125 World Championship: New champion to emerge in last year of the 63-year old 125cc class

With the 2010 champion Marc Marquez moving up to Moto2, there will be a new champion in the 125cc class who will go down in history as the last ever 125cc world champion. The main changes in the 125 entry list for 2011 are given below. Thanks to these changes, the full-time entry list has increased significantly from 26 last year to 31 this year.

125 Rider Listing:
Welcome (in bold): Luigi Morciano, Daniel Kartheininger, Taylor Mackenzie, Alessandro Tonucci, Harry Stafford, Maverick Vinales, Giulian Pedone, Niklas Ajo, Sergio Gadea, Joan Perello, Francesco Mauriello, Miguel Oliveira, Danny Kent, Hector Faubel, Sarath Kumar and Hiroki Ono.

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RIDER

NATIONALITY

TEAM

MACHINE

3	LUIGI MORCIANO	ITALIAN	TEAM ITALIA FMI	APRILIA
5	JOHANN ZARCO	FRENCH	AJO MOTORSPORT	DERBI
7	EFREN VAZQUEZ	SPANISH	AJO MOTORSPORT	DERBI
11	SANDRO CORTESE	GERMAN	RACING TEAM GERMANY	HONDA
12	DANIEL KARTHEININGER	GERMAN	CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT.	KTM
15	SIMONE GROTZKYJ	ITALIAN	WORLDWIDE RACE	APRILIA
17	TAYLOR MACKENZIE	BRITISH	WORLDWIDE RACE	APRILIA
18	NICOLAS TEROL	SPANISH	BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM	APRILIA
19	ALESSANDRO TONUCCI	ITALIAN	TEAM ITALIA FMI	APRILIA
21	HARRY STAFFORD	BRITISH	ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA	APRILIA
23	ALBERTO MONCAYO	SPANISH	ANDALUCIA CAJASOL	APRILIA
25	MAVERICK VINALES	SPANISH	PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON	APRILIA
26	ADRIAN MARTIN	SPANISH	MOTORSPORT 69	APRILIA
30	GIULIAN PEDONE	SWISS	WORLDWIDE RACE	APRILIA
31	NIKLAS AJO	FINNISH	TT MOTION EVENTS RACING	APRILIA
39	LUIS SALOM	SPANISH	MOLENAAR RACING GP	APRILIA
40	SERGIO GADEA	SPANISH	PEV-BLUSENS-SMX-PARIS HILTON	APRILIA
43	FRANCESCO MAURIELLO	ITALIAN	WTR-TEN10 RACING	APRILIA
44	MIGUEL OLIVEIRA	PORTUGUESE	ANDALUCIA CAJASOL	APRILIA
52	DANNY KENT	BRITISH	RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT	DERBI
53	JASPER IWEMA	DUTCH	MOLENAAR RACING GP	APRILIA
55	HECTOR FAUBEL	SPANISH	BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM	APRILIA
63	ZULFAHMI KHAIRUDDIN	MALAYSIAN	AIRASIA - SIC - AJO	DERBI
69	SARATH KUMAR	INDIAN	WTR-TEN10 RACING	APRILIA
71	TOMOYOSHI KOYAMA	JAPANESE	RACING TEAM GERMANY	HONDA
36	JOAN PERELLO	SPANISH	MATTEONI RACING	APRILIA
76	HIROKI ONO	JAPANESE	CARETTA TECHNOLOGY RACE DPT.	KTM
77	MARCEL SCHROTTER	GERMAN	MAHINDRA RACING	MAHINDRA
84	JAKUB KORNFEIL	CZECH	ONGETTA-CENTRO SETA	APRILIA
94	JONAS FOLGER	GERMAN	RED BULL AJO MOTORSPORT	DERBI
96	LOUIS ROSSI	FRENCH	MATTEONI RACING	APRILIA
99	DANNY WEBB	BRITISH	MAHINDRA RACING	MAHINDRA

Facts:
With this influx of new young riders, twenty of the full-time entrants in the 125cc class will still be teenagers at the opening race of the year in Qatar. The youngest rider is Maverick Vinales, who had his 16th birthday in January. The oldest rider in the 125cc class is Hector Faubel, who returns to the 125cc class after three years in the Moto2/250cc class and will be 27 at the opening race of the year.


Goodbye:  Marc Marquez, Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith, Esteve Rabat, Tomoyoshi Koyama, Randy Krummenacher, Sturla Fagerhaug, Lorenzo Savadori, Luca Marconi, Alexis Masbou and Marco Ravaioli.