title: 2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 2013 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Losail International Circuit near Doha in Qatar on 7 April 2013.
  
  This race was both the first MotoGP start and podium for 8-time world champion Marc Márquez.
  
  ## Classification
  
  ### MotoGP
  
  | Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 99 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | 42:39.802 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 22 | +5.990 | 7 | 20 |
  | 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +6.201 | 6 | 16 |
  | 4 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +9.473 | 3 | 13 |
  | 5 | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 22 | +18.764 | 2 | 11 |
  | 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +22.148 | 8 | 10 |
  | 7 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +24.355 | 4 | 9 |
  | 8 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 22 | +24.920 | 11 | 8 |
  | 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +37.124 | 10 | 7 |
  | 10 | 11 | Ben Spies | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 22 | +44.908 | 13 | 6 |
  | 11 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 22 | +49.809 | 12 | 5 |
  | 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 22 | +56.495 | 14 | 4 |
  | 13 | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 22 | +1:09.599 | 22 | 3 |
  | 14 | 68 | Yonny Hernández | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 22 | +1:10.742 | 16 | 2 |
  | 15 | 7 | Hiroshi Aoyama | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 22 | +1:13.600 | 17 | 1 |
  | 16 | 71 | Claudio Corti | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 22 | +1:29.444 | 21 | |
  | 17 | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 22 | +1:34.341 | 24 | |
  | 18 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 22 | +1:34.683 | 15 | |
  | Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 15 | Retirement | 19 | |
  | Ret | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 12 | Retirement | 20 | |
  | Ret | 6 | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 8 | Accident | 5 | |
  | Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
  | Ret | 67 | Bryan Staring | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | FTR Honda | 1 | Accident | 23 | |
  | Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | ART | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
  
  ### Moto2
  
  | Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 20 | 40:31.782 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 20 | +0.844 | 4 | 20 |
  | 3 | 30 | Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 20 | +12.098 | 2 | 16 |
  | 4 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 20 | +18.910 | 5 | 13 |
  | 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | Kalex | 20 | +18.933 | 3 | 11 |
  | 6 | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 20 | +19.018 | 6 | 10 |
  | 7 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 20 | +19.230 | 11 | 9 |
  | 8 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Speed Up | 20 | +19.452 | 12 | 8 |
  | 9 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 20 | +20.219 | 8 | 7 |
  | 10 | 19 | Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 20 | +20.972 | 17 | 6 |
  | 11 | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 20 | +21.674 | 16 | 5 |
  | 12 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Suter | 20 | +22.084 | 14 | 4 |
  | 13 | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 20 | +22.093 | 9 | 3 |
  | 14 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 20 | +22.496 | 7 | 2 |
  | 15 | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 20 | +36.677 | 20 | 1 |
  | 16 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Motobi | 20 | +36.697 | 10 | |
  | 17 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 20 | +41.857 | 13 | |
  | 18 | 52 | Danny Kent | Tech 3 | 20 | +45.295 | 26 | |
  | 19 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 20 | +47.673 | 24 | |
  | 20 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Suter | 20 | +54.197 | 32 | |
  | 21 | 9 | Kyle Smith | Kalex | 20 | +59.245 | 28 | |
  | 22 | 44 | Steven Odendaal | Speed Up | 20 | +1:02.713 | 29 | |
  | 23 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 20 | +1:04.294 | 23 | |
  | 24 | 7 | Doni Tata Pradita | Suter | 20 | +1:14.017 | 27 | |
  | 25 | 17 | Alberto Moncayo | Speed Up | 20 | +1:37.009 | 31 | |
  | 26 | 97 | Rafid Topan Sucipto | Speed Up | 19 | +1 lap | 30 | |
  | Ret | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 15 | Accident | 19 | |
  | Ret | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Speed Up | 8 | Accident | 18 | |
  | Ret | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Up | 8 | Retirement | 25 | |
  | DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 7 | (Retirement) | 15 | |
  | Ret | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
  | Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 3 | Accident | 22 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ### Moto3
  
  | Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 39 | Luis Salom | KTM | 18 | 38:26.859 | 1 | 25 |
  | 2 | 25 | Maverick Viñales | KTM | 18 | +0.417 | 2 | 20 |
  | 3 | 42 | Álex Rins | KTM | 18 | +0.423 | 3 | 16 |
  | 4 | 12 | Álex Márquez | KTM | 18 | +0.701 | 9 | 13 |
  | 5 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Kalex KTM | 18 | +0.916 | 4 | 11 |
  | 6 | 63 | Zulfahmi Khairuddin | KTM | 18 | +17.489 | 11 | 10 |
  | 7 | 44 | Miguel Oliveira | Mahindra | 18 | +17.566 | 5 | 9 |
  | 8 | 61 | Arthur Sissis | KTM | 18 | +19.355 | 10 | 8 |
  | 9 | 31 | Niklas Ajo | KTM | 18 | +28.966 | 16 | 7 |
  | 10 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Mahindra | 18 | +28.995 | 8 | 6 |
  | 11 | 99 | Danny Webb | Suter Honda | 18 | +29.440 | 15 | 5 |
  | 12 | 41 | Brad Binder | Suter Honda | 18 | +29.499 | 17 | 4 |
  | 13 | 53 | Jasper Iwema | Kalex KTM | 18 | +39.216 | 18 | 3 |
  | 14 | 10 | Alexis Masbou | FTR Honda | 18 | +39.415 | 19 | 2 |
  | 15 | 5 | Romano Fenati | FTR Honda | 18 | +39.451 | 12 | 1 |
  | 16 | 8 | Jack Miller | FTR Honda | 18 | +39.797 | 21 | |
  | 17 | 65 | Philipp Öttl | Kalex KTM | 18 | +50.846 | 27 | |
  | 18 | 19 | Alessandro Tonucci | Honda | 18 | +51.093 | 26 | |
  | 19 | 9 | Toni Finsterbusch | Kalex KTM | 18 | +51.218 | 24 | |
  | 20 | 22 | Ana Carrasco | KTM | 18 | +51.266 | 23 | |
  | 21 | 58 | Juan Francisco Guevara | TSR Honda | 18 | +51.329 | 22 | |
  | 22 | 84 | Jakub Kornfeil | Kalex KTM | 18 | +53.745 | 7 | |
  | 23 | 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | FTR Honda | 18 | +54.691 | 29 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Matteo Ferrari | FTR Honda | 18 | +54.948 | 31 | |
  | 25 | 66 | Florian Alt | Kalex KTM | 18 | +55.236 | 28 | |
  | 26 | 57 | Eric Granado | Kalex KTM | 18 | +1:03.601 | 25 | |
  | 27 | 29 | Hyuga Watanabe | Honda | 18 | +1:23.040 | 32 | |
  | 28 | 77 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | FTR Honda | 18 | +1:23.178 | 30 | |
  | Ret | 17 | John McPhee | FTR Honda | 16 | Accident | 20 | |
  | Ret | 32 | Isaac Viñales | FTR Honda | 7 | Retirement | 13 | |
  | Ret | 89 | Alan Techer | TSR Honda | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
  | Ret | 23 | Niccolò Antonelli | FTR Honda | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
  | OFFICIAL MOTO3 REPORT ||||||||
  
  ## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
  
  Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.
  
  | Pos. | Rider | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jorge Lorenzo | 25 |
  | 2 | Valentino Rossi | 20 |
  | 3 | Marc Márquez | 16 |
  | 4 | Dani Pedrosa | 13 |
  | 5 | Cal Crutchlow | 11 |
  | Pos. | Constructor | Points |
  | 1 | Yamaha | 25 |
  | 2 | Honda | 16 |
  | 3 | Ducati | 9 |
  | 4 | ART | 5 |
  | 5 | FTR | 3 |
  
  * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  