2023 Moto2 World Championship

All teams used series-specified Dunlop tyres and Triumph 765cc 3-cylinder engines. Team changes • Forward Racing and MV Agusta ended their partnership which started in . Forward Racing entered the 2023 season using motorcycles under their own brand. Rider changes • Dennis Foggia made his Moto2 debut with Italtrans Racing Team, replacing Lorenzo Dalla Porta. Rory Skinner replaced Beaubier at American Racing to make his full-time Moto2 debut, having appeared as a wildcard rider for the team in . • Álex Escrig made his Moto2 debut with Forward Team, replacing Simone Corsi who became the rider coach for the team. Moto3 World Riders' Champion Izan Guevara then moved up from Moto3 while remaining with GasGas Aspar Team, replacing Arenas. Binder made his Moto2 debut, having raced in MotoGP in 2022. Tulovic, who is the 2022 Moto2 European Champion, returned to the Moto2 class, having last raced in . Tulovic also raced as a replacement rider in MotoE in 2022. • Borja Gómez made his full-time debut with Fantic Racing, He was not replaced. • Álex Escrig competed during P1 of the Portuguese round, but withdrew after being declared unfit due to the effects of a right shoulder injury sustained during pre-season testing. He was replaced by David Sanchis for the rest of the weekend, He was replaced by Taiga Hada starting from the Italian round. He was again replaced by Ruiz for the Catalan round, He was again replaced for both races by Agius. • Rory Skinner missed the German and Dutch rounds after suffering a fractured right foot during P3 of the Italian round. He was not replaced for the British round, and was replaced by Marcos Ramírez for the Austrian round. Ramírez raced for Forward Team from the start of the season but parted ways with the team after the British round. He was replaced by Alberto Surra starting from the Austrian round. Kelly parted ways with the team after the Austrian round. He was replaced by Ramírez as a full-time rider starting from the Catalan round. • Taiga Hada missed the Austrian and Catalan rounds due to injury. He was replaced for both races by Mattia Rato. • Celestino Vietti missed the Japanese and Indonesian rounds due to a fractured pubic bone sustained in the Indian race. He was replaced by Borja Gómez for the Japanese round, and by Lorenzo Baldassarri for the Indonesian round. Gómez raced for Fantic Racing from the start of the season as a regular rider and was Vietti's teammate but parted ways with the team after the Indian round. He was replaced by Mattia Casadei as a full-time rider starting from the Japanese round. • Alberto Surra missed the Malaysian round due to injury. He was replaced by Sean Dylan Kelly. Surra parted ways with the team after the Malaysian round. He was replaced by Kelly as a full-time rider starting from the Qatar round. == Regulation changes ==

The minimum age to have a license for Moto2 was raised to 18 years old. == Calendar ==

The following Grands Prix took place in 2023: Grand Prix locations Calendar changes • For the first time since 2006, Lusail in Qatar did not host the opening round due to "extensive renovation and remodelling to the paddock area and circuit facilities". • The British Grand Prix returned to the International Paddock of the Silverstone Circuit for the first time since 2012. • India and Kazakhstan were both scheduled to host their first World Championship motorcycle Grands Prix in 2023 at the Buddh International Circuit and the Sokol International Racetrack, respectively. • The Aragon Grand Prix was omitted from the schedule for the first time since its introduction in 2010. • The Finnish Grand Prix at Kymi Ring was under contract to feature in 2023, but was not included in the provisional calendar due to safety concerns of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. • The Kazakhstan Grand Prix at Sokol International Racetrack was cancelled due to ongoing homologation works at the circuit, paired with global operational challenges. The event was not replaced. ==Results and standings==

Grands Prix Riders' standings ;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. •  – Half points were awarded during the Australian Grand Prix as less than 50 percent of the scheduled race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed. Constructors' standings Each constructor was awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. •  – Half points were awarded during the Australian Grand Prix as less than 50 percent of the scheduled race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed. Teams' standings The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible. •  – Half points were awarded during the Australian Grand Prix as less than 50 percent of the scheduled race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed. == Notes ==