Thread: 2010 Moto2 inaugural season!

The inaugural Moto2 championship will see a full field of 39 bikes, with another two entries waiting in the wings as reserves.

The new series, in which chassis choice is free but all competitors run identical Honda engines, was over-subscribed when entries were first opened last year, and has remained at capacity despite Aprilia's last-minute decision to pull the plug on its chassis project.

Moto2's predecessor 250cc averaged 25 entries in its final season.

The entry is led by former MotoGP riders Toni Elias, Alex de Angelis, Gabor Talmacsi, Yuki Takahashi and Niccolo Canepa, with ex-Kawasaki MotoGP racer Anthony West among the reserves having joined the MZ team.

Roby Rolfo and Fonsi Nieto - two more riders with MotoGP experience - join Moto2 from the Superbike World Championship.

All of last year's 250cc title contenders have moved into MotoGP rather than contesting Moto2, with Mattia Pasini, Raffaele de Rosa, Thomas Luthi, Mike di Meglio and Alex Debon the main ex-250cc men in the Moto2 field. 125cc graduates also feature strongly, led by reigning champion - and former 250cc racer - Julian Simon.

Actor Antonio Banderas is also a Moto2 supporter and is backing Spanish squad Promoracing. The team, which has title sponsorship from Jack&Jones, will run American Kenny Noyes and 125cc graduate Joan Olive.

2010 Moto2 entry list

No. Rider Team Chassis

2 Gabor Talmacsi Speed Up Aprilia Speed Up

4 Stefan Bradl Viessmann Kiefer Racing Suter

5 Joan Olive Jack&Jones By A.Banderas Promoharris

6 Alex Debon Red Bull Ajo Motorsport FTR

7 Axel Pons Pons Racing Pons Kalex

9 Kenny Noyes Jack&Jones By A.Banderas Promoharris

10 Fonsi Nieto G22 Holidaygym Moriwaki

12 Thomas Luthi Interwetten Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki

14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda-Sag Suter

15 Alex de Angelis Scot Racing Team Scot

16 Jules Cluzel Forward Racing Suter

17 Karel Abraham Cardion Ab Motoracing RSV

24 Toni Elias Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki

25 Alex Baldolini Caretta Technology Race Dept I.C.P.

29 Andrea Iannone Speed Up Aprilia Speed Up

35 Raffaele de Rosa Tech 3 Racing Tech 3

37 Fabricio Perren Kino Racing Kino

39 Robertino Pietri Italtrans S.T.R. Suter

40 Sergio Gadea Pons Racing Pons Kalex

41 Arne Tode Racing Team Germany Suter

44 Roberto Rolfo Italtrans S.T.R. Suter

45 Scott Redding Marc VDS Racing Team Suter

48 Shoya Tomizawa Technomag-Cip Suter

52 Lukas Pesek Matteoni C.P. Racing Moriwaki

53 Valentin Debise WTR San Marino Team ADV

55 Hector Faubel Honda-Sag Suter

56 Vladimir Leonov Vector Kiefer Racing Suter

59 Nicola Canepa Scot Racing Team Scot

60 Julian Simon Mapfre Aspar Team RSV

61 Vladimir Ivanov Gresini Racing Moto2 Moriwaki

63 Mike di Meglio Mapfre Aspar Team RSV

71 Claudio Corti Forward Racing Suter

72 Yuki Takahashi Tech 3 Racing Tech 3

75 Mattia Pasini JiR Moto2 TSR

76 Bernat Martinez Blusens BQR BQR-Moto2

77 Dominique Aegerter Technomag-Cip Suter

88 Yannick Guerra G22 Holidaygym Moriwaki

95 Mashel Al Naimi Blusens BQR BQR-Moto2

TBA tba JiR Moto2 TSR

Reserves

27 Vincent Lonbois Marc VDS Racing Team Suter

TBA Anthony West MZ Racing Team MZ

Wow! At least Moto2 should have some good racing with all those bikes on track.

that'll be some interesting racing w/ all those bikes going into turn 1 trying to get the hole shot