Biographical rider entry list for MotoGP in 2014
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By Dan Moakes
March 21 2014
The 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship series: The new season of racing starts this weekend with the Qatar night race, where Honda factory rider Marc Márquez, from Spain, will start the defence of the MotoGP title he won as a rookie. Here are the essential details on who's who among the riders this year.
The 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship:
The year ahead in Grand Prix motorcycle racing sees the third season of the 1000cc four-stroke MotoGP engine formula, with the more affordable Claiming Rule Team second division of machinery evolving into the new ‘Open’ category.
As ever, there is no shortage of experience and talent amongst the latest contingent of riders, with once again four previous MotoGP champions on the grid: Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden, Jorge Lorenzo, and with Marc Márquez as the successor to Casey Stoner. MotoGP race winner Ben Spies has now retired, at the age of 29, but most of the other top riders remain in the series, led by regular title contender Dani Pedrosa, with the experienced Andrea Dovizioso also a former winner in the class.
In all, the line-up includes seventeen GP winners and thirteen World Champions, one of these being the latest Moto2 graduate, Pol Espargaró; with runner-up Scott Redding also making the move, as does former 125cc title winner Mike di Meglio. Supersport racer Broc Parkes is essentially a rookie, with a single wildcard 125cc GP appearance several years ago. Randy de Puniet steps sideways, taking on a test rider role for Suzuki prior to their anticipated return to the series. Here is a biographical rundown for all the contenders.
Valentino Rossi, Italy
age 35 · first GP 1996
racing number: 46
GP entries: 296, total points: 4798
GP wins: 106 (125cc, 250cc, 500cc, 990cc, 800cc, 1000cc)
GP podium results: 183
World Champion: 125cc 1997 · 250cc 1999 · 500cc 2001 · MotoGP 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
National Champion*: Italian 125cc 1995
also: a race winner in World Endurance
Broc Parkes, Australia
age 32 · first GP 1999
racing number: 23
GP entries: 1, total points: 0
best season in GPs: no points 1999
also: a race winner in World Supersport
Hiroshi Aoyama, Japan
age 32 · first GP 2000
racing number: 7
GP entries: 154, total points: 1279
GP wins: 9 (250cc)
GP podium results: 27
best MotoGP result: 4th
World Champion: 250cc 2009
best season in MotoGP: 10th 2011
National Champion*: All-Japan 250cc 2003
Dani Pedrosa, Spain
age 28 · first GP 2001
racing number: 26
GP entries: 217, total points: 3228
GP wins: 48 (125cc, 250cc, 990cc, 800cc, 1000cc)
GP podium results: 125
World Champion: 125cc 2003 · 250cc 2004, 2005
best season in MotoGP: 2nd 2007, 2010, 2012
Andrea Dovizioso, Italy
age 28 · first GP 2001
racing number: 4
GP entries: 205, total points: 2341
GP wins: 10 (125cc, 250cc, 800cc)
GP podium results: 63
World Champion: 125cc 2004
best season in MotoGP: 3rd 2011
European Champion: 125cc 2001
Jorge Lorenzo, Spain
age 26 · first GP 2002
racing number: 99
GP entries: 199, total points: 2821
GP wins: 52 (125cc, 250cc, 800cc, 1000cc)
GP podium results: 112
World Champion: 250cc 2006, 2007 · MotoGP 2010, 2012
Héctor Barberá, Spain
age 27 · first GP 2002
racing number: 8
GP entries: 193, total points: 1536
GP wins: 10 (125cc, 250cc)
GP podium results: 32
best MotoGP result: 6th
best season in MotoGP: 11th 2011, 2012
best season in GPs: 2nd 2004 125cc & 2009 250cc
National Champion*: Spanish 125cc 2002
Álvaro Bautistá, Spain
age 29 · first GP 2002
racing number: 19
GP entries: 188, total points: 1689
GP wins: 16 (125cc, 250cc)
