Moto2 2012 Season Line Up Released

Friday also saw the announcement of the Moto2 class riders and teams. With the field of 32 seeing 10 Spanish riders the competition will be fierce. The field starts with three British riders again with Gino Rea joining Bradley Smith and Scott Redding. NicolasTerol steps up after winning the 125cc Class last season, how well will he make the transition?
So the line-up looks like this:

Number Rider Country Team
3 Simone Corsi Italy IODA Racing Project, IODA
4 Randy Krummenacher Switzerland GP Team Switzerland, Kalex
5 Johann Zarco France JIR moto2, Motobi
7 Alexander Lundh Sweden MZ Racing Team MZ-RE, Honda
8 Gino Rea Great Britain Gresini Racing Moto2, Moriwaki
9 Kenny Noyes America Arguinano Racing Team, TBA
12 Thomas Luthi Switzerland Interwetten-Paddock Moto2, Suter
14 Ratthapark Wilairot Thailand Gresini Racing Moto2, Moriwaki
15 Alex de Angelis Italy Forward Racing, Suter
18 Nicolas Terol Spain Aspar Team Moto2, Suter
19 Xavier Simeon Belgium Tech 3 Racing, Tech 3
24 Toni Elias Spain Aspar Team Moto2, Suter
29 Andrea Iannone Italy Speed Master, FTR
30 takaaki Nakagami Japan Italtrans Racing Team, Kalex
36 Mika Kallio Finland Marc VDS Racing Team, Kalex
38 Bradley Smith Great Britain Tech 3 Racing, Tech 3
40 Pol Espargaro Spain Pons Racing Pons, Kalex
44 Roberto Rolfo Italy Technomag-CIP, Suter
45 Scott Redding Great Britain Marc VDS Racing Team, Kalex
47 Angel Rodriguez Spain SAG Team, FTR
49 Axel Pons Spain Pons Racing Pons, Kalex
57 Eric Granado Brazil JIR Moto2, Motobi
60 Julian Simon Spain BQR, FTR
63 Mike di Meglio France Speed Up, FTR
71 Claudio Corti Italy Italtrans Racing Team, Kalex
72 Yuki Takahashi Japan Forward Racing, Suter
76 Max Neukirchner Germany Kiefer Racing, Kalex
77 Dominique Aegerter Switzerland Technomag-CIP, Suter
80 Esteve Rabat Spain Pons Racing Pons, Kalex
82 Elena Rosell Spain QMMF Racing Team, Moriwaki
88 Ricky Cardus Spain QMMF Racing Team, Moriwaki
93 Marc Marquez Spain Monlau Competicion, Suter

Marc Marquez will be looking at taking an early advantage in the season as he was runner up to Stefan Bradl last season in the class. Roberto Rolfo and Elena Rosell join the class, Rosell had a few wildcard entries last season but failed to make an impact.
This will be another interesting season for the Moto2 class and everyone will be keeping an eye on this class for action and exciting racing.

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