The 2023 FIM

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World Championship is part of the 75th F.I.M.

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World Championship season.

Teams and riders

All teams use series-specified Dunlop tyres and

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765cc 3-cylinder engines.

Team changes

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 ...

and

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ended their partnership which started in . Forward Racing entered the 2023 season using motorcycles under their own brand.

Rider changes

Dennis Foggia Dennis Foggia (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider who is scheduled to compete in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Italtrans Racing Team. He previously competed in Moto3, becoming the 2021 runner-up. Career Early ...

made his Moto2 debut with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing

Lorenzo Dalla Porta Lorenzo Dalla Porta (born 22 June 1997) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Moto2. He was the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Champion in 2016 and the CIV 125 GP champion in 2012 . And in 2019 he won the Moto3 World Champions ...

. *

Cameron Beaubier Cameron Charles Beaubier (born December 6, 1992) is an American motorcycle racer. He won the MotoAmerica championship 5 times. In 2022 he rode a Kalex in the Moto2 World Championship. Career Early career After competing in the 2007 Red Bull Mot ...

returned to the

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after two years in Moto2.

Rory Skinner Rory Skinner (born 27 September 2001) is a championship winning British motorcycle racer from Perth, Scotland, who also works as a motorcycle mechanic.

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

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in 2022. *

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made his Moto2 debut with Flexbox HP40, replacing

Jorge Navarro Jorge Navarro Sanchez (born 3 February 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He raced in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes during his Grand Prix motorcycle racing career. His best finishes were third in the 2016 Moto3 World Championship and fourth in th ...

. Navarro then left Moto2 for the

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. * Álex Escrig made his Moto2 debut with MV Agusta Forward Team, replacing

Simone Corsi Simone Corsi (born 24 April 1987) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Born in Rome, Corsi has been racing in motorcycle world championships for nearly 20 years, amassing over 300 races, 4th all-time, behind only Valentino Rossi, ...

who became the rider coach for the team. Escrig raced in both the

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and Moto2 European Championship in 2022. * Lorenzo Dalla Porta moved to Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team from Italtrans Racing Team, replacing the now-retired

Gabriel Rodrigo Gabriel Rodrigo Castillo (born 12 October 1996) is a Spanish-born Argentine former motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include moto ...

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Albert Arenas Albert Arenas Ovejero (born 11 December 1996) is a Spanish motorcycle racer set to compete in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship, riding for Red Bull KTM Ajo. He won the 2020 Moto3 World Championship. Career Moto3 World Championship Arenas debut ...

moved to

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from GasGas Aspar Team, replacing

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who moved up to MotoGP. Moto3 World Riders' Champion

Izan Guevara Izan Guevara Bonnin (born 28 June 2004) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing in the Moto3 class with the GasGas Aspar Team. He won the Moto3 World Riders' Championship in . He will compete for Aspar Team in the 2023 Moto2 Wor ...

then moved up from Moto3 while remaining with GasGas Aspar Team, replacing Arenas. *

Kohta Nozane is a Japanese motorcycle racer. He was the All Japan J-GP2 champion in 2013 and the All Japan JSB1000 champion in 2020. Career Moto2 World Championship Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 (2023) Nozane competed in the Moto2 World Championship in 2023 ...

made his full-time debut with Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team, replacing

Keminth Kubo Keminth Kubo ( th, เขมินท์ คูโบะ, born 21 May 1999) is a Thai motorcycle racer. He previously competed in the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship from 2019 to 2021 with the same team. Career statistics FIM Moto2 European ...

. Nozane has raced before as a replacement rider in the Moto2 and MotoGP classes. Nozane raced in the

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in 2022. *

Darryn Binder Darryn Binder (born 21 January 1998) is a South African professional motorcycle racer set to compete in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP. Career Binder was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His older brothe ...

and

Lukas Tulovic Lukas Tulovic (born 15 June 2000) is a German Grand Prix motorcycle racer. In 2021 he competed in the Enel MotoE World Cup, aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Career From 2015 to 2022 he competed in the FIM Moto2 European Championship. He made ...

race for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP, replacing

Jeremy Alcoba Jeremy Alcoba Ferrer (born 15 November 2001) is a Spanish motorcycle racer Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and ...

and

Marcel Schrötter Marcel Schrötter (born 2 January 1993) is a German motorcycle racer. Born in Vilgertshofen, Schrötter started out in the German 125cc National Championship in 2007 and finished fifth in his debut campaign, before he took back-to-back titles in ...

. Alcoba moved to Gresini Racing Moto2, replacing

Alessandro Zaccone Alessandro Zaccone (born 16 January 1999) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, contracted to compete for Gresini Racing in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship. Career Early career Zaccone began competing as a child; in 2008, he was regional ...

, while Schrötter left Moto2 for the Supersport World Championship. Binder made his Moto2 debut, having raced in

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in 2022. Tulovic, who is the 2022 Moto2 European Champion, returned to the Moto2 class, having last raced in . Tulovic also raced as a replacement rider in MotoE in 2022. * Borja Gómez made his full-time debut with Fantic Motor, replacing

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who was previously announced to race with the team in 2023, and was also included in the released provisional entry list. Gómez has served as a replacement rider in 2022.

Mid-season changes

missed the first two rounds of the season due to a triangular fibrocartilage injury in his right wrist sustained during testing at Portimão. He was replaced by

Jordi Torres Jordi Torres Fernández (born August 27, 1987) is a Spanish motorcycle racer. He is a two-time MotoE World Cup winner, having won in and . He is a two-time winner of the Spanish Moto2 championship, and has previously competed in his native Su ...

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Ai Ogura is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Career Early career He finished 11th in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, in 2017 he participated in 9 out of 12 races of the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship while taking part in t ...

missed the Portuguese round after undergoing surgery on his left wrist that was injured during a training accident. He was not replaced. * Álex Escrig competed during FP1 of the Portuguese round, but withdrew after being declared unfit. He was replaced by David Sanchis for the rest of the weekend, and also at the Argentine and Americas rounds. *

missed four Grands Prix due to a lower back injury sustained at the Portuguese round. He was replaced by Soichiro Minamimoto for the Argentine, Americas, and Spanish rounds, but was not replaced for the French round. *

missed the Argentine round due to a previous injury which also caused him to withdraw from the previous Portuguese round. He was not replaced. *

missed the Spanish and French rounds after suffering a double fracture of his right hand during P3 of the Americas round. He was replaced for both races by Senna Agius.

Regulation changes

The minimum age to have a license for Moto2 was raised to 18 years old.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2023:

Grand Prix locations

Calendar changes

* For the first time since 2006,

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will not host the opening round due to "extensive renovation and remodelling to the paddock area and circuit facilities". * The

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will return to the International Paddock of the

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for the first time since

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. * India and Kazakhstan are both scheduled to host their first World Championship motorcycle Grands Prix in 2023 at the

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and the

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, respectively. * The

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was scheduled to make its debut in 2023 but was postponed until at least 2024 due to the unfinished construction of the circuit. * The Aragon Grand Prix was omitted from the schedule for the first time since its introduction in 2010. * The

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was under contract to feature in 2023, but was not included in the provisional calendar due to safety concerns of the

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. * The Kazakhstan Grand Prix at

was cancelled due to ongoing homologation works at the circuit, paired with global operational challenges. The event will not be replaced.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Riders' standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Teams' standings

The teams' standings are based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.