2014 MotoGP World Championship

Winning a premier class record 13 races during the season,[1] Márquez won a second successive title, finishing 67 points clear of his nearest rival Valentino Rossi. Márquez won each of the first 10 races to be held in 2014,[2] before Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa was able to inflict his first defeat, at Brno. Rossi had taken eight podiums in the season, before he was able to win a race, when he won at Misano. He also won at Phillip Island, as he finished as the championship runner-up in a Grand Prix class for the first time since 2006, when he finished second to Nicky Hayden. Despite bookending his season with retirements, Rossi's Movistar Yamaha MotoGP teammate Jorge Lorenzo finished third in the championship. Finishing 32 points behind Rossi, Lorenzo took back-to-back victories in Aragon,[3] and Japan, as part of a nine-race podium streak that was ended by his retirement in Valencia. The only other race winner was Pedrosa, with his Brno triumph being his sole victory in the 2014 campaign.

The Espargaró brothers were each able to take one of the sub-classifications available to them. Pol Espargaró finished as the best place rookie in the final championship standings,[4] finishing sixth overall; the next best rookie was Scott Redding in twelfth place. Aleix Espargaró was the best placed rider that was competing with an Open-specification motorcycle.[5] He finished seventh overall in the championship, taking a pole position at Assen and a second-place finish in Aragon. Just like the rookie of the year standings, Redding was the next best rider. Márquez was a comfortable winner of the BMW M Award for the best qualifying rider,[6] with 13 pole positions during the season. Repsol Honda were the winners of the teams' championship,[7] as the results for Márquez and Pedrosa allowed them to finish 50 points clear of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP, while Honda won the constructors' championship for the 21st time – and their 63rd title in total[8] – 55 points clear of Yamaha.

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 2 October 2013.[9] The calendar was updated on 13 December 2013[10] and again on 24 February 2014, resulting in a calendar of 18 races.[11]

The following Grands Prix took place in 2014:[12][13]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	23 March ‡	Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	13 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	27 April	Gran Premio Red Bull de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
4	4 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	18 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	1 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	15 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	28 June ††	Iveco Daily TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	13 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	10 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11	17 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	31 August	Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	14 September	Gran Premio TIM di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	28 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	12 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	19 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
17	26 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
18	9 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

Starting in 2014, the rules governing the eligibility of entries changed. MSMA prototypes were reclassified as the new "Factory" class, whilst the Claiming Rule Teams sub-category was restructured as the "Open" class. All bikes used the approved MotoGP Electronic Control Unit, with bikes in the "Open" class using both the MotoGP ECU and identical software, and those competing as "Factory" entries permitted to use their own custom software.[15] The Factory option bike had their allocation of engines reduced from twelve to five, and those five had their design frozen.[15] The amount of fuel allowed was reduced from twenty-four litres to twenty litres.[15]

A subsequent modification, only officialized in March, stated that a manufacturer who had not achieved a win in dry conditions in the previous year, or a new manufacturer entering the championship, could enter under the Factory option with all the concessions available to the Open class; these benefits were reduced in case of a determined number of podiums or wins.[16]

Ducati Team and Pramac Racing were due to enter their bikes in the Open class[17] but revised regulations meant that they were finally entered under the Factory option with Open concessions.[18]

A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 20 November 2013.[19] An updated entry list was released on 14 January 2014.[20] Teams had time until 28 February to decide if a rider would be assigned to the "Factory" or "Open" class.[15] The final entry list was released on the same day.[21]

Factory entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP14 04 Andrea Dovizioso[22] All 35 Cal Crutchlow[23] 1–2, 4–18 51 Michele Pirro[24] 3 51 Michele Pirro[25] 4, 6–7, 11, 18 Pramac Racing Energy T.I. Pramac Racing 29 Andrea Iannone[26] All Desmosedici GP13[27] 68 Yonny Hernández[26] All Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 26 Dani Pedrosa[28] All 93 Marc Márquez[28] All LCR Honda MotoGP 6 Stefan Bradl[29] All Go&Fun Honda Gresini 19 Álvaro Bautista[30] All Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSX-RR 14 Randy de Puniet[31] 18 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi[32] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[33] All Yamalube Racing Team with YSP 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[34] 15 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 38 Bradley Smith[35] All 44 Pol Espargaró[36] All Open entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds IodaRacing Project Octo IodaRacing Team ART[20] ART 9 Danilo Petrucci[19] 1–4, 8–18 84 Michel Fabrizio[37] 6–7 Avintia Racing Avintia[21] GP14[38] 63 Mike Di Meglio[19] All 8 Héctor Barberá[39] 1–13 Ducati[40] Desmosedici GP14 14–18 NGM Forward Racing Forward Yamaha[21] Forward-Yamaha 5 Colin Edwards[41] 1–10 15 Alex de Angelis[42] 11–18 41 Aleix Espargaró[41] All Drive M7 Aspar Honda RC213V-RS[43] 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[44] 18 RCV1000R 1–17 69 Nicky Hayden[45] 1–9, 14–18 2 Leon Camier[46] 10–13 Cardion AB Motoracing 17 Karel Abraham[47] All Go&Fun Honda Gresini 45 Scott Redding[48] All Paul Bird Motorsport PBM[20] PBM 23 Broc Parkes[49] All 70 Michael Laverty[19] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres.

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