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Moto2: Moto2 attracts big entry for debut

The inaugural Moto2 championship will see a full field of 39 bikes, with another two entries waiting in the wings as reserves

The new series, in which chassis choice is free but all competitors run identical Honda engines, was over-subscribed when entries were first opened last year, and has remained at capacity despite Aprilia's last-minute decision to pull the plug on its chassis project.

Moto2's predecessor 250cc averaged 25 entries in its final season.

The entry is led by former MotoGP riders Toni Elias, Alex de Angelis, Gabor Talmacsi, Yuki Takahashi and Niccolo Canepa, with ex-Kawasaki MotoGP racer Anthony West among the reserves having joined the MZ team.

Roby Rolfo and Fonsi Nieto - two more riders with MotoGP experience - join Moto2 from the Superbike World Championship.

All of last year's 250cc title contenders have moved into MotoGP rather than contesting Moto2, with Mattia Pasini, Raffaele de Rosa, Thomas Luthi, Mike di Meglio and Alex Debon the main ex-250cc men in the Moto2 field. 125cc graduates also feature strongly, led by reigning champion - and former 250cc racer - Julian Simon.

Actor Antonio Banderas is also a Moto2 supporter and is backing Spanish squad Promoracing. The team, which has title sponsorship from Jack&Jones, will run American Kenny Noyes and 125cc graduate Joan Olive.

2010 Moto2 entry list

No.  Rider                Team                          Chassis
2    Gabor Talmacsi       Speed Up Aprilia              Speed Up
4    Stefan Bradl         Viessmann Kiefer Racing       Suter
5    Joan Olive           Jack&Jones By A.Banderas      Promoharris
6    Alex Debon           Red Bull Ajo Motorsport       FTR
7    Axel Pons            Pons Racing                   Pons Kalex
9    Kenny Noyes          Jack&Jones By A.Banderas      Promoharris
10   Fonsi Nieto          G22 Holidaygym                Moriwaki
12   Thomas Luthi         Interwetten Moriwaki Racing   Moriwaki
14   Ratthapark Wilairot  Honda-Sag                     Suter
15   Alex de Angelis      Scot Racing Team              Scot
16   Jules Cluzel         Forward Racing                Suter
17   Karel Abraham        Cardion Ab Motoracing         RSV
24   Toni Elias           Gresini Racing Moto2          Moriwaki
25   Alex Baldolini       Caretta Technology Race Dept  I.C.P.
29   Andrea Iannone       Speed Up Aprilia              Speed Up
35   Raffaele de Rosa     Tech 3 Racing                 Tech 3
37   Fabricio Perren      Kino Racing                   Kino
39   Robertino Pietri     Italtrans S.T.R.              Suter
40   Sergio Gadea         Pons Racing                   Pons Kalex
41   Arne Tode            Racing Team Germany           Suter
44   Roberto Rolfo        Italtrans S.T.R.              Suter
45   Scott Redding        Marc VDS Racing Team          Suter
48   Shoya Tomizawa       Technomag-Cip                 Suter
52   Lukas Pesek          Matteoni C.P. Racing          Moriwaki
53   Valentin Debise      WTR San Marino Team           ADV
55   Hector Faubel        Honda-Sag                     Suter
56   Vladimir Leonov      Vector Kiefer Racing          Suter
59   Nicola Canepa        Scot Racing Team              Scot
60   Julian Simon         Mapfre Aspar Team             RSV
61   Vladimir Ivanov      Gresini Racing Moto2          Moriwaki
63   Mike di Meglio       Mapfre Aspar Team             RSV
71   Claudio Corti        Forward Racing                Suter
72   Yuki Takahashi       Tech 3 Racing                 Tech 3
75   Mattia Pasini        JiR Moto2                     TSR
76   Bernat Martinez      Blusens BQR                   BQR-Moto2
77   Dominique Aegerter   Technomag-Cip                 Suter
88   Yannick Guerra       G22 Holidaygym                Moriwaki
95   Mashel Al Naimi      Blusens BQR                   BQR-Moto2
TBA  tba                  JiR Moto2                     TSR

Reserves

27   Vincent Lonbois      Marc VDS Racing Team          Suter
TBA  Anthony West         MZ Racing Team                MZ

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