The 2013 Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on April 21, 2013. This was the first GP race at the circuit.
Marc Márquez won his first MotoGP race, in which was only his second race in the top level, and became the youngest ever rider to win a MotoGP race.
It was the first Grand Prix since the 1982 Swedish Grand Prix where in all three categories, there were three new winners: at the Anderstorp it was Iván Palazzese (125cc), Roland Freymond (250cc) and Takazumi Katayama (500cc) who won.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 43:42.123 1 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +1.534 2 20 3 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 21 +3.381 3 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +6.616 4 13 5 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 21 +12.674 5 11 6 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 21 +16.615 8 10 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 21 +22.374 6 9 8 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 21 +22.854 7 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 21 +33.773 10 7 10 29 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +42.112 13 6 11 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 21 +48.837 9 5 12 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 21 +50.705 11 4 13 11 Ben Spies Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 21 +1:14.132 12 3 14 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 21 +1:15.651 14 2 15 68 Yonny Hernández Paul Bird Motorsport ART 21 +1:19.591 16 1 16 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 21 +1:34.391 17 17 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens FTR 21 +1:39.823 21 18 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Blusens FTR 21 +1:39.952 15 19 71 Claudio Corti NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 21 +1:46.773 19 20 67 Bryan Staring Go&Fun Honda Gresini FTR Honda 21 +1:48.084 22 21 79 Blake Young Attack Performance Racing APR 20 +1 lap 24 Ret 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 13 Retirement 20 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 13 Accident 23 Ret 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 11 Retirement 18 DNS 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing ART 0 Did not start DNQ 44 Mike Barnes GPTech BCL 0 Did not qualify Sources:
Moto2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 19 42:02.689 3 25 2 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 19 +3.125 4 20 3 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 19 +3.175 9 16 4 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 19 +4.873 5 13 5 45 Scott Redding Kalex 19 +5.597 1 11 6 5 Johann Zarco Suter 19 +9.295 17 10 7 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Up 19 +14.472 24 9 8 15 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 19 +16.051 25 8 9 24 Toni Elías Kalex 19 +19.696 16 7 10 63 Mike Di Meglio Motobi 19 +20.107 18 6 11 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 19 +23.287 14 5 12 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 19 +23.547 8 4 13 81 Jordi Torres Suter 19 +23.815 12 3 14 88 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 19 +33.488 22 2 15 3 Simone Corsi Speed Up 19 +35.424 6 1 16 49 Axel Pons Kalex 19 +35.532 21 17 52 Danny Kent Tech 3 19 +42.451 13 18 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 19 +44.314 26 19 60 Julián Simón Kalex 19 +44.688 10 20 9 Kyle Smith Kalex 19 +58.964 19 21 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 19 +59.940 23 22 44 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 19 +1:00.107 30 23 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 19 +1:00.702 27 24 7 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 19 +1:08.996 29 25 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 19 +1:24.281 20 DSQ 95 Anthony West Speed Up 19 (+9.440) 11 Ret 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 9 Accident 15 Ret 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 7 Retirement 31 Ret 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 6 Retirement 2 Ret 17 Alberto Moncayo Speed Up 6 Retirement 28 Ret 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 3 Accident 7 DNS 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 0 Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 42 Álex Rins KTM 5 11:26.535 1 25 2 25 Maverick Viñales KTM 5 +0.244 3 20 3 39 Luis Salom KTM 5 +0.547 2 16 4 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 5 +1.230 5 13 5 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 5 +8.276 18 11 6 8 Jack Miller FTR Honda 5 +8.603 4 10 7 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 5 +10.147 12 9 8 10 Alexis Masbou FTR Honda 5 +12.037 9 8 9 41 Brad Binder Suter Honda 5 +12.263 14 7 10 84 Jakub Kornfeil Kalex KTM 5 +12.737 13 6 11 99 Danny Webb Suter Honda 5 +13.221 8 5 12 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 5 +14.030 10 4 13 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 5 +15.822 11 3 14 7 Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 5 +16.593 15 2 15 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 5 +21.094 7 1 16 58 Juan Francisco Guevara TSR Honda 5 +21.205 27 17 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 5 +21.351 25 18 19 Alessandro Tonucci Honda 5 +21.599 16 19 3 Matteo Ferrari FTR Honda 5 +21.772 30 20 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 5 +22.003 26 21 17 John McPhee FTR Honda 5 +23.267 28 22 4 Francesco Bagnaia FTR Honda 5 +30.965 31 23 57 Eric Granado Kalex KTM 5 +31.591 20 Ret 77 Lorenzo Baldassarri FTR Honda 2 Accident 29 Ret 12 Álex Márquez KTM 2 Retirement 6 Ret 9 Toni Finsterbusch Kalex KTM 0 Accident 22 Ret 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 0 Did not restart 17 Ret 53 Jasper Iwema Kalex KTM Retired during theinitial part of the race. 19 Ret 66 Florian Alt Kalex KTM 21 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 23 Ret 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 24 DNS 29 Hyuga Watanabe Honda 0 Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT Notes: – The Moto3 race was stopped after ten laps and restarted over a distance of five laps.
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 41 2 Jorge Lorenzo 41 3 Dani Pedrosa 33 4 Valentino Rossi 30 5 Cal Crutchlow 24
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 41 2 Yamaha 41 3 Ducati 18 4 ART 10 5 FTR 3
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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