The 2017 FIM Moto3 World Championship was the lightweight class of the 69th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season.
Brad Binder was the reigning series champion but did not defend his title as he joined the series' intermediate class, Moto2.
The riders' championship title was won by Leopard Racing rider Joan Mir with 10 victories and 13 podiums finishes.
Calendar The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2017. Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 1 26 March ‡ Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit, Lusail 2 9 April 3 23 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas Circuit of the Americas, Austin 4 7 May Gran Premio Red Bull de España Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera 5 21 May HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans 6 4 June Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero 7 11 June Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló 8 25 June Motul TT Assen TT Circuit Assen, Assen 9 2 July GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal 10 6 August Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit, Brno 11 13 August NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 12 27 August Octo British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 13 10 September Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico 14 Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz 15 15 October Motul Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi 16 22 October Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island 17 29 October Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit, Sepang 18 12 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia
‡ = Night race
Calendar changes The Austrian and Czech Republic Grand Prix swapped places, with the Czech Republic hosting the tenth round, while Austria hosts the eleventh round. 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. 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.
Teams and riders
A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016. All teams used Dunlop tyres.
TeamConstructorMotorcycleRiderRounds Peugeot MC Saxoprint Peugeot Peugeot MGP3O 4 Patrik Pulkkinen All 84 Jakub Kornfeil All Marinelli Rivacold Snipers Honda 5 Romano Fenati All 95 Jules Danilo All AGR Team KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera 1–14 Cuna de Campeones KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera 18 15 Jaume Masiá 14 Mahindra Motard Aspar Aspar Mahindra Moto3 Mahindra MRW Aspar Team Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 6 María Herrera 16–17 31 Raúl Fernández 4 31 Raúl Fernández 8–9 48 Lorenzo Dalla Porta All 75 Albert Arenas SIC Racing Team Petronas Sprinta Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 7 Adam Norrodin All 9 Kasma Daniel 17 71 Ayumu Sasaki All Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM KTM RC250GP 8 Nicolò Bulega All 10 Dennis Foggia 14, 18 16 Andrea Migno All Motomex Team Moto3 Platinum Bay Real Estate KTM KTM RC250GP 10 Dennis Foggia 10 15 Jaume Masiá 11–13 18 3, 10–11 40 Darryn Binder 1–9, 14–18 42 Marcos Ramírez All Leopard Racing Honda Honda NSF250RW 11 Livio Loi 1–13, 15–18 36 Joan Mir All 37 Aaron Polanco 14 CIP Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 12 Marco Bezzecchi All 96 Manuel Pagliani All Motorsport Kofler E.U. KTM KTM RC250GP 13 Maximilian Kofler 11 Sic58 Squadra Corse Honda Honda NSF250RW 14 Tony Arbolino All 24 Tatsuki Suzuki All British Talent Team Honda Honda NSF250RW 17 John McPhee All RBA Boé Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 19 Gabriel Rodrigo 1–5, 7–18 58 Juan Francisco Guevara All Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda Honda NSF250RW 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio All 88 Jorge Martín All Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 23 Niccolò Antonelli 1–8, 10–18 52 Danny Kent 5 52 Danny Kent 9 64 Bo Bendsneyder All Honda Team Asia Asia Talent Team Honda Honda NSF250RW 27 Kaito Toba All 39 Kazuki Masaki 18 41 Nakarin Atiratphuvapat All Lamotec Lagemaat Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 28 Ryan van de Lagemaat 8 3570-MTA Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 30 Edoardo Sintoni 6 Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Honda NSF250RW 33 Enea Bastianini All 44 Arón Canet All City Lifting RS Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 47 Jake Archer 12 69 Tom Booth-Amos 12 Althea Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 51 Kevin Zannoni 13 Minimoto Portomaggiore Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 57 Alex Fabbri 13 Reale Avintia Academy KTM KTM RC250GP 63 Vicente Pérez 4, 7 Südmetall Schedl GP Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 65 Philipp Öttl All Cube Racing KTM KTM RC250GP 70 Tom Toparis 15–16 Freudenberg Racing Team KTM KTM RC250GP 77 Tim Georgi 9–10 42 Motorsport KTM KTM RC250GP 81 Aleix Viu 7Key Regular rider Wildcard rider
Team changes Paolo Simoncelli's team Sic58 Squadra Corse made their Moto3 debut, fielding two Honda NSF250RWs for Tony Arbolino and Tatsuki Suzuki. 3570 Team Italia left Moto3 for the Supersport 300 World Championship. After spending the previous season in Moto3, RW Racing GP 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.
Rider changes After spending two seasons as a replacement rider, Lorenzo Dalla Porta has made his full season debut with Aspar Mahindra Moto3, filling in the seat vacated by Francesco Bagnaia who moved 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 moved 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 made 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 made his full season debut with Aspar Mahindra Moto3, filling the seat vacated by Jorge Martín. Tatsuki Suzuki moved to the new team Sic58 Squadra Corse, with both Marco Bezzecchi and Manuel Pagliani made 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.
Mid-season changes 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.
Results and standings Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning rider Winning team 1 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 2 Argentine Republic motorcycle Grand Prix John McPhee Romano Fenati Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 3 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas Arón Canet Arón Canet Honda Report 4 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Andrea Migno Arón Canet Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 5 French motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Joan Mir Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 6 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Arón Canet Andrea Migno Sky Racing Team VR46 KTM Report 7 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Jorge Martín Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 8 Dutch TT Jorge Martín Arón Canet Arón Canet Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 9 German motorcycle Grand Prix Arón Canet Joan Mir Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 10 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix Gabriel Rodrigo Joan Mir Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 11 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Gabriel Rodrigo Jaume Masiá Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 12 British motorcycle Grand Prix Romano Fenati Jorge Martín Arón Canet Estrella Galicia 0,0 Honda Report 13 Romano Fenati Romano Fenati Marinelli Rivacold Snipers Honda Report 14 Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Fabio Di Giannantonio Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 15 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Nicolò Bulega Romano Fenati Romano Fenati Marinelli Rivacold Snipers Honda Report 16 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Gabriel Rodrigo Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 17 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix Joan Mir Adam Norrodin Joan Mir Leopard Racing Honda Report 18 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix Jorge Martín Marcos Ramírez Jorge Martín Del Conca Gresini Moto3 Honda 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