2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2013 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 65th Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme Road racing World Championship season. Jorge Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion,^[1] while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Marc Márquez joined the MotoGP grid with Repsol Honda^[2] and Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese entered Moto2, with Intact GP.^[3]

The three championships were each won by Spanish riders, with Márquez winning in MotoGP,^[4] Pol Espargaró winning in Moto2,^[5] and Maverick Viñales winning in Moto3.^[6] Spanish riders dominated the season overall, with 47 of the 52 races across all classes won by a Spanish rider. Of the five non-Spanish victories, three came from Moto2 championship runner-up Scott Redding, and one each from Moto2 front-runner Mika Kallio – his first in the class, in the Czech Republic^[7] – and MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi, who took his first premier class victory since 2010 at the Dutch TT.^[8]

Season summary

MotoGP

In the premier MotoGP class, Lorenzo, along with Repsol Honda team-mates Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa battled it out for most of the season in regards to the championship battle. Lorenzo won the opening race of the season in Qatar,^[9] before rookie Márquez became the youngest premier class winner,^[10] as he claimed victory in the inaugural Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas.^[11] Pedrosa took back-to-back victories at Jerez – where Márquez and Lorenzo battled for second place, clashing at the final corner^[12] – and Le Mans,^[13] before Lorenzo did likewise at Mugello,^[14] and Catalunya; at the former, Márquez retired from the race after crashing out of second place.^[14] At Assen, Lorenzo crashed during free practice and fractured his collarbone, and after emergency surgery and initial reports that he would not take part for the rest of the weekend,^[15] he competed in the race and finished fifth.^[8] Márquez and Pedrosa finished second and fourth respectively,^[8] as Valentino Rossi took his first race victory since 2010.^[8] Márquez then won the next four races,^[16] starting at the Sachsenring,^[17] where both Lorenzo and Pedrosa were sidelined with injuries; Lorenzo with a recurrence of his Assen injury after crashing in free practice once again,^[18] while Pedrosa was ruled out with low blood pressure, stemming from a separate incident.^[19]

After two more victories for Lorenzo at Silverstone,^[20] and Misano,^[21] Márquez and Pedrosa collided at the Aragon Grand Prix, where a slight touch caused a sensor on Pedrosa's bike to tear and cut the traction control system.^[22] Márquez went on to beat Lorenzo to victory,^[23] and after Pedrosa won in Malaysia,^[24] Márquez held a 43-point lead in the championship with three races to go.^[25] However, a disqualification in Australia,^[26] as well as Lorenzo winning both in Australia and Japan reduced that margin to thirteen,^[27] ahead of the final race in Valencia; the first final race title decider since 2006.^[27] After battling Pedrosa and Lorenzo in the early stages of the race, Márquez finished third in the race to become the youngest premier class champion, beating Freddie Spencer's record from 1983.^[10] As well as this, Márquez became the first rookie since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the championship in their début season,^[10] and only the fourth rider to win world championships in three different categories after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Rossi.^[10] Pedrosa's second place, behind Lorenzo,^[4] was enough for Honda to clinch the constructors' championship.

Moto2

In Moto2, Pol Espargaró became champion in the class,^[5][28] after overhauling Scott Redding towards the end of the season. With six race victories, Espargaró won the championship by 40 points ahead of Redding, who won three races, with third place going to Esteve Rabat, a three-time race winner. Nicolás Terol, who finished seventh, was another three-time race winner, with other victories taken by Mika Kallio (fourth) and Jordi Torres, who was tenth in the championship. In the constructors' championship, Kalex won thirteen of the seventeen races to win the title by almost 100 points from Suter, who won the other four races.

Moto3

In Moto3, the championship was dominated by three Spanish riders, all riding KTM machinery. Like the premier class, there was a final race title decider between Ajo Motorsport's Luis Salom, Estrella Galicia 0,0's Álex Rins and Maverick Viñales of Team Calvo; if any rider of the three won the race, they finished as the champion, regardless of the other results.^[29] After Salom crashed out early in the race, Rins and Viñales battled at the front, with Viñales ultimately coming out as the victor and champion, with Rins being passed for second place on the line by Jonas Folger.^[6][30] With Salom only making it back up to fourteenth, Rins finished as runner-up ahead of Salom. With every race won by a KTM rider – seven wins for Salom, six for Rins, three for Viñales and one for Álex Márquez, the team-mate of Rins, at Motegi – the marque was comfortably the winners of the constructors' championship, scoring more than double the points of the next placed constructor, Kalex KTM.^[31]

