Leon Camier will make his MotoGP debut in 2014 after the updated MotoGP entry list confirmed his place at IodaRacing. The Briton has spent the last four years in World Superbikes after winning the BSB crown in 2009 and this season will be his first in the Grand Prix paddock since he was a 125cc rider in 2003. Camier will partner Danilo Petrucci with the Italian Ioda squad with both riding ART in the Open class, taking the tally of British riders on the grid to five.
The other addition to the entry list published before Christmas is that of Broc Parkes who fills the second seat at Paul Bird Motorsport. Speculation had also been raging in recent days that Ducati’s factory team would opt to run their bikes under ‘Open class’ regulations with control electronics but contrary to those rumours, today’s entry list sees the team listed as a factory entrant. Of the four Ducati’s on the grid, only Pramac’s Yonny Hernandez will run an ‘open’ machine.
Testing ahead of the new MotoGP season resumes in Malaysia on February 4th with a second three-day test at Sepang three weeks later. The championship’s factory teams will also conduct a tyre safety test at Phillip Island from March 3rd-5th in an effort to avoid the farcical scenes at the circuit last year while the final pre-season test will be held at Losail in Qatar later that week, the venue of the season’s curtain raiser on March 23rd.
| 2014 MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No | RIDER | CONSTRUCTOR | TEAM |
| 4 |  ANDREA DOVIZIOSO |
DUCATI | DUCATI TEAM |
| 5 |  COLIN EDWARDS* |
FTR YAMAHA | NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING |
| 6 |  STEFAN BRADL |
HONDA | LCR HONDA MOTOGP |
| 7 |  HIROSHI AOYAMA* |
HONDA | POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR |
| 8 |  HECTOR BARBERA* |
FTR | AVINTIA BLUSENS |
| 9 | DANILO PETRUCCI* |
ART | IODARACING PROJECT |
| 12 |  LEON CAMIER* |
ART | IODARACING PROJECT |
| 17 |  KAREL ABRAHAM* |
HONDA | CARDIO AB MOTORACING |
| 19 | ALVARO BAUTISTA |
HONDA | GO&FUN HONDA GRESINI |
| 23 |  BROC PARKES* |
PBM | PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT |
| 26 | DANI PEDROSA |
HONDA | REPSOL HONDA TEAM |
| 29 | ANDREA IANNONE |
DUCATI | PRAMAC RACING |
| 35 | CAL CRUTCHLOW |
DUCATI | DUCATI TEAM |
| 38 | BRADLEY SMITH |
YAMAHA | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 |
| 41 | ALEIX ESPARGARO* |
FTR YAMAHA | NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING |
| 44 | POL ESPARGARO |
YAMAHA | MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 |
| 45 | SCOTT REDDING* |
HONDA | GO&FUN HONDA GRESINI |
| 46 | VALENTINO ROSSI |
YAMAHA | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING |
| 63 |  MIKE DI MEGLIO* |
FTR | AVINTIA BLUSENS |
| 68 |  YONNY HERNANDEZ* |
DUCATI | PRAMAC RACING |
| 69 | NICKY HAYDEN* |
HONDA | POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR |
| 70 | MICHAEL LAVERTY* |
PBM | PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT |
| 93 | MARC MARQUEZ |
HONDA | REPSOL HONDA TEAM |
| 99 | JORGE LORENZO |
YAMAHA | YAMAHA FACTORY RACING |
| *OPEN CLASS | |||
