2013 Assen TT Moto3 | Dutch Grand Prix Results

Red Bull KTM Ajo's Luis Salom leads the Assen Moto3 field — Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Luis Salom leads the Assen Moto3 field

2013 Assen Moto3 Results

Spoiler Alert: Moto3 Championship results from the Assen TT circuit in the Netherlands listed below

After a hard-fought battle at Saturday’s Iveco TT Assen Moto3 race, Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Luis Salom took the win. This helped him increase his Moto3 points lead by 10 points ahead of Maverick Vinales.

During the final moments of the race, Vinales looked like he would take home the win. But he lost the first position to Salom, and had to settle for second. Taking the final podium position was the Moto3 pilot who led most of the 22-lap race, Alex Rins.

On Friday, Miguel Oliveira became the first-ever Portuguese rider to clinch pole position in any class. He also earned the first Moto3 pole for Mahindra Racing. He would finish the race fourth and involved in a titanic five-rider battle for the lead, with Salom picking up his third consecutive win and fourth of 2013.

Salom started fourth, having lost provisional pole position after running off-track in qualifying. He took second in the early stages of the race before dropping back to fourth position and holding station. His late-race attack – fast becoming a typical strategy of the Mallorcan – would begin in earnest three laps from home, pulling an impressive move on Rins for second.

It looked as though Viñales had the race won thanks to the fight taking place behind, but the Team Calvo rider’s wide line on the exit of Ramshoek was just the invitation Salom needed on the last lap. They would cross the finish line just a tenth of a second apart, with Alex Marquez dropping to fifth as Estrella Galicia 0,0 teammate Rins completed the podium.

Rins headed the field for the majority of the race and by Lap 10 had pulled out a lead of 1.3 seconds, but this was quickly decreased as Salom in particular upped the pace of the chasing group. 19 seconds behind the top five, Jonas Folger was sixth for Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3, with Caretta Technology – RTG’s Jack Miller a further eight seconds in arrears.

Red Bull KTM Ajo’s Arthur Sissis, Ongetta-Rivacold’s Alexis Masbou and Avant Tecno’s Niklas Ajo rounded out the top ten, while both CIP Moto3’s Juanfran Guevara and Ambrogio Racing’s Danny Webb were injured in crashes; the Spaniard was taken to Assen hospital for a CT scan following a first-corner accident, whereas the Englishman fractured his right wrist and was attended to in the Clinica Mobile.

Salom’s feat marks only the second time a rider has won three consecutive races in the Moto3 class.

2013 Assen Moto3 Results:

1	25	39	Luis SALOM	SPA	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	156.3	38’20.086
2	20	25	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Team Calvo	KTM	156.3	+0.122
3	16	42	Alex RINS	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	156.3	+0.282
4	13	44	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	156.3	+0.378
5	11	12	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	Estrella Galicia 0,0	KTM	156.3	+0.416
6	10	94	Jonas FOLGER	GER	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex KTM	155.0	+19.646
7	9	8	Jack MILLER	AUS	Caretta Technology – RTG	FTR Honda	154.5	+27.688
8	8	61	Arthur SISSIS	AUS	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	154.5	+27.811
9	7	10	Alexis MASBOU	FRA	Ongetta-Rivacold	FTR Honda	154.0	+34.797
10	6	31	Niklas AJO	FIN	Avant Tecno	KTM	154.0	+34.823
11	5	32	Isaac VIÑALES	SPA	Ongetta-Centro Seta	FTR Honda	154.0	+35.130
12	4	7	Efren VAZQUEZ	SPA	Mahindra Racing	Mahindra	154.0	+35.361
13	3	23	Niccolò ANTONELLI	ITA	GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	FTR Honda	154.0	+35.523
14	2	5	Romano FENATI	ITA	San Carlo Team Italia	FTR Honda	154.0	+35.628
15	1	41	Brad BINDER	RSA	Ambrogio Racing	Suter Honda	153.9	+35.886
16		84	Jakub KORNFEIL	CZE	Redox RW Racing GP	Kalex KTM	153.9	+35.948
17		63	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	MAL	Red Bull KTM Ajo	KTM	153.9	+36.169
18		89	Alan TECHER	FRA	CIP Moto3	TSR Honda	153.9	+36.486
19		51	Bryan SCHOUTEN	NED	Dutch Racing Team	FTR Honda	153.9	+36.632
20		77	Lorenzo BALDASSARRI	ITA	GO&FUN Gresini Moto3	FTR Honda	153.9	+36.747
21		17	John McPHEE	GBR	Caretta Technology – RTG	FTR Honda	153.8	+38.583
22		65	Philipp OETTL	GER	Tec Interwetten Moto3 Racing	Kalex KTM	153.0	+50.764
23		11	Livio LOI	BEL	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex KTM	153.0	+50.843
24		9	Toni FINSTERBUSCH	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex KTM	153.0	+50.963
25		19	Alessandro TONUCCI	ITA	La Fonte Tascaracing	FTR Honda	152.9	+51.168
26		4	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	San Carlo Team Italia	FTR Honda	152.9	+51.285
27		3	Matteo FERRARI	ITA	Ongetta-Centro Seta	FTR Honda	152.9	+51.748
28		57	Eric GRANADO	BRA	Mapfre Aspar Team Moto3	Kalex KTM	152.4	+58.945
29		22	Ana CARRASCO	SPA	Team Calvo	KTM	151.7	+1’10.891
30		66	Florian ALT	GER	Kiefer Racing	Kalex KTM	150.0	+1’37.593
31		29	Hyuga WATANABE	JPN	La Fonte Tascaracing	FTR Honda	150.0	+1’37.767
Not Classified
		53	Jasper IWEMA	NED	RW Racing GP	Kalex KTM	153.1	4 Laps
		71	Thomas VAN LEEUWEN	NED	Racing Team Van Leeuwen	Bakker Honda	148.4	5 Laps
		99	Danny WEBB	GBR	Ambrogio Racing	Suter Honda	153.2	13 Laps
		58	Juanfran GUEVARA	SPA	CIP Moto3	TSR Honda		0 Lap

2013 Moto3 Championship Point Standings:

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Luis SALOM	KTM	SPA	152
2	Maverick VIÑALES	KTM	SPA	142
3	Alex RINS	KTM	SPA	117
4	Jonas FOLGER	Kalex KTM	GER	73
5	Alex MARQUEZ	KTM	SPA	59
6	Miguel OLIVEIRA	Mahindra	POR	56
7	Alexis MASBOU	FTR Honda	FRA	42
8	Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN	KTM	MAL	40
9	Brad BINDER	Suter Honda	RSA	39
10	Jack MILLER	FTR Honda	AUS	38
11	Arthur SISSIS	KTM	AUS	33
12	Niklas AJO	KTM	FIN	32
13	Efren VAZQUEZ	Mahindra	SPA	31
14	Jakub KORNFEIL	Kalex KTM	CZE	27
15	Isaac VIÑALES	FTR Honda	SPA	22
16	Romano FENATI	FTR Honda	ITA	20
17	Danny WEBB	Suter Honda	GBR	15
18	Niccolò ANTONELLI	FTR Honda	ITA	12
19	John McPHEE	FTR Honda	GBR	10
20	Eric GRANADO	Kalex KTM	BRA	7
21	Jasper IWEMA	Kalex KTM	NED	6
22	Alan TECHER	TSR Honda	FRA	3
23	Alessandro TONUCCI	FTR Honda	ITA	2
24	Livio LOI	Kalex KTM	BEL	1
25	Philipp OETTL	Kalex KTM	GER	1

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