2023 Moto3 World Championship

The 2023 FIM Moto3 World Championship will be part of the 75th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Teams and riders
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider
CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP CFMoto Moto3 43 Xavier Artigas[1]
66 Joel Kelso[1]
GasGas Aspar Team Gas Gas RC250GP 6 Ryusei Yamanaka[2]
80 David Alonso[3]
Honda Team Asia Honda NSF250RW 64 Mario Aji[4]
72 Taiyo Furusato[4]
Leopard Racing 5 Jaume Masià[5]
24 Tatsuki Suzuki[5]
Rivacold Snipers Team 18 Matteo Bertelle[6]
55 Romano Fenati[7]
Sic58 Squadra Corse 27 Kaito Toba[8]
54 Riccardo Rossi[9]
VisionTrack Racing Team 19 Scott Ogden[10]
70 Joshua Whatley[10]
Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP Husqvarna FR250GP 71 Ayumu Sasaki[11]
95 Collin Veijer[11]
Angeluss MTA Team KTM RC250GP 48 Iván Ortolá[12]
82 Stefano Nepa[13]
Boé Motorsports 22 Ana Carrasco[9]
44 David Muñoz[14]
CIP Green Power 20 Lorenzo Fellon[15]
38 David Salvador[16]
MT Helmets – MSi 10 Diogo Moreira[17]
63 Syarifuddin Azman[18]
Red Bull KTM Ajo 53 Deniz Öncü[19]
99 José Antonio Rueda[19]
Red Bull KTM Tech3 7 Filippo Farioli[20]
96 Daniel Holgado[20]
Sources:[11][9]
Key
Regular rider
Replacement rider
Wildcard rider

All teams use Dunlop tyres.

Team changes
  • Intact GP will enter the Moto3 class with Husqvarna and will be managed by Peter Öttl.[11][21] This is Intact GP's third team across all classes, having a Moto2 team since 2013 and a MotoE team since 2019. The team will replace Max Biaggi's Max Racing Team who will leave the championship after four seasons.[22] Max Racing Team was also previously managed by Öttl during its time in Moto3.
  • QJmotor Avintia Racing Team will leave the championship after five seasons.[9]

Rider changes
  • Dennis Foggia will leave Leopard Racing for he will be promoted to Moto2.[23] He will be replaced by Jaume Masià, who will move from Red Bull KTM Ajo.[5] Masià has previously raced with Leopard Racing in 2020.
  • Joel Kelso will move to CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP from CIP Green Power, replacing Carlos Tatay who was left without a ride in 2023.[1]
  • Daniel Holgado and Filippo Farioli will race for Red Bull KTM Tech3, replacing Adrián Fernández, who was left without a ride in 2023, and Deniz Öncü.[20] Holgado will move from Red Bull KTM Ajo, while Farioli will make his Grand Prix racing debut, having raced in both Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and FIM JuniorGP World Championship in 2022.
  • Ryusei Yamanaka and David Alonso will race for GasGas Aspar Team,[2][3] replacing Sergio García and Izan Guevara who will both be promoted to Moto2.[24][25] Yamanaka will move from MT Helmets – MSi, while Alonso will be making his full-time debut in Moto3, having served as a replacement and wildcard rider in 2021 and 2022.
  • Kaito Toba will move to Sic58 Squadra Corse from CIP Green Power, replacing Lorenzo Fellon.[8]
  • Romano Fenati and Matteo Bertelle will race for Rivacold Snipers Team, replacing Andrea Migno and Alberto Surra, who were both left without rides in 2023.[7][6] Fenati will return to the Moto3 class, having raced in Moto2 in 2022, but was sacked midway through the season. He has previously raced with the Snipers team in 2017 and 2019. Meanwhile, Bertelle will move from the now defunct QJmotor Avintia Racing Team.
  • Deniz Öncü and José Antonio Rueda will race for Red Bull KTM Ajo, replacing Jaume Masià and Daniel Holgado.[19] Öncü will move from Red Bull KTM Tech3. Rueda, who is both the 2022 FIM JuniorGP World Champion and Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup winner, will be making his full-time debut in Moto3, having served as a replacement rider in 2021 and 2022.
  • Ayumu Sasaki and Collin Veijer will race for the newly-formed Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP.[11] Sasaki will move from the now defunct Max Racing Team, while Veijer will be making his Grand Prix racing debut, having raced in both the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup and FIM JuniorGP World Championship in 2022.
  • Syarifuddin Azman will be making his full-time debut in Moto3 with MT Helmets - MSi, replacing Ryusei Yamanaka.[18] Syarifuddin previously served as a replacement and wildcard rider in 2021 and 2022. He also raced in the FIM JuniorGP World Championship in 2022.
  • Lorenzo Fellon and David Salvador will race for CIP Green Power, replacing Kaito Toba and Joel Kelso.[15][16] Fellon will move from Sic58 Squadra Corse, while Salvador will be making his full-time debut in Moto3, having served as a replacement rider in 2021 and 2022.
  • Elia Bartolini, who raced for the now defunct QJmotor Avintia Racing Team, was left without a ride in 2023.[9]
  • John McPhee, who raced for the now defunct Max Racing Team, will leave Moto3 as he is above the age limit of 28 when the season starts.[26]

Regulation changes

The minimum age to have a license for Moto3 was raised to 18 years old.[27]

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2023:[28]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit
1 26 March Grande Prémio de Portugal Algarve International Circuit, Portimão
2 2 April Gran Premio Michelin de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3 16 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4 30 April Gran Premio de España Circuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera
5 14 May Shark Grand Prix de France Circuit Bugatti, Le Mans
6 11 June Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero
7 18 June Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
8 25 June Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9 9 July Grand Prix of Kazakhstan Sokol International Racetrack, Almaty[lower-alpha 1]
10 6 August Monster Energy British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
11 20 August CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12 3 September Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
13 10 September Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14 24 September Grand Prix of India Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida[lower-alpha 1]
15 1 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Mobility Resort Motegi, Motegi
16 15 October Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia Mandalika International Street Circuit, Central Lombok
17 22 October Aminoca Brands Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
18 29 October OR Thailand Grand Prix Chang International Circuit, Buriram
19 12 November Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
20 19 November Grand Prix of Qatar[lower-alpha 2] Losail International Circuit, Lusail
21 26 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
Sources:[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]

Grand Prix locations
Location of non-European Grands Prix in 2023.

Calendar changes

Notes
  1. Subject to homologation
  2. Night race

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