2018 MotoGP season

• LCR Honda expanded to enter a second bike for the first time since 2015.[22]
• Aspar Racing Team will race under the name of "Ángel Nieto Team" from 2018 in honor of the late Ángel Nieto.[25]

• Sam Lowes was released from his contract with Aprilia Racing Team Gresini one year before it expired.[44] Lowes returned to the Moto2 category.
• Thomas Lüthi moved up to MotoGP, making his début with EG 0,0 Marc VDS after competing in the intermediate class for eleven seasons.[18]
• 2017 Moto2 champion Franco Morbidelli was promoted to MotoGP, making his début with EG 0,0 Marc VDS.[19]
• Tito Rabat returned to Reale Avintia Racing, after leaving EG 0,0 Marc VDS. He was partnered by Xavier Siméon who moved up to the premier class. Rabat previously competed with Avintia Racing under the name By Queroseno Racing (BQR) between the 2005 125cc and the 2011 Moto2 seasons.
• Takaaki Nakagami moved up to MotoGP with Team LCR.[22]
• Scott Redding left Pramac Racing at the end of the 2017 season to join Aprilia Racing Team Gresini.[43] His place was taken by Jack Miller.[30]
• Loris Baz left MotoGP and returned to Superbike World Championship. During Mid-season, Baz replaced injured Pol Espargaró at Red Bull KTM Factory Racing for British GP.
• Héctor Barberá returned to the intermediate class, Moto2, after leaving Reale Avintia Racing. Barberá has completed eight seasons in the premier class.
• Jonas Folger, who was on the provisional entry list, withdrew from the 2018 season to focus on recovery from illness.[45] Hafizh Syahrin moved up to MotoGP to fill his spot in Monster Yamaha Tech 3. He is the first Malaysian rider to compete in the sport's premier class.[12]

• Randy de Puniet returned to MotoGP as the KTM test rider, replacing Mika Kallio who suffered a knee injury during German Grand Prix for the remainder of the season.
• Tito Rabat got injured after the British Grand Prix, so he was replaced by Christophe Ponsson for the San Marino Grand Prix. Jordi Torres also replacing him since Aragon Grand Prix onwards.
• Álvaro Bautista replaced Jorge Lorenzo at the Australian Grand Prix due to injuries sustained at the Thai Grand Prix, with Mike Jones to take Bautista's place.

Comparison between the configuration of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya used in 2016 and 2017 (top), and the layout used starting 2018 (bottom).

• The British Grand Prix was scheduled to move from Silverstone to the new Circuit of Wales, but construction on the new track has not commenced.[65] The two circuits reached a deal that will see Silverstone with an option to host the 2018 race.[66] In the end, the British Grand Prix saw all three races being cancelled due to dangerous track conditions on race day, and was not re-arranged.
• The Thailand Grand Prix is a new addition to the calendar, with the race scheduled for 7 October.
• The Catalan Grand Prix used a new configuration of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, wherein the previous set of corners of turns 13, 14 and 15 were combined into a sweeping right corner. The new layout was previously used in Formula 1 from 2004 to 2006.

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points. The British GP was canceled due to unsafe track conditions.

Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Marc Márquez Honda 2 18 1 1 1 16 2 1 1 3 2 C 2 1 1 1 Ret 1 Ret 321 2 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1 6 5 Ret Ret 2 Ret 4 7 1 3 C 1 2 2 18 3 6 1 245 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 3 19 4 5 3 3 3 5 2 4 6 C 7 8 4 4 6 18 13 198 4 Maverick Viñales Yamaha 6 5 2 7 7 8 6 3 3 Ret 12 C 5 10 3 7 1 4 Ret 193 5 Álex Rins Suzuki Ret 3 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 2 Ret 11 8 C 4 4 6 3 5 2 2 169 6 Johann Zarco Yamaha 8 2 6 2 Ret 10 7 8 9 7 9 C 10 14 5 6 Ret 3 7 158 7 Cal Crutchlow Honda 4 1 19 Ret 8 6 4 6 Ret 5 4 C 3 Ret 7 2 DNS 148 8 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 5 10 12 4 2 7 8 Ret 4 6 5 C 11 7 9 9 12 9 Ret 144 9 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Ret 15 11 Ret 6 1 1 7 6 2 1 C 17 Ret DNS DNS WD 12 134 10 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 9 8 3 3 Ret 4 10 11 12 10 13 C 8 3 11 Ret 2 Ret Ret 133 11 Dani Pedrosa Honda 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret 5 15 8 8 7 C 6 5 Ret 8 Ret 5 5 117 12 Álvaro Bautista Ducati 13 16 15 8 Ret 9 9 9 5 9 10 C 9 Ret 8 5 4 7 Ret 105 13 Jack Miller Ducati 10 4 9 6 4 Ret Ret 10 14 12 18 C 18 9 10 Ret 7 8 Ret 91 14 Pol Espargaró KTM Ret 11 13 11 11 11 11 12 Ret DNS Ret DNS 21 13 Ret Ret 3 51 15 Franco Morbidelli Honda 12 14 21 9 13 15 14 DNS WD 13 19 C 12 11 14 11 8 12 Ret 50 16 Hafizh Syahrin Yamaha 14 9 Ret 16 12 12 Ret 18 11 14 16 C 19 18 12 10 Ret 10 10 46 17 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 19 Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 DNS 15 17 C 14 6 13 Ret 9 11 Ret 44 18 Bradley Smith KTM 18 Ret 16 13 14 14 Ret 17 10 Ret 14 C 16 13 15 12 10 15 8 38 19 Tito Rabat Ducati 11 7 8 14 Ret 13 Ret 16 13 Ret 11 C 35 20 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 17 13 14 12 15 18 Ret 19 Ret 17 15 C 13 12 22 15 14 14 6 33 21 Scott Redding Aprilia 20 12 17 15 Ret Ret 12 14 15 Ret 20 C 21 16 16 19 13 19 11 20 22 Michele Pirro Ducati DNS 15 Ret 4 14 23 Karel Abraham Ducati 15 20 Ret 18 17 Ret 13 Ret 18 18 21 C 20 15 17 Ret 11 Ret 14 12 24 Stefan Bradl Honda 16 Ret Ret 13 9 10 25 Mika Kallio KTM 10 Ret DNS 6 26 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 14 2 27 Xavier Siméon Ducati 21 21 20 17 18 17 Ret Ret 19 20 Ret C Ret 19 18 16 15 17 DNS 1 28 Jordi Torres Ducati 20 19 17 17 DNS 15 1 Thomas Lüthi Honda 16 17 18 Ret 16 Ret Ret 20 17 16 22 C 22 17 20 20 16 16 Ret 0 Mike Jones Ducati 18 0 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki Ret 19 21 0 Christophe Ponsson Ducati 23 0 Loris Baz KTM C 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie