Pol Espargaró (pictured in 2022) was the 2013 Moto2 Champion.
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]
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] [ 6]
Calendar
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
Date
Grand Prix
Circuit
1
7 April ‡
Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar
Losail International Circuit , Lusail
2
21 April
Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas
Circuit of the Americas , Austin
3
5 May
Gran Premio bwin de España
Circuito de Jerez , Jerez de la Frontera
4
19 May
Monster Energy Grand Prix de France
Bugatti Circuit , Le Mans
5
2 June
Gran Premio d'Italia TIM
Mugello Circuit , Scarperia e San Piero
6
16 June
Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya
Circuit de Catalunya , Montmeló
7
29 June ††
Iveco TT Assen
TT Circuit Assen , Assen
8
14 July
eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland
Sachsenring , Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9
18 August
Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix
Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Speedway
10
25 August
bwin Grand Prix České republiky
Brno Circuit , Brno
11
1 September
Hertz British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone
12
15 September
Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini
Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli , Misano Adriatico
13
29 September
Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón
MotorLand Aragón , Alcañiz
14
13 October
Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit , Sepang
15
20 October
Tissot Australian Grand Prix
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit , Phillip Island
16
27 October
AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan
Twin Ring Motegi , Motegi
17
10 November
Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana
Circuit Ricardo Tormo , Valencia
‡ = Night race
†† = Saturday race
Calendar changes
Teams and riders
Team
Constructor
Motorcycle
Rider
Rounds
NGM Mobile Racing NGM Mobile Forward Racing
Speed Up
Speed UP SF13
3
Simone Corsi [ 15]
All
15
Alex de Angelis [ 16]
All
54
Mattia Pasini [ 15]
All
88
Ricard Cardús [ 15]
All
Technomag carXpert
Suter
Suter MMX2
4
Randy Krummenacher [ 17]
All
21
Zaqhwan Zaidi [ 18]
14
70
Robin Mulhauser [ 19]
14
77
Dominique Aegerter [ 17]
All
Came IodaRacing Project
Suter
Suter MMX2
5
Johann Zarco [ 14]
All
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2
Suter
Suter MMX2
7
Doni Tata Pradita [ 14]
All
10
Thitipong Warokorn [ 20]
9–15
14
Ratthapark Wilairot [ 14]
1–8
94
Franco Morbidelli [ 21]
12, 16–17
Gino Rea Race Team Gino Rea Montáže Brož Racing
FTR
FTR Moto M213
8
Gino Rea [ 22]
4, 7–8, 10–13, 17
Argiñano & Ginés Racing
Speed Up
Speed Up SF13
8
Gino Rea [ 18]
14–16
17
Alberto Moncayo [ 14]
1–7, 9–13, 17
28
Román Ramos [ 23]
8
44
Steven Odendaal [ 14]
All
Blusens Avintia
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
9
Kyle Smith [ 24]
1–9
24
Toni Elías [ 25]
1–11
27
Dani Rivas [ 26]
10–11
34
Ezequiel Iturrioz [ 21]
12–17
92
Álex Mariñelarena [ 21]
12–17
Dynavolt Intact GP
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
11
Sandro Cortese [ 27]
All
Interwetten Paddock Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto2
Suter
Suter MMX2
12
Thomas Lüthi [ 14]
2–17
33
Sergio Gadea [ 28]
1
Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2
Suter
Suter MMX2
18
Nicolás Terol [ 29]
All
81
Jordi Torres [ 30]
All
Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2 [ 31]
19
Xavier Siméon [ 14]
All
23
Marcel Schrötter [ 14]
All
JiR Moto2
Motobi
TSR TSR6
22
Jason O'Halloran [ 32]
11–12
28
Román Ramos [ 33]
13
31
Kohta Nozane [ 34]
15, 17
35
Tetsuta Nagashima [ 35]
16
62
Fadli Immammuddin [ 18]
14
63
Mike Di Meglio [ 14]
1–10
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
Moriwaki
Moriwaki MD600
25
Azlan Shah [ 21]
12–17
72
Yuki Takahashi [ 36]
1–11
TSR Motorsport
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
27
Dani Rivas [ 37]
3, 6
Italtrans Racing Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
30
Takaaki Nakagami [ 38]
All
60
Julián Simón [ 38]
All
Webike Team Norick NTS
TSR
TSR TSR6
31
Kohta Nozane [ 35]
16
Marc VDS Racing Team
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
36
Mika Kallio [ 39]
All
45
Scott Redding [ 39]
All
Tuenti HP 40
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
40
Pol Espargaró [ 14]
All
49
Axel Pons [ 14]
All
80
Esteve Rabat [ 14]
All
GP Tech
Mistral 610
Tech 3 Mistral 610
43
James Rispoli [ 40]
9
Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3
Tech 3
Tech 3 Mistral 610
46
Decha Kraisart [ 18]
14, 16
Tech 3
Tech 3
Tech 3 Mistral 610
52
Danny Kent [ 41]
1–16
96
Louis Rossi [ 42]
All
99
Lucas Mahias [ 43]
17
Petronas Raceline Malaysia
Kalex
Kalex Moto2
55
Hafizh Syahrin [ 44]
4, 6, 14, 17
TargoBank Motorsport
Suter
Suter MMX2
92
Álex Mariñelarena [ 37]
3, 8
QMMF Racing Team QMMF Evalube Racing Team
Speed Up
Speed Up SF13
95
Anthony West [ 14]
All
97
Rafid Topan Sucipto [ 14]
All
Promoto Sport
TransFIORmers
???
