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2017 MotoGP season

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26 Mar 2017 – 12 Nov 2017


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The 2017 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez will start the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining.

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2017 MotoGP season KTM Unveils the RC16 Protoype Their contender for the 2017 MotoGP

Team changes

  • KTM will join the series with a factory-supported team for the first time.

    • Rider changes

    2017 MotoGP season KTM officially launches 2017 MotoGP bike GPUpdatenet

  • Jorge Lorenzo will join Ducati, after leaving Movistar Yamaha MotoGP. Lorenzo's move to Ducati ends his nine-year relationship with Yamaha.
  • Maverick Viñales will join Yamaha, after leaving Team Suzuki Ecstar.
  • Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró will leave Tech 3 Yamaha to join the newly formed KTM factory team for the 2017 season.
  • Álex Rins will move up to the premier class, making his MotoGP début with Team Suzuki Ecstar. He will be partnered by Andrea Iannone, who left Ducati.
  • Sam Lowes will move up to the premier class, making his MotoGP début with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini. He will be partnered by Aleix Espargaró, who left Suzuki to join the team.
  • Jonas Folger and Johann Zarco, the 2015 and 2016 Moto2 World Champion, will move up to the premier class, with both riders making their MotoGP début with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
  • Stefan Bradl and Eugene Laverty will leave MotoGP for the Superbike World Championship.
  • Álvaro Bautista will leave Aprilia Racing Team Gresini to return to Aspar Team. Bautista previously competed with Aspar Team between the 2006 125cc and the 2009 250cc seasons.
  • Karel Abraham will return to MotoGP with Aspar Team after previously competing in the Superbike World Championship in the 2016 season.
  • Yonny Hernández will return to Moto2, after being left without a motorcycle at MotoGP.

    • Calendar

    The following Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2017.

    Calendar changes

    2017 MotoGP season HRC39s Suppo remains quiet on 2017 MotoGP rider plans Bikesport News

  • The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track has not commenced. The two circuits reached a deal that will see Silverstone continue to host the British Grand Prix in 2017, with an option to host the 2018 race.

    • Technical regulations

    2017 MotoGP season Gallery Yamaha fires the first shot of the 2017 MotoGP Season by

  • Winglets, additional aerodynamic aids first introduced in 1999, will be banned from 2017 following repeated concerns about their safety.

    • Sporting regulations

    2017 MotoGP season Gallery Yamaha fires the first shot of the 2017 MotoGP Season by

  • A rider may be assisted by no more than four mechanics while changing bikes during a pit stop, all of whom must wear approved helmets. A mechanic may hold in the bike's clutch lever, but only the rider can select a gear.

    • 2017 MotoGP season MotoGP 2017 Full list of teams and riders after lots of reshuffling

    References

    2017 MotoGP season Wikipedia
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