Submitted by David Emmett on
The FIM today announced the provisional entry list for the Moto3 class in 2013. With 2012 champion Sandro Cortese gone, Maverick Viñales starts as favorite for the title, now delighted to be aboard a full factory KTM with JHK Laglisse. Challenging Viñales will be Jonas Folger, the surprise package of 2012 once he had switched to a Kalex KTM with Aspar, and this year's runner Luis Salom. Alex Rins will be a rider to watch, the young Spaniard having impressed in the latter part of his rookie season.
A fantastic crop of young rookies enters Moto3, most of them coming up from the Red Bull Rookies cup. Germans Florian Alt and Philipp Oettl are joined by Belgian youngster Livio Loi, all three offering an interesting prospect. From the Spanish CEV championship comes Francesco Bagnaia, hotly fancied by some observers, the young Italian slotting in alongside Romano Fenati in the Team Italia squad.
Provisional Moto3 lineup:
| No. | Rider | Nationality | Team | Bike |
| 3 | Matteo Ferrari | Italian | Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | Italian | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda |
| 5 | Romano Fenati | Italian | Team Italia FMI | FTR Honda |
| 7 | Efren Vazquez | Spanish | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra |
| 8 | Jack Miller | Australian | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda |
| 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | German | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM |
| 11 | Livio Loi | Belgian | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex KTM |
| 12 | Alex Marquez | Spanish | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | KTM |
| 17 | John McPhee | British | Racing Team Germany | FTR Honda |
| 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Italian | Caretta Technology | Honda |
| 22 | Ana Carrasco | Spanish | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | KTM |
| 23 | Niccolo Antonelli | Italian | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda |
| 25 | Maverick Viñales | Spanish | JHK t-shirt Laglisse | KTM |
| 29 | Hyuga Watanabe | Japanese | Caretta Technology | Honda |
| 31 | Niklas Ajo | Finnish | Avant Techno | KTM |
| 32 | Isaac Viñales | Spanish | Bimbo - Ongetta-Centro Seta | FTR Honda |
| 39 | Luis Salom | Spanish | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM |
| 41 | Brad Binder | South African | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda |
| 42 | Alex Rins | Spanish | Estrella Galicia 0'0 | KTM |
| 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Portuguese | Mahindra Racing | Mahindra |
| 53 | Jasper Iwema | Dutch | RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM |
| 57 | Eric Granado | Brazilian | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM |
| 58 | Juan Guevara | Spanish | CIP | TSR Honda |
| 61 | Arthur Sissis | Australian | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM |
| 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | Malaysian | Red Bull KTM Ajo | KTM |
| 65 | Philipp Oettl | German | Paddock TT Motion | Kalex KTM |
| 66 | Florian Alt | German | Kiefer Racing | Kalex KTM |
| 77 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Italian | Go & Fun Gresini Moto3 | FTR Honda |
| 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Czech | Redox RW Racing GP | Kalex KTM |
| 89 | Alan Techer | French | CIP | TSR Honda |
| 94 | Jonas Folger | German | Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 | Kalex KTM |
| 99 | Danny Webb | British | Ambrogio Racing | Suter Honda |
Comments
Still very European
but quite a good spread of nationalities all the same.
Does anybody know if we have some 'up and coming' 'emerging markets' riders in the offing? Or is this the pattern for the near future?
Re: Still very European
Malaysian rider Zulfahmi Khairuddin getting on the podium a couple times qualifies on both count I'd think.
Too bad about the withdrawal of KTM Red Bull Rookies Cup from the US. Apparently participation in the USGPRU and the AFM aren't enough to get an American noticed.