2021 Moto2 World Championship

Teams and riders
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
EG 0,0 Marc VDS Kalex Moto2 22 Sam Lowes
37 Augusto Fernández
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 11 Nicolò Bulega[1]
21 Fabio Di Giannantonio[1]
IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 35 Somkiat Chantra[2]
79 Ai Ogura[2]
Italtrans Racing Team 16 Joe Roberts[3]
19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta[4]
Liqui Moly Intact GP 14 Tony Arbolino
23 Marcel Schrötter
Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 12 Thomas Lüthi[5]
64 Bo Bendsneyder[5]
Petronas Sprinta Racing 96 Jake Dixon[6]
97 Xavi Vierge[7]
Pons HP40 40 Héctor Garzó
62 Stefano Manzi
Red Bull KTM Ajo 25 Raúl Fernández[8]
87 Remy Gardner[9]
SKY Racing Team VR46 13 Celestino Vietti[10]
72 Marco Bezzecchi[10]
Tennor American Racing 6 Cameron Beaubier[11]
42 Marcos Ramírez[11]
MV Agusta Forward Racing MV Agusta F2 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri
24 Simone Corsi
NTS RW Racing GP NTS NH7 55 Hafizh Syahrin
70 Barry Baltus[12]
Aspar Team Speed Up SF20T 44 Arón Canet
75 Albert Arenas[13]
Speed Up Racing 5 Yari Montella
9 Jorge Navarro
Source:[14]
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

Rider changes

Team changes
  • Mandalika Racing Team Indonesia announced on 27 November 2020 that they would enter the series partnering with SAG Team under the name "Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team" and retaining the existing SAG Team riders Thomas Lüthi and Bo Bendsneyder.[16]
  • Onexox TKKR announced on 1 December 2020 that they would be withdrawing from the Moto2 world championship for 2021 due to sponsorship difficulties, and would focus on their other championship activities[17] as well as planning to enter FIM CEV Repsol Moto2 for the year 2021 and would try coming back to Moto2 in 2021 as a team.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2021:[18]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 28 March[lower-alpha 1] Grand Prix of Qatar[19] Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2 4 April[lower-alpha 1] Grand Prix of Doha Losail International Circuit, Lusail
3 18 April Grande Prémio de Portugal Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão
4 2 May Gran Premio Red Bull de España[20] Circuito de Jerez-Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
5 16 May SHARK Helmets Grand Prix de France[21] Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6 30 May Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7 6 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[22] Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8 20 June Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[23] Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9 27 June Motul TT Assen[24] TT Circuit Assen, Assen
10 11 July Grand Prix of Finland[25] Kymi Ring, Iitti
11 15 August Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich[26] Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12 29 August British Grand Prix[27] Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 12 September Gran Premio de Aragón[28] Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
14 19 September Gran Premio Octo di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[29] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
15 3 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan[30] Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 10 October OR Thailand Grand Prix[31] Buriram International Circuit,[32] Buriram
17 24 October Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix[33] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
18 31 October Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix[34] Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
19 14 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana[35] Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
Postponed Grands Prix[18]
– – Gran Premio de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
– – Grand Prix of The Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
Reserve Grands Prix[18]
– – Grand Prix of Indonesia[36] Mandalika International Street Circuit, Lombok

Calendar changes
  • The Finnish Grand Prix was reintroduced to the calendar after a 38-year absence. The venue hosting the round will be the new Kymi Ring, instead of the Tampere Circuit used in 1962 and 1963 or the Imatra Circuit which hosted the round until 1982. The Finnish Grand Prix had been included on the 2020 calendar, but the inaugural race was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The Czech Republic Grand Prix was initially left off the provisional calendar, as the circuit requires mandatory resurfacing for safety compliance, and it was unclear if the necessary work could be completed in time for its typical schedule date in early August. The 11th round of the championship was therefore left open as provisionally pending.[37] On 8 December 2020, Brno city councillors announced that they would opt out of the 2021 calendar, citing financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38] It will mark the first absence of a Czech Grand Prix since 1992.

Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic
  • With the uncertainty of the development of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dorna elected in November 2020 to nominate three "Reserve Grand Prix Venues" which could be used in the event that local virus containment measures or regulations force the cancellation of a planned Grand Prix.[39]
  • On 22 January 2021, Dorna announced a significant update to the provisional calendar including the following changes:[18]
    • The Argentine and American Grands Prix would be postponed due to the COVID-19 situation in both countries, with potential rescheduling for the final quarter of 2021.
    • A double-header would open the season in Qatar on 28 March and 4 April, followed by Portugal as the third round.
    • The provisionally pending race created by the absence of the Czech Grand Prix was removed.
    • The potential Russian Grand Prix was removed from the reserve list, leaving Indonesia as the sole Reserve Grand Prix Venue.

Notes
  1. Night race

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