FIM Junior Moto3 World Championship becomes 'JuniorGP' from 2022
The FIM Junior Moto3 World Championship, through which 80% of current grand prix riders have passed, is being rebrande🐼d as the 'FIM JuniorGP World Championship' for 2022.
Entering its 25th year, the Spanish-based class was formerly known as CEV Moto3, t🔥hen received FIM status and later became the Junior Moto3 World Championship from 2015.
As in the case of grand prix weekends being named after the most prestigious 'MotoGP' class, the new 'JuniorGP' name will also apply to CEV ev🅺ents as a whole, which include the European Talent Cup, Moto2 European Championship and Superstock.
Among those to have passed through the CEV/Juniꦛor World Championship are eight-time world champion Marcﷺ Marquez, 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir and 2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo.
The full list of cham🤪pions since the switch from 125cc to Moto3 machinery in 2012 is as follows:
Alex Marq🍨uez (2012), Quartararo (2013, 2014), Nicolo Bulega (20🍎15), Lorenzo Dalla Porta (2016), Dennis Foggia (2017), Raul Fernandez (2018), Jeremy Alcoba (2019), Izan Guevara (2020) and Daniel Holgado (2021).
From 2015, the winner of the CEV/Junior Moto3 World Championship has been givenཧ a special exemptionꦉ to enter the Moto3 Grand Prix class from the age of 15 rather than 16.
That perk, which also exists for the Red Bull Rookies Cup winner, will continue after 2023 when the grand prix age limit is being raised to 18, with the JuniorGP/Roo𓆉kies Cup winner being allowed to join at 17.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He🐭 is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and 🤪Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
