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The 2018 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season will be the 70th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
Italy Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia Aprilia RS-GP 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró[1]
45 United Kingdom Scott Redding[2]
Spain Reale Avintia Racing[3] Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP17 53 Spain Esteve Rabat[4]
Ducati Desmosedici GP16 TBA TBA
Spain Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati Desmosedici GP16 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham[5]
Ducati Desmosedici GP17 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista[6]
Italy Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP18 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso[7]
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo[8]
Italy Octo Pramac Racing Ducati Desmosedici GP18 9 Italy Danilo Petrucci[9]
Ducati Desmosedici GP17[10] 43 Australia Jack Miller[11]
Japan Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 26 Spain Dani Pedrosa[12]
93 Spain Marc Márquez[13]
Monaco LCR Honda 35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow[14]
30 Japan Takaaki Nakagami[15]
Belgium EG 0,0 Marc VDS[16] 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi[17]
21 Italy Franco Morbidelli[18]
Austria Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM KTM RC16 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith[19]
44 Spain Pol Espargaró[20]
Japan Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 29 Italy Andrea Iannone[21]
42 Spain Álex Rins[22]
Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 25 Spain Maverick Viñales[23]
46 Italy Valentino Rossi[24]
France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 France Johann Zarco[25]
94 Germany Jonas Folger[26]

Team changes

  • LCR Honda will expand to enter a second bike for the first time since 2015.[15]

Rider changes

List of planned races

The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2018:[28]

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Qatar Grand Prix of Qatar[29] Losail International Circuit, Lusail 18 March
2 Argentina Gran Premio de la República Argentina[30] Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero 8 April
3 United States Grand Prix of the Americas[31] Circuit of the Americas, Austin 22 April
4 Spain Gran Premio de España[32] Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 6 May
5 France Grand Prix de France[33] Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans 20 May
6 Italy Gran Premio d'Italia[34] Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 3 June
7 Catalonia Gran Premi de Catalunya[35] Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 17 June
8 Netherlands Dutch TT[36] TT Circuit Assen, Assen 1 July
9 Germany Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[37] Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 15 July
10 Czech Republic Grand Prix České republiky[38] Automotodrom Brno, Brno 5 August
11 Austria Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 12 August
12 United Kingdom Octo British Grand Prix[39] TBA 26 August
13 San Marino Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[40] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 9 September
14 Aragon Gran Premio de Aragón[41] Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz 23 September
15 Thailand Thailand Grand Prix[42] Buriram United International Circuit,[N 1] Buriram 7 October
16 Japan Grand Prix of Japan[43] Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 21 October
17 Australia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[44] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 28 October
18 Malaysia Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[45] Sepang International Circuit, Selangor 4 November
19 Valencian Community Gran Premio de la Comunitat Valenciana[46] Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 18 November

Calendar changes

Notes

  1. ^ Commercial rights holder Dorna Sports does not refer to the Buriram International Circuit by its commercial name—Chang International Circuit—because of alcohol restrictions in countries featured as part of the championship.

References

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  19. ^ "KTM signs Bradley Smith as MotoGP™ factory rider". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
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  21. ^ "Andrea Iannone joins Suzuki for 2017 and 2018". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Rins moves to MotoGP™ with Suzuki for 2017 and 2018". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  23. ^ "Yamaha confirm Maverick Viñales for 2017 and 2018 season". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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  25. ^ "Zarco extends contract with Tech 3 for 2018". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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