2013 MotoGP World Championship

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]

In the premier MotoGP class, Lorenzo, along with Repsol Honda teammates 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,[3] before rookie Márquez became the youngest premier class winner,[4] as he claimed victory in the inaugural Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas.[5] Pedrosa took back-to-back victories at Jerez – where Márquez and Lorenzo battled for second place, clashing at the final corner[6] – and Le Mans,[7] before Lorenzo did likewise at Mugello,[8] and Catalunya; at the former, Márquez retired from the race after crashing out of second place.[8] 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,[9] he competed in the race and finished fifth.[10] Márquez and Pedrosa finished second and fourth respectively,[10] as Valentino Rossi took his first race victory since 2010.[10] Márquez then won the next four races,[11] starting at the Sachsenring,[12] where both Lorenzo and Pedrosa were sidelined with injuries; Lorenzo with a recurrence of his Assen injury after crashing in free practice once again,[13] while Pedrosa was ruled out with low blood pressure, stemming from a separate incident.[14]

After two more victories for Lorenzo at Silverstone,[15] and Misano,[16] 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.[17] Márquez went on to beat Lorenzo to victory,[18] and after Pedrosa won in Malaysia,[19] Márquez held a 43-point lead in the championship with three races to go.[20] However, a disqualification in Australia,[21] as well as Lorenzo winning both in Australia and Japan reduced that margin to thirteen,[22] ahead of the final race in Valencia; the first final race title decider since 2006.[22] 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.[4] As well as this, Márquez became the first rookie since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the championship in their début season,[4] and only the fourth rider to win world championships in three different categories after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Rossi.[4] Pedrosa's second place, behind Lorenzo,[23] was enough for Honda to clinch the constructors' championship.

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.[24][25] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.[26][27] The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States, replaced the Portuguese Grand Prix, which had been run at Estoril since 2000. The United States hosted 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.

The following Grands Prix took place in 2013:[28][29][30]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	7 April ‡	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	21 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	5 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
4	19 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5	2 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
6	16 June	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
7	29 June ††	Iveco TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8	14 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9	21 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey
10	18 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
11	25 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
12	1 September	Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
13	15 September	Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
14	29 September	Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
15	13 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Selangor
16	20 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Circuit, Phillip Island
17	27 October	AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
18	10 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.[31] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.[32]

Prototype entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP13 04 Andrea Dovizioso[33] All 69 Nicky Hayden[34] All Ducati Test Team 51 Michele Pirro[35] 3, 5, 18 Ignite Pramac Racing Energy T.I. Pramac Racing 11 Ben Spies[36] 1–2, 5, 10 51 Michele Pirro[37] 4, 6–8, 11–13 15 Alex de Angelis[38] 9 68 Yonny Hernández[39] 14–18 29 Andrea Iannone[36] 1–8, 10–18 Repsol Honda Team Honda RC213V 26 Dani Pedrosa[2] All 93 Marc Márquez[2] All LCR Honda MotoGP 6 Stefan Bradl[40] All Go&Fun Honda Gresini 19 Álvaro Bautista[41] All Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha YZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi[42] All 99 Jorge Lorenzo[42] All Yamaha YSP Racing Team 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga[43] 17 Monster Yamaha Tech 3 35 Cal Crutchlow[44] All 38 Bradley Smith[45] All Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) entries Team Constructor Engine Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds Attack Performance Racing APR Kawasaki APR 79 Blake Young[46] 2, 9–10 Power Electronics Aspar ART Aprilia GP13[47] 14 Randy de Puniet[48] All 41 Aleix Espargaró[48] All Cardion AB Motoracing 17 Karel Abraham[49] 1–11, 13 23 Luca Scassa[50] 14–18 Paul Bird Motorsport 68 Yonny Hernández[31] 1–13 70 Michael Laverty[31] 14–18 PBM 01 1–13 50 Damian Cudlin[51] 14–18 GP Tech BCL Suzuki GP212 44 Michael Barnes[52] 2 NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki Kawasaki MGP13[53] 5 Colin Edwards[54] All 71 Claudio Corti[55] All Avintia Blusens FTR 7 Hiroshi Aoyama[56] 1–5, 8–18 77 Javier del Amor[57] 6 22 Iván Silva[58] 7 8 Héctor Barberá[59] All Go&Fun Honda Gresini FTR Honda Honda 67 Bryan Staring[60] All Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter BMW MMX1[61] 9 Danilo Petrucci[31] All 52 Lukáš Pešek[62] All Remus Racing Team S&B Suter 45 Martin Bauer[63] 11, 18

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres.

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