2013 Qatar MotoGP Review

Review of the first round of the 2013 MotoGP season at Losail, Doha in Qatar for MotoGP's only night race of the season. And for this season, all MotoGP classes are reviewed (MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3).

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Yamaha Factory Racing rider and current MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo in a pole to lights win in his works Yamaha YZR-M1. Second place was the returning Yamaha Factory Racing rider Valentino Rossi in his works Yamaha YZR-M1 to give Yamaha an one-two race finish, he was only under 6 seconds behind Lorenzo at the end. While, third was Repsol Honda Team rider and MotoGP rookie and 2012 Moto2 Champion Marc Márquez in his works Honda RC213V, he was over 6 seconds behind Lorenzo 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 50 seconds behind Lorenzo at the end.

In the Moto2 race (Inline-four 600 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Tuenti HP 40 rider Pol Espargaró on the Kalex. Second was Marc VDS Racing Team rider of Scott Redding on the Kalex, he was only under a second behind Espargaró at the end. While, third was Italtrans Racing Team rider Takaaki Nakagami on the Kalex, he was 12 seconds behind Espargaró at the end of the race.

While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Red Bull KTM Ajo rider Luis Salom on the KTM. Second was Team Calvo rider Maverick Viñales on the KTM, he was only 41 hundredths of a second behind Salom at the end of the race. While, third was Estrella Galicia rider Álex Rins on the KTM, he was only 42 hundredths of a second behind Salom at the end of the race.

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