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2013 MotoGP Results

Spoiler 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):

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	188
2	Dani PEDROSA	Honda	SPA	167
3	Jorge LORENZO	Yamaha	SPA	153
4	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	130
5	Cal CRUTCHLOW	Yamaha	GBR	127
6	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	93
7	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	Ducati	ITA	87
8	Alvaro BAUTISTA	Honda	SPA	81
9	Nicky HAYDEN	Ducati	USA	72
10	Bradley SMITH	Yamaha	GBR	59
11	Aleix ESPARGARO	ART	SPA	56
12	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	36
13	Andrea IANNONE	Ducati	ITA	29
14	Hector BARBERA	FTR	SPA	24
15	Colin EDWARDS	FTR Kawasaki	USA	20
16	Randy DE PUNIET	ART	FRA	19
17	Danilo PETRUCCI	Ioda-Suter	ITA	18
18	Ben SPIES	Ducati	USA	9
19	Claudio CORTI	FTR Kawasaki	ITA	7
20	Yonny HERNANDEZ	ART	COL	7
21	Alex DE ANGELIS	Ducati	RSM	5
22	Karel ABRAHAM	ART	CZE	5
23	Michael LAVERTY	PBM	GBR	3
24	Bryan STARING	FTR Honda	AUS	2
25	Hiroshi AOYAMA	FTR	JPN	2
26	Javier DEL AMOR	FTR	SPA	1