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 MotoGP with Repsol Honda.[1]
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][6]
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:[7][8]
The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 18-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.[9][10] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.[11][12] 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 being the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Round | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning rider | Winning team | Winning constructor | Report |
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1 | Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix[46] | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
2 | Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas[47] | Scott Redding | Nicolás Terol | Nicolás Terol | Maphre Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | Report |
3 | Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix[48] | Esteve Rabat | Esteve Rabat | Esteve Rabat | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
4 | French motorcycle Grand Prix[49] | Takaaki Nakagami | Scott Redding | Scott Redding | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | Report |
5 | Italian motorcycle Grand Prix[50] | Scott Redding | Johann Zarco | Scott Redding | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | Report |
6 | Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix[51] | Pol Espargaró | Thomas Lüthi | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
7 | Dutch TT[52] | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
8 | German motorcycle Grand Prix[53] | Xavier Siméon | Julián Simón | Jordi Torres | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | Report |
9 | Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix[54] | Scott Redding | Julián Simón | Esteve Rabat | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
10 | Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix[55] | Takaaki Nakagami | Johann Zarco | Mika Kallio | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | Report |
11 | British motorcycle Grand Prix[56] | Takaaki Nakagami | Esteve Rabat | Scott Redding | Marc VDS Racing Team | Kalex | Report |
12 | San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix[57] | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
13 | Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix[58] | Nicolás Terol | Esteve Rabat | Nicolás Terol | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | Report |
14 | Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix[59] | Esteve Rabat | Mika Kallio | Esteve Rabat | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
15 | Australian motorcycle Grand Prix[60] | Pol Espargaró | Alex de Angelis | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
16 | Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix[61] | Mika Kallio | Pol Espargaró | Pol Espargaró | Tuenti HP 40 | Kalex | Report |
17 | Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix[62] | Pol Espargaró | Jordi Torres | Nicolás Terol | Aspar Team Moto2 | Suter | Report |
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 |
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Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Pos | Constructor | QAT |
AME |
SPA |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
INP |
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 |
TSR | 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 | |
Tech 3 | Ret | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
TransFIORmers | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Mistral 610 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Constructor | QAT |
AME |
SPA |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
NED |
GER |
INP |
CZE |
GBR |
RSM |
ARA |
MAL |
AUS |
JPN |
VAL |
Pts |
In the Moto2 class, the team will grow to a four-bike entry with current rider Alex de Angelis joined by Simone Corsi, Mattia Pasini and Ricard Cardus.
Gino Rea will line up as a wildcard in the class once more with his Gino Rea Montaze Broz Racing team, whilst Roman Ramos continues to replace the injured Mike di Meglio at JiR Moto2.
Alex Mariñelarena continues to substitute for Dani Rivas at Blusens Avintia, while Mike di Meglio's new replacement at JiR Moto2 will be Japan's Kohta Nozane.
Other local riders will include wildcard Kohta Nozane with Webike Team Norick NTS and Tetsuta Nagashima as a substitute for Mike di Meglio in the JiR Moto2 team.
The final decision on the rider will be made the end of November.