2014 Moto2 season

The 2014 Moto2 season was a part of the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Pol Espargaró was the reigning series champion, but did not contest the season as he joined the series' premier class, MotoGP.^[1]

Scoring a record tally of points for the intermediate class, with 346,^[2] Marc VDS Racing Team rider Esteve Rabat wound up as the series champion, finishing 57 points clear of his team-mate Mika Kallio. Rabat also set records for pole positions with 11,^[3] and tied the record for podiums with 14 – including 7 wins – matching Marc Márquez in the 2012 campaign. Kallio, a three-time winner, sealed the runner-up position in the championship after a collision with his closest challenger for the position, Maverick Viñales, in the final round of the season in Valencia.^[4] Both riders retired from the race as a result of the incident, giving Kallio the position by 15 points. Viñales' performances – his best results being four victories – were easily good enough for him to finish as the highest placed rookie in the championship standings, finishing almost 200 points clear of the next best rookie, his Paginas Amarillas HP 40 team-mate Luis Salom, who finished eighth in the championship.

Fourth place in the championship was taken by Interwetten Sitag rider Thomas Lüthi, who won late season races in Japan and Valencia; the latter coming after Rabat was slow coming off the final corner of the race.^[4] He finished just ahead of compatriot Dominique Aegerter, who for the Technomag carXpert team, achieved his first Grand Prix victory during the 2014 season. Having scored his first pole position in qualifying, Aegerter took his maiden victory in his 129th start, fending off Kallio's advances in the closing stages.^[5] The only other race victor was Anthony West for the QMMF Racing Team, winning a wet race at Assen; it was his second race win at the track, having triumphed in similar conditions in 2003. Riding a Speed Up, it was the only time a Suter or Kalex did not win a race throughout the season. Kalex dominated the constructors' championship, amassing 430 points out of a maximum total of 450.

Grands Prix

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013.^[6] The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013^[7] and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in an 18-race calendar.^[8]

The 2014 calendar originally saw the addition of two South American races, the series' first visit to the continent since 2004. A race in Argentina at the newly upgraded Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo is scheduled for 27 April and a race in Brazil at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasilia was scheduled for 28 September, but the latter was subsequently removed from the calendar.^[8] The round at Motorland Aragón was also moved back a week, filling the date originally scheduled for Brazil.^[8]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	23 March	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar[9]	Losail International Circuit, Doha
2	13 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[10]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	27 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina[11]	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero
4	4 May	Gran Premio bwin de España[12]	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	18 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[13]	Le Mans Bugatti
6	1 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[14]	Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7	15 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya[15]	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	28 June	Iveco Daily TT Assen[16]	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	13 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[17]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	10 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[18]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
11	17 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky[6]	Masaryk Circuit, Brno
12	31 August	Hertz British Grand Prix[19]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	14 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[20]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	28 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón[21]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15	12 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan[22]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	19 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix[23]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	26 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[6][24]	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	9 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[25]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 20 November 2013.^[26] An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014.^[27] The final entry list was released on 28 February 2014.^[28]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing AirAsia Caterham Caterham Moto Racing Caterham Suter[27] Suter MMX2 2 Josh Herrin[29] 1–2, 5–12 5 Johann Zarco[30] All 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[31] 4, 13–18 NGM Forward Racing Kalex[32] Kalex Moto2 3 Simone Corsi[32] 5–12 20 Florian Marino[33] 13–18 54 Mattia Pasini[32] 5–18 Forward KLX[34] Forward KLX[34] 3 Simone Corsi[35] 1–4 54 Mattia Pasini[35] 1–4 IodaRacing Project Octo IodaRacing Team Suter Suter MMX2 4 Randy Krummenacher[36] All Gresini Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri[37] All 19 Xavier Siméon[38] All AGT Rea Racing Suter[39] Suter MMX2 8 Gino Rea[26] All Brough Superior Racing Taylor Made TaylorMade Carbon 2 9 Jeremy McWilliams[40] 12 Teluru Team JiR Webike TSR TSR TSR6 9 Kenny Noyes[41] 14 45 Tetsuta Nagashima[42] 1–12 64 Federico Caricasulo[43] 13 NTS[44] NTS NH6 45 Tetsuta Nagashima[45] 18 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama[44] 15–17 APH PTT The Pizza SAG SAG Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 10 Thitipong Warokorn[26] All 96 Louis Rossi[46] All Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Sandro Cortese[47] All Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Interwetten Sitag Suter Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[48] All Tasca Racing Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 15 Alex de Angelis[49] 1–10 42 Max Croker[50] 16 44 Roberto Rolfo[51] 17–18 84 Riccardo Russo[52] 11–15 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[53] 1–11, 13–18 80 Dakota Mamola[54] 12 81 Jordi Torres[53] All Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 21 Franco Morbidelli[55] All 60 Julián Simón[56] All Speed Up Speed Up Speed Up SF14 22 Sam Lowes[57] All Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Marcel Schrötter[58] All 88 Ricard Cardús[59] All 92 Álex Mariñelarena[60] [N 1] Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex[61] Kalex Moto2 25 Azlan Shah[62] All 30 Takaaki Nakagami[63] All Ciatti Suter Suter MMX2 32 Federico Fuligni[43] 13 QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF14 33 Nina Prinz[64] 9 95 Anthony West[26] All 97 Román Ramos[27] All 98 Mashel Al Naimi[65] 1 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio[66] All 41 Aiden Wagner[50] 16 53 Esteve Rabat[67] All Pons HP 40 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex[27] Kalex Moto2 39 Luis Salom[68] All 40 Maverick Viñales[68] All 57 Edgar Pons[69] 4 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart[51] 17 65 Chalermpol Polamai[44] 15 AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 49 Axel Pons[70] All 94 Jonas Folger[71] All Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Hafizh Syahrin[72] All Montáže Brož Racing Team Suter Suter MMX2 59 Miroslav Popov[52] 11, 13 Technomag carXpert Suter Suter MMX2 70 Robin Mulhauser[73] All 77 Dominique Aegerter[73] All Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 72 Yuki Takahashi[44] 15 Promoto Sport TransFIORmers TBA 90 Lucas Mahias[32] 5, 11, 18 Argentina TSR Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 99 Sebastián Porto[74] 3

