The 2017 FIM MotoGP World Championship was the premier class of the 69th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

The 2017 season saw the début of the KTM RC16, which was previously used by Red Bull KTM Factory Racing at the 2016 Valencian Grand Prix ahead of a full season début.

Marc Márquez started the season as defending World Champion, having secured his fifth overall title at the 2016 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix with three races remaining.

Whilst Yamaha's new rider Maverick Viñales started the season off with two consecutive victories, the following spring season proved to be unpredictable with four different winners in as many races, following the trend from 2016. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso then took his first dry-track MotoGP win at Mugello before repeating the feat the following week in Barcelona. With Viñales not finishing the race at Assen, this allowed Dovizioso to lead the championship by four points after eight races, becoming the first Ducati rider to lead the championship since Casey Stoner in 2009. Márquez took the championship lead after winning the German Grand Prix. He held the championship lead until the British Grand Prix, where Dovizioso regained the lead after Márquez's engine blew up late in the race. Márquez bounced back immediately to take consecutive victories in the next two rounds to reestablish himself as championship leader. Over the following three races, Dovizioso claimed two more wins to Márquez's one, but a poor result in Australia for the Ducati rider meant that Márquez's points lead remained intact.

Going into the final round in Valencia Márquez topped the standings, 21 points ahead of Dovizioso, with both riders winning six races apiece. Viñales was third, 56 points behind Márquez. Therefore, Márquez needed to finish 11th or higher to guarantee a championship, whereas Dovizioso was forced under all circumstances to win in Valencia.

Márquez was on pole in Valencia, and Dovizioso started 9th. After Márquez saved a high-speed potential crash into turn 1,^[1] he dropped back behind Dovizioso. The title chances of Dovizioso ended when he crashed with five laps of the race remaining, losing the hope in taking the championship. Meanwhile, Márquez finished third behind Dani Pedrosa and the season's top rookie and independent rider Johann Zarco. Márquez won his sixth title and fourth MotoGP title overall.

The following Grands Prix took place in 2017:^[2]

More information Round, Date ...

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	26 March ‡	Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	9 April	Gran Premio Motul de la República Argentina	Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo
3	23 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
4	7 May	Gran Premio Red Bull de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
5	21 May	HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
6	4 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Oakley	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
7	11 June	Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló
8	25 June	Motul TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
9	2 July	GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
10	6 August	Monster Energy Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
11	13 August	NeroGiardini Motorrad Grand Prix von Österreich	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12	27 August	Octo British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	10 September	Gran Premio Tribul MasterCard di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	24 September	Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	15 October	Motul Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
16	22 October	Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
17	29 October	Shell Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
18	12 November	Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

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Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia RS-GP 22 Sam Lowes[5] All 41 Aleix Espargaró[6] 1–16, 18 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP17 04 Andrea Dovizioso[7] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[8] All 51 Michele Pirro[9] 6, 13, 18 Octo Pramac Racing 9 Danilo Petrucci[5] All Desmosedici GP16 45 Scott Redding[5] All Reale Avintia Racing 8 Héctor Barberá[10] All Desmosedici GP15 76 Loris Baz[10] All Pull&Bear Aspar Team Desmosedici GP16 19 Álvaro Bautista[11] All Desmosedici GP15 17 Karel Abraham[12] All Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 26 Dani Pedrosa[13] All 93 Marc Márquez[14] All LCR Honda 35 Cal Crutchlow[15] All EG 0,0 Marc VDS 43 Jack Miller[5] 1–14, 16–18 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[16] 15 53 Tito Rabat[5] All Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM RC16 38 Bradley Smith[17] All 44 Pol Espargaró[18] All 36 Mika Kallio[19] 9, 11, 14, 18 Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR 29 Andrea Iannone[20] All 42 Álex Rins[21] 1–3, 8–18 12 Takuya Tsuda[22] 4 50 Sylvain Guintoli[23] 5–7 Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha YZR-M1 25 Maverick Viñales[24] All 46 Valentino Rossi[25] 1–12, 14–18 Yamalube Yamaha Factory Racing 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[26] 15 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 5 Johann Zarco[27] All 94 Jonas Folger[28] 1–14 31 Kohta Nozane[29] 15 23 Broc Parkes[30] 16 60 Michael van der Mark[31][32] 17–18

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All the bikes used Michelin tyres.