The 2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventeenth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi on 27 October 2013. Jorge Lorenzo won the MotoGP race to gain Yamaha its 200th victory in the 500cc/MotoGP class. Pol Espargaró clinched the Moto2 world title after title contenders Scott Redding and Esteve Rabat crashed out in the race.
Classification MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 42:34.291 1 25 2 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +3.188 2 20 3 26 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 24 +4.592 4 16 4 19 Álvaro Bautista Go&Fun Honda Gresini Honda 24 +19.755 7 13 5 6 Stefan Bradl LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 24 +22.810 8 11 6 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 24 +24.637 5 10 7 35 Cal Crutchlow Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +27.496 11 9 8 38 Bradley Smith Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 24 +30.969 13 8 9 69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Team Ducati 24 +37.010 3 7 10 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati Team Ducati 24 +42.944 6 6 11 21 Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YSP Racing Team Yamaha 24 +53.345 12 5 12 5 Colin Edwards NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 24 +1:03.213 14 4 13 14 Randy de Puniet Power Electronics Aspar ART 24 +1:06.840 17 3 14 29 Andrea Iannone Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +1:08.218 15 2 15 68 Yonny Hernández Ignite Pramac Racing Ducati 24 +1:18.240 10 1 16 8 Héctor Barberá Avintia Blusens FTR 24 +1:19.108 22 17 7 Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia Blusens FTR 24 +1:21.174 18 18 9 Danilo Petrucci Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 24 +1:30.546 16 19 70 Michael Laverty Paul Bird Motorsport ART 24 +2:23.358 19 20 71 Claudio Corti NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 23 +1 lap 21 21 50 Damian Cudlin Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 23 +1 lap 23 22 67 Bryan Staring Go&Fun Honda Gresini FTR Honda 23 +1 lap 24 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Power Electronics Aspar ART 12 Accident 9 Ret 23 Luca Scassa Cardion AB Motoracing ART 1 Retirement 20 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 1 Retirement 25
Moto2 The first attempt to run the race was interrupted on the opening lap, following an incident involving Scott Redding, Álex Mariñelarena and Esteve Rabat. For the restart, the race distance was reduced from 23 to 15 laps.
Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 40 Pol Espargaró Kalex 15 28:15.162 7 25 2 36 Mika Kallio Kalex 15 +1.344 1 20 3 12 Thomas Lüthi Suter 15 +3.379 12 16 4 19 Xavier Siméon Kalex 15 +8.420 2 13 5 60 Julián Simón Kalex 15 +10.315 19 11 6 18 Nicolás Terol Suter 15 +11.364 24 10 7 15 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 15 +12.718 21 9 8 77 Dominique Aegerter Suter 15 +15.609 8 8 9 30 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 15 +18.414 22 7 10 54 Mattia Pasini Speed Up 15 +20.679 9 6 11 95 Anthony West Speed Up 15 +30.759 17 5 12 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 15 +31.134 20 4 13 49 Axel Pons Kalex 15 +31.335 23 3 14 8 Gino Rea Speed Up 15 +31.505 13 2 15 11 Sandro Cortese Kalex 15 +31.801 11 1 16 31 Kohta Nozane TSR 15 +41.840 28 17 88 Ricard Cardús Speed Up 15 +46.192 18 18 94 Franco Morbidelli Suter 15 +51.771 25 19 44 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 15 +54.433 32 20 35 Tetsuta Nagashima Motobi 15 +55.138 15 21 46 Decha Kraisart Tech 3 15 +55.181 29 22 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz Kalex 15 +1:03.592 30 23 25 Azlan Shah Moriwaki 15 +1:32.681 26 Ret 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 11 Accident 5 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Suter 9 Retirement 3 Ret 81 Jordi Torres Suter 8 Accident 16 Ret 96 Louis Rossi Tech 3 8 Retirement 27 Ret 7 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 2 Accident 31 Ret 3 Simone Corsi Speed Up 1 Accident 4 DNS 80 Esteve Rabat Kalex 0 Did not restart 6 DNS 92 Álex Mariñelarena Kalex 0 Did not restart 10 DNS 45 Scott Redding Kalex 0 Did not restart 14 DNS 52 Danny Kent Tech 3 Injured OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT
Moto3 Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 Álex Márquez KTM 20 39:45.953 3 25 2 25 Maverick Viñales KTM 20 +0.027 2 20 3 94 Jonas Folger Kalex KTM 20 +7.750 9 16 4 44 Miguel Oliveira Mahindra 20 +15.889 18 13 5 5 Romano Fenati FTR Honda 20 +18.323 26 11 6 8 Jack Miller FTR Honda 20 +18.432 5 10 7 17 John McPhee FTR Honda 20 +18.439 22 9 8 31 Niklas Ajo KTM 20 +25.608 17 8 9 23 Niccolò Antonelli FTR Honda 20 +25.950 7 7 10 41 Brad Binder Mahindra 20 +32.933 15 6 11 84 Jakub Kornfeil Kalex KTM 20 +33.067 16 5 12 11 Livio Loi Kalex KTM 20 +33.231 25 4 13 65 Philipp Öttl Kalex KTM 20 +33.668 32 3 14 89 Alan Techer TSR Honda 20 +39.006 27 2 15 29 Hyuga Watanabe FTR Honda 20 +39.259 12 1 16 61 Arthur Sissis KTM 20 +42.159 19 17 77 Lorenzo Baldassarri FTR Honda 20 +42.670 24 18 22 Ana Carrasco KTM 20 +46.487 35 19 57 Eric Granado Kalex KTM 20 +47.005 31 20 4 Francesco Bagnaia FTR Honda 20 +47.394 34 21 9 Toni Finsterbusch Kalex KTM 20 +48.496 14 22 58 Juan Francisco Guevara TSR Honda 20 +51.341 33 23 33 Sena Yamada Honda 20 +1:00.508 10 24 42 Álex Rins KTM 20 +1:06.878 1 25 53 Jasper Iwema Kalex KTM 20 +1:10.254 11 26 80 Hafiq Azmi FTR Honda 20 +1:13.522 28 Ret 10 Alexis Masbou FTR Honda 19 Accident 20 Ret 3 Matteo Ferrari FTR Honda 16 Retirement 30 Ret 21 Luca Amato Mahindra 14 Accident 29 Ret 39 Luis Salom KTM 8 Accident 4 Ret 91 Hiroki Ono Honda 1 Accident 8 Ret 32 Isaac Viñales FTR Honda 0 Accident 6 Ret 63 Zulfahmi Khairuddin KTM 0 Accident 13 Ret 7 Efrén Vázquez Mahindra 0 Accident 21 Ret 43 Luca Grünwald Kalex KTM 0 Accident 23 OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Marc Márquez 318 2 Jorge Lorenzo 305 3 Dani Pedrosa 280 4 Valentino Rossi 224 5 Cal Crutchlow 188
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 369 2 Yamaha 356 3 Ducati 147 4 ART 94 5 FTR Kawasaki 43
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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