2013 Moto2 World Championship

The 2013 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined the MotoGP with Repsol Honda.^[1]

Season summary[]

Pol Espargaró became champion in the class,^[2][3] 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.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:^[4][5]

Calendar[]

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.^[6][7] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.^[8][9] 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 two races, the other two being the United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (MotoGP class only) and the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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

‡ = Night race

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes[]

• The Grand Prix of the Americas was added to the calendar.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was taken off the calendar. The race was scheduled on the calendar since 2000.
• The British Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 June to 1 September.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the Moto3 and Moto2 classes from racing.
• The Japanese Grand Prix was moved back, from 14 to 27 October.

Teams and riders[]

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[10] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[11] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds NGM Mobile Racing Speed Up SF13 3 Simone Corsi[12] 1–8, 10–18 54 Mattia Pasini[12] 1–8, 10–18 Technomag carXpert Suter MMX2 4 Randy Krummenacher[13] 1–8, 10–13, 18 21 Zaqhwan Zaidi[14] 15 70 Robin Mulhauser[15] 14 77 Dominique Aegerter[13] 1–8, 10–18 Came IodaRacing Project Suter MMX2 5 Johann Zarco[11] 1–8, 10–18 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 Suter MMX2 7 Doni Tata Pradita[11] 1–8, 10–12, 14–18 10 Thitipong Warokorn[16] 10–16 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[11] 1–8 94 Franco Morbidelli[17] 13, 17–18 Gino Rea Race Team Gino Rea Montáže Brož Racing FTR M213 8 Gino Rea[18] 4, 7–8, 11–14, 18 Argiñano & Ginés Racing Speed Up SF13 8 Gino Rea[14] 15–17 17 Alberto Moncayo[11] 1–7, 10–14, 18 28 Román Ramos[19] 8 44 Steven Odendaal[11] 1–8, 10–18 Blusens Avintia Kalex TBA 9 Kyle Smith[20] 1–8, 10 24 Toni Elías[21] 1–8, 10–12 27 Dani Rivas[22] 11–12 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz[17] 13–18 92 Álex Mariñelarena[17] 13–18 Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex TBA 11 Sandro Cortese[23] 1–8, 10–18 Interwetten Paddock Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[11] 2–8, 10–18 33 Sergio Gadea[24] 1 NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up SF13 15 Alex de Angelis[25] 1–8, 10–18 88 Ricard Cardús[12] 1–8, 10–18 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2 Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[26] 1–8, 10–18 81 Jordi Torres[27] 1–8, 10–18 Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team Kalex Moto2 2012[28] 19 Xavier Siméon[11] 1–8, 10–18 23 Marcel Schrötter[11] 1–8, 10–18 JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR6 22 Jason O'Halloran[29] 12–13 28 Román Ramos[30] 14 31 Kohta Nozane[31] 16, 18 35 Tetsuta Nagashima[32] 17 62 Fadli Immammuddin[14] 15 63 Mike Di Meglio[11] 1–8, 10–11 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Moriwaki MD600 25 Azlan Shah[17] 13–18 72 Yuki Takahashi[33] 1–8, 10–12 TSR Motorsport Kalex TBA 27 Dani Rivas[34] 3, 6 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex TBA 30 Takaaki Nakagami[35] 1–8, 10–18 60 Julián Simón[35] 1–8, 10–18 Webike Team Norick NTS TSR6 31 Kohta Nozane[32] 17 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex TBA 36 Mika Kallio[36] 1–8, 10–18 45 Scott Redding[36] 1–8, 10–18 Tuenti HP 40 Kalex TBA 40 Pol Espargaró[11] 1–8, 10–18 49 Axel Pons[11] 1–8, 10–18 80 Esteve Rabat[11] 1–8, 10–18 GP Tech Mistral 610 Mistral 610 43 James Rispoli[37] 10 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech3 Tech3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart[14] 15, 17 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 52 Danny Kent[38] 1–8, 10–17 96 Louis Rossi[39] 1–8, 10–18 99 Lucas Mahias[40] 18 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex TBA 55 Hafizh Syahrin[41] 4, 6, 15, 18 TargoBank Motorsport Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena[34] 3, 8 QMMF Racing Team QMMF Evalube Racing Team Speed Up SF13 95 Anthony West[11] 1–8, 10–18 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto[11] 1–8, 10–18 Promoto Sport TBA 99 Lucas Mahias[42] 11

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Rider changes[]

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• Sandro Cortese moved up from Moto3 to the newly established Intact GP team, on a two-year deal.^[23]
• Randy Krummenacher switched from to within Moto2 for 2013.^[13]
• Louis Rossi and Danny Kent raced for Tech 3 Racing's Moto2 bikes in 2013, having both moved up from Moto3.^[38][39]

Results and standings[]

Grands Prix[]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning constructor	Report
1	7 April ‡	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix[43]	Losail	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
2	21 April	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas[44][45]	Circuit of the Americas	Scott Redding	Nicolás Terol	Nicolás Terol	Suter	Report
3	5 May	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix[46]	Jerez	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
4	19 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix[47]	Le Mans	Takaaki Nakagami	Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Kalex	Report
5	2 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix[48]	Mugello	Scott Redding	Johann Zarco	Scott Redding	Kalex	Report
6	16 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix[49]	Catalunya	Pol Espargaró	Thomas Lüthi	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
7	29 June ††	Iveco TT Assen[50]	Assen	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
8	14 July[51]	German motorcycle Grand Prix[52]	Sachsenring	Xavier Siméon	Julián Simón	Jordi Torres	Suter	Report
9	21 July †	United States motorcycle Grand Prix[53]	Laguna Seca	No Moto2 races
10	18 August	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix[54]	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Scott Redding	Julián Simón	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
11	25 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix[55]	Brno Circuit	Takaaki Nakagami	Johann Zarco	Mika Kallio	Kalex	Report
12	1 September	British motorcycle Grand Prix[56]	Silverstone	Takaaki Nakagami	Esteve Rabat	Scott Redding	Kalex	Report
13	15 September	San Marino and Rimini's Coast motorcycle Grand Prix[57]	Misano	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
14	29 September	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix[58]	Motorland Aragón	Nicolás Terol	Esteve Rabat	Nicolás Terol	Suter	Report
15	13 October	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix[59]	Sepang	Esteve Rabat	Mika Kallio	Esteve Rabat	Kalex	Report
16	20 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix[60]	Phillip Island Circuit	Pol Espargaró	Alex de Angelis	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
17	27 October	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix[61]	Motegi	Mika Kallio	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Kalex	Report
18	10 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana[62]	Valencia	Pol Espargaró	Jordi Torres	Nicolás Terol	Suter	Report

‡ = Night race

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

Riders' standings[]

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

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

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 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 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 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Blue – Rookie

Manufacturers' standings[]

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

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

• Each manufacturer got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

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
																	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
											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

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