2018 MotoGP World Championship

All teams used series-specified Michelin tyres. Team changes • LCR Honda expanded to enter a second bike for the first time since 2015. Lowes returned to the Moto2 category. • Thomas Lüthi moved up to MotoGP, making his début with EG 0,0 Marc VDS after competing in the intermediate class for eleven seasons. Hafizh Syahrin moved up to MotoGP to fill his spot in Monster Yamaha Tech 3. He became the first Malaysian rider to compete in the sport's premier class. Mid-season changes • Randy de Puniet returned to MotoGP as the KTM test rider, replacing Mika Kallio who suffered a knee injury during German Grand Prix for the remainder of the season. • Tito Rabat got injured after the British Grand Prix, so he was replaced by Christophe Ponsson for the San Marino Grand Prix. Jordi Torres also replacing him since Aragon Grand Prix onwards. • Álvaro Bautista replaced Jorge Lorenzo at the Australian Grand Prix due to injuries sustained at the Thailand Grand Prix, with Mike Jones to take Bautista's place. ==Calendar==

The following Grands Prix took place in 2018: Calendar changes • The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track has not commenced. The two circuits reached a deal that will see Silverstone with an option to host the 2018 race. In the end, the British Grand Prix saw all three races being cancelled due to dangerous track conditions on race day, and was not re-arranged. • The Thailand Grand Prix is a new addition to the calendar, with the race scheduled for 7 October. • The Catalan Grand Prix used a new configuration of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, wherein the previous set of corners of turns 13, 14 and 15 were combined into a sweeping right corner. The new layout was previously used in Formula 1 from 2004 to 2006. ==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. Constructors' standings Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Teams' standings The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible. ==Notes==