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| Race 6 of 18 races in the 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 16 June 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Gran PremiAperol de Catalunya[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Catalunya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2013 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the2013 MotoGP season. It was held at theCircuit de Catalunya inMontmeló on 16 June 2013.
Dani Pedrosa took his second consecutive MotoGP pole position ahead ofCal Crutchlow andJorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa set a new circuit record for MotoGP with a 1:40.893, which beat his former teammateCasey Stoner's record of 1:41.186 set in2008. Lorenzo went on to win the race, ahead of pole sitter Pedrosa, andMarc Márquez.Valentino Rossi finished in fourth place, after the collision withÁlvaro Bautista inItaly. Javier del Amor scored a point in his only MotoGP start, being called up as a last minute replacement forHiroshi Aoyama.
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,Pol Espargaró took pole position, and went on to win the race, ahead ofEsteve Rabat and Switzerland'sThomas Lüthi, who took his first podium of the season.
In Moto3,Luis Salom took his second successive victory from pole position, ahead ofÁlex Rins andMaverick Viñales.

Hiroshi Aoyama was replaced byJavier del Amor after the third practice session.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 99 | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 25 | 43:06.479 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 26 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +1.763 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | 93 | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +1.826 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 46 | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 25 | +5.874 | 7 | 13 | |
| 5 | 6 | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 25 | +26.756 | 10 | 11 | |
| 6 | 38 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +32.228 | 11 | 10 | |
| 7 | 4 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +32.692 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8 | 41 | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 25 | +58.615 | 12 | 8 | |
| 9 | 5 | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTRKawasaki | 25 | +1:03.142 | 16 | 7 | |
| 10 | 51 | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +1:09.774 | 14 | 6 | |
| 11 | 9 | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 25 | +1:24.377 | 18 | 5 | |
| 12 | 71 | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTRKawasaki | 25 | +1:33.679 | 19 | 4 | |
| 13 | 68 | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 25 | +1:45.355 | 21 | 3 | |
| 14 | 67 | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | FTRHonda | 25 | +1:50.745 | 22 | 2 | |
| 15 | 77 | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 24 | +1 lap | 24 | 1 | |
| 16 | 52 | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 24 | +1 lap | 23 | ||
| Ret | 8 | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 15 | Accident | 15 | ||
| Ret | 17 | Cardion AB Motoracing | ART | 10 | Engine | 17 | ||
| Ret | 35 | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 2 | ||
| Ret | 69 | Ducati Team | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 5 | ||
| Ret | 29 | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 4 | Accident | 8 | ||
| Ret | 14 | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1 | Engine | 13 | ||
| Ret | 19 | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Accident | 4 | ||
| Ret | 70 | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 0 | Accident | 20 | ||
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| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 40 | Kalex | 23 | 41:17.307 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 80 | Kalex | 23 | +0.081 | 3 | 20 | |
| 3 | 12 | Suter | 23 | +6.264 | 10 | 16 | |
| 4 | 45 | Kalex | 23 | +9.061 | 2 | 13 | |
| 5 | 30 | Kalex | 23 | +10.597 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | 4 | Suter | 23 | +11.577 | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | 5 | Suter | 23 | +15.569 | 6 | 9 | |
| 8 | 77 | Suter | 23 | +28.280 | 14 | 8 | |
| 9 | 36 | Kalex | 23 | +28.352 | 12 | 7 | |
| 10 | 3 | Speed Up | 23 | +28.461 | 15 | 6 | |
| 11 | 54 | Speed Up | 23 | +28.892 | 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | 63 | Motobi | 23 | +31.215 | 24 | 4 | |
| 13 | 52 | Tech 3 | 23 | +31.318 | 17 | 3 | |
| 14 | 49 | Kalex | 23 | +31.757 | 29 | 2 | |
| 15 | 60 | Kalex | 23 | +33.190 | 16 | 1 | |
| 16 | 18 | Suter | 23 | +34.092 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Kalex | 23 | +44.392 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 55 | Kalex | 23 | +48.517 | 27 | ||
| 19 | 27 | Kalex | 23 | +48.563 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 72 | Moriwaki | 23 | +48.719 | 22 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Speed Up | 23 | +53.765 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Suter | 23 | +1:13.330 | 33 | ||
| 23 | 88 | Speed Up | 23 | +1:21.740 | 26 | ||
| Ret | 14 | Suter | 22 | Accident | 28 | ||
| DSQ | 95 | Speed Up | 18 | (Retirement)[8] | 25 | ||
| Ret | 81 | Suter | 17 | Accident | 7 | ||
| Ret | 23 | Kalex | 17 | Retirement | 13 | ||
| Ret | 97 | Speed Up | 9 | Accident | 34 | ||
| Ret | 11 | Kalex | 7 | Retirement | 9 | ||
| Ret | 15 | Speed Up | 7 | Retirement | 5 | ||
| Ret | 19 | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 19 | ||
| Ret | 24 | Kalex | 1 | Retirement | 21 | ||
| Ret | 96 | Tech 3 | 0 | Accident | 23 | ||
| Ret | 44 | Speed Up | 0 | Accident | 30 | ||
| OFFICIAL MOTO2 REPORT | |||||||
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.[9]
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[...] all the sporting results obtained by Anthony West from 20 May 2012 up to the expiry of the period of ineligibility (i.e. 19 October 2013) will be invalidated.
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