MotoGP 2015 entry lists revealed: Jack Miller, Anthony West the only Australians with rides

DORNA has released a 25-bike entry list for next year’s MotoGP World Championship, the regular grid swelling with the return of Suzuki and Aprilia.

2014 Tissot Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix - Marc Marquez leads the field into turn four. Picture: Mark Stewart

DORNA has released a 25-bike entry list for next year’s MotoGP World Championship, the regular grid swelling with the return of Suzuki and Aprilia to the sport’s premier class.

Rising stars Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Vinales will ride the new Suzuki GSX-RR, while Gresini Racing has retained Alvaro Bautista as they begin a four-year partnership with Aprilia.

The seats at the other factory squads remain largely the same, with Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa staying at Repsol Honda HRC, and Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi sticking with the Movistar Yamaha team.

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The only significant change occurs at Ducati with Andrea Iannone promoted to the factory team alongside Andrea Dovizioso, the Italian replacing Cal Crutchlow who will ride a Honda for Lucio Cecchinello Racing.

Moto2 world champions Marc VDS Racing Team will make their long-awaited step up to MotoGP, reuniting with former rider Scott Redding to run one of four factory-spec Hondas on the grid.

World Superbike racers Eugene Laverty and Loris Baz have landed rides in the prototype world championship, the Brit taking Hiroshi Aoyama’s place at the Aspar squad, while the lanky Frenchman takes the second seat alongside Honda outcast Stefan Bradl at NGM Forward Racing.

With Hector Barbera already carrying the No. 8, Jack Miller’s Honda will wear the No. 43 when he graduates to MotoGP as Crutchlow’s teammate, the same number he wore as a junior road racer in Australia in 2009 and when he moved to Europe to race full-time in 2010.

Miller is one of just two Australians listed across the provisional MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 entry lists for 2015, with Anthony West set to continue with QMMF Racing Team in the Moto2 class.

Broc Parkes will wave goodbye to the world championship after Valencia with his Paul Bird Motorsport team pulling out of MotoGP at the end of the season, instead focusing on their British Superbike Championship efforts.

2015 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP — PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST
(4) Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) Ducati Team *
(6) Stefan Bradl (Forward Yamaha) NGM Forward Racing
(8) Hector Barbera (Ducati) Avintia Racing
(9) Danilo Petrucci (Ducati) Pramac Racing *
(17) Karel Abraham (Honda) Cardion AB Motoracing
(19) Alvaro Bautista (Aprilia) Factory Aprilia Gresini *
(25) Maverick Vinales (Suzuki) Team Suzuki MotoGP *
(26) Dani Pedrosa (Honda) Repsol Honda Team *
(29) Andrea Iannone (Ducati) Ducati Team *
(35) Cal Crutchlow (Honda) CWM LCR Honda *
(38) Bradley Smith (Yamaha) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 *
(41) Aleix Espargaro (Suzuki) Team Suzuki MotoGP *
(43) Jack Miller (Honda) CWM LCR Honda
(44) Pol Espargaro (Yamaha) Monster Yamaha Tech 3 *
(45) Scott Redding (Honda) Marc VDS Racing Team *
(46) Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP *
(50) Eugene Laverty (Honda) Drive M7 Aspar
(63) Mike Di Meglio (Ducati) Avintia Racing
(68) Yonny Hernandez (Ducati) Pramac Racing *
(69) Nicky Hayden (Honda) Drive M7 Aspar
(76) Loris Baz (Forward Yamaha) NGM Forward Racing
(93) Marc Marquez (Honda) Repsol Honda Team *
(99) Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) Movistar Yamaha MotoGP *
TBA (Aprilia) Factory Aprilia Gresini *
TBA (TBA) Octo Ioda Racing Team *

* Factory Option class

Maverick Vinales (40) will move up to MotoGP, while Esteve Rabat (53) will start as favourite in the Moto2 class.

