The 2023 FIM Moto2 World Championship was the intermediate class of the 75th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Road Racing World Championship season. Pedro Acosta won the championship with two races to spare after finishing second at the Malaysian round in Sepang, riding for Red Bull KTM Ajo.
Teams and riders TeamConstructor MotorcycleRiderRounds Speed Up RacingBoscoscuroB-23 21 Alonso López All 54 Fermín Aldeguer All Forward TeamForwardF2 17 Álex Escrig 1, 4–5, 9–10, 15–20 98 David Sanchís 1–3 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 6–7 55 Yeray Ruiz 8, 11 4 Sean Dylan Kelly 12–14 24 Marcos Ramírez 1–9 17 Álex Escrig 8 67 Alberto Surra 10–17 4 Sean Dylan Kelly 18 4 Sean Dylan Kelly 19–20 American RacingKalexMoto2 4 Sean Dylan Kelly 1–8 24 Marcos Ramírez 10 24 Marcos Ramírez 11–20 33 Rory Skinner 1–6, 9–20 99 Carlos Tatay 7–8 5 Kohta Nozane 1, 9–20 2 Soichiro Minamimoto 2–4 27 Kasma Daniel 6–7 18 Manuel González All Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 14 Tony Arbolino All 22 Sam Lowes All Fantic Racing 13 Celestino Vietti 1–13, 16–20 72 Borja Gómez 14 43 Lorenzo Baldassarri 15 72 Borja Gómez 1–13 9 Mattia Casadei 14–20 Fieten Olie Racing GP 7 Barry Baltus All 84 Zonta van den Goorbergh All 34 Mattia Pasini 6, 12 Petronas MIE Racing RW 20 Azroy Hakeem Anuar 18 32 Helmi Azman 18 GasGas Aspar Team 28 Izan Guevara 3–20 81 Jordi Torres 1–2 96 Jake Dixon All Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 35 Somkiat Chantra All 79 Ai Ogura 2–20 Italtrans Racing Team 16 Joe Roberts All 71 Dennis Foggia All Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP 3 Lukas Tulovic 1, 3–13, 15–20 8 Senna Agius 14 15 Darryn Binder 1–3, 6–10, 13–20 8 Senna Agius 4–5, 11–12 Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta 1–5 23 Taiga Hada 6–9, 12–20 73 Mattia Rato 10–11 64 Bo Bendsneyder All Pons Wegow Los40 11 Sergio García All 40 Arón Canet All QJmotor Gresini Moto2 12 Filip Salač All 52 Jeremy Alcoba All 44 Matteo Ferrari 20 Red Bull KTM Ajo 37 Pedro Acosta All 75 Albert Arenas All Fieten Olie Racing GP NTS NH7 45 Héctor Garzó 20Sources:KeyRegular riderWildcard rider All teams used series-specified Dunlop tyres and Triumph 765cc 3-cylinder engines.
Team changes Forward Racing and MV Agusta ended their partnership which started in . Forward Racing entered the 2023 season using motorcycles under their own brand.
