The 2013 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Phillip Island on 20 October 2013.
The MotoGP race was originally scheduled to run over 27 laps but was shortened to 19 laps after Bridgestone announced that the safety of its tyres on the newly resurfaced track could not be guaranteed after 10 laps. Riders were required to make a pitstop to swap bikes or change tyres at least once during the race, and no rider was permitted to use the same set of tyres for more than 10 laps. Marc Márquez and Bryan Staring were both disqualified for riding an 11-lap stint without pitting. Jorge Lorenzo won the race and closed up the gap to Márquez in the championship to 18 points. The Moto2 race distance was also shortened, from 25 to 13 laps.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 19 29:07.155 1 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 19 +6.936 5 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 19 +12.344 3 16 4 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 19 +12.460 6 13 5 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 19 +12.513 4 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 19 +28.263 7 10 7 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 19 +32.953 8 9 8 29 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 19 +35.062 10 8 9 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 19 +35.104 9 7 10 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 19 +37.426 12 6 11 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 19 +46.099 13 5 12 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 19 +48.149 11 4 13 68 Yonny Hernández Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 19 +49.911 15 3 14 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Blusens FTR 19 +49.998 19 2 15 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 19 +58.718 17 1 16 23 Luca Scassa Cardion AB Motoracing ART 19 +58.791 20 17 71 Claudio Corti NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 19 +1:08.105 14 18 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport ART 19 +1:27.230 18 19 52 Lukáš Pešek Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 19 +1:31.093 22 20 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens FTR 18 +1 lap 16 21 50 Damian Cudlin Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 17 +2 laps 23 DSQ 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 14 Disqualified 2 DSQ 67 Bryan Staring Go&Fun Honda Gresini FTR Honda 14 Disqualified 21 DNS 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda Injured
Marc Márquez and Bryan Staring were both black-flagged for pitting to change to their second bikes outside of the designated window.
Moto2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 13 20:19.219 1 25 2 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 13 +0.591 5 20 3 81 Jordi Torres Suter 13 +0.679 3 16 4 3 Simone Corsi Speed Up 13 +0.893 13 13 5 15 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 13 +1.111 4 11 6 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 13 +3.073 12 10 7 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 13 +3.234 6 9 8 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 13 +3.655 2 8 9 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 13 +10.182 8 7 10 95 Anthony West Speed Up 13 +18.083 19 6 11 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 13 +18.317 7 5 12 88 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 13 +19.415 20 4 13 52 Danny Kent Tech 3 13 +32.194 21 3 14 8 Gino Rea Speed Up 13 +32.835 22 2 15 7 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 13 +35.588 24 1 16 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Up 13 +36.183 9 17 31 Kohta Nozane Motobi 13 +36.542 27 18 44 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 13 +36.913 26 19 25 Azlan Shah Moriwaki 13 +37.099 28 20 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 13 +37.426 23 21 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 13 +41.817 17 22 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 13 +41.933 14 23 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz Kalex 13 +47.089 29 24 49 Axel Pons Kalex 13 +1:30.731 16 Ret 92 Álex Mariñelarena Kalex 7 Accident 25 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 5 Accident 18 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 4 Accident 10 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Suter 3 Accident 11 Ret 60 Julián Simón Kalex 2 Retired 15 DNS 45 Scott Redding Kalex Injured DNS 10 Thitipong Warokorn Suter Injured OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 42 Álex Rins KTM 23 37:40.375 5 25 2 25 Maverick Viñales KTM 23 +0.003 4 20 3 39 Luis Salom KTM 23 +0.178 1 16 4 12 Álex Márquez KTM 23 +0.502 13 13 5 8 Jack Miller FTR Honda 23 +0.601 10 11 6 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 23 +1.077 2 10 7 7 Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 23 +1.104 3 9 8 23 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 23 +2.267 12 8 9 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 23 +15.074 21 7 10 10 Alexis Masbou FTR Honda 23 +15.960 11 6 11 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 23 +15.974 9 5 12 84 Jakub Kornfeil Kalex KTM 23 +16.105 14 4 13 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 23 +16.311 6 3 14 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 23 +16.532 17 2 15 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 23 +16.629 15 1 16 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 23 +16.665 16 17 17 John McPhee FTR Honda 23 +16.898 19 18 11 Livio Loi Kalex KTM 23 +17.353 23 19 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 23 +19.042 7 20 53 Jasper Iwema Kalex KTM 23 +36.382 24 21 57 Eric Granado Kalex KTM 23 +43.184 25 22 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 23 +43.193 26 23 9 Toni Finsterbusch Kalex KTM 23 +43.210 28 24 77 Lorenzo Baldassarri FTR Honda 23 +43.350 27 25 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 23 +43.357 18 26 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 23 +44.482 8 27 58 Juan Francisco Guevara TSR Honda 23 +59.576 30 28 21 Luca Amato Mahindra 23 +1:08.240 29 29 80 Hafiq Azmi FTR Honda 23 +1:33.737 32 30 75 Lachlan Kavney Bullet 22 +1 lap 33 Ret 29 Hyuga Watanabe FTR Honda 10 Accident 31 Ret 4 Francesco Bagnaia FTR Honda 7 Retired 22 DNS 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM Did not start 20 DNS 3 Matteo Ferrari FTR Honda Injured DNQ 47 Callum Barker Honda Did not qualify OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 298 2 Jorge Lorenzo 280 3 Dani Pedrosa 264 4 Valentino Rossi 214 5 Cal Crutchlow 179
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 349 2 Yamaha 331 3 Ducati 140 4 ART 91 5 FTR 42
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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 teammate Dani Pedrosa during the race. Honda's next-best finisher was Álvaro Bautista, who scored a fourth-place finish.
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