
The 2019 FIM
Moto3
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World Championship was a part of the 71st
F.I.M. Road Racing
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World Championship season.
This class and Moto2 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.
Teams and riders
All the bikes used series-specified
Dunlop tyres.
Team changes
* Marinelli Snipers Team expanded to two bikes again after the team's withdrawal from Moto2.
*
Max Biaggi's team, Max Racing Team, made its World Championship debut after he signed a partnership deal with
Peter Öttl
Peter Öttl (born 24 March 1965 in Berchtesgaden) is a German former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In 1989, he won two Grand Prix races and finished the year in third place in the 80cc world championship behind Manuel Herreros and Stefan Dö ...
's race team, Südmetal Schedl GP Racing.
Rider changes
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Philipp Öttl
Philipp Öttl (born 3 May 1996 in Bad Reichenhall) is a German Motorcycle racing, 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 ...
moved up to Moto2 with
Red Bull KTM Tech3.
*Both
Fabio Di Giannantonio
Fabio Di Giannantonio (born 10 October 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Gresini Racing in MotoGP.
Career Early career
Born in Rome, in 2015 Di Giannantonio finished as the runner-up in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, ...
and
Jorge Martín moved up to Moto2, joining
Speed Up Racing and
Red Bull KTM Ajo
Ajo Motorsport is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racing team, currently competing in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes under the name Red Bull KTM Ajo and in the MotoE class under the name Avant Ajo MotoE. The team's founder and principal is former ...
respectively.
*
Raúl Fernández made his full season debut with Ángel Nieto Team, replacing
Andrea Migno who moved to Bester Capital Dubai.
*
Filip Salač
Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech motorcycle rider, competing in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship for QJmotor Gresini Moto2.
Career Junior career
Salač competed full time in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, scoring no pod ...
made his full season debut with Redox PrüstelGP as a teammate of
Jakub Kornfeil
Jakub Kornfeil (born 8 April 1993) is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer from the Czech Republic. Until 2019, he competed in the Moto3 World Championship. During 2020 he raced for WithU Motorsport in the MotoE World Cup. He was the winner of Red Bull ...
, replacing
Marco Bezzecchi
Marco Bezzecchi (born 12 November 1998) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, competing for Mooney VR46 Racing Team in the 2023 MotoGP World Championship.
Career Junior career
Bezzecchi won the Italian Moto3 championship in 2015, and also ...
who moved up to Moto2 with
Red Bull KTM Tech3.
*
Celestino Vietti
Celestino Vietti Ramus (born 13 October 2001) is an Italian motorcycle rider competing in Moto2 for Mooney VR46 Racing Team. He is also a member of Valentino Rossi's VR46 Academy.
Career Junior career
In 2018 he competed full-time in the 201 ...
made his full season debut with
Sky Racing Team VR46, replacing
Nicolò Bulega
Nicolò Jarod Bulega (born 16 October 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer, set to compete in the 2022 Supersport World Championship with Aruba.it Racing Ducati Team. He has also been a competitor in the CEV Moto3 Championship in 2014 and 2015, ...
who moved up to Moto2 with the same team.
*
Makar Yurchenko
Makar Borisovich Yurchenko (russian: Макар Борисович Юрченко; born 29 July 1998) is a Russian-born Kazakh motorcycle racer.
In 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 he competed in the FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship. In 2014, ...
returned to Moto3 with BOE Skull Rider Mugen Race.
*
John McPhee
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left CIP Green Power to join
Petronas Sprinta Racing, replacing
Adam Norrodin who moved to the
CEV Moto2 European Championship with the same team.
*
Marcos Ramírez left Bester Capital Dubai to join Leopard Racing, replacing
Enea Bastianini
Enea Bastianini (born 30 December 1997), nicknamed "La Bestia" (The Beast), is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Ducati Lenovo Team in the MotoGP class. He won the 2020 Moto2 World Championship.
Career
Early career
Born in Rim ...
who moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team.
*
Sergio García
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made his full season debut with
Estrella Galicia 0,0, replacing
Arón Canet
Arón Canet Barbero (born 30 September 1999) is a Spanish motorcycle racer, currently competing in the Moto2 for Pons Racing.
Career Early career
Canet was the third-place finisher in the 2015 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.
Moto3 Wo ...
who moved to
Max Racing Team.
*
Ai Ogura
is a Japanese Grand Prix motorcycle racer.
Career Early career
He finished 11th in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, in 2017 he participated in 9 out of 12 races of the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship while taking part in t ...
made his full season debut with Honda Team Asia, replacing
Nakarin Atiratphuvapat
Nakarin Atiratphuvapat ( th, นครินทร์ อธิรัฐภูวภัทร์; born 17 January 1996) is a Thai motorcycle racer
Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of ra ...
.
*
Gabriel Rodrigo
Gabriel Rodrigo Castillo (born 12 October 1996) is a Spanish-born Argentine former motorcycle racer
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left RBA Racing Team and joined
Gresini Racing
Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Gresini Racing MotoGP as a Ducati satellite team, in the Moto2 World Championship as Team Gresini Moto2, and the MotoE World Cup as Felo Gresin ...
alongside rookie
Riccardo Rossi.
*
Romano Fenati
Romano Fenati (born 15 January 1996) is an Italian motorcycle racer who has competed at Grand Prix level. He raced for the early part of the season in Moto2, before being sacked by principal Luca Boscoscuro. In September 2022, Fenati signed wi ...
returned to Moto3 with VNE Snipers after one season in Moto2 after his contract with
Forward Racing was terminated following the controversial incident at the
2018 San Marino Grand Prix with
Stefano Manzi
Stefano Manzi (born 29 March 1999) is an Italian motorcycle racer, born in Rimini.
Career Junior career
Manzi joined the 2012 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, and had two podiums in his first season already, a 2nd place at the Sachsenring and a 3r ...
.
*
Can Öncü
Can Alexander Öncü (born 26 July 2003) is a Turkish motorcycle racer. After spending the 2019 season in Moto3, for 2020 and 2021, he raced in the World Supersport with Turkish Racing Team, a new venture headed by Turkish former racer Kenan So ...
made his full season debut with
Red Bull KTM Ajo
Ajo Motorsport is a Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racing team, currently competing in the Moto2 and Moto3 classes under the name Red Bull KTM Ajo and in the MotoE class under the name Avant Ajo MotoE. The team's founder and principal is former ...
, replacing
Darryn Binder
Darryn Binder (born 21 January 1998) is a South African professional motorcycle racer set to compete in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP.
Career
Binder was born in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His older brothe ...
who moved to CIP Green Power. Öncü was allowed to race despite being below the minimum age of 16 as he received a special dispensation by Dorna after winning the
2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
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.
*
Tom Booth-Amos
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made his full season debut with CIP Green Power.
In-season changes
*
Ryusei Yamanaka
is a Japanese motorcycle racer set to compete in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship
The 2023 FIM Moto3 World Championship will be part of the 75th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Teams and riders
All teams use Dunlop tyres ...
replaced
Sergio García
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for the first race due to age restriction.
*
Vicente Pérez was dropped due to poor results and replaced by
Stefano Nepa
Stefano Nepa (born 21 November 2001) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer, currently competing in the 2023 Moto3 World Championship for the Angeluss MTA Team.
Career
In his native Italy, Nepa won the CIV PreMoto3 250cc 4-stroke championsh ...
from the Dutch TT onwards.
Calendar
The following Grands Prix took place during the season:
: ‡ = Night race
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
;Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
* Each constructor got 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; wild-card entries were ineligible.
Notes
References
{{World championships in 2019
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