Motorcycle racing competition
Joan Mir (pictured in 2023) was the 2017 Moto3 Champion.The2017 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 69thF.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Brad Binder was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class,Moto2 .
The riders' championship title was won byLeopard Racing riderJoan Mir with 10 victories and 13 podiums finishes.
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017.[ 1]
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 1 26 March ‡ Grand Prix of Qatar [ 2] Losail International Circuit ,Lusail 2 9 April Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina [ 3] Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo ,Termas de Río Hondo 3 23 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas [ 4] Circuit of the Americas ,Austin 4 7 May Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez ,Jerez de la Frontera 5 21 May HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France [ 5] Bugatti Circuit ,Le Mans 6 4 June Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Mugello Circuit ,Scarperia e San Piero 7 11 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ,Montmeló 8 25 June Motul TT Assen [ 6] TT Circuit Assen ,Assen 9 2 July GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland [ 7] Sachsenring ,Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 6 August Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky [ 8] Brno Circuit ,Brno 11 13 August NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring ,Spielberg 12 27 August Octo British Grand Prix [ 9] Silverstone Circuit ,Silverstone 13 10 September Gran Premio Tribul MasterCard di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini [ 10] Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli ,Misano Adriatico 14 24 September Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón [ 11] MotorLand Aragón ,Alcañiz 15 15 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan [ 12] Twin Ring Motegi ,Motegi 16 22 October Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix [ 13] Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit ,Phillip Island 17 29 October Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit ,Sepang 18 12 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana [ 14] Circuit Ricardo Tormo ,Valencia
‡ = Night race TheAustrian andCzech Republic Grand Prix swapped places, with the Czech Republic hosting the tenth round, while Austria hosts the eleventh round. TheBritish Grand Prix was scheduled to move fromSilverstone to the newCircuit of Wales , but construction on the new track had not commenced.[ 15] The two circuits reached a deal that would have seen Silverstone continue to host the British Grand Prix in 2017, with an option to host the 2018 race.[ 9] A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016.[ 16] All teams usedDunlop tyres.
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot Peugeot MGP3O 4 Patrik Pulkkinen [ 17] All 84 Jakub Kornfeil [ 17] All Marinelli Rivacold SnipersHonda Honda NSF250RW 5 Romano Fenati [ 17] All 95 Jules Danilo [ 17] All AGR TeamKTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera [ 17] 1–14 Cuna de CampeonesKTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera 18 15 Jaume Masiá 14 Mahindra Motard Aspar Aspar Mahindra Moto3 Mahindra MRW Aspar Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 6 María Herrera [ 18] 16–17 31 Raúl Fernández [ 19] 4 31 Raúl Fernández [ 20] 8–9 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta [ 21] All 75 Albert Arenas [ 22] 1–6, 10–15, 18 SIC Racing Team Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 7 Adam Norrodin [ 23] All 9 Kasma Daniel 17 71 Ayumu Sasaki [ 23] All Sky Racing Team VR46 Sky Junior Team VR46 Academy KTM KTM RC250GP 8 Nicolò Bulega [ 24] All 10 Dennis Foggia 14, 18 16 Andrea Migno [ 25] All Motomex Team Moto3 Platinum Bay Real EstateKTM KTM RC250GP 10 Dennis Foggia [ 26] 10 15 Jaume Masiá 11–13 18 Gabriel Martínez [ 27] 3, 10–11 40 Darryn Binder [ 17] 1–9, 14–18 42 Marcos Ramírez [ 17] All Leopard Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Livio Loi [ 28] 1–13, 15–18 36 Joan Mir [ 28] All 37 Aaron Polanco 14 CIPMahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Marco Bezzecchi [ 17] All 96 Manuel Pagliani [ 29] All Motorsport Kofler E.U.KTM KTM RC250GP 13 Maximilian Kofler 11 Sic58 Squadra Corse [ 30] Honda Honda NSF250RW 14 Tony Arbolino [ 17] All 24 Tatsuki Suzuki [ 17] All British Talent TeamHonda Honda NSF250RW 17 John McPhee [ 17] All RBA Boé Racing TeamKTM KTM RC250GP 19 Gabriel Rodrigo [ 17] 1–5, 7–18 58 