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FIM World Championship Grand Prix 2009 Provisional Entry Lists

Provisional Entry List - 125cc

NO RIDER NATIONALITY TEAM MACHINE 5 FRENCH LONCIN RACING LONCIN 6 JOAN OLIVE SPANISH RACING TEAM DERBI 7 EFREN VAZQUEZ SPANISH DERBI RACING TEAM DERBI 8 LORENZO ZANETTI ITALIAN ONGETTA TEAM I.S.P.A. 10 LUCA VITALI ITALIAN CBC CORSE APRILIA 11 GERMAN AJO INTERWETTEN DERBI 12 ESTEVE RABAT SPANISH BLUSENS APRILIA APRILIA 14 FRENCH WTR SAN MARINO TEAM APRILIA 16 CAMERON BEAUBIER USA KTM MOTOSPORT KTM 17 GERMAN VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING APRILIA 18 NICOLAS TEROL SPANISH JACK & JONES TEAM APRILIA 24 ITALIAN JACK & JONES TEAM APRILIA 29 ITALIAN ONGETTA TEAM I.S.P.A. APRILIA 32 ITALIAN FONTANA RACING APRILIA 33 SPANISH BANCAJA 125cc APRILIA 35 SWISS DEGRAAF GRAND PRIX APRILIA 38 BRADLEY SMITH BRITISH BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM 125cc APRILIA 44 POL ESPARGARO SPANISH DERBI RACING TEAM DERBI 45 BRITISH BLUSENS APRILIA APRILIA 53 JASPER IWEMA DUTCH RACING TEAM GERMANY 60 JULIAN SIMON SPANISH BANCAJA ASPAR TEAM 125cc APRILIA 66 MATTHEW HOYLE BRITISH HAOJUE TEAM HAOJUE 69 LUKAS SEMBERA CZECH MATTEONI RACING APRILIA 71 JAPANESE LONCIN RACING LONCIN 73 JAPANESE ONGETTA TEAM I.S.P.A. APRILIA 77 DOMINIQUE AEGERTER SWISS AJO INTERWETTEN DERBI 87 LUCA MARCONI ITALIAN CBC CORSE APRILIA 88 MICHAEL RANSEDER AUSTRIAN HAOJUE TEAM HAOJUE 93 MARC MARQUEZ SPANISH RED BULL KTM MOTOSPORT KTM 94 GERMAN ONGETTA TEAM I.S.P.A. APRILIA 99 DANNY WEBB BRITISH DEGRAAF GRAND PRIX APRILIA

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Provisional Entry List – 250 cc

NO RIDER NATIONALITY TEAM MACHINE 4 JAPANESE 250cc HONDA 6 ALEX DEBON SPANISH AEROPUERTO-CASTELLO-BLUSENS APRILIA 7 AXEL PONS SPANISH PEPE WORLD TEAM APRILIA 8 BASTIEN CHESAUX SWISS RACING TEAM GERMANY HONDA 10 IMRE TOTH HUNGARIAN TEAM TOTH APRILIA APRILIA 12 THOMAS LUTHI SWISS EMMI - CAFFE LATTE APRILIA 14 RATTHAPARK WILAIROT THAI THAI HONDA PTT SAG HONDA 15 ITALIAN METIS GILERA 16 FRENCH MATTEONI RACING APRILIA 17 CZECH CARDION AB MOTORACING APRILIA 19 ALVARO BAUTISTA SPANISH MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM APRILIA 25 ALEX BALDOLINI ITALIAN WTR SAN MARINO TEAM APRILIA 28 GABOR TALMACSI HUNGARIAN BALATON RACING TEAM 250cc APRILIA 35 ITALIAN SCOT RACING TEAM 250cc HONDA 40 HECTOR BARBERA SPANISH PEPE WORLD TEAM APRILIA 48 SHOYA TOMIZAWA JAPANESE CIP MOTO - GP250 HONDA 51 STEVIE BONSEY USA APRILIA MADRID APRILIA 52 LUKAS PESEK CZECH AUTO KELLY - CP APRILIA 55 HECTOR FAUBEL SPANISH THAI HONDA PTT SAG HONDA 56 VLADIMIR LEONOV RUSSIAN VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING APRILIA 58 ITALIAN METIS GILERA GILERA 63 MIKE DE MEGLIO FRENCH MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM 250cc APRILIA 75 ITALIAN TEAM TOTH APRILIA APRILIA 77 AITOR RODRIGUEZ SPANISH APRILIA MADRID APRILIA

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Provisional Entry List – MotoGP

NO RIDER NATIONALITY TEAM MACHINE 3 SPANISH TEAM HONDA 4 ITALIAN REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA 5 USA MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA 7 AUSTRALIAN RIZLA MOTOGP SUZUKI 14 FRENCH LCR HONDA MOTOGP HONDA 15 SAN MARINO SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI HONDA 24 TONI ELIAS SPANISH SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI HONDA 27 AUSTRALIAN DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI 33 ITALIAN HAYATE RACING TEAM KAWASAKI 36 FINNISH DUCATI 46 ITALIAN FIAT YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA 52 BRITISH MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA 59 SPANISH GUINEA ECUATORIAL TEAM DUCATI 65 ITALIAN RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP SUZUKI 69 USA DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI 72 JAPANESE SCOT RACING TEAM MOTOGP HONDA 88 NICCOLO CANEPA ITALIAN PRAMAC RACING DUCATI 99 SPANISH FIAT YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA

Last Update March 16

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