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The 2016 Moto3 season is a part of the 68th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Danny Kent is currently the reigning series champion but he is not defending his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.

List of planned races

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2016.[1]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 20 March Qatar Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Doha
2 3 April Argentina Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo, Santiago del Estero
3 10 April United States Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4 24 April Spain Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5 8 May France Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Le Mans Bugatti, Maine
6 22 May Italy Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Mugello
7 5 June Catalonia Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
8 26 June Netherlands Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 17 July Germany GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10 14 August Austria Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
11 21 August Czech Republic bwin Grand Prix Ceske Republiky[2] Automotodrom Brno, Brno
12 4 September United Kingdom Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13 11 September San Marino Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini         Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 25 September Aragon Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz
15 16 October Japan Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16 23 October Australia Pramac Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17 30 October Malaysia Shell Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18 13 November Valencian Community Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

Calendar changes

Teams and riders

A provisional entry list was announced on 7 November 2015.[4]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
France CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 3 Italy Fabio Spiranelli[5]
24 Japan Tatsuki Suzuki[5]
Italy Gresini Racing Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 4 Italy Fabio Di Giannantonio[4]
33 Italy Enea Bastianini[4]
Italy Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5 Italy Romano Fenati[6]
8 Italy Nicolò Bulega[6]
16 Italy Andrea Migno[6]
Malaysia Drive M7 SIC Racing Team Honda[7] Honda NSF250RW 7 Malaysia Adam Norrodin[8]
84 Czech Republic Jakub Kornfeil[8]
Spain Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 09 Spain Jorge Navarro[9]
44 Spain Arón Canet[9]
Germany SaxoPrint–RTG Peugeot[10] Peugeot MGP30 10 France Alexis Masbou[11]
17 United Kingdom John McPhee[12]
Netherlands RW Racing GP BV Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Belgium Livio Loi[4]
Spain RBA Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 19 Argentina Gabriel Rodrigo[13]
58 Spain Juan Francisco Guevara[13]
Germany Leopard Racing KTM[14] KTM RC250GP 20 France Fabio Quartararo[15]
36 Spain Joan Mir[16]
55 Italy Andrea Locatelli[17]
Spain Mapfre Team Mahindra Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 21 Italy Francesco Bagnaia[18]
88 Spain Jorge Martín[19]
Italy Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Honda NSF250RW 23 Italy Niccolò Antonelli[20]
95 France Jules Danilo[4]
Italy MTA Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 29 Italy Stefano Manzi[4]
43 Italy Stefano Valtulini[4]
Italy Outox Reset Drink Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 40 South Africa Darryn Binder[4]
98 Czech Republic Karel Hanika[4]
Finland Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 41 South Africa Brad Binder[21]
64 Netherlands Bo Bendsneyder[22]
Germany Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 65 Germany Philipp Öttl[4]
Japan Honda Team Asia Honda Honda NSF250RW 76 Japan Hiroki Ono[4]
89 Malaysia Khairul Idham Pawi[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "2016 provisional MotoGP™ calendar announced". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. Dorna extends contract with Brno until 2020
  3. "MotoGP Will Not Return to IMS in 2016". 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "2016 Moto3 provisional entry list". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 7 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "CIP-Unicom Starker announce 2016 line-up". MotoGP.com. MotoGP. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "@MotoGP: 11 September". Twitter. Twitter Inc. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  7. "Drive M7 SIC Racing confirm Honda switch in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Kornfeil & Norrodin confirmed for Drive M7 SIC in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Joining the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team with @Jorge_Navarro9 in 2016 will be @CEVMotorcycle front-runner @aroncanet44". Twitter (Twitter Inc.). 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  10. "RTG switch to Peugeot in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 30 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  11. "Moto3-WM 2016: Ohne LaGlisse-Team noch 32 Fahrer". Speedweek.com (Speedweek). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  12. "McPhee to continue with SAXOPRINT RTG in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 7 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  13. 1 2 "I am happy to announce that. Next year I will ride a @KTM_Racing on @rba_racingteam with @gabrirodrigo19 as teammate". Twitter (Twitter Inc.). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  14. "Exklusiv: Leopard Racing 2016 mit KTM!". Speedweek.com (Speedweek). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  15. "Leopard Racing signs Quartararo for 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 26 September 2015. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  16. "Ones to Watch: Joan Mir moves to Moto3™ in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  17. "Andrea Locatelli joins Leopard Racing in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  18. "Francesco Bagnaia remains with Mapfre Team Mahindra". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  19. "Mahindra Press Release: Jorge Martinez And Mufaddal Choonia Look Back On Moto3 In 2015". MotoMatters.com (Press Release). 2 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  20. "Antonelli and Ongetta-Rivacold together again in 2016". MotoGP.com (Dorna Sports). 14 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  21. "Red Bull-KTM: Brad Binder fährt auch 2016". Speedweek.com (Speedweek). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  22. "Bo Bendsneyder naar Moto3 bij Red Bull KTM Ajo". KNMV.nl (in Dutch) (Koninklijke Nederlandse Motorrijders Vereniging). 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

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