2013 Grand Prix season calendar

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.^[32][33] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.^[34][35] The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States, replaces the Portuguese Grand Prix, which had been run at Estoril since 2000. The United States will host three races, the other two being the United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Moto3 winner	Moto2 winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	7 April	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[36] 1	Losail International Circuit, Doha	Luis Salom	Pol Espargaró	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
2	21 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas[37][38]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin	Álex Rins	Nicolás Terol	Marc Márquez	Report
3	5 May	Gran Premio bwin de España[39]	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera	Maverick Viñales	Esteve Rabat	Dani Pedrosa	Report
4	19 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France[40]	Le Mans Bugatti	Maverick Viñales	Scott Redding	Dani Pedrosa	Report
5	2 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM[41]	Mugello Circuit, Mugello	Luis Salom	Scott Redding	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
6	16 June	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya[42]	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	Luis Salom	Pol Espargaró	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
7	29 June	Iveco TT Assen[43] 2	TT Circuit Assen	Luis Salom	Pol Espargaró	Valentino Rossi	Report
8	14 July[44]	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[45]	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal	Álex Rins	Jordi Torres	Marc Márquez	Report
9	21 July	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix[46]	Laguna Seca, Monterey	No Moto2 or Moto3 races		Marc Márquez	Report
10	18 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix[47]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	Álex Rins	Esteve Rabat	Marc Márquez	Report
11	25 August	bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky[48]	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	Luis Salom	Mika Kallio	Marc Márquez	Report
12	1 September	Hertz British Grand Prix[49]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	Luis Salom	Scott Redding	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
13	15 September	GP Aperol di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini[50]	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico	Álex Rins	Pol Espargaró	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
14	29 September	Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón[51]	Motorland Aragón, Alcañiz	Álex Rins	Nicolás Terol	Marc Márquez	Report
15	13 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[52]	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor	Luis Salom	Esteve Rabat	Dani Pedrosa	Report
16	20 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix[53]	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island	Álex Rins	Pol Espargaró	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
17	27 October	AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan[54]	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi	Álex Márquez	Pol Espargaró	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
18	10 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[55]	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	Maverick Viñales	Nicolás Terol	Jorge Lorenzo	Report

Notes:

• ^1  — Races held at night.
• ^2  — Races held on Saturday.

MotoGP

Participants

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[56] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[57]

Prototype entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP13 04 Andrea Dovizioso[58] All 69 Nicky Hayden[59] All LCR Honda MotoGP Honda Honda RC213V 6 Stefan Bradl[60] All Ignite Pramac Racing Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP13 11 Ben Spies[61] 1–2, 5, 10 15 Alex de Angelis[62] 9 29 Andrea Iannone[61] 1–8, 10–18 51 Michele Pirro[63] 4, 6–8, 11–13 68 Yonny Hernández[64] 14–18 GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda Honda RC213V 19 Álvaro Bautista[65] All Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[66] 17 Repsol Honda Team Honda Honda RC213V 26 Dani Pedrosa[2] All 93 Marc Márquez[2] All Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 35 Cal Crutchlow[67] All 38 Bradley Smith[68] All Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi[69] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[69] All Ducati Test Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici GP13 51 Michele Pirro[70] 3, 5, 18 Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) entries Team Constructor Engine Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR-Kawasaki Kawasaki FTR MGP13[71] 5 Colin Edwards[72] All 71 Claudio Corti[73] All Avintia Blusens FTR Kawasaki FTR MGP13[71] 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[74] 1–5, 8–18 8 Héctor Barberá[75] All 22 Iván Silva[76] 7 77 Javier del Amor[77] 6 Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter BMW Suter MMX1[78] 9 Danilo Petrucci[56] All 52 Lukáš Pešek[79] All Power Electronics Aspar ART Aprilia ART GP13[80] 14 Randy de Puniet[81] All 41 Aleix Espargaró[81] All Cardion AB Motoracing ART Aprilia ART GP13 17 Karel Abraham[82] 1–11, 13 23 Luca Scassa[83] 14–18 GP Tech BCL Suzuki BCL GP212 44 Michael Barnes[84] 2 Remus Racing Team S&B Suter BMW Suter MMX1 45 Martin Bauer[85] 11, 18 Paul Bird Motorsport PBM Aprilia PBM 01 50 Damian Cudlin[86] 14–18 70 Michael Laverty[56] 1–13 ART Aprilia ART GP13 14–18 68 Yonny Hernández[56] 1–13 GO&FUN Honda Gresini FTR-Honda Honda FTR MGP13[71] 67 Bryan Staring[87] All Attack Performance Racing APR Kawasaki APR 79 Blake Young[88] 2, 9–10