99
Lucas Mahias [ 45]
10
Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider
Rider changes
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Results and standings
Grands Prix
Riders' standings
Scoring system
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
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third 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 Light blue – Rookie
Constructors' standings
Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
Teams' standings
The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible.
Pos.
Team
Bike No.
QAT
AME
SPA
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GER
INP
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
MAL
AUS
JPN
VAL
Pts
1
Tuenti HP 40
40
1
Ret
3
19
4
1
1
3
4
4
8
1
3
2
1
1
29
484
80
9
2
1
22
13
2
5
13
1
7
4
3
2
1
8
Ret
5
49
Ret
16
Ret
Ret
Ret
14
21
15
Ret
20
21
17
16
Ret
24
13
20
2
Marc VDS Racing Team
45
2
5
2
1
1
4
2
7
3
8
1
6
4
7
DNS
Ret
15
413
36
5
3
Ret
2
5
9
4
12
7
1
6
9
5
4
7
2
14
3
Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2
18
14
1
5
Ret
2
16
17
Ret
12
6
11
10
1
18
9
6
1
278
81
11
13
7
Ret
6
Ret
9
1
10
10
13
15
6
9
3
Ret
2
4
NGM Forward Racing
3
7
15
13
11
7
10
Ret
2
6
9
9
Ret
Ret
11
4
Ret
4
256
15
8
8
14
9
8
Ret
15
5
14
Ret
14
14
Ret
Ret
5
7
6
54
Ret
7
15
6
24
11
18
19
25
14
10
11
9
Ret
16
10
9
88
Ret
14
20
NC
19
23
16
16
18
18
17
Ret
19
13
12
17
22
5
Italtrans Racing Team
30
3
Ret
4
Ret
Ret
5
DNS
10
2
2
2
2
11
8
22
9
13
230
60
6
19
16
8
17
15
10
4
11
Ret
12
12
8
10
Ret
5
11
6
Technomag CarXpert
77
4
4
8
4
10
8
3
9
5
13
5
5
13
5
6
8
10
180
4
19
Ret
17
10
15
6
11
17
19
16
19
16
21
70
23
21
Ret
7
Interwetten Paddock Moto2
12
DNS
11
Ret
9
3
8
6
13
3
3
4
Ret
3
2
3
7
155
33
20
8
Came IodaRacing Project
5
12
6
12
5
3
7
6
11
8
5
7
7
7
6
Ret
Ret
3
141
9
Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team
19
10
12
6
3
Ret
Ret
7
8
9
11
Ret
8
Ret
Ret
Ret
4
12
128
23
13
11
10
13
12
Ret
13
Ret
15
Ret
16
13
12
14
21
12
18
10
Bluesens Avintia
24
15
9
9
Ret
11
Ret
Ret
20
17
15
15
24
92
Ret
14
19
Ret
Ret
DNS
9
21
20
Ret
Ret
20
17
Ret
Ret
Ret
27
21
DNS
34
24
Ret
Ret
23
22
30
11
Dynavolt Intact GP
11
17
25
18
12
14
Ret
14
14
16
Ret
20
Ret
10
Ret
11
15
16
22
12
Tech 3
52
18
17
26
15
21
13
19
Ret
22
12
18
18
15
12
13
DNS
22
96
Ret
23
24
14
25
Ret
12
21
23
19
23
19
18
16
Ret
Ret
23
99
24
13
JiR Moto2
63
16
10
19
7
18
12
Ret
24
20
Ret
19
31
17
Ret
28
20
35
20
22
24
Ret
62
Ret
14
QMMF Racing Team
95
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
DSQ
10
11
8
19
97
26
Ret
27
23
Ret
Ret
27
27
30
25
27
25
25
24
20
Ret
Ret
15
Argiñano & Ginés Racing
8
17
14
14
4
17
25
Ret
23
16
22
21
23
26
Ret
Ret
Ret
21
28
44
22
22
21
20
Ret
Ret
22
25
27
Ret
DNS
22
Ret
20
18
19
26
28
Ret
16
Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2
7
24
24
25
18
Ret
22
26
26
28
23
25
22
22
15
Ret
27
1
14
Ret
21
Ret
Ret
16
Ret
20
22
94
20
18
17
10
29
24
26
26
24
23
DNS
17
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
72
23
18
22
17
23
20
25
18
21
17
22
0
25
23
Ret
21
19
23
25
Pos.
Team
Bike No.
QAT
AME
SPA
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GER
INP
CZE
GBR
RSM
ARA
MAL
AUS
JPN
VAL
Pts
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