MotoGP 2022

[Klyntonius]

Calendar

Date	Grand prix	Circuit
6 March	Qatar*	Losail International Circuit
20 March	Indonesia**	Mandalika International Street Circuit
3 April	República Argentina	Termas de Río Hondo
10 April	Americas	Circuit of the Americas
24 April	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit
01 May	Spain	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto
15 May	France	Le Mans
29 May	Italy	Autodromo del Mugello
5 June	Catalunya	Barcelona - Catalunya
19 June	Germany	Sachsenring
26 June	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
10 July	Finland**	KymiRing
7 August	Great Britain	Silverstone
21 August	Austria	Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
4 September	San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
18 September	Teruel	MotorLand Aragón
25 September	Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
2 October	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
16 October	Australia	Philip Island
23 October	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
06 November	Comunitat Valenciana	Comunitat Valenciana-Ricardo Tormo

Rider Lists

Moto3

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine
5	Jaume Masia	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Japanese	MT Helmets - MSI	KTM
7	Dennis Foggia	Italian	Leopard Racing	Honda
10	Diogo Moreira	Brazilian	MT Helmets - MSI	KTM
11	Sergio Garcia	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto3)	GasGas
16	Andrea Migno	Italian	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda
17	John McPhee	British	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna
18	Matteo Bertelle	Italian	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	KTM
20	Lorenzo Fellon	French	SIC 58 Squadra Corse	Honda
23	Elia Bartolini	Italian	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	KTM
24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Japanese	Leopard Racing	Honda
26	Scott Ogden	British	VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda
27	Kaito Toba	Japanese	CIP Green Power	KTM
28	Izan Guevara	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto3)	GasGas
31	Adrian Fernandez	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM
38	David Salvador	Spanish	BOE SKX	KTM
43	Xavier Artigas	Spanish	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto
44	David Muñoz	Spanish	BOE SKX	KTM
48	Ivan Ortola	Spanish	Team MTA	KTM
53	Deniz Öncü	Turkish	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM
54	Riccardo Rossi	Italian	SIC 58 Squadra Corse	Honda
64	Mario Suryo Aji	Indonesian	Honda Team Asia	Honda
66	Joel Kelso	Australian	CIP Green Power	KTM
67	Alberto Surra	Italian	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda
70	Joshua Whatley	British	VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda
71	Ayumu Sasaki	Japanese	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna
72	Taiyo Furusato	Japanese	Honda Team Asia	Honda
82	Stefano Nepa	Italian	Team MTA	KTM
96	Daniel Holgado	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM
99	Carlos Tatay	Spanish	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto

Moto2

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine
2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Argentina	Pertamina Mandalika Sag Team	Kalex
4	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	Kalex
5	Romano Fenati	Italian	Speedup Racing	Boscoscuro
6	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	Kalex
7	Barry Baltus	Belgian	RW Racing GP	Kalex
9	Jorge Navarro	Spanish	Flexbox HP40	Kalex
12	Filip Salac	Czech	Gresini Racing Moto2	Kalex
13	Celestino Vietti	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Kalex
14	Tony Arbolino	Italian	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex
16	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex
18	Manuel Gonzalez	Spanish	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex
19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Italian	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex
22	Sam Lowes	British	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex
23	Marcel Schrotter	German	Liqui Moly Intact GP	Kalex
24	Simone Corsi	Italian	MV Agusta Forward Racing	MV Agusta
28	Niccolo Antonelli	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Kalex
35	Somkiat Chantra	Thai	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex
37	Augusto Fernandez	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex
40	Aron Canet	Spanish	Flexbox HP40	Kalex
42	Marcos Ramirez	Spanish	MV Agusta Forward Racing	MV Agusta
51	Pedro Acosta	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex
52	Jeremy Alcoba	Spanish	Liqui Moly Intact GP	Kalex
54	Fermin Aldeguer	Spanish	Speedup Racing	Boscoscuro
61	Alessandro Zaccone	Italian	Gresini Racing Moto2	Kalex
64	Bo Bendsneyder	Dutch	Pertamina Mandalika Sag Team	Kalex
75	Albert Arenas	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto2)	Gasgas
79	Ai Ogura	Japanese	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex
81	Keminth Kubo	Thai	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex
84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Dutch	RW Racing GP	Kalex
96	Jake Dixon	British	Aspar Team (Moto2)	Gasgas

