VOL. 52 ISSUE 10 MARCH 10, 2015 P97
Bradl was demoted to join
the Forward Yamaha team,
joined on the near-factory
Open bikes by ex-Superbiker
Loris Baz.
Ducati's second-string
strength has gone up (and
Kawasaki gone away) after the
Avintia team switched brands.
Hector Barbera and Mike di
Meglio will be on various ver-
sions of the old model; likewise
Pramac stalwart Yonny Her-
nandez and the team's Iannone
replacement Danilo Petrucci. They too will run
under Open rules.
A total of 25 riders is completed by Alex de
Angelis on an ageing Aprilia, in the cash-strapped
Ioda team. His ART is a hangover from the CRT
production-based days.
M O T O 2 : K A L E X T A K E S O V E R
Two major things stay the same in Moto2. Firstly,
the reigning champion Tito Rabat is the first to
stay on to defend his title. Secondly, he will again
be riding a Kalex chassis.
So will almost everybody else.
Of the 31 entries, only eight will not be on the
German chassis; and only two will be on the once
most popular Swiss Suter option. There are also
three each Speed Up and Tech 3 chassis.
(Above) Marquez'
little brother Alex
Marquez moves up
to Moto2. Can he
one-up his older
brother with a
title in Moto2 his
first year? (Below)
Romano Fenati
returns to fight for
the 2015 Moto3
title on Rossi's
Sky-VR46 team.