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Maverick Viñales	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Esteve Rabat	Maverick Viñales	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Report
3	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Luis Salom	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Mika Kallio	Jonas Folger	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Jonas Folger	Maverick Viñales	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
8	Dutch TT	Esteve Rabat	Dominique Aegerter	Anthony West	Speed Up	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Dominique Aegerter	Mika Kallio	Dominique Aegerter	Suter	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Mika Kallio	Mika Kallio	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Johann Zarco	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	Mika Kallio	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Maverick Viñales	Thomas Lüthi	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Maverick Viñales	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Maverick Viñales	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Mika Kallio	Maverick Viñales	Kalex	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Esteve Rabat	Thomas Lüthi	Thomas Lüthi	Suter	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Esteve Rabat Kalex 1 2 1 4 3 1 1 8 4 4 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 346 2 Mika Kallio Kalex 2 4 7 1 1 6 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 7 5 4 2 Ret 289 3 Maverick Viñales Kalex 4 1 Ret 5 4 9 2 2 5 2 6 3 4 1 2 1 1 Ret 274 4 Thomas Lüthi Suter 3 6 19 10 8 Ret 5 6 9 Ret 4 5 5 4 1 2 8 1 194 5 Dominique Aegerter Suter Ret 3 4 2 7 5 14 21 1 3 5 21 6 6 18 8 5 6 172 6 Johann Zarco Caterham Suter 23 Ret 18 8 Ret 7 3 4 Ret 10 9 4 3 3 4 Ret 4 3 146 7 Simone Corsi Forward KLX 5 5 5 Ret 100 Kalex 2 4 Ret 13 3 5 12 Ret 8 Luis Salom Kalex 14 Ret 3 6 5 2 Ret 15 14 26 Ret 19 15 13 15 17 11 4 85 9 Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 14 9 9 12 13 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 18 12 12 Ret 6 7 Ret 85 10 Marcel Schrötter Tech 3 Ret 9 11 Ret 11 12 9 12 12 14 10 14 11 10 29 7 10 8 80 11 Franco Morbidelli Kalex 25 17 13 20 10 10 21 24 6 Ret 8 6 7 5 7 13 Ret 21 75 12 Anthony West Speed Up 9 7 12 11 14 18 10 1 17 9 22 22 17 Ret Ret 22 18 9 72 13 Sam Lowes Speed Up 6 16 8 Ret 9 8 Ret Ret 20 24 Ret 7 18 9 Ret 5 Ret 7 69 14 Xavier Siméon Suter 24 Ret 2 7 Ret 14 Ret 25 10 Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 10 9 19 5 63 15 Jonas Folger Kalex 11 Ret 16 3 6 3 Ret 23 Ret 18 15 Ret 19 23 12 15 9 13 63 16 Jordi Torres Suter 8 26 10 12 17 11 Ret 26 Ret 12 18 11 21 8 11 10 15 11 57 17 Julián Simón Kalex 16 23 17 14 Ret 22 12 7 16 Ret 7 12 8 16 6 20 6 Ret 56 18 Ricard Cardús Tech 3 12 10 Ret 13 26 19 7 16 11 15 20 16 Ret 14 9 16 12 12 45 19 