2010 MotoGP Provisional Entry List
2010 MotoGP provisional entry list
The MotoGP class has 17 entrants listed, representing 10 teams. The provisional entry list includes two new teams and several premiere class rookies including 2009 World Superbike Champion Ben Spies and the top four finishers in the 2009 250cc World Championship.
Spies joins a formidable foursome for Yamaha. Hell join fellow Texan Colin Edwards on the satellite Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team while the factory team will again be represented by defending champion Valentino Rossi and last years runner-up Jorge Lorenzo.
Honda leads the way with six entrants, including factory Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso. The new Interwetten Honda satellite team enters the premier class with 2009 250cc World Champion Hiroshi Aoyama as its lone entry. The mop-haired 2008 250cc World Champion Marco Simoncelli will also make the leap to the MotoGP class, racing for San Carlo Honda Gresini.
Ducati has five Desmosedici GP bikes on the provisional list, led by the factory Ducati Marlboro duo of former world champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden. Hector Barbera, the 250cc World Championship runner-up, will compete for the new Aspar Ducati team.
Veteran racer Loris Capirossi will be joined by Alvaro Bautista, the 2006 125cc World Champion, to race for Rizla Suzuki. Bautista finished fourth in the 250cc standings last season.
| 2010 MotoGP Provisional Entry List | |||
| # | Rider | Team | Nationality |
| 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Repsol Honda | Italy |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | USA |
| 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Interwetten Honda | Japan |
| 11 | Ben Spies | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | USA |
| 14 | Randy De Puniet | LCR Honda | France |
| 19 | Alvaro Bautista | Rizla Suzuki | Spain |
| 24 | Marco Melandri | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Italy |
| 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda | Spain |
| 27 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro | Australia |
| 36 | Mika Kallio | Pramac Ducati | Finland |
| 40 | Hector Barbera | Aspar Ducati | Spain |
| 26 | Aleix Espargaro | Pramac Ducati | Spain |
| 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha | Italy |
| 58 | Marco Simoncelli | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Italy |
| 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki | Italy |
| 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Marlboro | USA |
| 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha | Spain |
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