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Rider changes

• Hiroshi Aoyama will return to MotoGP full-time after competing in just one event in 2012.^[56] He will ride an FTR Moto prepared by Avintia Racing.
• Héctor Barberá will leave Pramac Racing at the end of the 2012 season. When his departure was confirmed in September 2012, he had not secured a ride with any other team, but confirmed his intentions to race for team competing under Claiming Rule Teams regulations.^[89]
• Claudio Corti will step up to the MotoGP category, racing alongside Colin Edwards at Forward Racing.^[56]
• Andrea Dovizioso has replaced Valentino Rossi at Ducati after spending one season as a Monster Yamaha Tech 3 semi-works rider.^[58]
• James Ellison lost his place with Paul Bird Motorsport.^[56]
• Yonny Hernández will move from Avintia Racing to Paul Bird Motorsport.^[56]
• Andrea Iannone will move up from Moto2 to MotoGP in 2013, joining Pramac Racing.^[61]
• Michael Laverty, who competed in the British Superbike Championship from 2010 until 2012 will enter MotoGP with Paul Bird Motorsport.^[56]
• Marc Márquez will join the MotoGP category, racing for the Repsol Honda Team after rules preventing rookie riders from racing for factory teams were relaxed.^[2]
• Mattia Pasini will return to Moto2 in 2013, riding with Forward Racing.^[56]
• Michele Pirro lost his place at Gresini Racing.^[56]
• After two seasons racing for Ducati, Valentino Rossi returned to Yamaha.^[90]
• Iván Silva lost his place at Avintia Racing.^[56]
• Bradley Smith, who rode for Tech 3 in the Moto2 category in the 2010 and 2011 seasons will be promoted to the team's MotoGP squad, Monster Yamaha Tech 3.^[68]
• In July 2012, Ben Spies announced that he would leave the Yamaha Factory Racing team at the end of the 2012 season.^[91] He was later confirmed as switching to Ducati, joining Pramac Racing.^[61]
• Bryan Staring, who made occasional appearances in MotoGP, the Superbike World Championship and Supersport World Championships, will enter the category full-time riding a CRT bike prepared by Gresini Racing.^[56]
• 2007 and 2011 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner officially announced his retirement at the end of 2012 season,^[2] returning to his native Australia to compete in the Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.^[92]
• Lukáš Pešek moved to MotoGP, with IodaRacing Project. He was the only full-time rider who didn't score a point in the whole season, so he was fired and excluded from MotoGP.

Team changes

• Cardion AB Motoracing will end its association with Ducati and will instead switch to a CRT-spec ART-Aprilia.^[82]
• CRT teams Forward Racing, IodaRacing Project and Paul Bird Motorsport will all expand their operations to include a second bike.^[93]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

• Riders marked with light blue background are eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.
