Time to inject a little life into this group!
The 2012 MotoGP grid is almost complete, and it’s got some, uh, shall we say interesting rider line-ups:
Honda (Honda) – Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa
Yamaha (Yamaha) – Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies
Ducati (Ducati) – Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden
Gresini (Honda, FTR-Honda) – Alvaro Bautista, Michele Pirro
Tech 3 (Yamaha) – Cal Crutchlow, Andrea Dovizioso
Aspar (TBA-Aprilla) – Randy de Puniet, Aleix Espargaro
Cardion (Ducati) – Karel Abraham
Pramac (Ducati) – Hector Barbera
LCR Honda (Honda) – Stefan Bradl
BQR Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki) – Yonny Hernandez
Forward Racing (Suter-BMW) – Colin Edwards
Paul Bird Motorsports (TBA-Aprilla) – James Ellison
Speed Master (TBA-Aprilla) – Anthony West
Interwetten (TBA) – TBA
Kiefer Racing (TBA) – TBA
Marc VDS (TBA) – TBA
Gresini will enter one factory bike for Bautista, and one CRT bike for Piroo. Suzuki have withdrawn from the series, but have suggested they could come back in 2014.