2013 Dutch MotoGP Review and for first time in 994 days, Valentino Rossi wins a Grand Prix

Review of the round seven of the 2013 MotoGP season at TT Circuit Assen, Assen in Holland for MotoGP's only Saturday race of the season.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Yamaha Factory Racing rider and former seven times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi in his works Yamaha YZR-M1 and for the first time in nearly three years he wins a Grand Prix. Second place was Repsol Honda Team rider and 2012 Moto2 Champion Marc Márquez in his works Honda RC213V, he was over 2 seconds behind Rossi at the end. While, third place was Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Cal Crutchlow on his satellite spec Yamaha YZR-M1, Crutchlow was over 4 seconds behind Rossi at the end.

But the ride of the day goes to current MotoGP Champion Jorge Lorenzo on his works Yamaha YZR-M1, that was after a horrible crash during a wet Thursday practice session; flow back to Spain to a have collarbone surgery. Then return for the race in a superhuman performance to finished in 5th place, Lorenzo was only 15 seconds behind team-mate Rossi 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 8th overall in his ART (Aprilia), he was 32 seconds behind Rossi 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 12 hundredths of a second behind Espargaró at the end. While, third was Technomag carXpert rider Dominique Aegerter on the Suter, he was over 3 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 12 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 28 hundredths of a second behind Salom at the end of the race.

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