15 views 0 0 RELATED TITLES 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.pdf Uploaded by dzimmer6 Wikipedia article Full description Cat 2009 Ditest #Junkie BBC Top Gear - 22 April 2018 UK Save Embed Share Print 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 2013 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season PPrreevviioouuss:: 22001122 NNeexxtt:: 22001144 The 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 65th F€d€ration Internationale de Motocyclisme Road racing World Championship season. Jorge Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Marc M•rquez joined the MotoGP grid with Repsol Honda and Moto3 champion Sandro Cortese entered Moto2, with Intact GP. The three championships were each won by Spanish riders, with M•rquez winning in MotoGP, Pol Espargar‚ winning in Moto2, and Maverick Viƒales winning in Moto3. 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 € € and MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi, who took his first premier class victory since 2010 at the Dutch TT. Season summary MotoGP In the premier MotoGP class, Lorenzo, along with Repsol Honda teamam-mates Marc M•rquez and Dani Pedrosa battled it out for most of the season in regards to the championship battle. Lorenzo won the ope ning race of the season in Qatar, before rookie M•rquez became the youngest premier class winner, as he claimed victory in the inaugural Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas. Pedrosa took back-to-back victories at Jerez € € where M•rquez and Lorenzo battled for second place, clashing at the final corner € € and Le Mans, before Lorenzo did likewise at Mugello, and Catalunya; at the former, M•rquez retired from the race after crashing out of second place. 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, he competed in the race and finished fifth. M•rquez and Pedrosa finished second and fourth respectively, as Valentino Rossi took his first race victory since 2010. M•rquez then won the next four races, starting at the Sachsenring, where both Lorenzo and Pedrosa were sidelined with injuries; Lorenzo with a recurrence of his Assen injury after crashing in free practice once again, while Pedrosa was ruled out with low blood pressure, stemming from a separate incident. After two more victories for Lorenzo at Silverstone, and Misano, M•rquez 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. M•rquez went on to beat Lorenzo to victory, and after Pedrosa won in Malaysia, M•rquez held a 43-point lead in the championship with three races to go. However, a disqualification in Australia, as well as Lorenzo winning both in Australia and Japan reduced that margin to thirteen, ahead of the final race in Valencia; the first final race title decider since 2006. After battling Pedrosa and Lorenzo in the early stages of the race, M•rquez finished third in the race to become the youngest premier class champion, beating Freddie Spencer's record from 1983. As well as this, M•rquez became the first rookie since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the championship in their d€but season, and 15 views 0 0 RELATED TITLES 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.pdf Uploaded by dzimmer6 Wikipedia article Full description Cat 2009 Ditest #Junkie BBC Top Gear - 22 April 2018 UK Save Embed Share Print 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Moto2 In Moto2, Pol Espargar‚ became champion in the class, after overhauling Scott Redding towards the end of the season. With six race victories, Espargar‚ 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. Nicol•s 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 KT M mmachinery. Like th class, there was a final race title decider between Ajo Motorsport's Luis Salom, Estrellaa Galicia 0,0's0's …lex Maverick Viƒales of Team Calvo; if any rider of the three won the race, they finishe d as the champion, regardless of the other results. After Salom crashed out early in the race, Rins and Viƒales battled at the front, with Viƒales ultimately coming out as the victor and champion, with Rins being passed for second place on the line by Jonas Folger. 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 Viƒales and one for …lex M•rquez, 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. Grands Prix The F€d€ration Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012. On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014. 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. RRoouunnd DDaatte GGrraanndPP rriix CCiirrccuuiit MMoottooGGPP Moto2 Moto3 winne winner winner 11 7 April Commercialbank Losail International Circuit, Jorge PolPol Luis Grand Prix of Qatar 11 Doha Lorenzo Espargar‚ Salom 22 21 April Red Bull Grand Prix Circuit of the Americas, Marc Nicol•s …lex Rins of the Americas Austin M•rquez Terol 33 5 May Gran Premio bwin de Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de Dani Esteve Maverick Espaƒa la Frontera Pedrosa Rabat Viƒales 44 19 May Monster Energy Grand Le Mans Bugatti Dani Scott Maverick Prix de France Pedrosa Redding Viƒales 55 2 June Gran Premio d'Italia Mugello Circuit, Mugello Jorge Scott Luis TIM Lorenzo Redding Salom 66 16 June Gran Premi Aperol de Circuit de Catalunya, Jorge PolPol Luis 15 views 0 0 RELATED TITLES 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.pdf Uploaded by dzimmer6 Wikipedia article Full description Cat 2009 Ditest #Junkie BBC Top Gear - 22 April 2018 UK Save Embed Share Print 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 9 21 July Red Bull U.S. Grand Laguna Seca, Monterey Marc No Moto2 or Moto3 races Prix M•rquez 10 18 August Red Bull Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Marc Esteve …lex Rins Grand Prix Speedway, Speedway M•rquez Rabat 11 25 August bwin Grand Prix Cesk€ Masaryk Circuit, Brno Marc Mika Luis Republiky M•rquez Kallio Salom 12 1 Hertz British Grand Silverstone Circuit, Jorge Scott Luis September Prix Silverstone Lorenzo Redding Salom 13 15 GP Aperol di San Misano World Circuit Jorge Pol …lex Rins September Marino e della Riviera di Marco Simoncelli, Misano Lorenzo Espargar‚ Rimini Adriatico 14 29 Gran Premio Iveco de Motorland Arag‚n, Alcaƒiz Marc Nicol•s …lex Rins September Arag‚n M•rquez Terol 15 13 October Shell Advance Sepang International Dani Esteve Luis Malaysian Motorcycle Circuit, Selangor Pedrosa Rabat Salom Grand Prix 16 20 October Tissot Australian Phillip Island Grand Prix Jorge Pol …lex Rins Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island Lorenzo Espargar‚ 17 27 October AirAsia Grand Prix of Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi Jorge Pol …lex Japan Lorenzo Espargar‚ M•rquez 18 10 Gran Premio Generali Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Jorge Nicol•s Maverick November de la Comunitat Valenciana Valencia Lorenzo Terol Viƒales Notes: † ^1 • Races held at night. † ^2 • Races held on Saturday. MotoGP Participants † A provisional entry list was released by the F€d€ration Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012. An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013. Prototype entries Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Ducati Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici 04 Andrea Dovizioso GP13 69 Nicky Hayden LCR Honda MotoGP Honda HondaR C213V 6 Stefan Bradl Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati Ducati Desmosedici 11 BenS pies Energy T.I. Pramac Racing GP13 15 Alex de Angelis 15 views 0 0 RELATED TITLES 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.pdf Uploaded by dzimmer6 Wikipedia article Full description Cat 2009 Ditest #Junkie BBC Top Gear - 22 April 2018 UK Save Embed Share Print 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha YamahaY ZR-M1 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Repsol Honda Team Honda HondaR C213V 26 Dani Pedrosa 93 Marc M•rquez Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha YamahaY ZR-M1 35 Cal Crutchlow 38 Bradley Smith Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha YamahaY ZR-M1 46 Valentino Rossi 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati Test Team Ducati Ducati Desmosedici 51 Michele Pirro GP13 Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) entries Team Constructor Engine Motorcycle No. Rider NGM Mobile Forward FTR-Kawasaki Kawasaki FTRM GP13 5 Colin Edwards Racing 71 Claudio