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The 2014 FIM
MotoGP
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World Championship was the premier class of the 66th
F.I.M. Road Racing
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World Championship season.
Marc Márquez
Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer, who has raced for Honda Racing Corporation, Honda's Repsol Honda, factory team since his MotoGP ...
started the season as the defending riders' champion in the MotoGP category, with
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...
the defending manufacturers' champions.
Season summary
Winning a premier class record 13 races during the season, Márquez won a second successive title, finishing 67 points clear of his nearest rival
Valentino Rossi
Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...
. Márquez won each of the first 10 races to be held in 2014, before
Repsol Honda
Repsol Honda is the official factory team of the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing (World Championship road racing), backed by principal sponsor Repsol.
History 1990s
In the team entered a three rider ...
teammate
Dani Pedrosa
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a ...
was able to inflict his first defeat, at
Brno
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. Rossi had taken eight podiums in the season, before he was able to win a race, when he won at
Misano. He also won at
Phillip Island
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, as he finished as the championship runner-up in a Grand Prix class for the first time since , when he finished second to
Nicky Hayden
Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his roa ...
. Despite bookending his season with retirements, Rossi's
Movistar Yamaha MotoGP teammate
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three MotoGP World Championships (, and ) and two 250cc World Championships ( and ).
After winning the 2006 a ...
finished third in the championship. Finishing 32 points behind Rossi, Lorenzo took back-to-back victories in
Aragon
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, and
Japan
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, as part of a nine-race podium streak that was ended by his retirement in Valencia. The only other race winner was Pedrosa, with his Brno triumph being his sole victory in the 2014 campaign.
The Espargaró brothers were each able to take one of the sub-classifications available to them. Pol Espargaró finished as the best place rookie in the final championship standings, finishing sixth overall; the next best rookie was
Scott Redding
Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer. For 2022 he is contracted to ride in Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team after the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Ducati factory WSBK team ridi ...
in twelfth place.
Aleix Espargaró
Aleix Espargaró Villà (born 30 July 1989) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was thSpanish 2004 FIM CEV 125cc International Champion and currently competes in the MotoGP class for Aprilia Racing team.
Career
Espargaró was bo ...
was the best placed rider that was competing with an Open-specification motorcycle. He finished seventh overall in the championship, taking a pole position at
Assen
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and a second-place finish in Aragon. Just like the rookie of the year standings, Redding was the next best rider. Márquez was a comfortable winner of the BMW M Award for the best qualifying rider, with 13 pole positions during the season. Repsol Honda were the winners of the teams' championship, as the results for Márquez and Pedrosa allowed them to finish 50 points clear of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, while Honda won the constructors' championship for the 21st time – and their 63rd title in total – 55 points clear of
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.
Calendar
The
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
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released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013.
The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013 and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in a calendar of 18 races.
The following Grands Prix took place in 2014:
: ‡ = Night race
: †† = Saturday race
Calendar changes
* The
Argentine Grand Prix
The Argentine Grand Prix (Spanish: ''Gran Premio de Argentina'') was a round of the Formula One championship, held intermittently from to , all at the same autodrome in the Argentine national capital of Buenos Aires.
Origins and history
The Bu ...
was added to the calendar, the series' first visit to
South America
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since 2004. The venue hosting the round was the new
Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo
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, instead of the
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez which hosted the round until
1999
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.
* The
United States Grand Prix
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, present since
2005
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, was taken off the calendar because the race could not initially be run with all 3 classes in the United States due to Californian environmental laws, and that in turn caused the race at the
Laguna Seca Raceway
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to become unsustainable.
*A race in Brazil at the
Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
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in Brasilia was scheduled for 28 September, but was subsequently removed from the calendar.
The round at
MotorLand Aragón
MotorLand Aragón (alternative Spanish name: Circuito de Alcañiz) is a race track used for motorsports located in Alcañiz, Spain.
The circuit was designed by German architect Hermann Tilke in conjunction with the British architectural busin ...
was moved back by a week, following the cancellation of the Brazilian round.
Teams and riders
Starting in 2014, the rules governing the eligibility of entries changed. MSMA prototypes were reclassified as the new "Factory" class, whilst the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category was restructured as the "Open" class. All bikes used the approved MotoGP Electronic Control Unit, with bikes in the "Open" class using both the MotoGP ECU and identical software, and those competing as "Factory" entries permitted to use their own custom software.
The Factory option bike had their allocation of engines reduced from twelve to five, and those five had their design frozen.
The amount of fuel allowed was reduced from twenty-four litres to twenty litres.
A subsequent modification, only officialized in March, stated that a manufacturer who had not achieved a win in dry conditions in the previous year, or a new manufacturer entering the championship, could enter under the Factory option with all the concessions available to the Open class; these benefits were reduced in case of a determined number of podiums or wins.
Ducati Team and
Pramac Racing
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were due to enter their bikes in the Open class but revised regulations meant that they were finally entered under the Factory option with Open concessions.
A provisional entry list was released by the
Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme
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on 20 November 2013.
An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014.
Teams had time until 28 February to decide if a rider would be assigned to the "Factory" or "Open" class.
The final entry list was released on the same day.
All the bikes used
Bridgestone
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tyres.
