MotoGP 2018 provisional entry list released

Dovizioso and Marquez

The FIM has released a 24-bike provisional entry list for the 2018 MotoGP season.

The riders include four rookies: Xavier Simeon (Reale Avintia Racing Ducati), Thomas Luthi (Marc VDS Honda), Franco Morbidelli (EG 0,0 MARC VDS Honda) and Takaaki Nakagami, whose second LCR Honda joins the grid alongside teammate Cal Crutchlow.

2017 riders Hector Barbera and Sam Lowes are set for Moto2 in 2018, and Loris Baz leaves Avintia Ducati for Althea BMW in the World Superbike championship.

No.	RIDER	NATIONALITY	TEAM	BIKE
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Italian	Ducati Team	Ducati
5	Johann Zarco	French	Monster Yamaha Tech 3*	Yamaha
9	Danilo Petrucci	Italian	Octo Pramac Racing*	Ducati
10	Xavier Simeon	Belgian	Reale Avintia Racing*	Ducati
12	Tom Luthi	Swiss	EG 0,0 Marc VDS*	Honda
17	Karel Abraham	Czech	Pull&Bear Aspar Team*	Ducati
19	Alavaro Bautista	Spanish	Pull&Bear Aspar Team*	Ducati
21	Franco Morbidelli	Italian	EG 0,0 Marc VDS*	Honda
25	Maverick Vinales	Spanish	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
26	Dani Pedrosa	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
29	Andrea Iannone	Italian	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
30	Takaai Nakagami	Japanese	LCR Honda Idemitsu*	Honda
35	Cal Crutchlow	British	LCR Honda Castrol*	Honda
38	Bradley Smith	British	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
41	Aleix Espargaro	Spanish	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini*	Aprilia
42	Alex Rins	Spanish	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki
43	Jack Miller	Australian	Octo Pramac Racing*	Ducati
44	Pol Espargaro	Spanish	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM
45	Scott Redding	British	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini*	Aprilia
46	Valentino Rossi	Itallian	Movistar Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha
53	Tito Rabat	Spanish	Reale Avintia Racing*	Ducati
93	Marc Marquez	Spanish	Repsol Honda Team	Honda
94	Jonas Folger	German	Monster Yamaha Tech 3*	Yamaha
99	Jorge Lorenzo	Spanish	Ducati Team	Ducati

* = INDEPENDENT TEAM