| Grand Prix: | Catalan |
| Flag: | Catalonia |
| Official Name: | Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya[1] [2] [3] |
| Location: | Circuit de Catalunya |
| Course Mi: | 2.937 |
| Course Km: | 4.727 |
| Race No: | 6 |
| Season No: | 18 |
| Date: | 16 June |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pole Rider Motogp: | Dani Pedrosa |
| Pole Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
| Pole Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Pole Time Motogp: | 1:40.893 |
| Fast Rider Motogp: | Marc Márquez |
| Fast Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
| Fast Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Fast Time Motogp: | 1:42.552 on lap 3 |
| First Rider Motogp: | Jorge Lorenzo |
| First Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
| First Rider Motogp Bike: | Yamaha |
| Second Rider Motogp: | Dani Pedrosa |
| Second Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
| Second Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Third Rider Motogp: | Marc Márquez |
| Third Rider Motogp Country: | Spain |
| Third Rider Motogp Bike: | Honda |
| Pole Rider Moto2: | Pol Espargaró |
| Pole Rider Moto2 Country: | Spain |
| Pole Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Pole Time Moto2: | 1:46.410 |
| Fast Rider Moto2: | Thomas Lüthi |
| Fast Rider Moto2 Country: | Switzerland |
| Fast Rider Moto2 Bike: | Suter |
| Fast Time Moto2: | 1:46.960 on lap 5 |
| First Rider Moto2: | Pol Espargaró |
| First Rider Moto2 Country: | Spain |
| First Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Second Rider Moto2: | Esteve Rabat |
| Second Rider Moto2 Country: | Spain |
| Second Rider Moto2 Bike: | Kalex |
| Third Rider Moto2: | Thomas Lüthi |
| Third Rider Moto2 Country: | Switzerland |
| Third Rider Moto2 Bike: | Suter |
| Pole Rider Moto3: | Luis Salom |
| Pole Rider Moto3 Country: | Spain |
| Pole Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
| Pole Time Moto3: | 1:50.782 |
| Fast Rider Moto3: | Maverick Viñales |
| Fast Rider Moto3 Country: | Spain |
| Fast Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
| Fast Time Moto3: | 1:51.475 on lap 20 |
| First Rider Moto3: | Luis Salom |
| First Rider Moto3 Country: | Spain |
| First Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
| Second Rider Moto3: | Álex Rins |
| Second Rider Moto3 Country: | Spain |
| Second Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
| Third Rider Moto3: | Maverick Viñales |
| Third Rider Moto3 Country: | Spain |
| Third Rider Moto3 Bike: | KTM |
The 2013 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló on 16 June 2013.
Dani Pedrosa took his second consecutive MotoGP pole position ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa set a new circuit record for MotoGP with a 1:40.893, which beat his former teammate Casey Stoner's record of 1:41.186 set in 2008. Lorenzo went on to win the race, ahead of pole sitter Pedrosa, and Marc Márquez. Valentino Rossi finished in fourth place, after the collision with Álvaro Bautista in Italy. Javier del Amor scored a point in his only MotoGP start, being called up as a last minute replacement for Hiroshi 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 of Esteve Rabat and Switzerland's Thomas Lüthi, who took his first podium of the season.
In Moto3, Luis Salom took his second successive victory from pole position, ahead of Álex Rins and Maverick Viñales.
