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2023 Moto2 World Championship
The 2023 FIM Moto2 World Championship is part of the 75th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, F.I.M. Road racing, Road Racing World Championship season. Teams and riders All teams use series-specified Dunlop Tyres, Dunlop tyres and Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, Triumph 765cc Straight-three engine, 3-cylinder engines. Team changes * Forward Racing and MV Agusta ended their partnership which started in . Forward Racing entered the 2023 season using motorcycles under their own brand. Rider changes * Dennis Foggia made his Moto2 debut with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Lorenzo Dalla Porta. * Cameron Beaubier returned to the AMA Superbike Championship after two years in Moto2. Rory Skinner replaced Beaubier at American Racing, to make his full-time Moto2 debut, having appeared as a wildcard rider for the team in . Skinner raced in the 2022 British Superbike Championship, British Superbike Championship in 2022. * Sergio García (motorcyclist), Sergio García made his Moto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fédération Internationale De Motocyclisme
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM; en, International Motorcycling Federation) is the global governing/sanctioning body of motorcycle racing. It represents 116 national motorcycle federations that are divided into six regional continental unions. There are seven motorcycle-racing disciplines that FIM covers, encompassing 82 world championships as well as hundreds of secondary championships: enduro, trial, circuit racing, motocross and supermoto, cross-country, e-bike, and track racing. FIM is also involved in many non-racing activities that promote the sport, its safety, and support relevant public policy. The FIM is also the first international sporting federation to publish an Environmental Code, in 1994. In 2007, a Commission for Women in Motorcycling was created by the FIM in order to promote the use of powered two-wheelers and the motorcycle sport among women. History The FIM was born from the ''Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes'' (FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Dylan Kelly
Sean Dylan Kelly (born May 17, 2002) is an American motorcycle racer, competing for the American Racing team in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship. He previously competed in the AMA Supersport Championship with the M4 Ecstar Suzuki team, having won the championship in 2021. Career In 2019, Kelly made his AMA Supersport debut aboard the Suzuki GSX-R600 of M4 Ecstar Suzuki. In his first season of the championship, he recorded two victories, both at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex and five podiums, which allowed him to finish the season in fourth place. Kelly continued on the M4 Ecstar Suzuki in 2020 and that season, he showed his high level. He had won five races (one at Atlanta, The Ridge, New Jersey and two at Laguna Seca), eleven podiums and three poles in 18 races. He finished the season runner-up with 341 points, forty less than champion, Richie Escalante. The 2021 AMA Supersport Championship season was the demonstration of power for Kelly in the category. He achiev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Baltus
Barry Baltus (born 3 May 2004) is a Belgian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Career Moto3 World Championship Baltus contested the season as a full-time rider in the Moto3 World Championship for CarXpert Prüstel GP, despite missing the opening race of the season due to him being under the age limit. Moto2 World Championship In 2021, Baltus moved to the Moto2 class with NTS RW Racing GP. A free practice crash at the opening round in Qatar resulted in a wrist injury which delayed his race debut until the fifth round in France. A difficult season on the uncompetitive NTS machinery resulted in just one points finish for Baltus, ultimately finishing the season with just 2 points and in 32nd position of the rider's championship. Career statistics European Talent Cup Races by year ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year ( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RW Racing GP
RW Racing GP is a motorcycle racing team founded by businessman Roelof Waninge from The Netherlands. The team competes in the Moto2 World Championship. History Roelof Waninge, was owner of a Dutch network of commercial vehicle dealerships and workshops headquartered in Assen, originally invested in motorcycle racing in 1993 as a personal sponsor of Dutch rider Jarno Janssen, who would go on to become RW's team principal after his riding career. In 2011, the long-standing Dutch 125 cc and 250 cc team owned by Arie Molenaar experienced financial trouble, prompting Waninge to purchase the remaining assets of the team and rename it RW Racing GP. 125 cc/Moto3 The team began competing in 2011, taking over the existing 125 cc programme from Molenaar, using Aprilia machinery and retaining upcoming Spanish rider Luis Salom. In 2012 with the replacement of the 125 cc class by the new four-stroke Moto3 regulations, the team switched to Kalex-KTM machines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borja Gómez (motorcyclist)
Borja Gómez Rus (born 10 February 2005) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, currently competing in the Moto2 World Championship for Fantic Motor. Career Gómez began competing at the national level in 2014, finishing third place in the Spanish Minimotard 65 Championship. In 2015, he climbed a step and reached second place. After going through Supermotard he reached the Kawasaki Cup in 2019, achieving a creditable third place. In 2021, he won the Spanish Superbike Championship in the Supersport category. In 2022, he became runner-up in the Spanish Superbike 1,000 Championship with the Cardoso Team driving a Yamaha, after Tito Rabat. Moto2 World Championship Flexbox HP40 (2022) On 23 October 2022, at the age of 17, Gómez made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship with the Flexbox HP40, replacing Jorge Navarro at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. At the 2022 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix in Cheste, he finished in 12th place, earning him his first four points in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celestino Vietti
