2019 Moto2 World Championship

• Tech 3 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.[31]
• MV Agusta returned to Grand Prix motorcycle racing after being absent for 42 years, joining forces with Forward Racing to compete in Moto2. This results in Suter's withdrawal from Moto2.
• Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 downsized to one bike again after having previously competed with two bikes in the 2018 season.[32]
• Marinelli Snipers Team withdrew from Moto2.
• Ángel Nieto Team expanded its operations to field two bikes in Moto2.

• Jorge Martín moved up to Moto2 with Red Bull KTM Ajo, filling the spot vacated by Miguel Oliveira who moved up to MotoGP with KTM Tech 3.
• Joan Mir moved up to MotoGP to join Team Suzuki Ecstar as a teammate to Álex Rins in 2019.
• Marco Bezzecchi and Philipp Öttl moved up to Moto2 with Red Bull KTM Tech 3, replacing Bo Bendsneyder and Remy Gardner, who moved to NTS RW Racing GP and SAG Team respectively.
• Thomas Lüthi returned to Moto2 with Dynavolt Intact GP after one season in MotoGP, replacing Xavi Vierge, who moved to EG 0,0 Marc VDS.
• Sam Lowes left Swiss Innovative Investors team to return to Gresini Racing. Lowes previously competed with Gresini Racing in the 2016 Moto2 & 2017 MotoGP seasons. His seat was taken by Joe Roberts.
• Jorge Navarro moved to Speed Up Racing, replacing Danny Kent.
• Romano Fenati, who was on the provisional entry list, withdrew from the 2019 season after his contract with MV Agusta Reparto Corse Forward Racing Team was terminated due to the controversial incident at the 2018 San Marino Grand Prix.[33] He returned to Moto3 with the Marinelli Snipers team.
• Nicolò Bulega moved up to Moto2 with Sky Racing Team VR46, filling the spot vacated by Francesco Bagnaia who moved up to MotoGP with Pramac Racing.
• Fabio Di Giannantonio moved up to Moto2 with Speed Up Racing, replacing Fabio Quartararo who moved up to MotoGP.
• Enea Bastianini moved up to Moto2 with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Mattia Pasini.
• Khairul Idham Pawi moved to Petronas Sprinta Racing, replacing Niki Tuuli, who moved to the MotoE World Cup.
• Jake Dixon will make his full season debut with Ángel Nieto Team. He was partnered with Xavi Cardelús, who will make 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 will field two new riders for the 2019 season: Dimas Ekky Pratama and Somkiat Chantra, who moved up from CEV Moto2 and CEV Moto3 respectively.
• Tetsuta Nagashima returned to SAG Team, replacing Jules Danilo, who moved to the Supersport World Championship.
• Dominique Aegerter switched team from Kiefer Racing to Forward Racing. His place was taken by Lukas Tulovic, who previously filled in for him for a few races in 2018.
• Isaac Viñales left Moto2 for the Supersport World Championship.

• Augusto Fernández was forced to miss the Austin round following a crash in the previous race. His place was filled by Mattia Pasini.
• Somkiat Chantra missed the Italian and German Grands Prix due to injury. He was replaced by Teppei Nagoe in Mugello.
• Philipp Öttl missed the German GP due to injuries sustained in a crash at Assen.
• Simone Corsi was dropped by Tasca Racing due to poor results and replaced by Mattia Pasini from the Czech GP onwards.
• Steven Odendaal was dropped from NTS RW Racing GP after the British GP. Simone Corsi was his replacement for the San Marino and Aragon GP, who was then replaced by Jesko Raffin from the Thailand GP onwards. Raffin also filled in for Odendaal in the first three races of the season, due to injury.
• Khairul Idham Pawi suffered a Grade 3 open fracture of his little finger in a crash during Friday practice at the 2019 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix.[34] He returned at the 2019 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix,[35] but withdrew after the Friday practice sessions due to injury[36] and missed the rest of the season. During his absence, he was replaced by several riders:
  • Mattia Pasini (French and Italian GP)
  • Jonas Folger (Catalan, Dutch TT, German, Czech and Austrian GP)
  • Bradley Smith (British GP)
  • Adam Norrodin (San Marino, Aragon, Thai, Japanese, Australian, Malaysian and Valencian GP)

