2013 MotoGP ResultsSpoiler Alert: 2013 MotoGP results from Indianapolis Motor Speedway listed below
The second half of the 2013 MotoGP Championship got underway this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the Red Bull Indy Grand Prix. And once again, there was another podium filled with Spanish riders. The dominate rider of the three – Marc Marquez.The Repsol Honda RC213V pilot dominated every practice session, qualifying and warm-up ahead of winning the 27-lap race. This was Marquez’s ninth podium in 10 rounds, including four wins.Besides having a perfect performance in every session – a task not completed since Casey Stoner dominated the Australian Grand Prix last season – the 20-year-old rookie has a clean sweep of all American rounds, having also won The Circuit of the Americas and Laguna Seca.Joining Marquez on the podium was his teammate, Dani Pedorsa, and the reigning MotoGP Champion, Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo.Marc Marquez (Respol Honda RC213V MotoGP) says: “I am very happy to have taken another 25 points! I knew before we came here that this would be a good opportunity and I was able to take advantage of it. I felt very good throughout the weekend, and I think this has been my best GP overall since coming into the premier class.“I was first in every session, so I couldn’t ask for more. In the race I decided to follow Lorenzo and Pedrosa, trying to save my tyres at the start. When I saw that I was feeling good and had less fuel in the tank, I tried to attack. In the end I was able to break away and have some fun sliding the bike around and enjoying how good the ride was! Now we head back to Europe, where we will try to continue working in the same way and see how many points we can pick up.”Starting from the pole, Marquez fell back to third behind Lorenzo, who took the holeshot, and Pedrosa. But on lap nine, Marquez made an easy pass on Pedrosa. Four laps later, he then took Lorenzo at turn 2, eventually opening a gap en route to the win.Behind, Lorenzo looked like he would finish second, but on the penultimate lap, Pedrosa’s Honda was quicker on the straight, taking Lorenzo’s YZR-M1 for second. Both riders put in impressive performances besides both riders recovering from broken left collarbones (Lorenzo at Assen; Pedrosa at Sachsenring).Lorenzo’s teammate Valentino Rossi was able to climb from ninth on the grid to finish fourth ahead of Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow. The Italian and the Brit were involved in an intense race-long battle with GO&FUN Honda Gresini’s Alvaro Bautista, who finished sixth. Taking seventh was LCR Honda’s Stefan Bradl.Rounding out the top ten were Crutchlow’s teammate Bradley Smith, and the Ducati Team duo of Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso, respectively.Smith, who was positioned as high as fourth earlier in the race, was able to overtake both Ducati GP13s on the final corner when Hayden pushed Dovi wide. This was a near repeat of a final-corner incident at Assen from which Smith also benefitted.Four riders failed to finish the race. Attack Performance Racing wildcard Blake Young crashed on the opening lap, and technical issues prevented the following riders from finishing: Randy de Puniet (Power Electronics Aspar), Lukas Pesek (Came IodaRacing Project) and Yonny Hernandez (PBM).Unable to race were both Ignite Pramac Racing’s Ben Spies, whose comeback was ruined when he separated his left shoulder on Friday, and Cardion AB Motoracing’s Karel Abraham who heavily bruised a foot and shoulder, also on Day 1.With his win, Marquez now has 188 points, 21 ahead of Pedrosa and 35 ahead of Lorenzo.The MotoGP Championship heads to the Czech Republic next weekend for Round 11 at Bruno.2013 Indianapolis MotoGP Results:
1
25
93
Marc MARQUEZ
SPA
Repsol Honda Team
Honda
152.2
44’52.463
2
20
26
Dani PEDROSA
SPA
Repsol Honda Team
Honda
152.0
+3.495
3
16
99
Jorge LORENZO
SPA
Yamaha Factory Racing
Yamaha
151.8
+5.704
4
13
46
Valentino ROSSI
ITA
Yamaha Factory Racing
Yamaha
151.0
+19.895
5
11
35
Cal CRUTCHLOW
GBR
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Yamaha
151.0
+19.955
6
10
19
Alvaro BAUTISTA
SPA
GO&FUN Honda Gresini
Honda
151.0
+20.061
7
9
6
Stefan BRADL
GER
LCR Honda MotoGP
Honda
150.8
+24.842
8
8
38
Bradley SMITH
GBR
Monster Yamaha Tech 3
Yamaha
149.9
+40.690
9
7
69
Nicky HAYDEN
USA
Ducati Team
Ducati
149.9
+40.701
10
6
4
Andrea DOVIZIOSO
ITA
Ducati Team
Ducati
149.9
+40.823
11
5
29
Andrea IANNONE
ITA
Energy T.I. Pramac Racing
Ducati
148.9
+59.668
12
4
41
Aleix ESPARGARO
SPA
Power Electronics Aspar
ART
148.5
+1’06.650
13
3
5
Colin EDWARDS
USA
NGM Mobile Forward Racing
FTR Kawasaki
148.3
+1’09.462
14
2
71
Claudio CORTI
ITA
NGM Mobile Forward Racing
FTR Kawasaki
148.0
+1’15.207
15
1
7
Hiroshi AOYAMA
JPN
Avintia Blusens
FTR
147.8
+1’20.159
16
8
Hector BARBERA
SPA
Avintia Blusens
FTR
147.4
+1’25.879
17
9
Danilo PETRUCCI
ITA
Came IodaRacing Project
Ioda-Suter
147.2
+1’29.616
18
70
Michael LAVERTY
GBR
Paul Bird Motorsport
PBM
146.9
+1’36.388
19
67
Bryan STARING
AUS
GO&FUN Honda Gresini
FTR Honda
145.9
1 Lap
Not Classified
68
Yonny HERNANDEZ
COL
Paul Bird Motorsport
ART
147.2
10 Laps
52
Lukas PESEK
CZE
Came IodaRacing Project
Ioda-Suter
144.5
13 Laps
14
Randy DE PUNIET
FRA
Power Electronics Aspar
ART
142.6
22 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
79
Blake YOUNG
USA
Attack Performance Racing
APR
0 Lap
2013 MotoGP Championship Point Standings (after 10 of 18 rounds):
