	5
10	Finland	4th

Pole positions

As of Qatar GP, 2020

space	nation	Poles
1	Spain	74
2	Italy	34
3	France	16
5	Germany	13
5	Great Britain	11
6th	Switzerland	8th
	Japan	8th
8th	Finland	4th
9	Belgium	2
	Portugal	2
	San Marino	2
	United States	2

Fastest racing laps

Status: end of season 2019

space	nation	SR
1	Spain	69
2	Italy	41
3	Switzerland	21st
4th	Germany	9
	France	9
6th	Great Britain	6th
7th	San Marino	5
8th	Finland	4th
	Portugal	4th
10	South Africa	3

World Cup points

Status: French GP 2019

space	nation	Points
1	Spain	6,404
2	Italy	4,429
3	Switzerland	2,659
4th	Germany	1,582
5	France	1,490
6th	Great Britain	1,396
7th	Japan	953
8th	Finland	741
9	San Marino	477
10	Belgium	383

Podium places

Status: end of season 2019

space	nation	Podiums
1	Spain	188
2	Italy	99
3	Switzerland	61
4th	France	34
5	Germany	31
6th	Great Britain	29
7th	Portugal	21st
8th	Japan	20th
9	Finland	16
10	South Africa	15th

Deaths

• September 5, 2010 : Shōya Tomizawa at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , San Marino
• June 3, 2016 : Luis Salom on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya , Spain

References

Web links

Commons : Moto2  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the FIM (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ FIM regulations Moto2 2010 ( memento of October 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 15, 2008.
2. ↑ motorsport-total.com
3. ↑ Dunlop gets Moto2 tire deal. In: autosport.com. Haymarket Publications, June 26, 2009; accessed June 26, 2009 .