Hiroshi Aoyama was replaced by Javier del Amor after the third practice session.[4]
| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 |  Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 25 | 43:06.479 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2 | 26 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +1.763 | 1 | 20 | |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 25 | +1.826 | 6 | 16 | |
| 4 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi | Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 25 | +5.874 | 7 | 13 | |
| 5 | 6 |  Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 25 | +26.756 | 10 | 11 | |
| 6 | 38 |  Bradley Smith | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 25 | +32.228 | 11 | 10 | |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati Team | Ducati | 25 | +32.692 | 9 | 9 | |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 25 | +58.615 | 12 | 8 | |
| 9 | 5 |  Colin Edwards | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 25 | +1:03.142 | 16 | 7 | |
| 10 | 51 | Michele Pirro | Ignite Pramac Racing | Ducati | 25 | +1:09.774 | 14 | 6 | |
| 11 | 9 | Danilo Petrucci | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 25 | +1:24.377 | 18 | 5 | |
| 12 | 71 | Claudio Corti | NGM Mobile Forward Racing | FTR Kawasaki | 25 | +1:33.679 | 19 | 4 | |
| 13 | 68 |  Yonny Hernández | Paul Bird Motorsport | ART | 25 | +1:45.355 | 21 | 3 | |
| 14 | 67 |  Bryan Staring | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | FTR Honda | 25 | +1:50.745 | 22 | 2 | |
| 15 | 77 | Javier del Amor | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 24 | +1 lap | 24 | 1 | |
| 16 | 52 |  Lukáš Pešek | Came IodaRacing Project | Ioda-Suter | 24 | +1 lap | 23 | ||
| Ret | 8 | Héctor Barberá | Avintia Blusens | FTR | 15 | Accident | 15 | ||
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Cardion AB Motoracing | ART | 10 | Engine | 17 | ||
| Ret | 35 | Cal Crutchlow | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 5 | Accident | 2 | ||
| Ret | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Ducati Team | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 5 | ||
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 4 | Accident | 8 | ||
| Ret | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | Power Electronics Aspar | ART | 1 | Engine | 13 | ||
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Go&Fun Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Accident | 4 | ||
| Ret | 70 | Michael Laverty | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 0 | Accident | 20 | ||
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| Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | Pol Espargaró | Kalex | 23 | 41:17.307 | 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 80 | Esteve Rabat | Kalex | 23 | +0.081 | 3 | 20 | |
| 3 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | Suter | 23 | +6.264 | 10 | 16 | |
| 4 | 45 | Scott Redding | Kalex | 23 | +9.061 | 2 | 13 | |
| 5 | 30 |  Takaaki Nakagami | Kalex | 23 | +10.597 | 4 | 11 | |
| 6 | 4 | Randy Krummenacher | Suter | 23 | +11.577 | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | 5 | Johann Zarco | Suter | 23 | +15.569 | 6 | 9 | |
| 8 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Suter | 23 | +28.280 | 14 | 8 | |
| 9 | 36 |  Mika Kallio | Kalex | 23 | +28.352 | 12 | 7 | |
| 10 | 3 | Simone Corsi | Speed Up | 23 | +28.461 | 15 | 6 | |
| 11 | 54 | Mattia Pasini | Speed Up | 23 | +28.892 | 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Motobi | 23 | +31.215 | 24 | 4 | |
| 13 | 52 | Danny Kent | Tech 3 | 23 | +31.318 | 17 | 3 | |
| 14 | 49 | Axel Pons | Kalex | 23 | +31.757 | 29 | 2 | |
| 15 | 60 | Julián Simón | Kalex | 23 | +33.190 | 16 | 1 | |
| 16 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Suter | 23 | +34.092 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Kyle Smith | Kalex | 23 | +44.392 | 18 | ||
| 18 | 55 |  Hafizh Syahrin | Kalex | 23 | +48.517 | 27 | ||
| 19 | 27 | Dani Rivas | Kalex | 23 | +48.563 | 32 | ||
| 20 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Moriwaki | 23 | +48.719 | 22 | ||
| 21 | 17 | Alberto Moncayo | Speed Up | 23 | +53.765 | 31 | ||
| 22 | 7 |  Doni Tata Pradita | Suter | 23 | +1:13.330 | 33 | ||
| 23 | 88 | Ricard Cardús | Speed Up | 23 | +1:21.740 | 26 | ||
| Ret | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot | Suter | 22 | Accident | 28 | ||
| DSQ | 95 | Anthony West | Speed Up | 18 | (Retirement)[8] | 25 | ||
| Ret | 81 | Jordi Torres | Suter | 17 | Accident | 7 | ||
| Ret | 23 | Marcel Schrötter | Kalex | 17 | Retirement | 13 | ||
| Ret | 97 | Rafid Topan Sucipto | Speed Up | 9 | Accident | 34 | ||
| Ret | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Kalex | 7 | Retirement | 9 | ||
| Ret | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | Speed Up | 7 | Retirement | 5 | ||
| Ret | 19 |  Xavier Siméon | Kalex | 2 | Accident | 19 | ||
| Ret | 24 | Toni Elías | Kalex | 1 | Retirement | 21 | ||
| Ret | 96 | Louis Rossi | Tech 3 | 0 | Accident | 23 | ||
| Ret | 44 |  Steven Odendaal | 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]
| Rider | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | 123 | |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 116 | |
| 3 | Marc Márquez | 93 | |
| 4 | Cal Crutchlow | 71 | |
| 5 | Valentino Rossi | 60 |
| Constructor | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honda | 131 | |
| 2 | Yamaha | 127 | |
| 3 | Ducati | 60 | |
| 4 | ART | 36 | |
| 5 | FTR | 14 |
