2017 Moto3 World Championship

• The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track had not commenced.[16] The two circuits reached a deal that would have seen Silverstone continue to host the British Grand Prix in 2017, with an option to host the 2018 race.[10]

• After spending two seasons as a replacement rider, Lorenzo Dalla Porta has made his full season debut with Pull & Bear Aspar Mahindra Team, filling in the seat vacated by Francesco Bagnaia who moves up to Moto2.
• Romano Fenati, who was fired from Valentino Rossi's team Sky Racing Team VR46 midway through last season due to behavioral issues, landed a ride with Snipers Team for the 2017 season.
• Niccolò Antonelli left Ongetta-Rivacold (now called Snipers Team) to join Red Bull KTM Ajo, replacing Brad Binder who moves up to Moto2
• Enea Bastianini moved to Estrella Galicia 0,0, filling in the seat vacated by Jorge Navarro who moves up to Moto2, with Jorge Martín replacing Bastianini in Gresini Racing Moto3.
• John McPhee moved to a brand new UK-based team backed by Dorna, GB Team with Jakub Kornfeil replacing him at Peugeot MC Saxoprint.
• María Herrera has moved to AGR Team, who decided to field one bike in Moto3. Herrera previously rode for her own team in 2016 after taking over the assets of Team Laglisse.
• Tony Arbolino has made his Moto3 debut with the new Moto3 team SIC58 Squadra Corse, having rode for the team in 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship.
• 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Champion, Ayumu Sasaki set to make his Moto3 debut with SIC Racing Team, filling the seat vacated by Jakub Kornfeil.
• After spending the previous season as a replacement rider for Peugeot MC Saxoprint, Albert Arenas makes his full season debut with Aspar Team Moto3, filling the seat vacated by Jorge Martin.
• Tatsuki Suzuki moved to the new team SIC58 Squadra Corse, with both Marco Bezzecchi and Manuel Pagliani set to make their Moto3 full season debut, filling in the two seats vacated by Suzuki and Fabio Spiranelli at CIP-Unicom Starker.
• Patrik Pulkkinen made his Moto3 debut, joining Peugeot MC Saxoprint.
• Livio Loi moved to Leopard Racing, filling in the seat vacated by both Fabio Quartararo and Andrea Locatelli who moved up to Moto2
• Both Kaito Toba and Nakarin Atiratphuvapat set to make their Moto3 debut with Honda Team Asia, being promoted from Asia Talent Team Academy after Hiroki Ono left the team and Khairul Idham Pawi got promoted to Moto2
• Enzo Boulom, who was on the provisional entry list as Wildcard & Replacement Rider, withdrew from the championship.

• Paolo Simoncelli's team SIC58 Squadra Corse made their Moto3 debut, fielding two Honda NSF250RWs for Tony Arbolino and Tatsuki Suzuki.[31]
• 3570 Team Italia left Moto3 for the Supersport 300 World Championship.
• After spending the previous season in Moto3, RW Racing GP BV switched to Moto2.
• AGR Team fielded one bike in Moto3, after spending the previous season in Moto2 with two bikes.
• After entering the 2016 season with three bikes, both Leopard Racing and Sky Racing Team VR46 reverted to two bikes in 2017.
• After spending the previous season with Mahindra, Platinum Bay Real Estate changed bikes to KTM.
• Ongetta-Rivacold changed their name to Snipers Team, with Marinelli Rivacold as their main sponsor.

• Danny Kent returned to Moto3 after leaving Kiefer Racing in Moto2. After joining Red Bull KTM Ajo as a wildcard at the French GP, at Germany, Kent also replaced Niccolò Antonelli at the same team.
• Darryn Binder was replaced by Dennis Foggia at the Czech GP. Jaume Masiá replaced him for 3 rounds.
• AGR Team folded its operations in both Moto2 and Moto3 following the Aragon GP due to financial issues coupled with poor performance throughout the 2017 season. For the Australian and Malaysian rounds, María Herrera replaced Albert Arenas at the Aspar team. At the Valencia GP, Arenas returned.