MotoGP

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine	Independent Team
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Italian	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	*
5	Johann Zarco	French	Pramac Racing	Ducati	*
10	Luca Marini	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	*
12	Maverick Viñales	Spanish	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia
20	Fabio Quartararo	French	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
21	Franco Morbidelli	Italian	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
23	Enea Bastianini	Italian	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	*
25	Raul Fernandez	Spanish	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	*
30	Takaaki Nakagami	Japanese	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	*
33	Brad Binder	S-African	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
36	Joan Mir	Spanish	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
40	Darryn Binder	S-African	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	*
41	Aleix Espargaro	Spanish	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia
42	Alex Rins	Spanish	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
43	Jack Miller	Australian	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
44	Pol Espargaro	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
49	Fabio Digiannantonio	Italian	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	*
63	Francesco Bagnaia	Italian	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
72	Marco Bezzecchi	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	*
73	Alex Marquez	Spanish	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	*
87	Remy Gardner	Australian	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	*
88	Miguel Oliveira	Portuguese	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
89	Jorge Martin	Spanish	Pramac Racing	Ducati	*
93	Marc Marquez	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda

 

[Klyntonius]

2022 looks to be quite a curious and wide open championship. Some notes and thoughts of mine:

- What condition will Marc Marquez be in next season - especially his eyes. The current description of his recovery is "adequate". Not terribly confidence inspiring.

- After 2 years of sub-par results, will Honda build a more user friendly bike for the riders of lesser ability than MM93 (ie. all of them)? If they do and Marquez gets back close to full fitness, I think he runs away with another championship.

- Similar to the beginning of 2020, a large percentage of the field are in the final year of their contract for 2022. Will we see a large shift of seats? Plenty of riders are under pressure and a couple of manufacturers as well.

- Ducati currently have an embarrassment of riches with Bastianini doing some incredible things on a 2 year old bike and Jorge Martin looking more than a little bit special. This places a lot of pressure on the shoulders of Jack Miller (who I still don't think Ducati really believe in) despite having arguably his best season. How will he stand up to that pressure and can the coaching of Casey Stoner see him take the next step?

- It was well documented that Joan Mir and Miguel Oliveira were less than 100% happy with Suzuki and KTM respectively last season. If 2022 doesn't start well, could they be headed for pastures new (Honda, Yamaha)?

- After chasing Saudi money (that appears to have turned out a con), team VR46 will be sponsored by Italian banking company Mooney.

- Can Aprilia finally join the big boys and take their first dry win and get themselves off the concessions list?

- Qualifying cutoff has been reduced from the long standing 107% of the pole lap time to 105%.

- Larger brake discs will be available, up to 355mm, particularly for high speed circuits like Red Bull Ring.

- There will be stricter crackdown on rider fitness in the event of head injury (including concussion), chest and abdominal injury and more complex fractures than simple bone breaks.

- 2022 feels like the least hyped rookie class for a while. Curious to see how they fare overall and who will come out on top.

- Gardner will still have a size and weight disadvantage to the majority of the field but hopefully the power and physicality of MotoGP levels that playing field for him. His extra size should help him muscle the bike around to some extent.

- I expect at least one podium from Joel Kelso in 2022. He only has a one year contract in his pocket with his hope of performing and progressing to a big team in 2023. He's hungry.

 

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Calendar

Date	Grand prix	Circuit
6 March	Qatar*	Losail International Circuit
20 March	Indonesia**	Mandalika International Street Circuit
3 April	República Argentina	Termas de Río Hondo
10 April	Americas	Circuit of the Americas
24 April	Portugal	Algarve International Circuit
01 May	Spain	Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto
15 May	France	Le Mans
29 May	Italy	Autodromo del Mugello
5 June	Catalunya	Barcelona - Catalunya
19 June	Germany	Sachsenring
26 June	Netherlands	TT Circuit Assen
10 July	Finland**	KymiRing
7 August	Great Britain	Silverstone
21 August	Austria	Red Bull Ring-Spielberg
4 September	San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
18 September	Teruel	MotorLand Aragón
25 September	Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
2 October	Thailand	Chang International Circuit
16 October	Australia	Philip Island
23 October	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit
06 November	Comunitat Valenciana	Comunitat Valenciana-Ricardo Tormo

