2024 MotoGP World Championship

The 2024 FIM MotoGP World Championship is the premier class of the 76th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season, the highest level of competition in motorcycle road racing.

Season summary

The season opener returned to its traditional home in Qatar, seeing Jorge Martín take the early championship lead with a sprint race win from pole position, before being eclipsed by defending champion Francesco Bagnaia taking the main race victory. In Portugal, Martín re-took the championship lead with a sprint podium and race win. Pedro Acosta became the youngest rider to achieve a podium in the MotoGP era (and third-youngest in the history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing) with a third place at 19 years 304 days. The Grand Prix of the Americas saw Maverick Viñales and Aprilia complete a perfect weekend, taking pole position with a new lap record, the sprint and race victories, and fastest lap. With this win, Viñales became the first rider in the MotoGP era (and fifth overall in Grand Prix motorcycle racing history) to secure victories with three different manufacturers (Suzuki, Yamaha, and Aprilia).

In Spain, Jorge Martín took his second sprint victory of the season, in a race session notable for 15 separate incidents of riders crashing due to weather conditions creating unpredictable damp patches on an otherwise dry race course. Francesco Bagnaia took the main race win, ahead of Marc Márquez and Marco Bezzecchi.

Teams and riders

All teams will use series-specified Michelin tyres.

Team changes

• RNF Racing did not enter the 2024 season after being found breaching the participation agreement. Trackhouse Racing was later announced as the replacement for RNF, taking over as Aprilia's independent team and retaining riders Miguel Oliveira and Raúl Fernández from RNF.

Rider changes

• Álex Rins moved to Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team from LCR Honda, replacing Franco Morbidelli who moved to Prima Pramac Racing, replacing Johann Zarco.
• Johann Zarco moved to LCR Honda from Prima Pramac Racing, replacing Álex Rins. Zarco previously raced with the team as a replacement rider in 2019.
• Marc Márquez moved to Gresini Racing from Repsol Honda, replacing Fabio Di Giannantonio who moved to VR46 Racing Team, replacing Luca Marini. Márquez left Repsol Honda after 11 seasons, winning six Riders' Championships during his stint with the team, and teamed up again with his brother Álex, who was his teammate in Repsol Honda in 2020.
• Pedro Acosta entered the MotoGP class with the Red Bull GasGas Tech3 team, replacing Pol Espargaró, who left the premier class after 10 seasons.
• Luca Marini moved to Repsol Honda from VR46 Racing Team, replacing Marc Márquez.

Rule changes

A new concession system for manufacturers has been introduced. It categorizes manufacturers based on their recent performance in two evaluation windows. The system covers various aspects, including test days, riders, wildcard appearances, engines, aero updates, and testing tyre allocations.

During the warm up lap of the sprint or race, race direction may use the white flag signifying that bike changes are allowed due to rain. Riders may enter pit lane to change tyres or bike and subsequently start the race from pit lane without further penalty.

Calendar

The following Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2024:

The following Grand Prix is planned as a reserve event:

Grand Prix locations

Calendar changes

• The Grand Prix of Qatar will return as the season opener after being the penultimate round in 2023.
• The Grand Prix of Kazakhstan is set to make its debut this season after its cancellation in 2023 due to homologation works at the circuit along with global operational challenges. With the introduction of this Grand Prix, the German Grand Prix was returned to it's traditional calendar slot in early July, after the Dutch TT and before the season's summer break.
• The Grand Prix of Aragón will return this season after not being held in 2023.
• The Argentine Grand Prix was cancelled on 31 January, due to "current circumstances" in the country's on-going economic crisis. The event was not replaced.
• The Grand Prix of Kazakhstan was "postponed until later in the season" on 3 May, due to the on-going Central Asian flooding.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers of the main race and to the top nine of the sprint. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Constructors' standings

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

Teams' standings

The teams' standings are based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries are ineligible.

Notes

References

External links

• Official website