The 2013 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the

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on 16 June 2013.

Report

Dani Pedrosa Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a ...

took his second consecutive MotoGP pole position ahead of Cal Crutchlow and

Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Guerrero (; born 4 May 1987) is a Spanish former professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is a five-time World Champion, with three List of 500cc/MotoGP Motorcycle World Champions, MotoGP World Championships ...

. Pedrosa set a new circuit record for MotoGP with a 1:40.893, which beat his former teammate

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's record of 1:41.186 set in

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. Lorenzo went on to win the race, ahead of pole sitter Pedrosa, and

Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer who races for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He previously raced for the Ducati satellite team Gresini in 2024 and Honda's factory team from his MotoGP deb ...

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finished in fourth place, after the collision with

Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Arce (born 21 November 1984) is a Spanish people, Spanish motorcycle road racing, road racer. He won the 2022 Superbike World Championship, 2022 and 2023 Superbike World Championship, 2023 Superbike World Championship with the Du ...

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. Javier del Amor scored a point in his only MotoGP start, being called up as a last minute replacement for

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. Turn 10, a right hander after the back straight, had caught out many riders due to the hot temperatures on race day and caused many retirements during the first few laps of the race. In Moto2,

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took pole position, and went on to win the race, ahead of

Esteve Rabat Esteve "Tito" Rabat Bergada (born 25 May 1989) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, motorcycle racer. He is best known for winning the 2014 Moto2 World Championship. Rabat then made the move to MotoGP in 2016 and spent five full-time seas ...

and Switzerland's

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, who took his first podium of the season. In Moto3,

Luis Salom Luis Jaime Salom Horrach (7 August 1991 – 3 June 2016) was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after a practice accident at Circuit de Catalunya, when making contact with his bike and the wall after a high-speed accident. Racing ...

took his second successive victory from pole position, ahead of

Álex Rins Álex Rins Navarro (born 8 December 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer for the Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Team in the MotoGP class. He was the 2011 CEV Buckler 125 Junior GP Champion, and made his Grand Prix motorcycle racing de ...

and

Maverick Viñales Maverick Viñales Ruiz (; born 12 January 1995) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle racer, riding for Red Bull KTM Tech3 in the MotoGP class. He won the 2013 Moto3 World Championship. After five seasons as a MotoGP f ...

Classification

MotoGP

was replaced by Javier del Amor after the third practice session.

Moto2

Moto3

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

{{MotoGP 2010–19 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix Catalan

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Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix The Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, as part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. The event is due to take place at the Circuit de Barcelo ...