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR SMR ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Álex Márquez Kalex 7 3 5 24 1 1 1 Ret 1 1 2 Ret 3 3 5 6 8 2 30 262 2 Brad Binder KTM 12 6 Ret 5 4 15 11 2 2 Ret 1 3 6 1 2 12 1 1 1 259 3 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 2 Ret 1 4 6 3 2 4 5 Ret 6 8 4 6 7 2 3 3 2 250 4 Jorge Navarro Speed Up Ret 8 3 2 2 7 3 Ret 8 4 3 2 7 2 17 5 4 5 3 226 5 Augusto Fernández Kalex 5 DNS 3 3 5 4 1 6 8 5 1 1 22 4 8 19 11 6 207 6 Luca Marini Kalex 8 7 6 8 13 2 6 3 10 5 Ret 9 11 4 1 1 Ret 10 8 190 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri Kalex 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 11 4 7 10 8 25 4 5 7 17 171 8 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 3 5 2 15 8 8 7 8 3 6 9 14 DNS 14 9 11 9 16 137 9 Fabio Di Giannantonio Speed Up 11 Ret Ret 12 12 10 Ret 11 4 2 14 6 2 11 18 11 14 Ret 9 108 10 Enea Bastianini Kalex 9 9 9 11 7 6 5 Ret 14 3 Ret DNS 9 24 11 7 17 24 14 97 11 Jorge Martín KTM 15 Ret 15 Ret 20 16 15 Ret 9 13 7 12 12 9 6 3 2 Ret 5 94 12 Iker Lecuona KTM Ret 4 Ret 10 9 Ret Ret 15 Ret 10 8 11 21 7 3 Ret 7 6 90 13 Xavi Vierge Kalex 10 DNS Ret 6 5 12 8 Ret Ret 24 Ret 10 8 10 Ret Ret Ret 4 7 81 14 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex Ret 12 12 7 11 14 10 5 12 9 Ret 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret 10 8 21 78 15 Remy Gardner Kalex 4 2 11 DNS Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 16 Ret 4 Ret 13 12 Ret 6 14 15 77 16 Sam Lowes Kalex 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret 9 9 Ret 11 Ret 24 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 20 Ret 10 66 17 Nicolò Bulega Kalex Ret Ret 9 10 Ret 13 Ret 18 7 13 20 Ret 12 8 Ret 12 12 22 48 18 Andrea Locatelli Kalex 13 11 10 14 Ret 18 12 6 15 14 11 15 13 17 13 15 18 16 20 46 19 Stefano Manzi MV Agusta 20 Ret 21 15 Ret Ret 7 22 20 16 17 15 14 Ret 10 9 Ret 4 39 20 Mattia Pasini Kalex 4 Ret 11 Ret 10 13 DNS Ret Ret Ret 13 11 35 KTM Ret 21 Somkiat Chantra Kalex Ret 10 20 17 Ret 17 DNS 15 12 16 14 16 9 13 Ret Ret 23 23 22 Dominique Aegerter MV Agusta 18 20 14 13 Ret 17 16 9 20 21 17 18 18 19 16 14 27 15 12 19 23 Marco Bezzecchi KTM 26 16 Ret 22 18 23 23 10 19 12 23 19 Ret 15 10 Ret Ret Ret 19 17 24 Simone Corsi Kalex 19 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 14 Ret 21 10 NTS 19 21 25 Jake Dixon KTM Ret 17 DNS 17 Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 19 23 20 23 19 17 21 17 13 7 26 Bo Bendsneyder NTS 16 14 13 16 Ret 19 18 Ret 16 17 15 21 17 18 20 16 15 Ret 24 7 27 Jesko Raffin NTS 14 15 16 21 19 13 20 6 Kalex 20 28 Joe Roberts KTM 22 22 Ret 20 14 Ret 20 14 25 DNS 21 22 16 30 Ret 18 16 19 18 4 29 Lukas Tulovic KTM 21 18 19 19 16 20 24 13 24 Ret 27 26 22 25 Ret Ret 24 22 Ret 3 30 Khairul Idham Pawi Kalex 17 13 17 DNS WD 3 Steven Odendaal NTS 18 Ret 22 22 16 23 22 20 25 0 Jonas Folger Kalex 19 17 17 19 18 0 Philipp Öttl KTM 23 19 18 23 19 21 DNS DNS 23 22 24 23 26 22 20 22 21 26 0 Dimas Ekky Pratama Kalex 24 23 22 DNS Ret 24 21 DNS DNS DNS 24 21 26 18 25 0 Xavi Cardelús KTM 25 21 Ret 25 Ret 25 25 18 26 25 26 27 25 27 Ret 23 25 23 28 0 Gabriele Ruiu MV Agusta 21 0 Kalex 28 Adam Norrodin Kalex Ret DNS 23 22 23 Ret 29 0 Andi Farid Izdihar Kalex 24 0 Teppei Nagoe Kalex Ret 25 28 0 Tommaso Marcon NTS 27 0 Gerry Salim Kalex 29 0 Bradley Smith Kalex Ret 0 Sean Dylan Kelly KTM Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA 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