The 2019 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 71st F.I.M.

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World Championship season.

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was the reigning series champion but he was unable to defend his title as he joined the series' premier class, the

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became the Moto2 World Champion of 2019 seeing for the second time both Marquez brothers claiming championships in the same year in their respective classes with

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winning his 6th premier class title. Despite finishing the final race in Valencia outside the points, Marquez secured his title with over ten podium finishes with five of them in 1st place securing his championship ahead of

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by three points.

Teams and riders

All the bikes used series-specified Dunlop tyres and

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765cc 3-cylinder engines.

Team changes

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switched manufacturers to KTM in line with their switch to KTM bikes in the MotoGP class, after having previously competed in Moto2 with their own chassis. *

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returned to Grand Prix motorcycle racing after being absent for 42 years, joining forces with

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to compete in Moto2. This results in

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's withdrawal from Moto2. * Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 downsized to one bike again after having previously competed with two bikes in the 2018 season. * Marinelli Snipers Team withdrew from Moto2. * Ángel Nieto Team expanded its operations to field two bikes in Moto2.

Rider changes

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moved up to Moto2 with

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, filling the spot vacated by

Miguel Oliveira Miguel Ângelo Falcão de Oliveira (; born 4 January 1995) is a Portuguese professional motorcycle racer who competes in the MotoGP World Championship for Prima Pramac Yamaha MotoGP, getting the step up from KTM Tech3,KTM Tech3. *

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moved up to MotoGP to join Team Suzuki Ecstar as a teammate to

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in 2019. *

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and

Philipp Öttl Philipp Öttl (born 3 May 1996 in Bad Reichenhall) is a German motorcycle racer who is living in Salzburg. He is the son of a former motorcycle racer, Peter Öttl. He is a former runner-up in the ADAC Junior Cup (2009), and has previously compet ...

moved up to Moto2 with Red Bull KTM Tech3, replacing

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and

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, who moved to NTS RW Racing GP and Onexox TKKR SAG Team respectively. *

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returned to Moto2 with Dynavolt Intact GP after one season in MotoGP, replacing

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, who moved to EG 0,0 Marc VDS. *

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left Swiss Innovative Investors team to return to

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. Lowes previously competed with Gresini Racing in the 2016 Moto2 & 2017 MotoGP seasons. His seat was taken by Joe Roberts. *

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moved to

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, replacing

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. *

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, who was on the provisional entry list, withdrew from the 2019 season after his contract with MV Agusta Forward was terminated due to the controversial incident at the 2018 San Marino Grand Prix. He returned to Moto3 with the Marinelli Snipers team. *

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moved up to Moto2 with

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, filling the spot vacated by

who moved up to MotoGP with Alma Pramac Racing. *

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moved up to Moto2 with

, replacing

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who moved up to MotoGP. *

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moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing

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. *

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moved to Petronas Sprinta Racing, replacing

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, who moved to the

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. * Jake Dixon made his full season debut with Ángel Nieto Team. He was partnered with

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, who made his full season debut in Moto2 after he previously made some Moto2 appearances in the 2018 season as a wildcard & replacement rider. * Idemitsu Honda Team Asia fielded two new riders for the 2019 season:

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and

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, who moved up from CEV Moto2 and CEV Moto3 respectively. *

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returned to SAG Team, replacing Jules Danilo, who moved to the

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. *

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switched team from Kiefer Racing to MV Agusta Forward. His place was taken by Lukas Tulovic, who previously filled in for him for a few races in

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. *

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left Moto2 for the

Mid-season changes

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was forced to miss the Austin round following a crash in the previous race. His place was filled by

. *

missed the Italian and German Grands Prix due to injury. He was replaced by

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in Mugello. *

missed the

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due to injuries sustained in a crash at Assen. *

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was dropped by Tasca Racing due to poor results and replaced by

from the Czech GP onwards. * Steven Odendaal was dropped from NTS RW Racing GP after the British GP.

was his replacement for the San Marino and Aragon GP, who was then replaced by

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from the Thailand GP onwards. Raffin also filled in for Odendaal in the first three races of the season, due to injury. *

suffered a Grade 3 open fracture of his little finger in a crash during Friday practice at the

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. He returned at the 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix, but withdrew after the Friday practice sessions due to injury and missed the rest of the season. During his absence, he was replaced by several riders: **

(French and Italian GP) **

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(Catalan, Dutch TT, German, Czech and Austrian GP) ** Bradley Smith (British GP) ** Adam Norrodin (San Marino, Aragon, Thai, Japanese, Australian, Malaysian and Valencian GP)

Rule changes

The season saw the introduction of a new engine package. The

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engine package, which was used since the inaugural season of Moto2 in

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, was replaced by a inline-3 engine manufactured by Triumph Motorcycles. It is based on the engine of the Triumph Street Triple RS 765. Due to availability constraints on the new Moto2 2019 engine, and the fact that there will be no machines of this specification in other championships, teams agreed to halt Moto2 wildcard entries for 2019. This class and Moto3 also adopted the qualifying format used by MotoGP for the season, in which the riders that placed 15th or lower on combined times in the third free practice session would be admitted to qualifying 1, then the four fastest riders from that session would join the fastest 14 riders in qualifying 2. The season saw the introduction of a new penalty called the "Long Lap" penalty for infractions such as exceeding track limits or engaging in reckless riding. At each circuit, a route is to be defined and marked at a safe point around the circuit (usually an asphalt run-off area outside of a turn). The penalised rider must ride through the defined area within 3 laps of being notified, thereby suffering a penalty equivalent typically to 2 or more seconds on that lap.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix took place during the season:

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Riders' standings

;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Teams' standings

The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders.

Notes

References

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