Qatar Moto2 winner Tetsuta Nagashima 'will stop racing in 2021'
Tetsuta Nagashima, winner of the season-opening 2020 Moto2 race in Qa✱tar, has confirmed he will not be on the grid when the 2021 world championship gets underway.
Having followed his perfect Red Bull Ajo debut at Losail - which also marked his first grand prix podium - with a second-place next time at Jerez, Nagashima🍰 didn't appear on the rostrum again and eventually finished eighth in the standings.
Tetsuta Nagashima, winner of thꦫe season-opening 2020 Moto2 race in Qatar, has confirmed he wi🐲ll not be on the grid when the 2021 world championship gets underway.
Having followed his perfect Red Bull Ajo🧸 debut at Losail - which also marked his first gra🍃nd prix podium - with a second-place next time at Jerez, Nagashima didn't appear on the rostrum again and eventually finished eighth in the standings.
It was still by far his bes🐷t grand prix season, but Nagashima's name was absent from the provisional 2021 Moto2 entry list, with Ajo deciding on all-new line-up of Re💃my Gardner and Raul Fernandez, following Jorge Martin's move to MotoGP.
A brief Instagram post states thꦿat the 28-year-old Nagashima - who has campaigned Motobi, NTS, TSR and Kalex chassis since his 2013 Moto2 debut - will 'stop racing' in 2021 but also makes clear he intends to 'be back much more stronger':
Nagashima's withdraw also confirms th𒉰at rookie Ai🌊 Ogura (Honda Team Asia) will be the only Japanese Moto2 rider this season:
| Provisional 2021 Moto2 entry list | ||||
| Rider | NAT | TEAM | BIKE | |
| #5 | Yari Montella | ITA | Speed Up Racing | (Speed Up) |
| #6 | Cameron Beaubier | USA | Tennor American Racing | (Kalex) |
| #7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) |
| #9 | Jorge Navarro | SPA | Speed Up Racing | (Speed Up) |
| #11 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) |
| #12 | Thomas Luthi | SWI | Onexox TKKR SAG Team | (Kalex) |
| #13 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Sky Racing Team VR46 | (Kalex) |
| #14 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) |
| #16 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) |
| #19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) |
| #21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | (Kalex) |
| #22 | Sam Lowes | GBR | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | (Kalex) |
| #23 | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) |
| #24 | Simone Corsi | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) |
| #25 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) |
| #35 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) |
| #37 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | EG 0,0 Marc VDS | (Kalex) |
| #40 | Hector Garzo | SPA | Pons HP40 | (Kalex) |
| #42 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | Tennor American Racing | (Kalex) |
| #44 | Aron Canet | SPA | Aspar Team | (Speed Up) |
| #55 | Hafizh Syahrin | MAL | NTS RW Racing GP | (NTS) |
| #62 | Stefano Manzi | ITA | Pons HP40 | (Kalex) |
| #70 | Barry Baltus | BEL | NTS RW Racing GP | (NTS) |
| #72 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Sky Racing Team VR46 | (Kalex) |
| #75 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Aspar Team | (Speed Up) |
| #79 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Idemitsu Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) |
| #87 | Remy Gardner | AUS | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) |
| #96 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Kalex) |
| #97 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Petronas Sprinta Racing | (Kalex) |
| #99 | Kasma Daniel | MAL | Onexox TKKR SAG Team | (Kalex) |
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