Rider changes Dennis Foggia made his Moto2 debut with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Lorenzo Dalla Porta. Cameron Beaubier returned to the AMA Superbike Championship after two years in Moto2. Rory Skinner replaced Beaubier at American Racing to make his full-time Moto2 debut, having appeared as a wildcard rider for the team in . Skinner raced in the British Superbike Championship in 2022. Sergio García made his Moto2 debut with Pons Wegow Los40, replacing Jorge Navarro. Navarro then left Moto2 for the Supersport World Championship. Álex Escrig made his Moto2 debut with Forward Team, replacing Simone Corsi who became the rider coach for the team. Escrig raced in both the MotoE World Cup and Moto2 European Championship in 2022. Lorenzo Dalla Porta moved to Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team from Italtrans Racing Team, replacing the now-retired Gabriel Rodrigo. Albert Arenas moved to Red Bull KTM Ajo from GasGas Aspar Team, replacing Augusto Fernández who moved up to MotoGP. Moto3 World Riders' Champion Izan Guevara then moved up from Moto3 while remaining with GasGas Aspar Team, replacing Arenas. Kohta Nozane made his full-time debut with Correos Prepago Yamaha VR46 Master Camp, replacing Keminth Kubo. Nozane has raced before as a replacement rider in the Moto2 and MotoGP classes. Nozane raced in the Superbike World Championship in 2022. Darryn Binder and Lukas Tulovic raced for Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP, replacing Jeremy Alcoba and Marcel Schrötter. Alcoba moved to QJmotor Gresini Moto2, replacing Alessandro Zaccone, while Schrötter left Moto2 for the Supersport World Championship. Binder made his Moto2 debut, having raced in MotoGP in 2022. Tulovic, who is the 2022 Moto2 European Champion, returned to the Moto2 class, having last raced in . Tulovic also raced as a replacement rider in MotoE in 2022. Borja Gómez made his full-time debut with Fantic Racing, replacing Niccolò Antonelli who was previously announced to race with the team in 2023, and was also included in the released provisional entry list. Gómez has served as a replacement rider in 2022.
Mid-season changes Izan Guevara missed the first two rounds of the season due to a triangular fibrocartilage injury in his right wrist sustained during testing at Portimão. He was replaced by Jordi Torres. Ai Ogura missed the Portuguese round after undergoing surgery on his left wrist that was injured during a training accident. He was not replaced. Álex Escrig competed during P1 of the Portuguese round, but withdrew after being declared unfit due to the effects of a right shoulder injury sustained during pre-season testing. He was replaced by David Sanchis for the rest of the weekend, and also at the Argentine and Americas rounds. Escrig also missed the Italian, German, and Dutch rounds to continue his recovery. He was replaced by Lorenzo Dalla Porta for the Italian and German round, and by Yeray Ruiz for the Dutch round. Dalla Porta raced for Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team from the start of the season but parted ways with the team after the French round. He was replaced by Taiga Hada starting from the Italian round. Escrig also missed the Catalan, San Marino, Indian, and Japanese rounds after sustaining a fractured tibia during P3 of the previous Austrian round. He was again replaced by Ruiz for the Catalan round, and by Sean Dylan Kelly for the San Marino, Indian, and Japanese rounds. Kelly raced for American Racing from the start of the season but parted ways with the team after the Austrian round. He was replaced by Marcos Ramírez starting from the Catalan round. Kohta Nozane missed seven Grands Prix due to a lower back injury sustained at the Portuguese round. He was replaced by Soichiro Minamimoto for the Argentine, Americas, and Spanish rounds, by Kasma Daniel for the Italian and German rounds, and was not replaced for the French and Dutch rounds. Lukas Tulovic missed the Argentine round due to a previous injury which also caused him to withdraw from the previous Portuguese round. He was not replaced. He also missed the Japanese round due to a broken collarbone. He was replaced by Senna Agius. Darryn Binder missed the Spanish and French rounds after suffering a double fracture of his right hand during P3 of the Americas round. He was replaced for both races by Senna Agius. Binder also missed the Catalan and San Marino rounds due to a fractured vertebrae sustained in a crash during the previous Austrian race. He was again replaced for both races by Agius. Rory Skinner missed the German and Dutch rounds after suffering a fractured right foot during P3 of the Italian round. He was replaced for both races by Carlos Tatay. Marcos Ramírez competed during P1 of the Dutch round, but withdrew after suffering a small fracture in his right elbow during the session. He was replaced for the rest of the weekend by Álex Escrig. Escrig is a regular rider and Ramírez's teammate. He was initially declared unfit for the Dutch round and was replaced by Yeray Ruiz. Eventually, Escrig was declared fit enough to serve as a replacement rider for Ramírez. Sean Dylan Kelly missed the British and Austrian rounds to continue his recovery from forearm surgery after being plagued with arm pump issues. He was not replaced for the British round, and was replaced by Marcos Ramírez for the Austrian round. Ramírez raced for Forward Team from the start of the season but parted ways with the team after the British round. He was replaced by Alberto Surra starting from the Austrian round. Kelly parted ways with the team after the Austrian round. He was replaced by Ramírez as a full-time rider starting from the Catalan round. Taiga Hada missed the Austrian and Catalan rounds due to injury. He was replaced for both races by Mattia Rato. Celestino Vietti missed the Japanese and Indonesian rounds due to a fractured pubic bone sustained in the Indian race. He was replaced by Borja Gómez for the Japanese round, and by Lorenzo Baldassarri for the Indonesian round. Gómez raced for Fantic Racing from the start of the season as a regular rider and was Vietti's teammate but parted ways with the team after the Indian round. He was replaced by Mattia Casadei as a full-time rider starting from the Japanese round. Alberto Surra missed the Malaysian round due to injury. He was replaced by Sean Dylan Kelly. Surra parted ways with the team after the Malaysian round. He was replaced by Kelly as a full-time rider starting from the Qatar round.
