The 2014 FIM Moto2 World Championship was the intermediate class of the 66th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season. Pol Espargaró was the reigning series champion, but did not contest the season as he joined the series' premier class, MotoGP.
Scoring a record tally of points for the intermediate class, with 346, Marc VDS Racing Team rider Esteve Rabat wound up as the series champion, finishing 57 points clear of his teammate Mika Kallio. Rabat also set records for pole positions with 11, and tied the record for podiums with 14 – including 7 wins – matching Marc Márquez in the campaign. Kallio, a three-time winner, sealed the runner-up position in the championship after a collision with his closest challenger for the position, Maverick Viñales, in the final round of the season in Valencia. Both riders retired from the race as a result of the incident, giving Kallio the position by 15 points. Viñales' performances – his best results being four victories – were easily good enough for him to finish as the highest placed rookie in the championship standings, finishing almost 200 points clear of the next best rookie, his Paginas Amarillas HP 40 teammate Luis Salom, who finished eighth in the championship.
Fourth place in the championship was taken by Interwetten Sitag rider Thomas Lüthi, who won late season races in Japan and Valencia; the latter coming after Rabat was slow coming off the final corner of the race. He finished just ahead of compatriot Dominique Aegerter, who for the Technomag team, achieved his first Grand Prix victory during the 2014 season. Having scored his first pole position in qualifying, Aegerter took his maiden victory in his 129th start, fending off Kallio's advances in the closing stages. The only other race victor was Anthony West for the QMMF Racing Team, winning a wet race at Assen; it was his second race win at the track, having triumphed in similar conditions in 2003. Riding a Speed Up, it was the only time a Suter or Kalex did not win a race throughout the season. Kalex dominated the constructors' championship, amassing 430 points out of a maximum total of 450.
Calendar The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013. The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013 and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in an 18-race calendar.
The 2014 calendar originally saw the addition of two South American races, the series' first visit to the continent since 2004. A race in Argentina at the newly upgraded Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo is scheduled for 27 April and a race in Brazil at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Brasilia was scheduled for 28 September, but the latter was subsequently removed from the calendar. The round at MotorLand Aragón was also moved back a week, filling the date originally scheduled for Brazil.
Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 1 23 March ‡ Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail 2 13 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin 3 27 April Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina 4 4 May Gran Premio bwin de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 18 May Monster Energy Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 6 1 June Gran Premio d'Italia TIM Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 7 15 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8 28 June †† Iveco Daily TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen 9 13 July eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 10 August Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway 11 17 August bwin Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno 12 31 August Hertz British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 14 28 September Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 15 12 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 16 19 October Tissot Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 26 October Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 18 9 November Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race †† = Saturday race
Teams and riders A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 20 November 2013. An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014. The final entry list was released on 28 February 2014. All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.
TeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds AirAsia Caterham Caterham Moto Racing Suter MMX2 2 Josh Herrin 1–2, 5–12 5 Johann Zarco All 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 4, 13–18 NGM Forward Racing Kalex Kalex Moto2 3 Simone Corsi 5–12 20 Florian Marino 13–18 54 Mattia Pasini 5–18 Forward KLX Forward KLX 3 Simone Corsi 1–4 54 Mattia Pasini 1–4 IodaRacing Project Octo IodaRacing Team Suter Suter MMX2 4 All Gresini Moto2 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri All 19 Xavier Siméon All AGT Rea Racing Suter Suter MMX2 8 Gino Rea All Brough Superior Racing Taylor Made 9 Jeremy McWilliams 12 Teluru Team JiR Webike TSR TSR TSR6 9 Kenny Noyes 14 45 Tetsuta Nagashima 1–12 64 Federico Caricasulo 13 NTS NTS NH6 45 Tetsuta Nagashima 18 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 15–17 APH PTT The Pizza SAG SAG Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 10 Thitipong Warokorn All 96 Louis Rossi All Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Sandro Cortese All Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Interwetten Sitag Suter Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi All Tasca Racing Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 15 Alex de Angelis 1–10 42 Max Croker 16 44 Roberto Rolfo 17–18 84 Riccardo Russo 11–15 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol 80 Dakota Mamola 12 81 Jordi Torres All Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 21 Franco Morbidelli All 60 Julián Simón All Speed Up Speed Up Speed Up SF14 22 Sam Lowes All Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 23 Marcel Schrötter All 88 Ricard Cardús All 92 Álex Mariñelarena Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Kalex Kalex Moto2 25 Azlan Shah All 30 Takaaki Nakagami All Ciatti Suter Suter MMX2 32 Federico Fuligni 13 QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF14 33 Nina Prinz 9 95 Anthony West All 97 Román Ramos All 98 Mashel Al Naimi 1 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio All 41 Aiden Wagner 16 53 Esteve Rabat All Pons HP 40 Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 39 Luis Salom All 40 Maverick Viñales All 57 Edgar Pons 4 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart 17 65 Chalermpol Polamai 15 AGR Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 49 Axel Pons All 94 Jonas Folger All Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Hafizh Syahrin All Montáže Brož Racing Team Suter Suter MMX2 59 Miroslav Popov 11, 13 Technomag Suter Suter MMX2 70 Robin Mulhauser All 77 Dominique Aegerter All Moriwaki Racing Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 72 Yuki Takahashi 15 Promoto Sport TransFIORmers ??? 90 Lucas Mahias 5, 11, 18 Argentina TSR Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 99 Sebastián Porto 3Key Regular rider Wildcard rider
Rider changes Esteve Rabat joined Marc VDS Racing Team, replacing Scott Redding who moved up to MotoGP with GO&FUN Gresini. Maverick Viñales moved up to Moto2 with Pons HP 40, filling the seat vacated by Pol Espargaró who moved up to MotoGP with Monster Yamaha Tech 3.
Results and standings
Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Maverick Viñales Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 2 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Esteve Rabat Maverick Viñales Maverick Viñales Pons HP 40 Kalex Report 3 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Luis Salom Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 4 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Mika Kallio Jonas Folger Mika Kallio Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 5 French motorcycle Grand Prix Jonas Folger Maverick Viñales Mika Kallio Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 6 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 7 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 8 Dutch TT Esteve Rabat Anthony West QMMF Racing Team Speed Up Report 9 German motorcycle Grand Prix Mika Kallio Technomag carXpert Suter Report 10 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Mika Kallio Mika Kallio Mika Kallio Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 11 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 12 British motorcycle Grand Prix Johann Zarco Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 13 Mika Kallio Esteve Rabat Esteve Rabat Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Report 14 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Maverick Viñales Thomas Lüthi Maverick Viñales Kalex Report 15 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Maverick Viñales Thomas Lüthi Interwetten Sitag Suter Report 16 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Maverick Viñales Maverick Viñales Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Report 17 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Mika Kallio Maverick Viñales Paginas Amarillas HP 40 Kalex Report 18 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Esteve Rabat Thomas Lüthi Thomas Lüthi Interwetten Sitag Suter Report
Riders' standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1