2022 Moto2 World Championship

The 2022 FIM Moto2 World Championship is a part of the 74th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders

All teams use series-specified Dunlop tyres and Triumph 765cc 3-cylinder engines.

Team changes

* Petronas SRT withdrew from the category at the end of the 2021 season following the loss of their title sponsor. The team continued under the same management and different sponsor in the MotoGP class.
* RW Racing GP returned to the series-dominant Kalex chassis, after four seasons operating the factory programme for Japanese chassis builder NTS.

Rider changes

* Fabio Di Giannantonio moved up to MotoGP, as his second season in his contract clarified.
* Both Remy Gardner and Raul Fernandez moved up to MotoGP with Tech3.
* Thomas Lüthi retired at the end of the 2021 season.
* Tony Arbolino moved from Intact GP to Elf Marc VDS. Jeremy Alcoba joined the team moving up from Moto3, replacing Arbolino.
* Reigning Moto3 Riders' Champion Pedro Acosta moved up from Moto3 while remaining with Red Bull KTM Ajo. Augusto Fernández switched teams from Elf Marc VDS to join Acosta at Red Bull KTM Ajo.
* After two seasons, Arón Canet switched from Aspar Team to Pons Racing.
* Jorge Navarro moved from Speed Up to Pons Racing. Stefano Manzi and Hector Garzo left the team.
* Gabriel Rodrigo moved up to Moto2 riding with the Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team.
* Filip Salač and Alessandro Zaccone joined Gresini Racing. Nicolò Bulega, who raced for the team in 2021, moved to the Supersport World Championship.
* Sean Dylan Kelly moved from the MotoAmerica Supersport Championship to Moto2 with American Racing.
* Marcos Ramírez left American Racing to join MV Agusta Forward Racing, replacing Lorenzo Baldassarri, who moved to the Supersport World Championship.
* Romano Fenati was promoted for a second time to the Moto2 class with Speed Up Racing.
* Zonta van den Goorbergh made his debut with RW Racing GP. He previously raced in the CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship. He replaced Hafizh Syahrin, who subsequently moved to the Superbike World Championship.
* Xavi Vierge, who raced for the now defunct Petronas Sprinta Racing in 2021, moved to the Superbike World Championship.
* Niccolò Antonelli moved up to Moto2 with the VR46 Racing Team.
* Jake Dixon, who raced for the now defunct Petronas Sprinta Racing in 2021, returned to the Aspar Team, the team he raced with in the 2019 season.
* Keminth Kubo and Manuel González both made their full-time debuts with the newly-formed Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team. Kubo appeared as a wildcard in the 2021 season and primarily raced at the CEV Moto2 European Championship, whilst González served as a replacement rider and primarily raced at the Supersport World Championship.

Mid-season changes

* Barry Baltus missed the Argentine round after sustaining a broken right wrist during qualifying of the previous Indonesian round. He was not replaced.
*Keminth Kubo missed the Americas race after having issues with his visa. He was not replaced.
*Kubo also competed during FP1 of the Spanish round, but withdrew following the diagnosis of costochondritis after FP1. He was replaced by Stefano Manzi for the race. Manzi also replaced Kubo for the succeeding French round.
* Romano Fenati parted ways with Speed Up Racing after Jerez and was replaced by Alonso López starting with the French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2022:

Grand Prix locations

Calendar changes

* Cancelled Grands Prix in 2021 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the Argentine, Finnish, Japanese, Thailand, Australian, and Malaysian Grands Prix, are scheduled to return in 2022. Consequently, the Grands Prix held in 2021 that replaced the aforementioned cancelled races, namely the Doha, Styrian, Emilia Romagna, and Algarve Grands Prix, are not scheduled to return in 2022.
* The previously mentioned Finnish Grand Prix will return to the calendar after a 39-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 Grand Prix was included on both the 2020 and 2021 calendars, but both races were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* The Indonesian Grand Prix returned to the calendar after a 24-year absence. The venue hosting the round was the new Mandalika International Street Circuit, instead of the Sentul International Circuit used in 1996 and 1997. The Grand Prix had been included in the 2021 calendar as a Reserve Grand Prix, but was ultimately dropped before the end of the season.
* The Brazilian Grand Prix, which had previously been announced to return in 2022, was not included in the provisional calendar released on 7 October 2021.

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

Each constructor received 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.

Notes

References

External links

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