• Rounds marked with light blue background were under wet race conditions.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	25	20	16	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts 1 Marc Márquez Honda 3 1 2 3 Ret 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 DSQ 2 3 334 2 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1 3 3 7 1 1 5 DNS 6 3 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 330 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 DNS 5 2 2 3 3 Ret 1 2 3 2 300 4 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2 6 4 12 Ret 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 6 4 237 5 Cal Crutchlow Yamaha 5 4 5 2 3 Ret 3 2 7 5 17 7 6 6 6 4 7 Ret 188 6 Álvaro Bautista Honda 6 8 6 6 Ret Ret 7 5 4 6 5 5 7 4 5 5 4 5 171 7 Stefan Bradl Honda Ret 5 Ret 10 4 5 6 4 2 7 6 6 5 5 DNS DNS 5 6 156 8 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 7 7 8 4 5 7 10 7 9 10 7 Ret 8 8 8 9 10 9 140 9 Nicky Hayden Ducati 8 9 7 5 6 Ret 11 9 8 9 8 8 9 9 Ret 7 9 8 126 10 Bradley Smith Yamaha Ret 12 10 9 9 6 9 6 Ret 8 Ret 9 11 7 7 6 8 7 116 11 Aleix Espargaró ART 11 11 9 13 8 8 8 8 Ret 12 10 10 13 11 9 11 Ret 11 93 12 Andrea Iannone Ducati 9 10 Ret 11 13 Ret 13 DNS 11 9 11 Ret 10 Ret 8 14 Ret 57 13 Michele Pirro Ducati 11 8 7 10 14 10 12 12 10 10 56 14 Colin Edwards FTR Kawasaki Ret Ret 15 16 14 9 17 13 12 13 11 14 12 16 15 12 12 15 41 15 Randy de Puniet ART 12 14 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 12 Ret Ret 15 16 17 13 12 10 13 Ret 36 16 Héctor Barberá FTR 13 18 12 18 10 Ret 20 11 10 16 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 14 16 12 35 17 Danilo Petrucci Ioda-Suter Ret Ret 14 14 12 11 16 14 13 17 13 15 15 Ret 16 15 18 14 26 18 Yonny Hernández ART 14 15 Ret Ret 16 13 19 Ret 15 Ret 16 20 Ret 21 Ducati 12 10 13 15 Ret 19 Claudio Corti FTR Kawasaki 16 19 17 Ret Ret 12 18 15 Ret 14 Ret 17 16 15 13 17 20 13 14 20 Hiroshi Aoyama FTR 15 17 18 19 Ret WD 17 16 15 14 18 14 14 11 20 17 16 13 21 Ben Spies Ducati 10 13 DNS DNS 9 22 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha 11 5 23 Alex de Angelis Ducati 11 5 24 Karel Abraham ART Ret DNS DNS 15 15 Ret 15 18 14 DNS 19 Ret 5 25 Michael Laverty PBM 17 16 13 17 17 Ret 22 16 Ret 18 18 19 18 3 ART Ret Ret 18 19 17 26 Bryan Staring FTR Honda Ret 20 16 Ret 18 14 21 Ret 17 19 20 21 Ret 18 18 DSQ 22 19 2 27 Javier del Amor FTR 15 1 Luca Scassa ART 17 17 16 Ret 18 0 Lukáš Pešek Ioda-Suter 18 Ret Ret Ret 19 16 Ret 19 18 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 19 Ret Ret 0 Martin Bauer S&B Suter 21 20 0 Damian Cudlin PBM Ret Ret 21 21 Ret 0 Blake Young APR 21 WD Ret 0 Iván Silva FTR 23 0 Michael Barnes BCL DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts
1	Honda	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	41	1	2	2	2	389
2	Yamaha	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	381
3	Ducati	7	7	7	4	5	7	10	7	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	155
4	ART	11	11	9	13	8	8	8	8	14	12	10	10	13	11	9	10	13	11	99
5	FTR Kawasaki	16	19	15	16	14	9	17	13	12	13	11	14	12	15	13	12	12	13	46
6	FTR	13	17	12	18	10	15	20	11	10	15	14	13	14	14	11	14	16	12	46
7	Ioda-Suter	18	Ret	14	14	12	11	16	14	13	17	13	15	15	19	16	15	18	14	26
8	PBM	17	16	13	17	17	Ret	22	16	Ret	18	18	19	18	Ret	Ret	21	21	Ret	3
9	FTR Honda	Ret	20	16	Ret	18	14	21	Ret	17	19	20	21	Ret	18	18	DSQ	22	19	2
	S&B Suter											21							20	0
	APR		21							WD	Ret									0
	BCL		DNQ																	0
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts

