A provisional list of team entrants for 2017 was released on 26 October 2016. All
Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR
inline-four engine developed by
Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by
Dunlop.
Team changes •
Ajo Motorsport switched to
KTM bikes, with KTM making their Moto2 debut. KTM fielded two bikes for
Brad Binder and
Miguel Oliveira. • Valentino Rossi's
Sky Racing Team VR46 expanded to Moto2, fielding two
Kalex bikes for
Francesco Bagnaia and
Stefano Manzi. • SAG Team fielded two bikes again, after running most of the 2016 season with only one bike due to
Luis Salom's death at the Catalonia Grand Prix. • After four years with
Kalex, Dynavolt Intact GP switched to
Suter. •
Leopard Racing reverted to their original name Kiefer Racing. In addition, they have also switched to
Suter. • Italtrans Racing Team competed with two bikes again in 2017, with
Pasini and
Locatelli riding. • AGR Team have downsized to one bike in exchange for one slot in Moto3 for 2017. • QMMF Racing Team withdrew from the championship. As a result of losing their customer,
Speed Up Racing have expanded to two bikes. •
RW Racing GP switched from Moto3 to Moto2 for 2017.
Rider changes •
Isaac Viñales switched team to
SAG Team, filling the spot vacated by the late
Luis Salom.
Remy Gardner has replaced Viñales in
Tech 3 for 2017. •
Marcel Schrötter switched team to Dynavolt Intact GP, filling the spot vacated by
Jonas Folger who moved up to MotoGP with
Monster Yamaha Tech 3. •
Jorge Navarro moved up to Moto2 with
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2, filling the spot vacated by
Sam Lowes who was promoted to MotoGP with the Aprilia Gresini Team. •
Francesco Bagnaia and
Stefano Manzi moved up to Moto2 with
Sky Racing Team VR46. •
Miguel Oliveira switched team to
Red Bull KTM Ajo, with
2016 Moto3 champion Brad Binder who has been promoted to Ajo's Moto2 team as Oliveira's teammate. Both will fill the spot vacated by
Johann Zarco who moved up to MotoGP with
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 after winning two consecutive Moto2 titles. •
Xavier Siméon switched from QMMF Racing Team to Tasca Racing Scuderia Moto2 for 2017 as a replacement for
Remy Gardner. •
Fabio Quartararo moved up to Moto2 with
Páginas Amarillas HP 40, filling the seat vacated by
Álex Rins who moved up to MotoGP with
Team Suzuki Ecstar. • After spending his entire Moto2 career with Technomag (including after their merger with
Interwetten Paddock in 2015),
Dominique Aegerter has switched teams to Kiefer Racing. •
Andrea Locatelli moved up to Moto2 with the Italtrans Racing Team. •
Yonny Hernández joined AGR Team after losing his MotoGP seat at
Pull & Bear Aspar Team to
Karel Abraham, replacing
Axel Pons who switched teams to
RW Racing GP. •
Tetsuta Nagashima returned to Moto2 full-time with
SAG Team, replacing
Jesko Raffin who switched teams to CarXpert Interwetten. • CarXpert Interwetten promotes
Iker Lecuona with a full-season seat in the team after Lecuona becoming the replacement rider for
Dominique Aegerter in 2016. •
Khairul Idham Pawi moved up to Moto2 with Idemitsu Honda Team Asia. •
Robin Mulhauser left Moto2 for the
Supersport World Championship. •
2016 FIM Europe Supersport Cup champion Axel Bassani joined Moto2 with
Speed Up Racing.
Mid-season changes •
Danny Kent surprisingly left Kiefer Racing after not starting the
Grand Prix of the Americas due to 'irreconcilable differences'.
Federico Fuligni temporarily replaced him in Jerez before Kiefer Racing announced that
Tarran Mackenzie will replace Kent for the remainder of the season. Kent returned to Moto2 with GaragePlus Interwetten replacing injured
Iker Lecuona at the
Italian Grand Prix. At the
Austrian Grand Prix, Kent rejoined Moto2 to replace
Marcel Schrötter at Dynavolt Intact GP. •
Ricard Cardús replaced
Brad Binder at
Red Bull KTM Ajo for 3 rounds. He also replaced
Thomas Lüthi at CarXpert Interwetten in Valencia. •
Axel Bassani left
Speed Up Racing after the
French Grand Prix due to his bad results with the team, so he was replaced by
Augusto Fernández for the rest of the season. •
Yonny Hernández left the AGR Team midway through the season due to inconsistent race results, managing only 16 points over 9 races. He was replaced by the American
Joe Roberts until the
Aragon Grand Prix, when the AGR Team folded. ==Results and standings==