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The 2014 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 66th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez won the Championship with 13 race wins.[1]

Summary[]

Taking 13 victories throughout the season, Márquez won a second consecutive title. He finished 67 points ahead of runner-up Valentino Rossi.

Márquez won the first ten races of the season, before his teammate Dani Pedrosa was able to take the victory in Brno.

In total, the season saw only four different race winners : Marc Márquez, Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo.

The Rookie of the Year was Pol Espargaró, who finished sixth overall. The second best rookie was Scott Redding, who finished twelfth.

Calendar[]

Round Date Grand Prix Circuit Report
1 23 March[2] Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit Report
2 13 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas Report
3 27 April Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo Report
4 4 May Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez Report
5 18 May Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit Report
6 1 June Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit Report
7 15 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Report
8 28 June[3] Iveco Daily TT Assen TT Circuit Assen Report
9 13 July eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring Report
10 10 August Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway Report
11 17 August bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit Report
12 31 August Hertz British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit Report
13 14 September Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli Report
14 28 September Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón Report
15 12 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi Report
16 19 October Tissot Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit Report
17 26 October Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit Report
18 9 November Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo Report

Teams and riders[]

Factory entries
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Flag Italy Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP14 04 Flag Italy Andrea Dovizioso[4] All
35 Flag UK Cal Crutchlow[5] 1–2, 4–18
51 Flag Italy Michele Pirro[6] 3
51 Flag Italy Michele Pirro[7] 4, 6–7, 11, 18
Flag Italy Pramac Racing
Flag Italy Energy T.I. Pramac Racing
29 Flag Italy Andrea Iannone[8] All
Ducati Desmosedici GP13[9] 68 Flag Colombia Yonny Hernández[8] All
Flag Japan Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 26 Flag Spain Dani Pedrosa[10] All
93 Flag Spain Marc Márquez[10] All
Flag Monaco LCR Honda MotoGP 6 Flag Germany Stefan Bradl[11] All
Flag Italy GO&FUN Honda Gresini 19 Flag Spain Álvaro Bautista[12] All
Flag Japan Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki Suzuki GSX-RR 14 Flag France Randy de Puniet[13] 18
Flag Japan Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Flag Italy Valentino Rossi[14] All
99 Flag Spain Jorge Lorenzo[15] All
Flag Japan YAMALUBE Racing Team with YSP 21 Flag Japan Katsuyuki Nakasuga[16] 15
Flag France Monster Yamaha Tech 3 38 Flag UK Bradley Smith[17] All
44 Flag Spain Pol Espargaró[18] All
Open entries
Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds
Flag Italy IodaRacing Project
Flag Italy Octo IodaRacing Team
ART[19] ART 9 Flag Italy Danilo Petrucci 1–4, 8–18
84 Flag Italy Michel Fabrizio[20] 6–7
Flag Spain Avintia Racing Avintia Avintia GP14[21] 63 Flag France Mike Di Meglio All
8 Flag Spain Héctor Barberá[22] 1–13
Ducati[23] Ducati Desmosedici GP14 14–18
Flag Switzerland NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha Forward-Yamaha 5 Flag USA Colin Edwards[24] 1–10
15 Flag SanMarino Alex de Angelis[25] 11–18
41 Flag Spain Aleix Espargaró[24] All
Flag Spain Drive M7 Aspar Honda Honda RC213V-RS[26] 7 Flag Japan Hiroshi Aoyama[27] 18
Honda RCV1000R 1–17
69 Flag USA Nicky Hayden[28] 1–9, 14–18
2 Flag UK Leon Camier[29] 10–13
Flag CzechRepublic Cardion AB Motoracing 17 Flag CzechRepublic Karel Abraham[30] All
Flag Italy GO&FUN Honda Gresini 45 Flag UK Scott Redding[31] All
Flag UK Paul Bird Motorsport PBM[19] PBM 23 Flag Australia Broc Parkes[32] All
70 Flag UK Michael Laverty All
Key
Regular rider
Wildcard rider
Replacement rider

References[]

  1. Marquez ends season in style with record 13th victory - Motogp.com (09/11/2014)
  2. Night race
  3. Saturday race
  4. Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati together beginning in 2013 - Motogp.com (22/08/2012)
  5. MotoGP: Cal Crutchlow leaves Yamaha to sign for Ducati - bbcsport.co.uk (01/08/2013)
  6. Pirro to substitute for Crutchlow in Argentina - Motogp.com (22/04/2014)
  7. Home race atmosphere greets Ducati Team at Mugello - Motorsport.com (28/05/2014)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Valencia MotoGP: Pramac confirms Hernandez, 'Open' class Ducati - Crash.net (11/11/2013)
  9. Italy MotoGP: Hernandez happy with tenth on GP13 - Crash.net (02/06/2014)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Dani Pedrosa and Marc Márquez to race together in Repsol Honda Team - MotoGP.com (12/07/2012)
  11. LCR Honda sign Bradl on two-year deal - MotoGP.com (17/11/2011)
  12. Updated 2014 MotoGP rider contracts - Crash.net (06/09/2013)
  13. Suzuki confirm Espargaro, Vinales & Valencia wildcard - Bennetts.co.uk (30/09/2014)
  14. Valentino Rossi returns to Yamaha for 2013 MotoGP season - Autosport.com (10/08/2012)
  15. Yamaha confirms Lorenzo for 2013 and 2014 - MotoGP.com(12/06/2012)
  16. Katsuyuki Nakasuga to Make Wildcard Entry: Grand Prix of Japan, Round 15 of the 2014 FIM MotoGP World Championship - Global Yamaha Motor.com (01/08/2014)
  17. Tech 3 Racing Team signs three-year deal with Bradley Smith - MotoGP.com (19/09/2011)
  18. Pol Espargaro signs for Monster Yamaha Tech3 - MotoGP.com (02/08/2013)
  19. 19.0 19.1 Provisional MotoGP™ entry list for 2014 - MotoGP.com (14/01/2014)
  20. Fabrizio called up to replace Petrucci - Crash.net (30/05/2014)
  21. Barbera and Di Meglio taking practical approach - MotoGP.com (10/03/2014)
  22. Héctor Barberá prorroga su contrato con Avintia Racing MotoGP hasta 2015 - avintiaracing.com (in Spanish) (11/11/2013)
  23. Avintia Ducati unveiled at Aragon - Crash.net (25/09/2014)
  24. 24.0 24.1 NGM Mobile Forward Racing confirm Edwards and Espargaro - MotoGP.com (09/11/2013)
  25. NGM Forward Racing and Edwards announce Texan's retirement from racing - MotoGP.com (11/08/2014)
  26. Aoyama becomes HRC MotoGP test rider, RC213V-RS debut - Crash.net (06/11/2014)
  27. Hiroshi Aoyama completes Power Electronics Aspar 2014 line-up - MotoGP.com (10/11/2013)
  28. Aspar Team announces Honda and Hayden - MotoGP.com (17/10/2013)
  29. Camier to sub for Hayden in Indianapolis and Brno - MotoGP.com (24/07/2014)
  30. Abraham with Honda Production Racer in 2014 - MotoGP.com (13/10/2013)
  31. GO&FUN Honda Gresini announce Redding deal - MotoGP.com (29/08/2013)
  32. PBM announces Broc Parkes for 2014 - MotoGP.com (11/12/2013)

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