Moto2 and Moto3 2018 entry lists revealed

A 33-strong Moto2 entry list confirms reports of Kiefer Racing switching to KTM bikes, and that it will field Sandro Cortese along with Dominique Aegerter - leaving Tarran Mackenzie without a ride.

Also officially confirming their line-ups are Italtrans, which is sticking with Mattia Pasini and Andrea Locatelli, and Honda Team Asia, which has recruited Tetsuta Nagashima to replace MotoGP-bound Takaaki Nakagami.

Headlining the Moto2 field are Hector Barbera and Sam Lowes, who lost their MotoGP rides at Avintia Ducati and Aprilia respectively.

Barbera will ride for Pons alongside Lorenzo Baldassarri, while Lowes joins Thomas Luthi's former Interwetten team, officially titled as CGBM Evolution on the entry list.

Marc VDS will replace this year's champion Franco Morbidelli with Moto3 champion Joan Mir, whose main rival Romano Fenati will also make the step up with his team Marinelli Rivacold Snipers.

Jules Danilo and Bo Bendsneyder also make the step up from Moto3, joining SAG and Tech 3 respectively.

Six different chassis manufacturers will be represented next year, with dominant brand Kalex continuing to supply the majority of teams.

KTM expands to six bikes across three outfits, while the remaining four marques - Suter, Tech 3, Speed Up and newcomer NTS - supply two bikes each.

2018 Moto2 line-up:

Team	Riders	Bike
Marc VDS	Alex Marquez  Joan Mir	Kalex
Ajo KTM	Miguel Oliveira  Brad Binder	KTM
Sky Racing Team VR46	Francesco Bagnaia  Luca Marini	Kalex
Pons Racing	Hector Barbera  Lorenzo Baldassarri	Kalex
CGBM Evolution	Sam Lowes  Iker Lecuona	KTM
Forward Racing	Stefano Manzi  Eric Granado	Kalex
Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Romano Fenati	Kalex
Dynavolt Intact GP	Xavi Vierge  Marcel Schrotter	Suter
Speed Up	Danny Kent  Fabio Quartararo	Speed Up
Tasca Racing	Simone Corsi  Federico Fuligni	Kalex
Gresini Moto2	Jorge Navarro	Kalex
Tech 3	Bo Bendsneyder  Remy Gardner	Tech 3
Kiefer Racing	Dominique Aegerter  Sandro Cortese	KTM
RW Racing	Joe Roberts  Steven Odendaal	NTS
Italtrans	Andrea Locatelli  Mattia Pasini	Kalex
Honda Team Asia	Tetsuta Nagashima  Khairul Idham Pawi	Kalex
SAG	Isaac Vinales  Jules Danilo	Kalex
Raceline Malaysia	Hafizh Syahrin	Kalex

In Moto3, with Mir and Fenati gone, Estrella Galicia's Aron Canet and Gresini duo of Jorge Martin and Fabio Di Giannantonio are the highest-placed returnees in the 28-strong field.

After a disappointing season with Estrella Galicia, last year's runner-up Enea Bastianini, along with former Mahindra rider Lorenzo Dalla Porta, will switch to Mir's Leopard Racing outfit.

With Mahindra leaving the series at the end of 2017, Aspar, CIP and Prustel GP (which runs rebranded Mahindras as 'Peugeots') will all switch to KTM machinery, creating a near-even split between Honda and KTM on the 2018 grid.

Notable rookies include CEV Moto3 champion Dennis Foggia, who joins the Sky VR46 team, Bester Capital Dubai (formerly Platinum Bay) rider Jaume Masia and Estrella Galicia recruit Alonso Lopez.

2018 Moto3 line-up:

Team	Riders	Bike
Leopard Racing	Enea Bastianini  Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Honda
Estrella Galicia	Aron Canet  Alonso Lopez	Honda
Sky Racing VR46	Nicolo Bulega  Dennis Foggia	KTM
Gresini Moto3	Jorge Martin  Fabio di Giannantonio	Honda
Aspar Team	Andrea Migno  Albert Arenas	KTM
Marinelli Rivacold Snipers	Tony Arbolino	Honda
SIC58 Squadra Corse	Niccolo Antonelli  Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda
Bester Capital Dubai	Marcos Ramirez  Jaume Masia	KTM
Schedl GP	Philipp Oettl	KTM
Prustel GP	Marco Bezzecchi  Jakub Kornfeil	KTM
CIP	John McPhee  Makar Yurchenko	KTM
Petronas Sprinta Racing	Ayumu Sasaki  Adam Norrodin	Honda
Red Bull KTM Ajo	Darryn Binder	KTM
Honda Team Asia	Kaito Toba  Nakarin Athiratphuvapat	Honda
RBA BOE	Gabriel Rodrigo  Juanfran Guevara	KTM
Reale Stylobike	Livio Loi	KTM