2013 MotoGP World Championship

Jorge Lorenzo started the season as the defending World Champion, while Honda was the defending Manufacturers' Champion. Moto2 champion Marc Márquez joined the MotoGP grid with Repsol Honda. In the premier MotoGP class, Lorenzo, along with Repsol Honda teammates Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa battled it out for most of the season in regards to the championship battle. Lorenzo won the opening race of the season in Qatar, before rookie Márquez became the youngest premier class winner, as he claimed victory in the inaugural Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas. Pedrosa took back-to-back victories at Jerez – where Márquez and Lorenzo battled for second place, clashing at the final corner – and Le Mans, before Lorenzo did likewise at Mugello, and Catalunya; at the former, Márquez retired from the race after crashing out of second place. he competed in the race and finished fifth. Márquez and Pedrosa finished second and fourth respectively, starting at the Sachsenring, where both Lorenzo and Pedrosa were sidelined with injuries; Lorenzo with a recurrence of his Assen injury after crashing in free practice once again, while Pedrosa was ruled out with low blood pressure, stemming from a separate incident. After two more victories for Lorenzo at Silverstone, and Misano, Márquez and Pedrosa collided at the Aragon Grand Prix, where a slight touch caused a sensor on Pedrosa's bike to tear and cut the traction control system. Márquez went on to beat Lorenzo to victory, and after Pedrosa won in Malaysia, Márquez held a 43-point lead in the championship with three races to go. However, a disqualification in Australia, as well as Lorenzo winning both in Australia and Japan reduced that margin to thirteen, ahead of the final race in Valencia; the first final race title decider since . was enough for Honda to clinch the constructors' championship. Regulation changes The MotoGP class saw the introduction of a new qualifying system, in which the riders placed eleventh or lower based on times in Free Practice 3 were sent to Qualifying 1. The two fastest riders from that session would then join the ten fastest riders in Qualifying 2 to set the first 12 positions of the starting grid. ==Calendar==

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 19-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012. On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014. The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States, replaced the Portuguese Grand Prix, which had been run at Estoril since 2000. The United States hosted three races, the other two being the United States Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The following Grands Prix took place in 2013: : ‡ = Night race : †† = Saturday race Calendar changes • The Grand Prix of the Americas was added to the calendar. • The Portuguese Grand Prix was taken off the calendar. The race was scheduled on the calendar since 2000. • The British Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 June to 1 September. • The Japanese Grand Prix was moved back, from 14 to 27 October. ==Teams and riders==

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012. An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013. All the bikes used Bridgestone tyres. Team changes • Cardion AB Motoracing ended its association with Ducati and switched to a CRT-spec ART-Aprilia. Rider changes • Hiroshi Aoyama returned to MotoGP full-time after competing in just one event in 2012. • Claudio Corti stepped up to the MotoGP category, racing alongside Colin Edwards at Forward Racing. • Iván Silva lost his place at Avintia Racing. He was later confirmed as switching to Ducati, joining Pramac Racing. • Lukáš Pešek moved to MotoGP, with IodaRacing Project. ==Results and standings==

Grands Prix Riders' standings ;Scoring system Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points. Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest LapLight blue – Rookie Constructors' standings Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. ;Notes • 1 All points from the race victory for Marc Márquez were deducted as a result of a decision from Race Direction, after Márquez collided with teammate Dani Pedrosa during the race. Honda's next-best finisher was Álvaro Bautista, who scored a fourth-place finish. Teams' standings The teams' standings were based on results obtained by regular and substitute riders; wild-card entries were ineligible. ==Notes==