GP podium results: 48
best MotoGP result: 3rd
World Champion: 125cc 2006
best season in MotoGP: 5th 2012
National Champion*: Spanish 125cc 2003
Colin Edwards, United States
age 40 · first GP 2003
racing number: 5
GP entries: 189, total points: 1231
GP podium results: 12
best MotoGP result: 2nd
World Champion: Superbike 2000, 2002
best season in MotoGP: 4th 2005
National Champion*: AMA 250cc 1992
also: race wins in World Endurance
Nicky Hayden, United States
age 32 · first GP 2003
racing number: 69
GP entries: 188, total points: 1634
GP wins: 3 (990cc)
GP podium results: 28
World Champion: MotoGP 2006
National Champion*: AMA Supersport 600cc 1999 · AMA Superbike 2002
Mike di Meglio, France
age 26 · first GP 2003
racing number: 63
GP entries: 169, total points: 667
GP wins: 5 (125cc)
GP podium results: 13
World Champion: 125cc 2008
National Champion*: French 50cc 2000
Aleix Espargaró, Spain
age 24 · first GP 2004
racing number: 41
GP entries: 143, total points: 541
GP podium results: 1
best MotoGP result: 8th
best GP result: 3rd (Moto2)
best season in MotoGP: 11th 2013
National Champion*: Spanish 125cc 2004
Andrea Iannone, Italy
age 24 · first GP 2005
racing number: 29
GP entries: 145, total points: 918.5
GP wins: 12 (125cc, 600cc)
GP podium results: 24
best MotoGP result: 8th
best season in MotoGP: 12th 2013
best season in GPs: 3rd 2010, 2011, 2012 Moto2
Karel Abraham, Czech Republic
age 24 · first GP 2005
racing number: 17
GP entries: 142, total points: 377
GP wins: 1 (600cc)
GP podium results: 2
best MotoGP result: 7th
best season in MotoGP: 14th 2011, 2012
best season in GPs: 10th 2010 Moto2
Stefan Bradl, Germany
age 24 · first GP 2005
racing number: 6
GP entries: 125, total points: 978
GP wins: 7 (125cc, 600cc)
GP podium results: 19
best MotoGP result: 2nd
World Champion: Moto2 2011
best season in MotoGP: 7th 2013
National Champion*: German 125cc 2005
Bradley Smith, England
age 23 · first GP 2006
racing number: 38
GP entries: 133, total points: 1063.5
GP wins: 3 (125cc)
GP podium results: 23
best MotoGP result: 6th
best season in MotoGP: 10th 2013
best season in GPs: 2nd 2009 125cc
Pol Espargaró, Spain
age 22 · first GP 2006
racing number: 44
GP entries: 123, total points: 1316.5
GP wins: 15 (125cc, 600cc)
GP podium results: 44
World Champion: Moto2 2013
National Champion*: Spanish 125cc 2006
Scott Redding, England
age 21 · first GP 2008
racing number: 45
GP entries: 101, total points: 706.5
GP wins: 4 (125cc, 600cc)
GP podium results: 15
best season in GPs: 2nd 2013 Moto2
Marc Márquez, Spain
age 21 · first GP 2008
racing number: 93
GP entries: 98, total points: 1376
GP wins: 32 (125cc, 600cc, 1000cc)
GP podium results: 55
World Champion: 125cc 2010 · Moto2 2012 · MotoGP 2013
Yonny Hernández, Colombia
age 25 · first GP 2010
racing number: 68
GP entries: 65, total points: 124
best MotoGP result: 9th
best GP result: 6th (Moto2)
best season in MotoGP: 17th 2012
Cal Crutchlow, England
age 28 · first GP 2011
racing number: 35
GP entries: 54, total points: 409
GP podium results: 6
best MotoGP result: 2nd
World Champion: Supersport 2009
best season in MotoGP: 5th 2013
National Champion*: British Supersport 2006
also: race wins in World Superbike
Danilo Petrucci, Italy
age 23 · first GP 2012
racing number: 9
GP entries: 36, total points: 53
best MotoGP result: 8th
best season in MotoGP: 17th 2013
also: a race winner in European Stocksport 600
Michael Laverty, Northern Ireland
age 32 · first GP 2013
racing number: 70
GP entries: 18, total points: 3
best MotoGP result: 13th
best season in MotoGP: 25th 2013
National Champion*: British Supersport 2007
also: a race winner in European Superstock
* Winner of a national championship title at the most senior level
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