Notes

• ¹ All points from the race victory for Marc Márquez were deducted as a result of a decision from Race Direction, after Márquez collided with team-mate Dani Pedrosa during the race.^[94] Honda's next-best finisher was Álvaro Bautista, who scored a fourth-place finish.^[95]

Moto2

Participants

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[56] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[57]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up SF13 3 Simone Corsi[96] 1–8, 10–18 54 Mattia Pasini[96] 1–8, 10–18 Technomag carXpert Suter MMX2 4 Randy Krummenacher[97] 1–8, 10–13, 18 21 Zaqhwan Zaidi[98] 15 70 Robin Mulhauser[99] 14 77 Dominique Aegerter[97] 1–8, 10–18 Came IodaRacing Project Suter MMX2 5 Johann Zarco[56] 1–8, 10–18 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 Suter MMX2 7 Doni Tata Pradita[56] 1–8, 10–12, 14–18 10 Thitipong Warokorn[100] 10–16 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[56] 1–8 94 Franco Morbidelli[101] 13, 17–18 Gino Rea Race Team Gino Rea Montáže Brož Racing FTR M213 8 Gino Rea[102] 4, 7–8, 11–14, 18 Argiñano & Ginés Racing Speed Up SF13 8 Gino Rea[98] 15–17 17 Alberto Moncayo[56] 1–7, 10–14, 18 28 Román Ramos[103] 8 44 Steven Odendaal[56] 1–8, 10–18 Blusens Avintia Kalex TBA 9 Kyle Smith[104] 1–8, 10 24 Toni Elías[105] 1–8, 10–12 27 Dani Rivas[106] 11–12 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz[101] 13–18 92 Álex Mariñelarena[101] 13–18 Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex TBA 11 Sandro Cortese[3] 1–8, 10–18 Interwetten Paddock Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[56] 2–8, 10–18 33 Sergio Gadea[107] 1 NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up SF13 15 Alex de Angelis[72] 1–8, 10–18 88 Ricard Cardús[96] 1–8, 10–18 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2 Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[108] 1–8, 10–18 81 Jordi Torres[109] 1–8, 10–18 Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team Kalex Moto2 2012[110] 19 Xavier Siméon[56] 1–8, 10–18 23 Marcel Schrötter[56] 1–8, 10–18 JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR6 22 Jason O'Halloran[111] 12–13 28 Román Ramos[112] 14 31 Kohta Nozane[113] 16, 18 35 Tetsuta Nagashima[114] 17 62 Fadli Immammuddin[98] 15 63 Mike Di Meglio[56] 1–8, 10–11 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Moriwaki MD600 25 Azlan Shah[101] 13–18 72 Yuki Takahashi[115] 1–8, 10–12 TSR Motorsport Kalex TBA 27 Dani Rivas[116] 3, 6 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex TBA 30 Takaaki Nakagami[117] 1–8, 10–18 60 Julián Simón[117] 1–8, 10–18 Webike Team Norick NTS TSR TSR6 31 Kohta Nozane[114] 17 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex TBA 36 Mika Kallio[118] 1–8, 10–18 45 Scott Redding[118] 1–8, 10–18 Tuenti HP 40 Kalex TBA 40 Pol Espargaró[56] 1–8, 10–18 49 Axel Pons[56] 1–8, 10–18 80 Esteve Rabat[56] 1–8, 10–18 GP Tech Mistral 610 Mistral 610 43 James Rispoli[119] 10 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech3 Tech3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart[98] 15, 17 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 52 Danny Kent[120] 1–8, 10–17 96 Louis Rossi[121] 1–8, 10–18 99 Lucas Mahias[122] 18 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex TBA 55 Hafizh Syahrin[123] 4, 6, 15, 18 TargoBank Motorsport Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena[116] 3, 8 QMMF Racing Team Speed Up SF13 95 Anthony West[56] 1–8, 10–18 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto[56] 1–8, 10–18 Promoto Sport TransFIORmers TBA 99 Lucas Mahias[124] 11