Rider Lists

Moto3

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine
5	Jaume Masia	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Japanese	MT Helmets - MSI	KTM
7	Dennis Foggia	Italian	Leopard Racing	Honda
10	Diogo Moreira	Brazilian	MT Helmets - MSI	KTM
11	Sergio Garcia	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto3)	GasGas
16	Andrea Migno	Italian	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda
17	John McPhee	British	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna
18	Matteo Bertelle	Italian	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	KTM
20	Lorenzo Fellon	French	SIC 58 Squadra Corse	Honda
23	Elia Bartolini	Italian	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	KTM
24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Japanese	Leopard Racing	Honda
26	Scott Ogden	British	VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda
27	Kaito Toba	Japanese	CIP Green Power	KTM
28	Izan Guevara	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto3)	GasGas
31	Adrian Fernandez	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM
38	David Salvador	Spanish	BOE SKX	KTM
43	Xavier Artigas	Spanish	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto
44	David Muñoz	Spanish	BOE SKX	KTM
48	Ivan Ortola	Spanish	Team MTA	KTM
53	Deniz Öncü	Turkish	Red Bull KTM Tech3	KTM
54	Riccardo Rossi	Italian	SIC 58 Squadra Corse	Honda
64	Mario Suryo Aji	Indonesian	Honda Team Asia	Honda
66	Joel Kelso	Australian	CIP Green Power	KTM
67	Alberto Surra	Italian	Rivacold Snipers Team	Honda
70	Joshua Whatley	British	VisionTrack Racing Team	Honda
71	Ayumu Sasaki	Japanese	Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max	Husqvarna
72	Taiyo Furusato	Japanese	Honda Team Asia	Honda
82	Stefano Nepa	Italian	Team MTA	KTM
96	Daniel Holgado	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM
99	Carlos Tatay	Spanish	CFMoto Racing PruestelGP	CFMoto

Moto2

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine
2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Argentina	Pertamina Mandalika Sag Team	Kalex
4	Sean Dylan Kelly	USA	American Racing	Kalex
5	Romano Fenati	Italian	Speedup Racing	Boscoscuro
6	Cameron Beaubier	USA	American Racing	Kalex
7	Barry Baltus	Belgian	RW Racing GP	Kalex
9	Jorge Navarro	Spanish	Flexbox HP40	Kalex
12	Filip Salac	Czech	Gresini Racing Moto2	Kalex
13	Celestino Vietti	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Kalex
14	Tony Arbolino	Italian	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex
16	Joe Roberts	USA	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex
18	Manuel Gonzalez	Spanish	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex
19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Italian	Italtrans Racing Team	Kalex
22	Sam Lowes	British	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex
23	Marcel Schrotter	German	Liqui Moly Intact GP	Kalex
24	Simone Corsi	Italian	MV Agusta Forward Racing	MV Agusta
28	Niccolo Antonelli	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Kalex
35	Somkiat Chantra	Thai	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex
37	Augusto Fernandez	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex
40	Aron Canet	Spanish	Flexbox HP40	Kalex
42	Marcos Ramirez	Spanish	MV Agusta Forward Racing	MV Agusta
51	Pedro Acosta	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Ajo	Kalex
52	Jeremy Alcoba	Spanish	Liqui Moly Intact GP	Kalex
54	Fermin Aldeguer	Spanish	Speedup Racing	Boscoscuro
61	Alessandro Zaccone	Italian	Gresini Racing Moto2	Kalex
64	Bo Bendsneyder	Dutch	Pertamina Mandalika Sag Team	Kalex
75	Albert Arenas	Spanish	Aspar Team (Moto2)	Gasgas
79	Ai Ogura	Japanese	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	Kalex
81	Keminth Kubo	Thai	Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team	Kalex
84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Dutch	RW Racing GP	Kalex
96	Jake Dixon	British	Aspar Team (Moto2)	Gasgas

MotoGP

No.	Rider	Nationality	Team	Machine	Independent Team
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Italian	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	*
5	Johann Zarco	French	Pramac Racing	Ducati	*
10	Luca Marini	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	*
12	Maverick Viñales	Spanish	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia
20	Fabio Quartararo	French	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
21	Franco Morbidelli	Italian	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
23	Enea Bastianini	Italian	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	*
25	Raul Fernandez	Spanish	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	*
30	Takaaki Nakagami	Japanese	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	*
33	Brad Binder	S-African	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
36	Joan Mir	Spanish	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
40	Darryn Binder	S-African	WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team	Yamaha	*
41	Aleix Espargaro	Spanish	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia
42	Alex Rins	Spanish	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
43	Jack Miller	Australian	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
44	Pol Espargaro	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
49	Fabio Digiannantonio	Italian	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	*
63	Francesco Bagnaia	Italian	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati
72	Marco Bezzecchi	Italian	VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	*
73	Alex Marquez	Spanish	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	*
87	Remy Gardner	Australian	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	*
88	Miguel Oliveira	Portuguese	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
89	Jorge Martin	Spanish	Pramac Racing	Ducati	*
93	Marc Marquez	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda

good 2 c dovi going around again.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Just came to the board to see if there was a thread made up!! You’re on the ball K. Thanks to a lot of support and friendships, I’m around for another season with you guys!!

 

[Klyntonius]

The first livery release of 2022 - and it's not exactly an all time classic



Should be sponsored by Hyundai.

 

[Klyntonius]

Marc Marquez is back on a bike.




