Moto2 News

"We have seen faster lap times than last year at dry tracks in both qualifying and in the races. We also have very closely fought races..."

Repsol has officially confirmed that Marc Marquez will not ride this weekend and that Stefan Bradl is therefore the 2011 world champion.

Stefan Brad will be the 2011 Moto2 champion, following confirmation that his only title rival, Marc Marquez, will not compete in Valencia this weekend.

Moto2 star Marc Marquez, who underwent some checks at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus upon his return from Malaysia, will need to rest for the next few days.

Moto2 title contender Marc Marquez has been ruled unfit to ride in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

"The initial crash was bad enough but then I hit Marquez's bike quite hard and I think this is how I broke my left collarbone and also took a big hit on my chest" - Bradley Smith.

The FIM has announced that the following teams have been accepted for a place in the 2012 Moto2 World Championship.

Alex de Angelis takes pole position for the Australian Moto2 Grand Prix at Phillip Island.

Moto2 World Championship leader Marc Marquez will have to start Sunday's Australian Grand Prix from the back of the grid for causing a big accident in Friday morning practice.

Mapfre Aspar Moto2 star Julian Simon will miss this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix after a follow-up operation on the right leg he broke at Catalunya.

Spanish racer Elena Rosell joins Aspar Suter to become the first woman to ride in a grand prix world championship event since 2003.

Kenan Sofuoglu will not be punished for triggering the accident that left Julian Simon with a broken tibia and fibula in last Sunday's Catalan Moto2 race.

"This is one of the most complicated fractures I have ever treated. The tibia was broken into countless pieces of bone."

Julian Simon will not be present at this weekend's British round of the Moto2 World Championship.

Carmelo Morales secures a Moto2 World Championship ride with Pablo and Gelete Nieto's G22 team in place of Raffaele de Rosa.

"I will take to the track with Koki in my mind. He was only 23 and I want to race in his honour. That is what he would have wanted" - Yuki Takahashi.

Yuki Takahashi fastest during Friday practice (2) for the Spanish Moto2 Grand Prix at Jerez.

"As they say, you always learn the hard way and this crash will be a lesson for me" - Marc Marquez.

Former 250GP runner-up and World Superbike race winner Fonsi Nieto confirms he is retiring from motorcycle racing.

There will be three Tech 3 Moto2 bikes on the 2011 grid following the news of a late deal for Xavier Simeon to run an RTL Sport-backed bike.

"With Pol Espargaro they should be able to battle for podiums immediately, while Valentin Debise is more of an unknown quantity..."

The FIM has today released a provisional entry list for the 2011 Moto2 World Championship...

"Last year we had some good results but I wasn't consistent, this year we will be a lot stronger and faster." - Kenny Noyes.

The team won the first-ever Moto2 race in 2010 with Shoya Tomizawa, before he was tragically killed in September.