2013 Austin MotoGP Review

Review of the second round of the 2013 MotoGP season at Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas in USA.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Repsol Honda Team rider and MotoGP rookie and 2012 Moto2 Champion Marc Márquez, in a pole to lights win in his works works Honda RC213V. Also, Marc Márquez is the youngest rider ever to win a top motorcycling grand prix race event by taking that win.

Second place was the other Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedorsa in his works Honda RC213V to give Honda an one-two race finish, he was one and a half seconds behind Márquez at the end. While, third was Yamaha Factory Racing rider and current MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo in his works Yamaha YZR-M1, he was over 3 seconds behind Márquez at the end.

In CRT class (Claiming Rule Teams, street bike engines rather than non prototype engines), the Power Electronics Aspar rider Aleix Espargaró won CRT class and finished 11th overall in his ART (Aprilia), he was under 49 seconds behind Márquez at the end.

In the Moto2 race (Inline-four 600 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 rider Nicolás Terol on the Suter. Second was Tuenti HP 40 rider of Esteve Rabat on the Kalex, he was over 3 second behind Terol at the end. While, third was Marc VDS Racing rider Mika Kallio on the Kalex, he was over 3 seconds behind Terol at the end of the race and just missed second by five hundredths of a second.

While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Estrella Galicia rider Álex Rins on the KTM. Second was Team Calvo rider Maverick Viñales on the KTM, he was over 2 tenths of a second behind Rins at the end of the race. While, third was Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Luis Salom on the KTM, he was only half a second behind Rins at the end of the race.

End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.