Mar
23
DOHA: The Moto3 class has always been a platform for the best young riders in the world to showcase their talent, and for 2015 this is no different with only four riders competing in the Championship over the age of 21.
Frenchman Fabio Quartararo will be the youngest rider to ever to compete in a full season in Moto3, at just 15 years and 343 days, with the organisers having changed the rules this year to allow someone under the age of 16 to take part in a race.
Quartararo was the CEV Repsol Moto3 Champion from 2014, and has already impressed a number of people with his pace during pre-season, having joined the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Team for 2015.
There are a number of new faces that will line up on the grid in 2015, including last years Red Bull Rookies Cup Champion Jorge Martin, who will be joined by Juanfran Guevara and Francesco Bagnaia on the on the Mapfre Mahindra Team.
Quartararo is joined in the Estrella Galicia 0,0 Team by the man who finished runner-up to him last year, Jorge Navarro, while Gabriel Rodrigo will be the first ever Argentinian to compete in Moto3, for the RBA Racing Team.
Maria Herrera will be the second female to compete full-time in the Moto3 class alongside Ana Carrasco, as she becomes teammates with Isaac Vinales in the Husqvarna Factory Laglisse Racing Team.
A total of 14 nationalities will be represented on the grid when the lights go out in Qatar, and with less than 0.6s separating the first six across the line last year, it once again promises to be an exciting start to the 2015 Moto3 World Championship. Teams have an extra day of practice at the Losail International Circuit to prepare for the season opener.
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