Moto3: New grand prix champion guaranteed

With the final 125cc world champion Nico Terol moving up to Moto2, there will be a new world champion in the first year of the replacement Moto3 class, which starts in Qatar this weekend.
Antonelli, Jerez Moto2/3 tests, March 2012
Antonelli, Jerez Moto2/3 tests, March 2012
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With the final 125cc world champion Nico Terol movin🐠g up to Moto2ౠ, there will be a new world champion in the first year of the replacement Moto3 class, which starts in Qatar this weekend.

The main changes in the M🌄oto3 entry list, when compared with the 125cc class from last year, are as follows:

Out from last year have gone: Nico Teroꦜl, Johann Zarco, Taylor Mackenzie, Harry Stafford, Joan Perello, Francesco Mauriello, Sturla Fagerhaug a🎉nd Sergio Gadea.

Into the series as full-time riders have come: Romano Fenati, Jack Miller, Toni Finsterbusch, Ivan Moreno, Brad Binder, Niccolo Antonelli, Isaac Vi?ales, Alex Rins, K♑enta Fujii, Arthur Sissis and Alan Techer

With this influx of new young riders, 20 of the full-time entrants in ♈the Moto3 class will still be teenagers at the opening 🌺race of the year in Qatar.

The youngest rider is Antonelli (pictured), who celebrated his 16🦂th birthday in February. The oldesꦿt rider is Hector Faubel, at 28.

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