The 2014 FIM Moto3 World Championship was the lightweight class of the 66th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season. Maverick Viñales was the reigning series champion, but did not contest the season as he moved to the series' intermediate class, Moto2.
The riders' championship was not settled until the final round of the season, and was won by Estrella Galicia 0,0 rider Álex Márquez, the brother of 125cc champion Marc Márquez; as a result, the Márquez brothers became the first siblings to each win a Grand Prix motorcycle racing title. Márquez – a three-time race winner – prevailed after a third-place finish in Valencia, which was good enough to give him the title by two points over Jack Miller, who won the race. Miller, who had not finished on a Grand Prix podium prior to the 2014 season, achieved six victories and ten podium finishes, riding for the Ajo Motorsport team. Third place in the championship was also decided in Valencia, with Álex Rins, teammate to Márquez at the Estrella Galicia 0,0 team, able to take the position ahead of SaxoPrint–RTG's Efrén Vázquez. Both riders took two victories during the season, including the first two of Vázquez's Grand Prix career.
The only other riders to take victories during the season were the riders that finished fifth and sixth in the final riders' championship standings. Riding for Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing Team by VR46, Romano Fenati took four victories during the season, but with only two further podium finishes, he was unable to mount a substantial championship challenge. Alexis Masbou, riding for Ongetta–Rivacold, was also a first-time Grand Prix winner during the 2014 season; he won at Brno, after prevailing in a 17-rider lead battle. The rookie of the year standings were comfortably won by Enea Bastianini of the Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3. Bastianini finished ninth overall having graduated from the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, taking three podium finishes during the campaign. In the constructors' championship, KTM and Honda finished tied on 384 points, but KTM won the title – a third consecutive title – on countback as the marque had won 10 races to Honda's 8.
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 teams used Dunlop tyres.
TeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Kiefer Racing Kalex KTM Kalex KTM Moto3 2 Remy Gardner 13 4 Gabriel Ramos All 43 Luca Grünwald 1–12, 14–18 Calvo Team Calvo Team Laglisse Team Laglisse Calvo KTM KTM RC250GP 2 Remy Gardner 17 KTM RC250R 16 KTM RC250GP 14 Albert Arenas 18 KTM RC250R 24 Marcos Ramírez 4 KTM RC250GP 32 Isaac Viñales All 57 Eric Granado 1–16 84 Jakub Kornfeil All San Carlo Team Italia Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 3 Matteo Ferrari All 34 Michael Ruben Rinaldi 5 55 Andrea Locatelli 1–3, 6–18 Sky Racing Team by VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 5 Romano Fenati All 21 Francesco Bagnaia All Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 6 María Herrera 4, 7, 18 12 Álex Márquez All 42 Álex Rins All SaxoPrint–RTG Honda Honda NSF250RW 7 Efrén Vázquez All 17 John McPhee All FTR FTR M314 97 Maximilian Kappler 9 Red Bull KTM Ajo Avant Tecno Husqvarna Ajo Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo SIC–Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 8 Jack Miller All 31 Niklas Ajo 1–8, 10–18 KTM KTM RC250GP 38 Hafiq Azmi All Husqvarna Husqvarna FR250GP 52 Danny Kent All KTM KTM RC250R 88 Hafiza Rofa 17 Husqvarna Husqvarna FR250GP 91 Gabriel Rodrigo 9 KTM KTM RC250GP 98 Karel Hanika All RW Racing GP Kalex KTM Kalex KTM Moto3 9 Scott Deroue All 22 Ana Carrasco 1–14 Ongetta–Rivacold Ongetta–AirAsia Honda Honda NSF250RW 10 Alexis Masbou All 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin All Marc VDS Racing Team KTM KTM RC250R 11 Livio Loi 9 Kalex KTM 8 Kalex KTM Moto3 1–7 99 Jorge Navarro 10–18 KRP Abbink Racing FTR KTM FTR M314 13 Jasper Iwema 8, 12 CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 13 Jasper Iwema 14–18 19 Alessandro Tonucci All 51 Bryan Schouten 1–13 MT Racing Honda FTR Honda FTR M314 16 Simone Mazzola 6 Mahindra Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 16 Andrea Migno 12–18 44 Miguel Oliveira All 61 Arthur Sissis 1–11 Junior Team GO&FUN Moto3 KTM KTM RC250GP 23 Niccolò Antonelli All 33 Enea Bastianini All Ambrogio Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 41 Brad Binder All 95 Jules Danilo All Olly Simpson Racing KTM KTM RC250R 45 Olly Simpson 16 Honda Team Asia Honda Honda NSF250R 50 Hiroki Ono 14 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Kalex KTM Kalex KTM Moto3 58 All Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM Kalex KTM Moto3 65 Philipp Öttl All Redline Motorcycles/KTM UK KTM KTM RC250R 66 Joe Irving 12 Pos Corse FTR Honda FTR M314 69 Anthony Groppi 6 71Workx.com Racing Team Kalex KTM Kalex KTM Moto3 71 Thomas van Leeuwen 8 Team RMS Honda Honda NSF250R 73 Renald Castillon 5 Team Ciatti KTM KTM RC250R 77 Lorenzo Petrarca 13 Liberto Plusone & Endurance Honda Honda NSF250R 81 Sena Yamada 15 Hot Racing with I-Factory Honda Honda NSF250R 83 Hikari Okubo 15 Fai Rent-A-Jet Honda Honda NSF250R 86 Kevin Hanus 9 RBA Racing Team KTM KTM RC250R 91 Gabriel Rodrigo 4, 7 KTM RC250GP Petronas AHM Malaysia KTM KTM RC250R 93 Ramdan Rosli 17Key Regular rider Wildcard rider
Results and standings
Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Alexis Masbou Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM Report 2 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Jack Miller Álex Márquez Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM Report 3 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Jack Miller Álex Márquez KTM Report 4 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jack Miller Álex Rins Romano Fenati Sky Racing Team by VR46 KTM Report 5 French motorcycle Grand Prix Efrén Vázquez Francesco Bagnaia Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM Report 6 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Efrén Vázquez Romano Fenati Sky Racing Team by VR46 KTM Report 7 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Márquez John McPhee Álex Márquez Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 8 Dutch TT Jack Miller Romano Fenati Álex Márquez Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 9 German motorcycle Grand Prix Jack Miller Brad Binder Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM Report 10 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix Jack Miller Álex Rins Efrén Vázquez SaxoPrint–RTG Honda Report 11 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Márquez Romano Fenati Alexis Masbou Ongetta–Rivacold Honda Report 12 British motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Jakub Kornfeil Álex Rins Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 13 Jack Miller Álex Rins Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 14 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Rins Romano Fenati Romano Fenati Sky Racing Team by VR46 KTM Report 15 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Danny Kent Álex Márquez Álex Márquez Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 16 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Álex Márquez Jack Miller Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM Report 17 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Jack Miller Álex Rins Efrén Vázquez SaxoPrint–RTG Honda Report 18 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Efrén Vázquez Jack Miller Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM 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