2014 MotoGP World Championship
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The 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season will be the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Marc Márquez will start the season as the defending riders' champion in the MotoGP category, with Honda the defending manufacturers' champions. Pol Espargaró and Maverick Viñales will be the reigning Moto2 and Moto3 champions respectively; however, neither will defend their titles as both are being promoted, with Espargaró joining MotoGP and Viñales entering Moto2.
Grands Prix
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013.[1] The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013[2] and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in a calendar of 18 races.[3]
The 2014 calendar originally saw the addition of two South American races, the series' first visit to the continent since 2004. A race in Argentina at the newly upgraded Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo is scheduled for April 27 and a race in Brazil at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasilia was scheduled for September 28, but was subsequently removed[3] due to delays in the track modifications.[4] The standalone MotoGP race at Laguna Seca, a mainstay since 2005 has been discontinued.
Teams and riders
Starting in 2014, the rules governing the eligibility of entries will change. MSMA prototypes will be reclassified as the new "Factory" class, whilst the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category will be restructured as the "Open" class. All bikes will use the approved MotoGP Electronic Control Unit, with bikes in the "Open" class using both the MotoGP ECU and identical software, and those competing as "Factory" entries permitted to use their own custom software.[22] The Factory option bike will have their allocation of engines reduced from twelve to five, and those five will have their design frozen.[22] The amount of fuel allowed will be reduced from twenty-four litres to twenty litres.[22]
A manufacturer who has not achieved a win in dry conditions in the previous year, or a new manufacturer entering the championship, could enter under the Factory option with all the concessions available to the Open class; these benefits will be reduced in case of a determined number of podiums or wins.[23]
Ducati Team and Pramac Racing were due to enter their bikes in the Open class[24] but revised regulations meant that they were finally entered under the Factory option.[25]
2014 MotoGP specifications | ||
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Factory | Open | |
Fuel tank (litres) | 20 | 24 |
Engines allocated | 5 | 12 |
Engine design | frozen | free |
ECU hardware | spec Magneti Marelli | |
ECU software | free | standardized |
Tires' compound | class specific |
A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 20 November 2013.[26] An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014.[27] Teams had time until 28 February to decide if a rider would be assigned to the "Factory" or "Open" class.[22] The final entry list was released on the same day.[28]
Team changes
- Aspar Racing Team and Cardion AB Motoracing will switch to Honda in 2014, entering the RCV1000R, Honda's Open class machine.
- Gresini Racing will compete with a full Honda package in the Open class, having contested the 2013 season with an FTR chassis and Honda engine.
- IodaRacing Project intended to enter a second bike ridden by Leon Camier, but he was not included on the final entry list due to an apparent lack of funding.
Rider changes
- Nicky Hayden will move from Ducati Corse to Aspar Racing. Cal Crutchlow will leave Yamaha Tech 3 to take Hayden's place.
- 2013 Moto2 Riders' Champion Pol Espargaró will join the premier category, racing for Yamaha Tech 3.
- Aleix Espargaró will move from Aspar Racing to Forward Racing.
- Hiroshi Aoyama will move to Aspar Racing after competing for Avintia Blusens in 2013.
- Bryan Staring will leave Gresini Racing, with his place taken by 2013 Moto2 runner-up Scott Redding.
- Yonny Hernández will move to Pramac Racing.
- Ben Spies retired from racing at the end of the 2013 season.
- Mike Di Meglio will join the premier category, racing for Avintia Racing.
- Broc Parkes will make his MotoGP debut with Paul Bird Motorsport.
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning constructor | Report |
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Riders' standings
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Manufacturers' standings
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT![]() |
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ESP![]() |
FRA![]() |
ITA![]() |
CAT![]() |
NED![]() |
GER![]() |
IND![]() |
CZE![]() |
GBR![]() |
RSM![]() |
ARA![]() |
JPN![]() |
AUS![]() |
MAL![]() |
VAL![]() |
Pts |
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2 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
5 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() |
15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Manufacturer | QAT![]() |
AME![]() |
ARG![]() |
ESP![]() |
FRA![]() |
ITA![]() |
CAT![]() |
NED![]() |
GER![]() |
IND![]() |
CZE![]() |
GBR![]() |
RSM![]() |
ARA![]() |
JPN![]() |
AUS![]() |
MAL![]() |
VAL![]() |
Pts |
References
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