title: 2013 French motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2013 French motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2013 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 May 2013 at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans, France.
  
  ## Classification
  
  ### MotoGP
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | 49:17.707 | 6 | 25 |
  | 2 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +4.863 | 4 | 20 |
  | 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +6.949 | 1 | 16 |
  | 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +10.087 | 3 | 13 |
  | 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 28 | +18.471 | 10 | 11 |
  | 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +23.561 | 7 | 10 |
  | 7 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +27.961 | 2 | 9 |
  | 8 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +40.775 | 14 | 8 |
  | 9 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 28 | +41.407 | 9 | 7 |
  | 10 | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +1:00.995 | 5 | 6 |
  | 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 28 | +1:05.110 | 13 | 5 |
  | 12 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 28 | +1:16.368 | 8 | 4 |
  | 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 27 | +1:24.200 | 11 | 3 |
  | 14 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 28 | +1:25.726 | 16 | 2 |
  | 15 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | ART | 28 | +1:32.111 | 18 | 1 |
  | 16 | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 28 | +1:40.602 | 17 | |
  | 17 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 27 | +1 lap | 20 | |
  | 18 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 27 | +1 lap | 15 | |
  | 19 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 27 | +1 lap | 24 | |
  | Ret | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 20 | Retirement | 23 | |
  | Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 15 | Accident | 12 | |
  | Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 15 | Retirement | 22 | |
  | Ret | 71 | Claudio Corti | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 7 | Retirement | 19 | |
  | Ret | 67 | Bryan Staring | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | FTR Honda | 1 | Accident | 21 | |
  
  ### Moto2
  
  The race was red-flagged on lap 24 of 26 due to rain; the final results were taken from the end of lap 22.
  
  | Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 22 | 36:43.583 | 2 | 25 |
  | 2 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 22 | +1.090 | 10 | 20 |
  | 3 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 22 | +1.234 | 5 | 16 |
  | 4 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 22 | +1.701 | 13 | 13 |
  | 5 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Suter | 22 | +1.859 | 3 | 11 |
  | 6 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Up | 22 | +12.272 | 9 | 10 |
  | 7 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Motobi | 22 | +12.378 | 12 | 9 |
  | 8 | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 22 | +29.712 | 18 | 8 |
  | 9 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Speed Up | 22 | +31.235 | 19 | 7 |
  | 10 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 22 | +31.535 | 32 | 6 |
  | 11 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 22 | +31.675 | 30 | 5 |
  | 12 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 22 | +31.917 | 17 | 4 |
  | 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 22 | +35.778 | 16 | 3 |
  | 14 | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 22 | +45.045 | 21 | 2 |
  | 15 | 52 | Danny Kent | Tech 3 | 22 | +45.151 | 26 | 1 |
  | 16 | 17 | Alberto Moncayo | Speed Up | 22 | +55.456 | 29 | |
  | 17 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 22 | +59.886 | 23 | |
  | 18 | 7 | Doni Tata Pradita | Suter | 22 | +1:02.095 | 33 | |
  | 19 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 22 | +1:06.414 | 7 | |
  | 20 | 44 | Steven Odendaal | Speed Up | 22 | +1:48.007 | 27 | |
  | 21 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 21 | +1 lap | 25 | |
  | 22 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 20 | +2 laps | 4 | |
  | 23 | 97 | Rafid Topan Sucipto | Speed Up | 19 | +3 laps | 34 | |
  | DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 22 | (+30.479) | 11 | |
  | NC | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Speed Up | 22 | +1:29.658 | 20 | |
  | NC | 8 | Gino Rea | FTR | 12 | +10 laps | 31 | |
  | Ret | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 19 | Retirement | 14 | |
  | Ret | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 17 | Accident | 6 | |
  | Ret | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 6 | Accident | 1 | |
  | Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 4 | Retirement | 8 | |
  | Ret | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 2 | Accident | 15 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Kyle Smith | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 22 | |
  | Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 0 | Accident | 24 | |
  | Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 0 | Accident | 28 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ### Moto3
  
  | Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | KTM | 24 | 42:05.448 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 42 | Álex Rins | KTM | 24 | +1.264 | 4 | 20 |
  | 3 | 39 | Luis Salom | KTM | 24 | +1.387 | 5 | 16 |
  | 4 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 24 | +14.593 | 3 | 13 |
  | 5 | 12 | Álex Márquez | KTM | 24 | +37.949 | 7 | 11 |
  | 6 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Kalex KTM | 24 | +40.295 | 14 | 10 |
  | 7 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 24 | +43.325 | 11 | 9 |
  | 8 | 41 | Brad Binder | Suter Honda | 24 | +43.537 | 12 | 8 |
  | 9 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | FTR Honda | 24 | +45.511 | 10 | 7 |
  | 10 | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 24 | +45.674 | 8 | 6 |
  | 11 | 17 | John McPhee | FTR Honda | 24 | +51.452 | 18 | 5 |
  | 12 | 8 | Jack Miller | FTR Honda | 24 | +51.592 | 6 | 4 |
  | 13 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 24 | +58.713 | 19 | 3 |
  | 14 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | FTR Honda | 24 | +58.970 | 16 | 2 |
  | 15 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | Kalex KTM | 24 | +1:18.027 | 28 | 1 |
  | 16 | 11 | Livio Loi | Kalex KTM | 24 | +1:18.384 | 20 | |
  | 17 | 3 | Matteo Ferrari | FTR Honda | 24 | +1:23.388 | 30 | |
  | 18 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Kalex KTM | 24 | +1:27.726 | 22 | |
  | 19 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 24 | +1:27.754 | 23 | |
  | 20 | 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | FTR Honda | 24 | +1:27.860 | 27 | |
  | 21 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Kalex KTM | 24 | +1:28.165 | 29 | |
  | 22 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | TSR Honda | 24 | +1:30.631 | 24 | |
  | 23 | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 24 | +1:30.841 | 21 | |
  | 24 | 57 | Eric Granado | Kalex KTM | 23 | +1 lap | 26 | |
  | 25 | 29 | Hyuga Watanabe | FTR Honda | 23 | +1 lap | 32 | |
  | 26 | 18 | Christophe Arciero | Suter | 23 | +1 lap | 33 | |
  | Ret | 77 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | FTR Honda | 20 | Accident | 13 | |
  | Ret | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 19 | Accident | 15 | |
  | Ret | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 19 | Accident | 9 | |
  | Ret | 95 | Jules Danilo | Kalex KTM | 13 | Accident | 25 | |
  | Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 12 | Accident | 17 | |
  | Ret | 66 | Florian Alt | Kalex KTM | 6 | Retirement | 31 | |
  | Ret | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Mahindra | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
  | DNS | 99 | Danny Webb | Suter Honda | | Did not start | | |
  | DNS | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Mahindra | | Did not start | | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Dani Pedrosa | 83 |
  | 2 | Marc Márquez | 77 |
  | 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 66 |
  | 4 | Cal Crutchlow | 55 |
  | 5 | Valentino Rossi | 47 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Honda | 91 |
  | 2 | Yamaha | 77 |
  | 3 | Ducati | 40 |
  | 4 | ART | 20 |
  | 5 | FTR | 7 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  