2014 MotoGP season

The 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez started the season as the defending riders' champion in the MotoGP category, with Honda the defending manufacturers' champions. Pol Espargaró and Maverick Viñales were the reigning Moto2 and Moto3 champions respectively; however, neither defended their titles as both riders moved up a class, with Espargaró joining MotoGP and Viñales entering Moto2.

Winning a premier class record 13 races during the season,^[1] Márquez won a second successive title, finishing 67 points clear of his nearest rival Valentino Rossi. Márquez won each of the first 10 races to be held in 2014,^[2] before Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa was able to inflict his first defeat, at Brno. Rossi had taken eight podiums in the season, before he was able to win a race, when he won at Misano. He also won at Phillip Island, as he finished as the championship runner-up in a Grand Prix class for the first time since 2006, when he finished second to Nicky Hayden. Despite bookending his season with retirements, Rossi's Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team-mate Jorge Lorenzo finished third in the championship. Finishing 32 points behind Rossi, Lorenzo took back-to-back victories in Aragon,^[3] and Japan, as part of a nine-race podium streak that was ended by his retirement in Valencia. The only other race winner was Pedrosa, with his Brno triumph being his sole victory in the 2014 campaign.

The Espargaró brothers were each able to take one of the sub-classifications available to them. Pol Espargaró finished as the best place rookie in the final championship standings,^[4] finishing sixth overall; the next best rookie was Scott Redding in twelfth place. Aleix Espargaró was the best placed rider that was competing with an Open-specification motorcycle.^[5] He finished seventh overall in the championship, taking a pole position at Assen and a second-place finish in Aragon. Just like the rookie of the year standings, Redding was the next best rider. Márquez was a comfortable winner of the BMW M Award for the best qualifying rider,^[6] with 13 pole positions during the season. Repsol Honda were the winners of the teams' championship,^[7] as the results for Márquez and Pedrosa allowed them to finish 50 points clear of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, while Honda won the constructors' championship for the 21st time – and their 63rd title in total^[8] – 55 points clear of Yamaha.

Grands Prix

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013.^[9] The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013^[10] and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in a calendar of 18 races.^[11]

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.^[11] The round at Motorland Aragón was moved back a week, following the cancellation of the Brazilian round.^[11] The standalone MotoGP race at Laguna Seca, part of the calendar since 2005, was discontinued.

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

Teams and riders

Starting in 2014, the rules governing the eligibility of entries changed. MSMA prototypes were reclassified as the new "Factory" class, whilst the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category was restructured as the "Open" class. All bikes used the approved MotoGP Electronic Control Unit, with bikes in the "Open" class using both the MotoGP ECU and identical software, and those competing as "Factory" entries permitted to use their own custom software.^[29] The Factory option bike had their allocation of engines reduced from twelve to five, and those five had their design frozen.^[29] The amount of fuel allowed was reduced from twenty-four litres to twenty litres.^[29]

A subsequent modification, only officialized in March, stated that a manufacturer who had not achieved a win in dry conditions in the previous year, or a new manufacturer entering the championship, could enter under the Factory option with all the concessions available to the Open class; these benefits were reduced in case of a determined number of podiums or wins.^[30]

Ducati Team and Pramac Racing were due to enter their bikes in the Open class^[31] but revised regulations meant that they were finally entered under the Factory option with Open concessions.^[32]

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 20 November 2013.^[33] An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014.^[34] Teams had time until 28 February to decide if a rider would be assigned to the "Factory" or "Open" class.^[29] The final entry list was released on the same day.^[35]