Team changes
*
Aspar Team
Aspar Team (formerly Ángel Nieto Team) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
History
The team was created by former world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was s ...
and
Cardion AB Motoracing switched to
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, reaching a product ...
in 2014, entering the RCV1000R, Honda's Open class machine.
*
Forward Racing
Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the Moto2 World Championship.
History
The team started competing in the MotoGP class as the Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of the Kawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP ...
intended to use Yamaha-leased YZR-M1 engines with
FTR frames, however the team started the season with a complete Yamaha YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm package with other parts supplied by FTR, while developing new Forward-designed frames to be introduced mid-season. At the Mugello round Colin Edwards debuted the new frame built by
Harris Performance. Following Edwards' retirement from racing, the new frame was passed to de Angelis, while Espargaró remained with the Yamaha-derived chassis.
*
Gresini Racing
Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Gresini Racing MotoGP as a Ducati satellite team, in the Moto2 World Championship as Team Gresini Moto2, and the MotoE World Cup as Felo Gresin ...
competed with a full Honda package in the Open class, having contested the 2013 season with an FTR chassis and Honda engine.
*
IodaRacing Project
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intended to enter a second bike ridden by
Leon Camier
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, but he was not included on the final entry list due to an apparent lack of funding.
Rider changes
*
Nicky Hayden
Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his roa ...
moved from
Ducati Corse
Ducati Corse is the racing team division of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. that deals with the firm's involvement in motorcycle racing. It is directed by Claudio Domenicali and is based in Borgo Panigale, Bologna.
More than one hundred people work ...
to
Aspar Team
Aspar Team (formerly Ángel Nieto Team) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
History
The team was created by former world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was s ...
.
Cal Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow (born 29 October 1985) is an English professional motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the 2020 season. He is contracted as a test rider for Yamaha Motor Racing, which he is expected to continue in 2022 and 2 ...
left
Yamaha Tech 3 to take Hayden's place.
* 2013 Moto2 Riders' Champion
Pol Espargaró
Pol Espargaró Villà (born 10 June 1991) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who for 2023 will ride in the MotoGP class for the newly named GasGas Factory Racing team, a development of Tech3. He previously spent two years with Repsol Hond ...
joined the premier category, racing for Yamaha Tech 3.
*
Aleix Espargaró
Aleix Espargaró Villà (born 30 July 1989) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was thSpanish 2004 FIM CEV 125cc International Champion and currently competes in the MotoGP class for Aprilia Racing team.
Career
Espargaró was bo ...
moved from Aspar Racing to
Forward Racing
Forward Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the Moto2 World Championship.
History
The team started competing in the MotoGP class as the Hayate Racing Team, a scaled down version of the Kawasaki factory team that withdrew from MotoGP ...
.
*
Hiroshi Aoyama
is a Japanese retired Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, and current team principal of Honda Team Asia. Aoyama is best known for winning the 2009 250cc World Championship title. He is the older brother of former 250cc and World Superbike rider, ...
moved to Aspar Racing after competing for Avintia Blusens in 2013.
*
Bryan Staring
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left
Gresini Racing
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, with his place taken by 2013 Moto2 runner-up
Scott Redding
Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer. For 2022 he is contracted to ride in Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team after the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Ducati factory WSBK team ridi ...
.
*
Yonny Hernández Yonny Hernández may refer to:
* Yonny Hernández (baseball), (born 1998), Venezuelan professional baseball infielder
* Yonny Hernández (motorcyclist)
Yonny Hernández Vega (born 25 July 1988) is a Colombian motorcycle racer. He is the older br ...
remained with
Pramac Racing
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after
Ben Spies
Ben Spies (; born July 11, 1984), is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. He was sometimes nicknamed "Elbows" due to his riding style, in which his elbows protruded outward. Spies won the AMA Superbike Championship for Yoshimur ...
retired from racing at the end of the 2013 season.
*
Mike Di Meglio
Mike Di Meglio (born 17 January 1988) is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and three-time world champion claiming the 2008 125cc title, joined the premier category, racing for Avintia Racing.
*
Broc Parkes
Broc Parkes (born 24 December 1981) is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for his success in the Supersport World Championship. He currently races in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Yamaha YZF-R1.
During 2015 he raced in ...
made his MotoGP debut with
Paul Bird Motorsport
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Motorcycle racing
The tea ...
.
*
Leon Camier
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contested the
Indianapolis
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,
Czech Republic
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and
British
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races for
Aspar Team
Aspar Team (formerly Ángel Nieto Team) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing team from Spain, competing in the Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE World Championships.
History
The team was created by former world champion Jorge Martínez in 1992, when he was s ...
as an injury replacement for
Nicky Hayden
Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his roa ...
.
*
Alex de Angelis
Alex de Angelis (born 26 February 1984) is a Sammarinese retired motorcycle road racer.
Career
125cc World Championship
Born in Rimini, de Angelis made his debut at world championship level in 1999 in the 125 cc class; his first full season was ...
replaced
Colin Edwards
Colin Edwards II (born February 27, 1974), nicknamed the "Texas Tornado", is an American former professional motorcycle racer who retired half-way through the 2014 season, but continues in the sport as a factory test rider. He is a two-time Wo ...
from Brno onwards.
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Riders' standings
;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Constructors' standings
;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
* Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Teams' standings
The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.
References
External links
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons