Moto2 News

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.

Best lap times for Moto2, 250cc and World Supersport compared.

18-year-old Frenchman Valentin Debise will ride for the triple Moto2 race-winning Speed Up team during the 2011 season.

Raffaele de Rosa, who spent a tough inaugural Moto2 season at Tech 3, has secured a seat with the G22 Moriwaki team for 2011.

Moto2 rider Ratthapark Wilairot is in intensive care after being involved in a road accident in his native Thailand.

Kenny Noyes and Gabor Talmacsi are left in the lurch as the Jack & Jones Moto2 announces its withdrawal from Moto2.

Marc Marquez follows Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro in moving from 125GP to Moto2 in 2011.

Anthony West and Max Neukirchner make a formidable partnership for the ambitious MZ Racing team ahead of a second Moto2 campaign.

Reigning double World Supersport champion Kenan Sofuoglu will stay with the Technomag-CIP Suter team for the full 2011 Moto2 season.

Kenny Noyes will stay with the Jack&Jones By Antonio Banderas team for the 2011 Moto2 World Championship, but change chassis supplier.

The first year of the new Moto2 World Championship, which replaced 250cc, comes to an end at Valencia this weekend.

"I leave WSBK as a friend, and maybe in the future we'll cross our roads again! Thank you all at the WSBK and a warm hallo to Moto2!"

"I thought of something my uncle told me before he died four years ago: 'I will be watching you from the sky when you cross the line on the day you become World Champion.'"

Toni Elias won the inaugural Moto2 World Championship at Sepang in Malaysia on Sunday.

Julian Simon takes pole position for the Malaysian Moto2 Grand Prix at Sepang.

The FIM has announced the Moto2 teams which have had their entry accepted for the 2011 season.

Shoya Tomizawa's team-mate scores a best finish of seventh in memory of the fallen rider.

MotoGP has announced that, as one of a number of tributes to Shoya Tomizawa, the Japanese star's #48 will be retired from Moto2 racing.

2000 125cc world champion Roberto Locatelli, who retired from grand prix racing at the end of last year, has been helping the ADV with its 2011 Moto2 chassis design.