Factory entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14 04 Andrea Dovizioso[36] All 35 Cal Crutchlow[37] 1–2, 4–18 51 Michele Pirro[38] 3 51 Michele Pirro[39] 4, 6–7, 11, 18 LCR Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC213V 6 Stefan Bradl[40] All Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 14 Randy de Puniet[41] 18 GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda Honda RC213V 19 Álvaro Bautista[42] All YAMALUBE Racing Team with YSP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[43] 15 Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 26 Dani Pedrosa[44] All 93 Marc Márquez[44] All Pramac Racing Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14 29 Andrea Iannone[45] All Ducati Desmosedici GP13[46] 68 Yonny Hernández[45] All Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 38 Bradley Smith[47] All 44 Pol Espargaró[48] All Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi[49] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[50] All Open entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Drive M7 Aspar Honda Honda RCV1000R 2 Leon Camier[51] 10–13 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[52] 1–17 Honda RC213V-RS[53] 18 Honda RCV1000R 69 Nicky Hayden[54] 1–9, 14–18 NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha[35] Forward-Yamaha 5 Colin Edwards[55] 1–10 15 Alex de Angelis[56] 11–18 41 Aleix Espargaró[55] All Avintia Racing Ducati[57] Ducati Desmosedici GP14 8 Héctor Barberá[58] 14–18 Avintia[35] Avintia GP14[59] 1–13 63 Mike Di Meglio[33] All IodaRacing Project Octo IodaRacing Team ART[34] ART 9 Danilo Petrucci[33] 1–4, 8–18 84 Michel Fabrizio[60] 6–7 Cardion AB Motoracing Honda Honda RCV1000R 17 Karel Abraham[61] All Paul Bird Motorsport PBM[34] PBM 23 Broc Parkes[62] All 70 Michael Laverty[33] All GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda Honda RCV1000R 45 Scott Redding[63] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team changes

• Aspar Racing Team and Cardion AB Motoracing switched to Honda in 2014, entering the RCV1000R, Honda's Open class machine.
• Forward Racing intended to use Yamaha-leased YZR-M1 engines with FTR frames, however the team started the season with a complete Yamaha YZR-M1 engine-frame-swingarm package^[64] with other parts supplied by FTR, while developing new Forward-designed frames to be introduced mid-season. At the Mugello round Colin Edwards debuted the new frame built by Harris Performance.^[65] Following Edwards' retirement from racing, the new frame was passed to de Angelis, while Espargaró remained with the Yamaha-derived chassis.^[66]
• Gresini Racing competed with a full Honda package in the Open class, having contested the 2013 season with an FTR chassis and Honda engine.
• IodaRacing Project intended to enter a second bike ridden by Leon Camier, but he was not included on the final entry list due to an apparent lack of funding.

Rider changes

• Nicky Hayden moved from Ducati Corse to Aspar Racing. Cal Crutchlow left Yamaha Tech 3 to take Hayden's place.
• 2013 Moto2 Riders' Champion Pol Espargaró joined the premier category, racing for Yamaha Tech 3.
• Aleix Espargaró moved from Aspar Racing to Forward Racing.
• Hiroshi Aoyama moved to Aspar Racing after competing for Avintia Blusens in 2013.
• Bryan Staring left Gresini Racing, with his place taken by 2013 Moto2 runner-up Scott Redding.
• Yonny Hernández moved to Pramac Racing.
• Ben Spies retired from racing at the end of the 2013 season.
• Mike Di Meglio joined the premier category, racing for Avintia Racing.
• Broc Parkes made his MotoGP debut with Paul Bird Motorsport.
• Leon Camier contested the Indianapolis, Czech Republic and British races for Aspar Racing as an injury replacement for Nicky Hayden.
• Alex de Angelis replaced Colin Edwards from Brno onwards.^[56]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Álvaro Bautista	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
3	Argentine motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Dani Pedrosa	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
4	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
5	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
6	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
7	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Dani Pedrosa	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
8	Dutch TT	Aleix Espargaró	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
9	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
10	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
11	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Dani Pedrosa	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	Report
12	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
13	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix	Jorge Lorenzo	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
14	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
15	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Andrea Dovizioso	Jorge Lorenzo	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Report
16	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Valentino Rossi	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Report
17	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report
18	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valentino Rossi	Marc Márquez	Marc Márquez	Honda	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Legend

• A light blue background behind a rider's name indicates that rider was competing in his rookie season.
• A light blue background behind the round indicates that the race was contested under wet conditions.
• Bold indicates that the rider began the race from the pole position.
• Italics indicates that the rider had the fastest lap during the race.

Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Marc Márquez	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	15	13	2	Ret	1	1	362
2	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	2	8	4	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	3	3	1	Ret	3	1	2	2	295
3	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	Ret	10	3	4	6	2	4	13	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	Ret	263
4	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	2	4	1	4	3	14	4	Ret	Ret	3	246
5	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	5	3	9	5	8	6	8	2	8	7	6	5	4	Ret	5	4	8	4	187
6	Pol Espargaró	Yamaha	Ret	6	8	9	4	5	7	Ret	7	5	Ret	6	6	6	8	Ret	6	6	136
7	Aleix Espargaró	Forward Yamaha	4	9	15	7	9	9	6	4	6	Ret	8	9	Ret	2	11	Ret	Ret	7	126
8	Bradley Smith	Yamaha	Ret	5	7	8	10	Ret	10	8	19	6	9	22	7	5	9	3	5	14	121
9	Stefan Bradl	Honda	Ret	4	5	10	7	Ret	5	10	16	Ret	7	7	Ret	4	7	Ret	4	8	117
10	Andrea Iannone	Ducati	10	7	6	Ret	Ret	7	9	6	5	Ret	5	8	5	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	22	102
11	Álvaro Bautista	Honda	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	3	8	Ret	7	9	Ret	10	Ret	8	7	10	6	Ret	16	89
12	Scott Redding	Honda	7	Ret	14	13	12	13	13	12	11	9	11	10	13	10	16	7	10	10	81
13	Cal Crutchlow	Ducati	6	Ret		Ret	11	Ret	Ret	9	10	8	Ret	12	9	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	74
14	Hiroshi Aoyama	Honda	11	12	10	12	14	14	15	16	12	10	13	14	12	8	13	8	11	15	68
15	Yonny Hernández	Ducati	12	13	12	14	13	10	11	19	17	Ret	Ret	11	10	15	Ret	11	7	Ret	53
16	Nicky Hayden	Honda	8	11	11	11	Ret	DNS	12	17	14					9	14	10	Ret	13	47
17	Karel Abraham	Honda	13	14	13	Ret	15	12	Ret	14	13	11	14	13	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	33
18	Héctor Barberá	Avintia	Ret	15	16	15	Ret	Ret	19	18	18	Ret	17	19	19						26
		Ducati														19	15	5	9	11
19	Michele Pirro	Ducati			17	Ret		11	14				12							9	18
20	Danilo Petrucci	ART	14	17	Ret	DNS				15	15	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	17
21	Alex de Angelis	Forward Yamaha											16	15	14	12	17	9	Ret	18	14
22	Colin Edwards	Forward Yamaha	9	Ret	20	Ret	17	15	18	22	20	13									11
23	Broc Parkes	PBM	15	Ret	21	17	18	17	16	11	21	15	19	21	18	18	20	Ret	14	20	9
24	Michael Laverty	PBM	16	16	18	16	16	16	17	21	Ret	14	Ret	17	17	16	18	13	12	19	9
25	Mike Di Meglio	Avintia	17	18	19	Ret	19	18	Ret	20	22	12	18	20	Ret	17	19	14	13	21	9
26	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha															12				4
27	Leon Camier	Honda										Ret	15	16	16						1
	Michel Fabrizio	ART						Ret	20												0
	Randy de Puniet	Suzuki																		Ret	0
Pos	Rider	Bike	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	6	1	1	409
2	Yamaha	2	5	3	2	2	2	2	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	354
3	Ducati	5	3	6	5	8	6	8	2	5	7	5	5	4	3	5	4	7	4	211
4	Forward Yamaha	4	9	15	7	9	9	6	4	6	13	8	9	14	2	11	9	Ret	7	138
5	ART	14	17	Ret	DNS		Ret	20	15	15	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	12	17
6	PBM	15	16	18	16	16	16	16	11	21	14	19	17	17	16	18	13	12	19	15
7	Avintia	17	15	16	15	19	18	19	18	18	12	17	19	19	17	19	14	13	21	11
	Suzuki																		Ret	0
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

References

External links

• The official website of Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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