Regulation changes The minimum age to have a license for Moto2 was raised to 18 years old.
Calendar The following Grands Prix took place in 2023:
RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit126 March Grande Prémio Tissot de PortugalAlgarve International Circuit, Portimão22 April Gran Premio Michelin de la República ArgentinaAutódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo316 April Red Bull Grand Prix of the AmericasCircuit of the Americas, Austin430 April Gran Premio MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn de EspañaCircuito de Jerez – Ángel Nieto, Jerez de la Frontera514 May Shark Grand Prix de FranceBugatti Circuit, Le Mans611 June Gran Premio d'Italia OakleyAutodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia e San Piero718 June Liqui Moly Motorrad Grand Prix DeutschlandSachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal825 June Motul TT AssenTT Circuit Assen, Assen96 August Monster Energy British Grand PrixSilverstone Circuit, Silverstone1020 August CryptoData Motorrad Grand Prix von ÖsterreichRed Bull Ring, Spielberg113 September Gran Premi Monster Energy de CatalunyaCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló1210 September Gran Premio Red Bull di San Marino e della Riviera di RiminiMisano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico13 24 September IndianOil Grand Prix of IndiaBuddh International Circuit, Greater Noida141 October Motul Grand Prix of JapanMobility Resort Motegi, Motegi1515 October Pertamina Grand Prix of IndonesiaPertamina Mandalika International Street Circuit, Mandalika1622 October MotoGP Guru by Gryfyn Australian Motorcycle Grand PrixPhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island1729 October OR Thailand Grand PrixChang International Circuit, Buriram1812 November Petronas Grand Prix of MalaysiaPetronas Sepang International Circuit, Sepang1919 November Qatar Airways Grand Prix of QatarLusail International Circuit, Lusail2026 November Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat ValencianaCircuit Ricardo Tormo, ValenciaCancelled Grand Prix –9 July Kazakhstan motorcycle Grand PrixSokol International Racetrack, AlmatySources:
Grand Prix locations
Calendar changes For the first time since 2006, Lusail in Qatar did not host the opening round due to "extensive renovation and remodelling to the paddock area and circuit facilities". The British Grand Prix returned to the International Paddock of the Silverstone Circuit for the first time since 2012. India and Kazakhstan were both scheduled to host their first World Championship motorcycle Grands Prix in 2023 at the Buddh International Circuit and the Sokol International Racetrack, respectively. The Hungarian Grand Prix was scheduled to make its debut in 2023 but was postponed until at least 2024 due to the unstarted construction of the circuit. The Aragon Grand Prix was omitted from the schedule for the first time since its introduction in 2010. The Finnish Grand Prix at Kymi Ring was under contract to feature in 2023, but was not included in the provisional calendar due to safety concerns of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Kazakhstan Grand Prix at Sokol International Racetrack was cancelled due to ongoing homologation works at the circuit, paired with global operational challenges. The event was not replaced.
Results and standings