The 2013 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló on 16 June 2013.

Report Dani Pedrosa took his second consecutive MotoGP pole position ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa set a new circuit record for MotoGP with a 1:40.893, which beat his former teammate Casey Stoner's record of 1:41.186 set in 2008. Lorenzo went on to win the race, ahead of pole sitter Pedrosa, and Marc Márquez. Valentino Rossi finished in fourth place, after the collision with Álvaro Bautista in Italy. Javier del Amor scored a point in his only MotoGP start, being called up as a last minute replacement for Hiroshi Aoyama.

Turn 10, a right hander after the back straight, had caught out many riders due to the hot temperatures on race day and caused many retirements during the first few laps of the race.

In Moto2, Pol Espargaró took pole position, and went on to win the race, ahead of Esteve Rabat and Switzerland's Thomas Lüthi, who took his first podium of the season.

In Moto3, Luis Salom took his second successive victory from pole position, ahead of Álex Rins and Maverick Viñales.

Classification

MotoGP Hiroshi Aoyama was replaced by Javier del Amor after the third practice session.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 25 43:06.479 3 25 2 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +1.763 1 20 3 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 25 +1.826 6 16 4 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 25 +5.874 7 13 5 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 25 +26.756 10 11 6 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 25 +32.228 11 10 7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 25 +32.692 9 9 8 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 25 +58.615 12 8 9 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 25 +1:03.142 16 7 10 51 Michele Pirro Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 25 +1:09.774 14 6 11 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 25 +1:24.377 18 5 12 71 Claudio Corti NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 25 +1:33.679 19 4 13 68 Yonny Hernández Paul Bird Motorsport ART 25 +1:45.355 21 3 14 67 Bryan Staring Go&Fun Honda Gresini FTR Honda 25 +1:50.745 22 2 15 77 Javier del Amor Avintia Blusens FTR 24 +1 lap 24 1 16 52 Lukáš Pešek Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 24 +1 lap 23 Ret 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Blusens FTR 15 Accident 15 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing ART 10 Engine 17 Ret 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 5 Accident 2 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 5 Accident 5 Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 4 Accident 8 Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 1 Engine 13 Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 0 Accident 4 Ret 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 0 Accident 20

Moto2 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points 1 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 23 41:17.307 1 25 2 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 23 +0.081 3 20 3 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 23 +6.264 10 16 4 45 Scott Redding Kalex 23 +9.061 2 13 5 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 23 +10.597 4 11 6 4 Randy Krummenacher Suter 23 +11.577 8 10 7 5 Johann Zarco Suter 23 +15.569 6 9 8 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 23 +28.280 14 8 9 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 23 +28.352 12 7 10 3 Simone Corsi Speed Up 23 +28.461 15 6 11 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Up 23 +28.892 11 5 12 63 Mike Di Meglio Motobi 23 +31.215 24 4 13 52 Danny Kent Tech 3 23 +31.318 17 3 14 49 Axel Pons Kalex 23 +31.757 29 2 15 60 Julián Simón Kalex 23 +33.190 16 1 16 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 23 +34.092 20 17 9 Kyle Smith Kalex 23 +44.392 18 18 55 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 23 +48.517 27 19 27 Dani Rivas Kalex 23 +48.563 32 20 72 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 23 +48.719 22 21 17 Alberto Moncayo Speed Up 23 +53.765 31 22 7 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 23 +1:13.330 33 23 88 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 23 +1:21.740 26 Ret 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter 22 Accident 28 DSQ 95 Anthony West Speed Up 18 (Retirement) 25 Ret 81 Jordi Torres Suter 17 Accident 7 Ret 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 17 Retirement 13 Ret 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 9 Accident 34 Ret 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 7 Retirement 9 Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 7 Retirement 5 Ret 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 2 Accident 19 Ret 24 Toni Elías Kalex 1 Retirement 21 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 0 Accident 23 Ret 44 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 0 Accident 30 OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT

Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 39 Luis Salom KTM 22 41:15.331 1 25 2 42 Álex Rins KTM 22 +0.211 2 20 3 25 Maverick Viñales KTM 22 +0.634 5 16 4 12 Álex Márquez KTM 22 +3.993 4 13 5 7 Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 22 +6.243 6 11 6 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 22 +9.295 3 10 7 8 Jack Miller FTR Honda 22 +13.164 8 9 8 10 Alexis Masbou FTR Honda 22 +21.174 10 8 9 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 22 +21.240 16 7 10 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 22 +21.598 11 6 11 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 22 +21.726 7 5 12 41 Brad Binder Suter Honda 22 +21.756 12 4 13 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 22 +21.828 15 3 14 99 Danny Webb Suter Honda 22 +21.879 21 2 15 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 22 +22.071 22 1 16 19 Alessandro Tonucci FTR Honda 22 +22.218 14 17 4 Francesco Bagnaia FTR Honda 22 +28.119 32 18 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 22 +34.915 27 19 17 John McPhee FTR Honda 22 +34.948 20 20 58 Juan Francisco Guevara TSR Honda 22 +35.026 24 21 77 Lorenzo Baldassarri FTR Honda 22 +35.110 18 22 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 22 +35.352 28 23 29 Hyuga Watanabe FTR Honda 22 +46.632 29 24 3 Matteo Ferrari FTR Honda 22 +46.733 30 25 16 Andrea Migno FTR 22 +46.776 31 26 57 Eric Granado Kalex KTM 22 +1:12.896 25 27 86 Kevin Hanus Honda 22 +1:29.331 33 Ret 84 Jakub Kornfeil Kalex KTM 12 Retirement 17 Ret 11 Livio Loi Kalex KTM 4 Accident 13 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 3 Accident 9 Ret 9 Toni Finsterbusch Kalex KTM 0 Accident 19 Ret 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 0 Accident 23 Ret 53 Jasper Iwema Kalex KTM 0 Accident 26 DNS 66 Florian Alt Kalex KTM Did not start DNS 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Dani Pedrosa 123 2 Jorge Lorenzo 116 3 Marc Márquez 93 4 Cal Crutchlow 71 5 Valentino Rossi 60

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 131 2 Yamaha 127 3 Ducati 60 4 ART 36 5 FTR 14

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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