Review of round eighteen and the final round of the 2013 MotoGP season at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia for the Valencia GP.
In the MotoGP race (V-twin, V4, or Inline-four 1000cc four stroke class), that was won by Yamaha Factory Racing rider and former double MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo in his works Yamaha YZR-M1. Second place was Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedorsa in his works works Honda RC213V, he was four seconds behind Lorenzo at the end.
Meanwhile third was the other Repsol Honda Team rider Marc Márquez, in his works Honda RC213V, he was seven seconds behind Lorenzo at the end, to give Marc Márquez the MotoGP title becoming the youngest ever MotoGP World Champion in history beating Freddie Spencer's record from 1983. As well as this, Marc Márquez became the first rookie since Kenny Roberts in 1978 to win the championship in their début season, and only the fourth rider to win world championships in three different categories after Mike Hailwood, Phil Read and Valentino Rossi. Marc Márquez was 4 points ahead of Jorge Lorenzo in the standings. Contracts to Marc Márquez for winning the MotoGP championship.
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 64 seconds behind Lorenzo 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 for his third race win of the season. Second was the other Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 rider Jordi Torres on the Suter, he was four seconds behind Terol at the end of the race. While, third place was Came IodaRacing Project rider Johann Zarco on the Suter, he was under six seconds behind Terol at the end.
While in the Moto3 race (single-cylinder 250 cc four-stroke class), that race was won by Team Calvo rider Maverick Viñales on the KTM, for his third race win of the season and to give Maverick Viñales 2013 Moto3 title, Maverick Viñales was 12 points ahead of Álex Rins in the standings. Contracts to Maverick Viñales for winning the Moto3 championship, next stop Moto2 next season on a Pons Racing Kalex.
Second was Twas Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3 rider Jonas Folger on the Kalex KTM, he was only eighteen-hundredths of a second behind Viñales at the end of the race. While third place, was Estrella Galicia rider Álex Rins on the KTM, he was only nineteen-hundredths of a second behind Viñales at the end of the race.
In news, it has been confirm last weekend that CRT class champion Aleix Espargaro has completed a deal to move from Aspar to Forward Racing on an FTR-Yamaha bike next season along side former double World Superbike champion and former Yamaha rider Colin Edwards. The deal will include Yamaha engines, frame and swing-arm from Yamaha that Jorge Lorenzo, Valenino Rossi, Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró will be using, with FTR supplying the remaining components.
Meanwhile,in most recent news that former 2009 250cc Champion Hiroshi Aoyama that will be riding for the Aspar Racing Team on the Honda RCV1000R production bike next season, along side former 2006 MotoGP Champion Nicky Hayden.
Contractions to the champions this season.
End of blog for now. New post soon. Bye.
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