Will apparently do a circuit test on some sort of road race bike to see how his eyes handle high speed before he's cleared to participate in the first MotoGP test at Sepang.

 

[Klyntonius]

Graham Bensinger has done an interview with Valentino Rossi. Here are a few snippets:

 

[Klyntonius]

Jack Miller has contracted covid. He's asymptomatic but confined to barracks for a while so the Ducati team launch has been postponed.

 

[Klyntonius]

Marc Marquez is back on a bike.




Will apparently do a circuit test on some sort of road race bike to see how his eyes handle high speed before he's cleared to participate in the first MotoGP test at Sepang.

Marquez did his road test and all seems to have gone well. Will now almost certainly be at the Sepang test.

 

[Klyntonius]

Mighty Mick

 

[Klyntonius]

The MotoGP paddock will have a female racing presence again with the return of Ana Carrasco to the Moto3 class.

 

[Klyntonius]

Casey Stoner recently took part in a very interesting, honest and revealing podcast. He covered all sorts of topics to do with his career. Here is a couple of clips:

 

[Klyntonius]

Finally season 2022 is a go with the Sepang test underway. Results from day 1.





Quite clearly some are working through a program and not chasing times at all yet (it is called testing for a reason after all) but that is some seriously impressive pace by the Aprilias.

 

[Klyntonius]

Day 2 is done and the test is over.





Rain came half way through the day bringing a premature end to the test.
The top twenty typically covered by 1 second.
Both Bastianini and Aleix Espargaro finished under the all time lap record.
Some of the rookies hit the track after the rain to get some wet experience. Remy parked it as his bung wrist was too sore.

 

[Klyntonius]

Remy did this small interview. He ran with the patented Jack Miller hybrid accent.

 

[Klyntonius]

Testing is over and the first race is now only a little over a week away. What is everyone's expectations for the coming season?

 

[Klyntonius]

A little bit of news:

- The first domino of the 2022 silly season fell with Pecco Bagnaia signing on for a further 2 years with Ducati. He joins Marc Marquez, Brad Binder and Franko Morbidelli as the only riders contracted beyond 2022.

- A lot of interest in the futures of the last two MotoGP world champs with Joan Mir pretty only scathing of Suzuki last year and Fabio Quartararo already declaring all options are open after Yamaha failed to impress with much development since last year.

- Suzuki finally have a team manager replacement for Davide Brivio in the form of former Ducati and Honda man, Livio Suppo.

- MotoGP have updated the red flag rule

 

[Klyntonius]

MotoGP now have their very own version of Drive To Survive

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Haven’t been following testing. So not sure who’s strong and who’s not! Will feel weird watching without Vale there though lol just saying…

 

[Klyntonius]

Finally, the great Wayne Rainey will be riding a race bike for the first time since his Misano crash, riding a modified version of his old YZR500 at the Festival Of Speed Goodwood.

 

[Klyntonius]

Haven’t been following testing. So not sure who’s strong and who’s not! Will feel weird watching without Vale there though lol just saying…

Some main notes from testing:

- Honda have a brand new bike that looks dramatically different and it was fast from the off.

https://photos.smugmug.com/MotoGP/2022/Mandalika-Test-Cormac/n-LQtfq6/i-gbmDMmD/0/a7e33e59/L/i-gbmDMmD-L.jpg

- Quartararo was fast but typically well down on straight line speed over the rest of the field.

- Suzuki were impressive, came with more horsepower and were consistently quick.

- Aprilia look to be making a significant leap, they were extremely fast and competitive (bearing in mind it's still just testing)

- Ducati always had someone high but their factory riders were very up and down, not chasing times much instead knuckling down on testing.

- KTM looked to still be struggling somewhat with Binder the only one to really fly the flag for them.

- Gardner outpaced by Fernandez but was riding conservatively with a busted wrist.

- Raul had a crash at the Indonesian test and suffered a concussion. However, this was only discovered the next day after he ran off track on his 7th lap and he decided himself it was too dangerous as he didn't understand what happened...

- The riders really liked the Mandalika track layout but the surface - fair to say not so much. Despite it being a near brand new circuit, they are relaying half of the circuit after the surface started breaking up and spraying the following riders in a shower of stones.

- Pedro Acosta already fastest in Moto2. Fair to say the hype machine of a quick rise to MotoGP is already building.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

MotoGP starting at 9:30pm tonight!! That off season went quick.

 

[norway blue]

Just tuned in. Hi everyone.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[norway blue]

Yeah been watching a lot of gypsy tales interviews.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Just tuned in. Hi everyone.


On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Carlton had a good win last night! Sorry K lol

It hasn’t even started yet I just went over. I’m watching Davis Cup.