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Rider changes

• Sandro Cortese will move up from Moto3 to the newly established Intact GP team, on a two-year deal.^[3]
• Randy Krummenacher will switch from GP Team Switzerland to Technomag-CIP within Moto2 for 2013.^[97]
• Louis Rossi and Danny Kent will race for Tech 3 Racing's Moto2 bikes in 2013, having both moved up from Moto3.^[120][121]

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts 1 Pol Espargaró Kalex 1 Ret 3 19 4 1 1 3 4 4 8 1 3 2 1 1 29 265 2 Scott Redding Kalex 2 5 2 1 1 4 2 7 3 8 1 6 4 7 DNS Ret 15 225 3 Esteve Rabat Kalex 9 2 1 22 13 2 5 13 1 7 4 3 2 1 8 Ret 5 216 4 Mika Kallio Kalex 5 3 Ret 2 5 9 4 12 7 1 6 9 5 4 7 2 14 188 5 Dominique Aegerter Suter 4 4 8 4 10 8 3 9 5 13 5 5 13 5 6 8 10 158 6 Thomas Lüthi Suter DNS 11 Ret 9 3 8 6 13 3 3 4 Ret 3 2 3 7 155 7 Nicolás Terol Suter 14 1 5 Ret 2 16 17 Ret 12 6 11 10 1 18 9 6 1 150 8 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 DNS 10 2 2 2 2 11 8 22 9 13 149 9 Johann Zarco Suter 12 6 12 5 3 7 6 11 8 5 7 7 7 6 Ret Ret 3 141 10 Jordi Torres Suter 11 13 7 Ret 6 Ret 9 1 10 10 13 15 6 9 3 Ret 2 128 11 Simone Corsi Speed Up 7 15 13 11 7 10 Ret 2 6 9 9 Ret Ret 11 4 Ret 4 108 12 Xavier Siméon Kalex 10 12 6 3 Ret Ret 7 8 9 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 4 12 90 13 Julián Simón Kalex 6 19 16 8 17 15 10 4 11 Ret 12 12 8 10 Ret 5 11 81 14 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 8 8 14 9 8 Ret 15 5 14 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 5 7 6 81 15 Mattia Pasini Speed Up Ret 7 15 6 24 11 18 19 25 14 10 11 9 Ret 16 10 9 58 16 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 13 11 10 13 12 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 16 13 12 14 21 12 18 38 17 Randy Krummenacher Suter 19 Ret 17 10 15 6 11 17 19 16 19 16 21 22 18 Toni Elías Kalex 15 9 9 Ret 11 Ret Ret 20 17 15 15 22 19 Sandro Cortese Kalex 17 25 18 12 14 Ret 14 14 16 Ret 20 Ret 10 Ret 11 15 16 22 20 Mike Di Meglio Motobi 16 10 19 7 18 12 Ret 24 20 Ret 19 21 Anthony West Speed Up DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 10 11 8 19 22 Danny Kent Tech 3 18 17 26 15 21 13 19 Ret 22 12 18 18 15 12 13 DNS 16 23 Ricard Cardús Speed Up Ret 14 20 NC 19 23 16 16 18 18 17 Ret 19 13 12 17 22 9 24 Louis Rossi Tech 3 Ret 23 24 14 25 Ret 12 21 23 19 23 19 18 16 Ret Ret 23 6 25 Axel Pons Kalex Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 21 15 Ret 20 21 17 16 Ret 24 13 20 6 26 Gino Rea FTR NC 24 23 Ret Ret 21 17 19 4 Speed Up 17 14 14 27 Álex Mariñelarena Suter Ret Ret 2 Kalex Ret 14 19 Ret Ret DNS 28 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 24 24 25 18 Ret 22 26 26 28 23 25 22 22 15 Ret 27 1 29 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 21 18 15 Ret 1 Kohta Nozane Motobi 17 Ret 0 TSR 16 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter Ret 21 Ret Ret 16 Ret 20 22 0 Alberto Moncayo Speed Up 25 Ret 23 16 22 21 23 26 Ret Ret Ret 21 28 0 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 23 18 22 17 23 20 25 18 21 17 22 0 Franco Morbidelli Suter 20 18 17 0 Kyle Smith Kalex 21 20 Ret Ret 20 17 Ret Ret Ret 0 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 22 22 21 20 Ret Ret 22 25 27 Ret DNS 22 Ret 20 18 19 26 0 Azlan Shah Moriwaki 23 Ret 21 19 23 25 0 Dani Rivas Kalex Ret 19 21 DNS EX EX 0 Tetsuta Nagashima Motobi 20 0 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 26 Ret 27 23 Ret Ret 27 27 30 25 27 25 25 24 20 Ret Ret 0 Román Ramos Speed Up Ret 0 Motobi 20 Sergio Gadea Suter 20 0 Decha Kraisart Tech3 Ret 21 0 Ezequiel Iturrioz Kalex 24 Ret Ret 23 22 30 0 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 22 0 Tech 3 24 Thitipong Warokorn Suter 29 24 26 26 24 23 DNS 0 Robin Mulhauser Suter 23 0 Jason O'Halloran Motobi 24 Ret 0 James Rispoli Mistral 610 24 0 Fadli Immammuddin Motobi Ret 0 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	392
2	Suter	4	1	5	4	2	3	3	1	5	3	3	4	1	3	2	3	1	297
3	Speed Up	7	7	13	6	7	10	15	2	6	9	9	11	9	11	4	7	4	143
4	Tech 3	18	18	25	14	22	13	12	22	23	12	18	19	15	12	13	Ret	23	21
5	Motobi	16	10	20	7	18	12	Ret	25	21	Ret	25	Ret	20	Ret	17	20	Ret	19
	TSR																16		0
	FTR				NC			25	24		Ret	Ret	22	17				19	0
	Moriwaki	23	19	23	18	24	20	26	19	22	18	23	24	Ret	22	19	23	25	0
	Tech3														Ret		21		0
	TransFIORmers										23								0
	Mistral 610									25									0
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts

Moto3

Participants

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[56] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[57]

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ongetta–Centro Seta Ongetta–Rivacold Bimbo–Ongetta–Centro Seta FTR Honda FTR M313 3 Matteo Ferrari[56] 1–8, 10–18 10 Alexis Masbou[57] 1–8, 10–18 32 Isaac Viñales[56] 1–8, 10–18 San Carlo Team Italia FTR Honda FTR M313 4 Francesco Bagnaia[125] 1–8, 10–18 5 Romano Fenati[125] 1–8, 10–18 Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 KTM KTM RC250GP 6 María Herrera[126] 14 Mahindra Racing Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 7 Efrén Vázquez[127] 1–8, 10–18 44 Miguel Oliveira[127] 1–8, 10–18 55 Andrea Locatelli[128] 5, 13 Caretta Technology – RTG FTR Honda FTR M313 8 Jack Miller[129] 1–8, 10–18 17 John McPhee[130] 1–8, 10–18 Kiefer Racing Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 9 Toni Finsterbusch[131] 1–8, 10–18 43 Luca Grünwald[132] 16–17 66 Florian Alt[131] 1–4, 6–8, 10–15, 18 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 11 Livio Loi[118] 1 3–8, 10–18 95 Jules Danilo[133] 4, 11 Estrella Galicia 0,0 KTM KTM RC250GP 12 Álex Márquez[134] 1–8, 10–18 42 Álex Rins[134] 1–8, 10–18 GMT Racing FTR FTR M313 16 Andrea Migno[135] 6, 11 ARC Suter Suter MMX3 18 Christophe Arciero[133] 4 La Fonte TascaRacing Honda FTR[136] M313 19 Alessandro Tonucci[137] 1–3 29 Hyuga Watanabe[137] 1–3 FTR Honda 19 Alessandro Tonucci[137] 4–8, 10–15 29 Hyuga Watanabe[137] 4–8, 10–18 80 Hafiq Azmi[138] 16–18 Mahindra Spiel-Kiste Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 21 Luca Amato[139] 8 Ambrogio Racing Suter Honda Suter MMX3 21 Luca Amato[140] 11–12 41 Brad Binder[141] 1–8, 10–12 95 Jules Danilo[139] 8, 10 99 Danny Webb[142] 1–7 Mahindra Mahindra MGP3O 21 Luca Amato[140] 13–18 41 Brad Binder[141] 13–18 Team Calvo KTM KTM RC250GP 22 Ana Carrasco[143] 1–8, 10–18 25 Maverick Viñales[143] 1–8, 10–18 GO&FUN Gresini Moto3 FTR Honda FTR M313 23 Niccolò Antonelli[144] 1–8, 10–18 77 Lorenzo Baldassarri[144] 1–8, 10–18 Avant Tecno KTM KTM RC250GP 31 Niklas Ajo[56] 1–8, 10–18 Team Plus One & Endurance Honda Honda NSF250R 33 Sena Yamada[145] 17 Racing Steps Foundation KRP KRP Honda KRP M3-02 37 Kyle Ryde[146] 12 98 Wayne Ryan[146] 12 Red Bull KTM Ajo KTM KTM RC250GP 39 Luis Salom[147] 1–8, 10–18 61 Arthur Sissis[56] 1–8, 10–18 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin[148] 1–8, 10–18 Barker-McVey Racing Honda Honda NSF250R 47 Callum Barker[149] 16 MIR Racing Cuna de Campeones MIR Racing MIR Racing 49 Jorge Navarro[150] 3 MIR Honda 18 Dutch Racing Team FTR Honda FTR M313 51 Bryan Schouten[151] 7, 14 RW Racing GP Redox RW Racing GP Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 53 Jasper Iwema[152] 1–8, 10–18 84 Jakub Kornfeil[153] 1–8, 10–18 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 57 Eric Granado[56] 1–8, 10–18 94 Jonas Folger[154] 1–8, 10–18 CIP Moto3 TSR Honda TSR3C 58 Juan Francisco Guevara[155] 1–8, 10–18 89 Alan Techer[155] 1–8, 10–18 Paddock TT Motion Events Tec Interwetten Moto3 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto3 Kalex KTM Kalex KTM 65 Philipp Öttl[156] 1–8, 10–18 Racing Team Van Leeuwen Bakker Honda EvL250 71 Thomas van Leeuwen[151] 7 Bullet Racing Bullet Honda NSF250R 75 Lachlan Kavney[149] 16 Touchline–SIC–AJO KTM KTM RC250GP 79 Aizat Malik[157] 15 80 Hafiq Azmi[146] 15 Thomas Sabo GP Team Honda Honda NSF250R 86 Kevin Hanus[150] 3, 6, 8 Team Honda Asia Honda Honda NSF250R 91 Hiroki Ono[145] 17 Minimoto Portomaggiore Honda Honda NSF250R 93 Michael Coletti[128] 5 Twelve Racing FTR Honda FTR M313 97 Luca Marini[158] 13

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Notes:

• ^1  — Livio Loi competes from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, after reaching the age of 16 on 27 April which is the minimum age to compete in the championship.

Rider changes

• Having originally signed a deal for 2013, Maverick Viñales decided to quit the Avintia Blusens team before the end of the 2012 season.
• Danny Webb will move from Mahindra Racing to World Wide Communication, which was known as Ambrogio Next Racing in 2012.^[142]
• Miguel Oliveira will move from Estrella Galicia to Mahindra Racing.

