Moto3: Fifteen year-old Quartararo heads up 2015 entry list
The provisional 2015 Moto3 World Championship entry list has been revealed with a full grid of 33 bikes set to line up for the Qatar opener next March.
With the current top three riders - Alex Marquez, Jack Miller and Alex Rins - all progressing to Moto2 or MotoGP next season, Moto3 will see a combination of new and emerging talent in the leading teams.
Red Bull KTM Ajo will be led by Miguel Oliveira, Brad Binder and Karel Hanika, while the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team will feature an all-new line-up of Jorge Navarro and Fabio Quartararo, the latter set to make his debut at 15-years-old due to a change in the minimum age regulations for a reigning CEV champion.
Race winners in 2014, Romano Fenati and Alexis Masbou will both return in 2015, the former staying with Valentino Rossi's Sky VR46 team, while the latter moves over to SaxoPrint-RTG Honda. He takes the place of Efren Vazquez who, despite currently running fifth in the standings, is not listed to compete in any championship.
Elsewhere, Ana Carrasco will return to Moto3 with Aleix Espargaro's BOE41 RBA Team alongside Niklas Ajo, while the proposed Caterham Moto3 team has seemingly morphed into an entry run by Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit.
John McPhee and Danny Kent will continue to fly the flag for Britain, the former still with SaxoPrint-RTG and the latter moving to Kiefer Racing Honda.
Provisional 2015 Moto3 entry list:
5. Romano Fenati ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM
9. Scott Deroue NED RW Racing GP Honda
10. Alexis Masbou FRA Saxoprint-RTG Honda
11. Matteo Ferrari ITA San Carlo Team Italia Mahindra
16. Andrea Migno ITA Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM
17. John McPhee GBR SaxoPrint-RTG Honda
19. Alessandro Tonucci ITA Ambrogio Mahindra
20. Fabio Quartararo FRA Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda
21. Francesco Bagnaia ITA Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Mahindra
22. Ana Carrasco ESP BOE41 RBA Team KTM
23. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold Honda
24. Tatsuki Suzuki JPN CIP Mahindra
29. Stefano Manzi ITA San Carlo Team Italia Mahindra
31. Niklas Ajo FIN BOE41 RBA Team KTM
32. Isaac Vinales ESP Calvo Team Husqvarna
33. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda
40. Daryn Binder RSA Amborgio Racing Mahindra
41. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo
44. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM Ajo
50. Hiroki Ono JPN Kiefer Racing Honda
52. Danny Kent GBR Kiefer Racing Honda
55. Andrea Locatelli ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda
57. Eric Granado BRZ Calvo Team Husqvarna
58. Juanfran Guevara ESP Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Mahindra
63. Zulfahmi Khairuddin MAL Sepang International Circuit KTM
65. Philipp Oettl GER TT Motion Events KTM
84. Jakub Kornfeil CZE CIP Mahindra
88. Jorge Martin ESP Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Mahindra
91. Gabriel Rogrigo ARG BOE41 RBA Team KTM
95. Jules Danilo FRA Oongetta-Rivacold Honda
98. Karel Hanika CZE Red Bull KTM Ajo
99. Jorge Navarro ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 HondaTBA Sepang International Circuit KTM
