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To alleviate the log jam effect of raising the minimum grand prix age limits to 18, some exemptions have been widened for 2024.
As a response to several tragic accidents involving young riders in different classes in 2021, it has been announced that the minimum age for participating in grand prix racing will be raised from 16 to 18 starting in 2023. However, there will be a smooth transition for riders below 18 who are already racing in grand prix this year, and exceptions have been made for the winners of the FIM Moto3 Junior World Championship and/or Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup to compete at 16, rising to 17 in 2024. The winner of the FIM European Moto2 Championship is also allowed to enter the Moto2 grand prix class at 17 years old. Despite this, the Grand Prix Commission acknowledges that the age increases have disrupted the progress of young talent already in the pipeline, and as a result, exceptions will be extended to the top three finishers in the FIM JuniorGP World Championship and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup to compete in the FIM Moto3 World Championship, even if they have not reached the minimum age of 18. Similarly, the winner of the FIM European Moto2 Championship will be permitted to compete in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship at the age of 17. Additionally, riders who participated in the Moto3 or Moto2 World Championships at the age of 16 or 17 in the previous seasons have been granted an exception to continue racing in 2022 and 2023, with this extension also applying to riders who raced in those classes in 2023 and will continue competing in 2024.