Juan Francisco Guevara [ 17] All Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio [ 31] All 88 Jorge Martín [ 31] All Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 23 Niccolò Antonelli [ 32] 1–8, 10–18 52 Danny Kent [ 33] 5 52 Danny Kent [ 34] 9 64 Bo Bendsneyder [ 32] All Honda Team Asia Asia Talent TeamHonda Honda NSF250RW 27 Kaito Toba [ 17] All 39 Kazuki Masaki 18 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat [ 17] All Lamotec Lagemaat RacingKTM KTM RC250GP 28 Ryan van de Lagemaat [ 35] 8 3570-MTAMahindra Mahindra MGP3O 30 Edoardo Sintoni [ 36] 6 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 33 Enea Bastianini [ 37] All 44 Arón Canet [ 37] All City Lifting RS RacingKTM KTM RC250GP 47 Jake Archer [ 38] 12 69 Tom Booth-Amos [ 38] 12 Althea Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 51 Kevin Zannoni 13 Minimoto PortomaggioreMahindra Mahindra MGP3O 57 Alex Fabbri 13 Reale Avintia Academy KTM KTM RC250GP 63 Vicente Pérez [ 19] 4, 7 Südmetall Schedl GP RacingKTM KTM RC250GP 65 Philipp Öttl [ 17] All Cube RacingKTM KTM RC250GP 70 Tom Toparis 15–16 Freudenberg Racing TeamKTM KTM RC250GP 77 Tim Georgi [ 34] 9–10 42 Motorsport KTM KTM RC250GP 81 Aleix Viu [ 39] 7
Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider
After spending two seasons as a replacement rider,Lorenzo Dalla Porta has made his full season debut withAspar Mahindra Moto3 , filling in the seat vacated byFrancesco Bagnaia who moved up to Moto2. Romano Fenati , who was fired from Valentino Rossi's teamSky Racing Team VR46 midway through last season due to behavioral issues, landed a ride with Snipers Team for the 2017 season.Niccolò Antonelli left Ongetta-Rivacold (now called Snipers Team) to joinRed Bull KTM Ajo , replacingBrad Binder who moved up to Moto2.Enea Bastianini moved toEstrella Galicia 0,0 , filling in the seat vacated byJorge Navarro who moves up to Moto2, withJorge Martín replacing Bastianini inGresini Racing Moto3 .John McPhee moved to a brand new UK-based team backed byDorna , GB Team withJakub Kornfeil replacing him atPeugeot MC Saxoprint .María Herrera has moved to AGR Team, who decided to field one bike in Moto3. Herrera previously rode for her own team in 2016 after taking over the assets of Team Laglisse.Tony Arbolino has made his Moto3 debut with the new Moto3 teamSic58 Squadra Corse , having rode for the team in2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship .2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion,Ayumu Sasaki made his Moto3 debut withSIC Racing Team , filling the seat vacated byJakub Kornfeil .After spending the previous season as a replacement rider forPeugeot MC Saxoprint ,Albert Arenas made his full season debut with Aspar Mahindra Moto3, filling the seat vacated by Jorge Martín. Tatsuki Suzuki moved to the new teamSic58 Squadra Corse , with bothMarco Bezzecchi andManuel Pagliani made their Moto3 full season debut, filling in the two seats vacated by Suzuki andFabio Spiranelli at CIP-Unicom Starker.Patrik Pulkkinen made his Moto3 debut, joiningPeugeot MC Saxoprint .Livio Loi moved toLeopard Racing , filling in the seat vacated by bothFabio Quartararo andAndrea Locatelli who moved up to Moto2.BothKaito Toba andNakarin Atiratphuvapat set to make their Moto3 debut with Honda Team Asia, being promoted from Asia Talent Team Academy afterHiroki Ono left the team andKhairul Idham Pawi got promoted to Moto2. Enzo Boulom , who was on the provisional entry list as Wildcard & Replacement Rider, withdrew from the championship.Results and standings [ edit ] Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie
Constructors' standings[ edit ] Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
^ Grid formed by each rider's best time from any of the three free practice sessions held, after rain cancelled the planned qualifying session.[ 40] [ 41] ^ Jorge Martín , who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 12-place grid penalty for a riding infringement during free practice.John McPhee started the race from pole position, although Martín was still credited with pole position.[ 42] ^ Romano Fenati andJoan Mir both set the fastest lap time of 1:27.340 during the race.[ 43] Per the championship's sporting regulations, the second fastest time by each rider was taken into consideration, and Mir was credited with fastest lap.^ Enea Bastianini , who set the fastest time in qualifying, was given a 3-place grid penalty.Jorge Martín started the race from pole position, although Bastianini was still credited with pole position.[ 44]
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