Championship standings

Riders' standings

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts 1 Maverick Viñales KTM 2 2 1 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 4 2 2 5 2 2 1 323 2 Álex Rins KTM 3 1 Ret 2 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 24 3 311 3 Luis Salom KTM 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 4 4 1 3 Ret 14 302 4 Álex Márquez KTM 4 Ret 23 5 5 4 5 5 2 5 3 3 3 4 4 1 4 213 5 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 5 4 3 4 6 DNS 6 8 4 3 6 Ret 7 8 6 3 2 183 6 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 7 5 16 Ret 4 6 4 4 8 9 5 7 5 3 26 4 10 150 7 Jack Miller FTR Honda 16 6 Ret 12 10 7 7 7 Ret 7 7 5 13 6 5 6 Ret 110 8 Alexis Masbou FTR Honda 14 8 10 9 12 8 9 Ret 12 6 8 Ret 11 7 10 Ret 6 94 9 Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 10 14 8 DNS DNS 5 12 6 Ret 11 10 12 10 Ret 7 Ret 5 82 10 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 15 Ret 9 7 Ret 15 14 13 9 18 12 10 8 9 14 5 11 73 11 Jakub Kornfeil Kalex KTM 22 10 5 6 Ret Ret 16 11 10 8 9 13 Ret 13 12 11 16 68 12 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 6 7 7 Ret 11 9 17 16 7 15 20 6 Ret DNS 11 Ret 13 68 13 Brad Binder Suter Honda 12 9 4 8 14 12 15 9 Ret Ret Ret 66 Mahindra 18 12 11 15 10 12 14 Niklas Ajo KTM 9 15 6 Ret 8 Ret 10 18 11 Ret 15 11 21 12 9 8 Ret 62 15 Arthur Sissis KTM 8 12 12 13 18 10 8 10 6 14 24 15 9 19 16 16 18 59 16 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 13 15 16 10 13 8 14 Ret 8 9 27 47 17 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda Ret 13 17 10 13 11 11 12 Ret Ret 11 14 18 14 13 Ret 7 47 18 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 17 17 20 15 19 18 22 17 19 17 16 9 6 10 Ret 13 9 34 19 John McPhee FTR Honda Ret 21 11 11 16 19 21 23 20 13 14 20 23 17 17 7 Ret 24 20 Danny Webb Suter Honda 11 11 13 DNS 17 14 Ret 15 21 Ana Carrasco KTM 20 20 Ret 19 26 22 29 24 17 23 22 19 20 15 19 18 8 9 22 Livio Loi Kalex KTM 15 16 25 Ret 23 22 14 21 19 22 15 18 18 12 Ret 8 23 Alan Techer TSR Honda Ret Ret Ret 23 20 13 18 19 13 19 Ret 17 Ret Ret 25 14 DNS 8 24 Jasper Iwema Kalex KTM 13 Ret 14 21 15 Ret Ret 14 Ret 16 28 21 22 Ret 20 25 21 8 25 Eric Granado Kalex KTM 26 23 19 24 9 26 28 Ret Ret 22 29 Ret 16 24 21 19 17 7 26 Alessandro Tonucci Honda 18 18 18 6 FTR Honda 14 Ret 16 25 26 Ret 12 Ret 16 27 DNS 27 Matteo Ferrari FTR Honda 24 19 21 17 Ret 24 27 20 15 20 17 Ret Ret Ret DNS Ret 15 2 28 Hyuga Watanabe Honda 27 DNS 24 1 FTR Honda 25 27 23 31 27 Ret 29 23 28 24 22 Ret 15 19 Francesco Bagnaia FTR Honda 23 22 26 20 24 17 26 30 Ret 28 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 20 Ret 0 Juan Francisco Guevara TSR Honda 21 16 Ret 22 Ret 20 Ret 25 Ret Ret Ret 27 28 21 27 22 23 0 Lorenzo Baldassarri FTR Honda 28 Ret 22 Ret 23 21 20 Ret Ret Ret 18 23 26 23 24 17 20 0 Florian Alt Kalex KTM 25 Ret Ret Ret DNS 30 29 18 27 25 Ret Ret DNS 26 0 Toni Finsterbusch Kalex KTM 19 Ret Ret 18 21 Ret 24 21 Ret 25 21 26 Ret Ret 23 21 24 0 Bryan Schouten FTR Honda 19 19 0 Luca Amato Mahindra Ret 24 25 20 28 Ret Ret 0 Suter Honda 30 26 Jules Danilo Kalex KTM Ret 24 0 Suter Honda 28 21 Jorge Navarro MIR Racing Ret 0 MIR Honda 22 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 22 Ret 0 Andrea Locatelli Mahindra 22 25 0 Sena Yamada Honda 23 0 Hafiq Azmi KTM Ret 0 FTR Honda 29 26 25 Andrea Migno FTR 25 26 0 Kevin Hanus Honda 25 27 Ret 0 Christophe Arciero Suter 26 0 Kyle Ryde KRP Honda 27 0 Michael Coletti Honda 28 0 María Herrera KTM 29 0 Lachlan Kavney Bullet 30 0 Wayne Ryan KRP Honda 30 0 Hiroki Ono Honda Ret 0 Aizat Malik KTM Ret 0 Luca Marini FTR Honda Ret 0 Thomas van Leeuwen Bakker Honda Ret 0 Callum Barker Honda DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME ESP FRA ITA CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings

Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts
1	KTM	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	425
2	Kalex KTM	5	4	3	4	6	18	6	8	4	3	6	9	6	8	6	3	2	191
3	Mahindra	7	5	8	Ret	4	5	4	4	8	9	5	7	5	3	7	4	5	173
4	FTR Honda	14	6	9	7	7	7	7	7	9	6	7	5	8	6	5	5	6	151
5	Suter Honda	11	9	4	8	14	12	15	9	21	30	26							47
6	TSR Honda	21	16	Ret	22	20	13	18	19	13	19	Ret	17	28	21	25	14	23	8
	Honda	18	18	18		28	27		Ret							DNQ	23		0
	MIR Honda																	22	0
	FTR						25				26								0
	Suter				26														0
	KRP Honda											27							0
	Bullet															30			0
	Bakker Honda							Ret											0
	MIR Racing			Ret															0
Pos	Manufacturer	QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts

References

External links

• The official website of Grand Prix motorcycle racing