Scoring system

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

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Joan Mir Honda 1 1 8 3 1 7 1 9 1 1 1 5 2 1 17 1 1 2 341 2 Romano Fenati Honda 5 7 1 2 Ret 13 2 2 2 2 13 7 1 10 1 6 7 4 248 3 Arón Canet Honda 4 11 Ret 1 2 5 5 1 Ret 3 5 1 Ret 5 5 NC 8 9 199 4 Jorge Martín Honda 3 3 2 9 Ret 15 3 4 DNS DNS 3 3 Ret 4 15 3 2 1 196 5 Fabio Di Giannantonio Honda 8 Ret 3 5 3 2 7 Ret 11 21 6 10 3 2 7 Ret 9 Ret 153 6 Enea Bastianini Honda 16 27 4 8 6 11 4 Ret 6 17 10 2 14 3 16 5 3 5 141 7 John McPhee Honda 2 2 7 Ret 12 6 12 3 Ret 6 Ret 13 Ret 6 10 Ret 5 8 131 8 Marcos Ramírez KTM 9 13 16 4 4 9 6 6 3 7 12 Ret 12 7 14 21 17 3 123 9 Andrea Migno KTM 6 5 12 6 8 1 8 14 16 11 21 8 9 11 13 14 6 16 118 10 Philipp Öttl KTM Ret 4 9 DNS 21 14 13 11 5 13 2 9 4 9 6 13 16 15 105 11 Juan Francisco Guevara KTM Ret 9 6 10 5 3 17 12 12 5 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 23 13 6 88 12 Nicolò Bulega KTM 14 16 5 7 17 10 9 10 4 23 11 20 5 14 12 11 Ret DNS 81 13 Livio Loi Honda 12 6 15 16 16 23 25 21 7 27 4 6 DNS 19 2 4 27 80 14 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 15 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 8 9 8 Ret 11 Ret 13 4 9 Ret 11 71 15 Bo Bendsneyder KTM 26 23 DNS 11 9 12 15 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 6 17 9 16 10 12 65 16 Gabriel Rodrigo KTM DNS Ret 11 13 DNS Ret 7 Ret 26 7 4 Ret Ret Ret 4 14 Ret 54 17 Adam Norrodin Honda 10 17 19 Ret DNS 18 18 Ret 13 9 8 12 Ret 15 Ret 8 11 17 42 18 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 7 Ret 14 22 Ret 16 11 DNS 24 Ret 16 Ret 18 2 Ret Ret 14 38 19 Darryn Binder KTM 13 12 10 20 Ret 4 Ret 13 10 22 20 24 Ret DNS 35 20 Ayumu Sasaki Honda 11 20 18 15 19 8 16 15 17 15 18 18 Ret 16 Ret 7 12 13 32 21 Jules Danilo Honda 17 22 13 12 7 Ret Ret 5 14 Ret 16 22 Ret 20 18 Ret Ret 19 29 22 Jakub Kornfeil Peugeot 20 18 23 18 11 20 22 17 18 20 20 23 7 25 8 12 21 18 26 23 Marco Bezzecchi Mahindra 25 19 17 Ret 15 17 14 16 15 22 Ret 19 Ret 19 3 Ret 19 28 20 24 Dennis Foggia KTM 14 8 7 19 25 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat Honda 18 24 24 21 13 24 21 18 23 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 11 17 18 21 16 26 Albert Arenas Mahindra Ret 25 21 14 Ret Ret 12 Ret 27 8 27 DNS 23 14 27 Jaume Masiá KTM 9 Ret 10 21 13 28 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Mahindra 23 Ret 26 19 14 19 19 Ret 19 19 Ret 17 15 Ret Ret 10 Ret 20 9 29 Manuel Pagliani Mahindra 22 21 25 27 18 22 20 Ret 20 25 19 15 11 23 Ret 15 15 22 8 30 Kaito Toba Honda 19 10 Ret 17 Ret 25 23 19 21 29 15 Ret Ret 28 21 20 20 24 7 31 Kazuki Masaki Honda 10 6 32 Danny Kent KTM 10 Ret 6 33 Alex Fabbri Mahindra 13 3 34 Tony Arbolino Honda 24 14 20 23 22 21 24 Ret Ret 16 17 25 Ret 26 23 18 22 25 2 35 María Herrera KTM 21 15 22 24 20 26 26 20 26 Ret 22 26 DNS DNS 26 1 Mahindra 19 24 Tim Georgi KTM 24 18 0 Tom Booth-Amos KTM 21 0 Patrik Pulkkinen Peugeot Ret 26 27 26 23 27 27 22 25 30 24 24 Ret 29 22 Ret 23 29 0 Tom Toparis KTM 24 22 0 Raúl Fernández Mahindra 25 Ret 22 0 Maximilian Kofler KTM 23 0 Aaron Polanco Honda 24 0 Gabriel Martínez-Ábrego KTM 28 28 Ret 0 Aleix Viu KTM 28 0 Vicente Pérez KTM Ret Ret 0 Edoardo Sintoni Mahindra Ret 0 Ryan van de Lagemaat KTM Ret 0 Jake Archer KTM Ret 0 Kevin Zannoni KTM Ret 0 Kasma Daniel Honda Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie