Irishman Michael Laverty has been named on the official MotoGP entry list the evening, alongside Yonny Hernandez in the PBM Aprilia squad for MotoGP CRT next season.
He has been allocated race number 33, which is the number Tommy Hill usually runs while 2012 World Champion Jorge Lorenzo has elected to run his norma 99 instead of the number one plate.
2013 MotoGP entry list
4 ANDREA DOVIZIOSO ITALIAN DUCATI TEAM DUCATI
5 COLIN EDWARDS USA NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING FTR KAWASAKI *
6 STEFAN BRADL GERMAN LCR HONDA MotoGP HONDA
7 HIROSHI AOYAMA JAPANESE AVINTIA BLUSENS FTR *
8 HECTOR BARBERA SPANISH AVINTIA BLUSENS FTR *
9 DANILO PETRUCCI ITALIAN CAME IODARACING PROJECT IODA-SUTER * 11 BEN SPIES USA PRAMAC RACING TEAM DUCATI
14 RANDY DE PUNIET FRENCH POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR ART *
17 KAREL ABRAHAM CZECH CARDION AB MOTORACING ART *
19 ALVARO BAUTISTA SPANISH GO & FUN HONDA GRESINI HONDA
26 DANI PEDROSA SPANISH REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
29 ANDREA IANNONE ITALIAN PRAMAC RACING TEAM DUCATI
33 MICHAEL LAVERTY BRITISH PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT PBM *
35 CAL CRUTCHLOW BRITISH MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA
38 BRADLEY SMITH BRITISH MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA
41 ALEIX ESPARGARO SPANISH POWER ELECTRONICS ASPAR ART *
46 VALENTINO ROSSI ITALIAN YAMAHA FACTORY RACING YAMAHA
67 BRYAN STARING AUSTRALIAN GO & FUN HONDA GRESINI FTR HONDA * 68 YONNY HERNANDEZ COLOMBIAN PAUL BIRD MOTORSPORT ART *
69 NICKY HAYDEN USA DUCATI TEAM DUCATI
71 CLAUDIO CORTI ITALIAN NGM MOBILE FORWARD RACING FTR KAWASAKI *
93 MARC MARQUEZ SPANISH REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
99 JORGE LORENZO SPANISH YAMAHA FACTORY RACING YAMAHA
TBC TO BE CONFIRMED CAME IODARACING PROJECT IODA-SUTER *
* = CRT STATUS
