Tuesday, 15 October 2013

2013 Malaysia MotoGP Review

Review of round fifteen of the 2013 MotoGP season at Sepang International Circuit, on the outskirts of Selangor, south of Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian GP.

In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedrosa, in his works works Honda RC213V. Second place was his Repsol Honda team-mate, MotoGP championship leader and 2012 Moto2 Champion Marc Márquez, in his works works Honda RC213V, he was under three seconds behind Pedrosa at the end. And can win the MotoGP title at Phillip Island next week, if his 50 oints head of both Pedrosa and Lorenzo at the end of the race with two races to go. While, third place was Yamaha Factory Racing rider and current MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo in his works Yamaha YZR-M1, he was under seven seconds behind Pedrosa 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 9th overall in his ART (Aprilia), he was 59 seconds behind Pedrosa at the end.

In the Moto2 race (Inline-four 600 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Tuenti HP 40 rider Esteve Rabat on the Kalex for his third race win of the season. Second was the other Tuenti HP 40 rider Pol Espargaró on the Kalex, he was over one and half seconds behind Rabat at the end of the race. While, third place was Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing rider Thomas Lüthi on the Suter, he was under three seconds behind Rabat at the end.

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 Estrella Galicia rider Álex Rins on the KTM, he was just seven hundredths of a second behind Salom at the end of the race. While third place, was Mahindra Racing rider Miguel Oliveira on the Mahindra, he was over four-tenths of a second behind Salom at the end of the race.

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

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