2015 MOTO2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP — PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST
(2) Jesko Raffin (Kalex) SAG Team
(3) Simone Corsi (Kalex) NGM Forward Racing
(4) Randy Krummenacher (TBC) JIR Moto2
(5) Johann Zarco (Kalex) Ajo Motorsport
(8) Gino Rea (Kalex) AGT Rea Racing
(10) Thitipong Warokorn (Kalex) APH PTT The Pizza SAG
(11) Sandro Cortese (Kalex) Dynavolt Intact GP
(12) Thomas Luthi (Kalex) Derendinger R. Interwetten
(19) Xavier Simeon (Kalex) Federal Oil Gresini Moto2
(21) Franco Morbidelli (Kalex) Italtrans Racing Team
(22) Sam Lowes (Speed Up) Speed Up
(23) Marcel Schrotter (Tech 3) Tech 3
(25) Azlan Shah (Kalex) Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
(30) Takaaki Nakagami (Kalex) Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
(36) Mika Kallio (Kalex) Italtrans Racing Team
(39) Luis Salom (Kalex) Paginas Amarillas HP 40
(40) Maverick Vinales (Kalex) Paginas Amarillas HP 40
(49) Axel Pons (Kalex) AGR Team
(53) Esteve Rabat (Kalex) Marc VDS Racing Team
(55) Hafizh Syahrin (Kalex) Petronas Raceline Malaysia
(60) Julian Simon (Speed Up) QMMF Racing Team
(66) Florian Alt (Suter) Octo IodaRacing Team
(70) Robin Mulhauser (Kalex) Technomag R. Interwetten
(73) Alex Marquez (Kalex) Marc VDS Racing Team
(77) Dominique Aegerter (Kalex) Technomag R. Interwetten
(88) Ricard Cardus (Tech 3) Tech 3
(94) Jonas Folger (Kalex) AGR Team
(95) Anthony West (Speed Up) QMMF Racing Team
(96) Louis Rossi (Tech 3) Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2
TBA (Kalex) NGM Forward Racing
TBA (Kalex) Gresini Racing Moto2

It promises to be another hectic season in the Moto3 class. Pic: Mark Stewart

2015 MOTO3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP — PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST
(5) Romano Fenati (KTM) Sky Racing Team VR46
(9) Scott Deroue (Honda) RW Racing GP
(10) Alexis Masbou (Honda) Saxoprint-RTG
(11) Matteo Ferrari (Mahindra) San Carlo Team Italia
(16) Andrea Migno (KTM) Sky Racing Team VR46
(17) John McPhee (Honda) Saxoprint-RTG
(19) Alessandro Tonucci (Mahindra) Ambrogio Racing
(20) Fabio Quartararo (Honda) Estrella Galicia 0,0
(21) Francesco Bagnaia (Mahindra) Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
(22) Ana Carrasco (KTM) Boe41 RBA Team
(23) Niccolo Antonelli (Honda) Ongetta-Rivacold
(24) Tatsuki Suzuki (Mahindra) CIP
(29) Stefano Manzi (Mahindra) San Carlo Team Italia
(31) Niklas Ajo (KTM) Boe41 RBA Team
(32) Isaac Vinales (Husqvarna) Calvo Team
(33) Enea Bastianini (Honda) Gresini Racing Moto3
(40) Darren Binder (Mahindra) Ambrogio Racing
(41) Brad Binder (KTM) Red Bull KTM Ajo
(44) Miguel Oliveira (KTM) Red Bull KTM Ajo
(50) Hiroki Ono (Honda) Kiefer Racing
(52) Danny Kent (Honda) Kiefer Racing
(55) Andrea Locatelli (Honda) Gresini Racing Moto3
(57) Eric Granado (Husqvarna) Calvo Team
(58) Juanfran Guevara (Mahindra) Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
(63) Zulfahmi Khairuddin (KTM) Sepang International Circuit
(65) Philipp Oettl (KTM) TT Motion Events
(84) Jakub Kornfeil (Mahindra) CIP
(88) Jorge Martin (Mahindra) Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3
(91) Gabriel Rodrigo (KTM) Boe41 RBA Team
(95) Jules Danilo (Honda) Ongetta-Rivacold
(98) Karel Hanika (KTM) Red Bull KTM Ajo
(99) Jorge Navarro (Honda) Estrella Galicia 0,0
TBA (KTM) Sepang International Circuit

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