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 15 15 20 21 15 25 Ret 10 18 7 13 8 20 11 8 Ret Ret 16 42 20 Alex de Angelis Suter Ret 8 6 17 Ret 17 Ret 5 Ret 8 37 21 Mattia Pasini Forward KLX 17 12 Ret 18 35 Kalex Ret Ret 6 17 8 DNS 17 9 13 21 Ret Ret 13 Ret 22 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex DSQ 11 15 Ret 16 16 13 14 21 11 19 15 10 15 13 11 Ret 14 34 23 Axel Pons Kalex Ret 19 26 16 Ret 15 8 Ret 15 16 11 10 9 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 28 24 Randy Krummenacher Suter 13 13 27 15 13 26 25 Ret 7 DNS 24 13 14 27 21 19 26 22 24 25 Lorenzo Baldassarri Suter Ret Ret 28 Ret 20 23 11 9 Ret 17 Ret Ret 25 25 17 14 17 10 20 26 Louis Rossi Kalex 10 Ret 25 Ret Ret 20 15 28 13 13 16 17 26 20 16 12 Ret 15 18 27 Gino Rea Suter Ret 25 30 26 19 21 22 11 25 25 26 20 22 17 14 21 Ret 24 7 28 Nicolás Terol Suter Ret Ret 14 DNS 21 24 20 22 19 21 25 Ret 29 22 18 24 18 2 29 Roberto Rolfo Suter 14 20 2 Florian Marino Kalex 24 28 20 25 16 23 0 Josh Herrin Caterham Suter Ret Ret 22 Ret 16 18 Ret 28 21 24 0 Robin Mulhauser Suter 22 24 29 27 25 30 18 27 24 22 30 27 29 26 28 DNS DNS 17 0 Román Ramos Speed Up 19 21 22 23 23 29 17 19 23 19 27 26 27 18 27 23 22 25 0 Azlan Shah Kalex 18 18 21 24 24 27 19 Ret 28 20 28 25 32 19 24 DNS 20 27 0 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 18 31 Ret 0 Ratthapark Wilairot Caterham Suter 19 23 22 19 Ret Ret 19 0 Tetsuta Nagashima TSR 21 20 31 22 Ret 28 23 20 22 23 Ret DNS 0 NTS 26 Thitipong Warokorn Kalex 20 22 24 28 Ret 31 24 29 26 27 29 28 30 30 25 Ret 21 28 0 Tomoyoshi Koyama NTS 23 24 23 0 Riccardo Russo Suter 23 23 Ret 24 Ret 0 Sebastián Porto Kalex 23 0 Decha Kraisart Tech 3 25 0 Edgar Pons Kalex 25 0 Aiden Wagner Kalex 26 0 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 26 0 Max Croker Suter 27 0 Nina Prinz Speed Up 27 0 Federico Caricasulo TSR 28 0 Jeremy McWilliams Taylor Made 29 0 Chalermpol Polamai Tech 3 30 0 Dakota Mamola Suter 30 0 Federico Fuligni Suter 31 0 Miroslav Popov Suter Ret Ret 0 Kenny Noyes TSR Ret 0 Mashel Al Naimi Speed Up Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ARG ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	430
2	Suter	3	3	2	2	7	5	5	5	1	3	4	5	5	4	1	2	5	1	284
3	Caterham Suter	23	Ret	18	8	22	7	3	4	Ret	10	9	4	3	3	4	Ret	4	3	146
4	Speed Up	6	7	8	11	9	8	10	1	17	9	22	7	17	9	27	5	18	7	121
5	Tech 3	12	9	11	13	11	12	7	12	11	14	10	14	11	10	9	7	10	8	97
6	Forward KLX	5	5	5	18															33
	TransFIORmers					18						31							Ret	0
	TSR	21	20	31	22	Ret	28	23	20	22	23	Ret	DNS	28	Ret					0
	NTS															23	24	23	26	0
	Moriwaki															26				0
	Taylor Made												29							0
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Notes

References

External links

• The official website of Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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