Team BQR (By Queroseno Racing) from Spain has announced that in addition to running Moto 2 and Moto 3 teams in 2012, they’ll also field a Moto GP outfit in the CRT class, using Kawasaki engines.
Ivan Silva (who’s had previous Moto GP wildcard starts and has Spanish and European Formula Xtreme titles to his credit) and Yonny Hernandez (two seasons in Moto 2) will be the riders. Silva is Spanish, Hernandez Columbian.
The team will be called Avintia Racing, after the chief sponsor Avintia Group, a big construction company.
No word on the chassis development yet, except to say in a press release that the project will be “developed entirely in Spain” despite the fact that the official entry lists the British FTR company …
That brings the total number of Moto GP entries accepted up to 21:
Factory & satellite/privateer teams
1. Casey Stoner – Repsol Honda
2. Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda
3. Jorge Lorenzo – Factory Yamaha
4. Ben Spies – Factory Yamaha
5. Valentino Rossi – Ducati Marlboro
6. Nicky Hayden – Ducati Marlboro
7. Cal Crutchlow – Tech 3 Yamaha
8. Andrea Dovizioso – Tech 3 Yamaha
9. Hector Barbera – Pramac Ducati
10. Karel Abraham – Cardion AB Ducati
11. Alvaro Bautista – San Carlo Honda Gresini
12. Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda
CRT Teams
13. Colin Edwards – NGM Forward Racing CRT (Suter-BMW)
14. Randy de Puniet – Aspar CRT (Aprilia)
15. Aleix Espargaro – Aspar CRT (Aprilia)
16. James Ellison – PBM CRT (Aprilia)
17. Anthony West – Speed Master CRT (Aprilia)
18. Michele Pirro – Gresini Racing CRT (FTR-Honda)
19. Danilo Petrucci – Ioda Racing CRT (Aprilia)
20. Ivan Silva – Avintia CRT (Inmotec/FTR-Kawasaki)
21. Yonny Hernandez – Avintia CRT (Inmotec/FTR-Kawasaki)