Celestino Vietti Ramus (born 13 October 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider competing in Moto2 for Mooney VR46 Racing Team. He is also a member of Valentino Rossi's VR46 Academy. Career Junior career In 2018 he competed full-time in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, scoring a second place in Barcelona, and finishing the season 10th overall, with 52 points. Moto3 World Championship 2018–2020 In he graduated to the Moto3 World Championship where he replaced Enea Bastianini in the Estrella Galicia team. He made his Grand Prix racing debut as injury replacement for fellow VR46 Academy member Nicolò Bulega at the Japanese Grand Prix. A week later he scored his first career podium in Moto3 at Phillip Island, and finished off the season with a 10th place in Valencia. Vietti scored 24 points total, six more than Bulega, despite taking part in 14 races less. Following his impressive debut performances, Vietti competed full-time in the 2019 Moto3 World Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantic Motor
Fantic Motor is an Italian manufacturer of motorcycles. History Fantic Motor began in 1968, manufacturing and exporting enduro motorcycles, mini-bikes and go-karts. Today they continue in the same genre, though the names have changed to dual-sport and motard (supermoto), and they have returned to the US market in 2016, aFantic USA Inc Fantic launched in 2015 also new models of electric bikes, the Fat Bike. and has now a complete line of eMTB and commuter electric bikes. Fantic began exporting to the United Kingdom in 1972, as part of a wave of manufacturers who took advantage of "sixteener laws," legislation that forbade sixteen-year-old motorcyclists from riding motorcycles up to 250 cc, as they had been used to. As a result, European and Japananese manufacturers exported their sporty and lightweight below-50cc engines, which had been common in Europe, to England also. Fantic produced a "sensational chopper moped" and a TI ("Tourismo Internazionale)," both of which became ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Lowes
Samuel Deane Lowes (born 14 September 1990) is a British motorcycle racer competing in the Moto2 World Championship aboard a Kalex since 2019, and is part of the ELF Marc VDS Racing Team. Lowes' 2022 season ended early, being unable to race in October at Malaysia and the final round in November at Valencia, Spain, due to the after-effects of a significant shoulder injury at the British GP practice in August 2022. Sam is the identical twin brother of World Superbike rider Alex Lowes. Career He won the Supersport World Championship 2013 riding a Yamaha YZF-R6 for Russian team Yakhnich Motorsport in the championship, as well as the 2010 British Supersport champion riding a Honda CBR600RR. During his championship year in the British championship he scored five wins, including three consecutive wins and three pole positions, winning at Brands Hatch, Knockhill, Cadwell Park, Croft and Silverstone, along with five podium finishes. Afterward he moved to the Supersport World Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Arbolino
Tony Arbolino (born 3 August 2000) is an Italian motorcycle racer. Career Moto3 World Championship Sic58 Squadra Corse (2017) He was signed up to race in the Moto3 World Championship for the SIC58 Squadra Corse team for 2017. He scored two points in the whole season, ending up 34th in the standings. Snipers Team (2018–2020) A year later he raced for the Marinelli Snipers Team, scoring his first pole position at the second race of the season, at the Termas de Rio Hondo. He scored points in many occasions, including another pole position at Valencia. He finished 18th in the standings. He continued another year with VNE Snipers Team, scoring his first podium in Argentina. He then made his first career win in Mugello, and also his second later in Assen. He finished on the podium on many other times, ending fourth in the standings. In 2020, Arbolino secured the second place in the 2020 Moto3 World Championship with several podiums to his name and a victory in the penultimate rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc VDS Racing Team
Marc VDS Racing Team is a motorcycle racing team founded by Belgian owner Marc-Oswald van der Straten-Ponthoz, descendant of the founder of the Stella Artois brewery. The team competes in motorcycle racing in the Moto2 World Championship under the name ELF Marc VDS Racing Team. The team has previously competed in the MotoGP and MotoE classes. It also previously competed in many auto racing championships, particularly in grand touring classes - namely the FIA GT1 World Championship, the Blancpain Endurance Series, and the European Le Mans Series - as well as the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. They have also previously contested in rallying at various rally raid events, such as the Dakar Rally. History Mixed motorsport era Based in Gosselies, Belgium, Marc VDS began competing in the Belcar series as part of the racing program for the Gillet Vertigo, a Belgian sports car, under the Belgian Racing title. By 2005 the Gillet program expanded to include the international FIA GT Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel González (motorcyclist)
Manuel González Simón (born 4 August 2002) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in the Moto2 World Championship for the Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team. Career statistics Supersport 300 World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season By class Races by year (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) References 2002 births Living people Spanish motorcycle racers Supersport 300 World Championship riders Moto2 World Championship riders {{Spain-motorcycle-racing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
