The 2013 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with Repsol Honda.^[1]

Season summary

Pol Espargaró became champion in the class,^[2][3] after overhauling Scott Redding towards the end of the season. With six race victories, Espargaró won the championship by 40 points ahead of Redding, who won three races, with third place going to Esteve Rabat, a three-time race winner. Nicolás Terol, who finished seventh, was another three-time race winner, with other victories taken by Mika Kallio (fourth) and Jordi Torres, who was tenth in the championship. In the constructors' championship, Kalex won thirteen of the seventeen races to win the title by almost 100 points from Suter, who won the other four races.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:^[4][5][6]

Calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:^[7][8]

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 18-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.^[9][10] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.^[11][12] The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States, replaced the Portuguese Grand Prix, which had been run at Estoril since 2000. The United States hosted two races, the other being the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	7 April ‡	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	21 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	5 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
4	19 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5	2 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
6	16 June	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
7	29 June ††	Iveco TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8	14 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9	18 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
10	25 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
11	1 September	Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
12	15 September	Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
13	29 September	Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
14	13 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
15	20 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
16	27 October	AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
17	10 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

‡ = Night race

†† = Saturday race

Calendar changes

• The Grand Prix of the Americas was added to the calendar.
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was taken off the calendar. The race was scheduled on the calendar since 2000.
• The British Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 June to 1 September.
• The Japanese Grand Prix was moved back, from 14 to 27 October.

Teams and riders

• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[13] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[14] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds NGM Mobile Racing NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up Speed UP SF13 3 Simone Corsi[15] All 15 Alex de Angelis[16] All 54 Mattia Pasini[15] All 88 Ricard Cardús[15] All Technomag carXpert Suter Suter MMX2 4 Randy Krummenacher[17] All 21 Zaqhwan Zaidi[18] 14 70 Robin Mulhauser[19] 14 77 Dominique Aegerter[17] All Came IodaRacing Project Suter Suter MMX2 5 Johann Zarco[14] All Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 7 Doni Tata Pradita[14] All 10 Thitipong Warokorn[20] 9–15 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[14] 1–8 94 Franco Morbidelli[21] 12, 16–17 Gino Rea Race Team Gino Rea Montáže Brož Racing FTR FTR Moto M213 8 Gino Rea[22] 4, 7–8, 10–13, 17 Argiñano & Ginés Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF13 8 Gino Rea[18] 14–16 17 Alberto Moncayo[14] 1–7, 9–13, 17 28 Román Ramos[23] 8 44 Steven Odendaal[14] All Blusens Avintia Kalex Kalex Moto2 9 Kyle Smith[24] 1–9 24 Toni Elías[25] 1–8, 9–11 27 Dani Rivas[26] 10–11 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz[21] 12–17 92 Álex Mariñelarena[21] 12–17 Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Sandro Cortese[27] All Interwetten Paddock Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[14] 2–17 33 Sergio Gadea[28] 1 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[29] All 81 Jordi Torres[30] All Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team Kalex Kalex Moto2[31] 19 Xavier Siméon[14] All 23 Marcel Schrötter[14] All JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR TSR6 22 Jason O'Halloran[32] 11–12 28 Román Ramos[33] 13 31 Kohta Nozane[34] 15, 17 35 Tetsuta Nagashima[35] 16 62 Fadli Immammuddin[18] 14 63 Mike Di Meglio[14] 1–10 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 25 Azlan Shah[21] 12–17 72 Yuki Takahashi[36] 1–11 TSR Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 27 Dani Rivas[37] 3, 6 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 30 Takaaki Nakagami[38] All 60 Julián Simón[38] All Webike Team Norick NTS TSR TSR TSR6 31 Kohta Nozane[35] 16 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio[39] All 45 Scott Redding[39] All Tuenti HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 40 Pol Espargaró[14] All 49 Axel Pons[14] All 80 Esteve Rabat[14] All GP Tech Mistral 610 Tech 3 Mistral 610 43 James Rispoli[40] 9 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart[18] 14, 16 Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 52 Danny Kent[41] 1–16 96 Louis Rossi[42] All 99 Lucas Mahias[43] 17 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Hafizh Syahrin[44] 4, 6, 14, 17 TargoBank Motorsport Suter Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena[37] 3, 8 QMMF Racing Team QMMF Evalube Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF13 95 Anthony West[14] All 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto[14] All Promoto Sport TransFIORmers ??? 99 Lucas Mahias[45] 10

Key Regular Rider Wildcard Rider Replacement Rider

Rider changes

• Sandro Cortese moved up from Moto3 to the newly established Intact GP team, on a two-year deal.^[27]
• Randy Krummenacher switched from GP Team Switzerland to Technomag-CIP within Moto2 for 2013.^[17]
• Louis Rossi and Danny Kent raced for Tech 3 Racing's Moto2 bikes in 2013, having both moved up from Moto3.^[41][42]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team	Winning constructor	Report
1	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix[46]	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
2	Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas[47]	Scott Redding	Nicolás Terol	Nicolás Terol	Maphre Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	Report
3	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix[48]	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Esteve Rabat	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
4	French motorcycle Grand Prix[49]	Takaaki Nakagami	Scott Redding	Scott Redding	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	Report
5	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix[50]	Scott Redding	Johann Zarco	Scott Redding	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	Report
6	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix[51]	Pol Espargaró	Thomas Lüthi	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
7	Dutch TT[52]	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
8	German motorcycle Grand Prix[53]	Xavier Siméon	Julián Simón	Jordi Torres	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	Report
9	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix[54]	Scott Redding	Julián Simón	Esteve Rabat	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
10	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix[55]	Takaaki Nakagami	Johann Zarco	Mika Kallio	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	Report
11	British motorcycle Grand Prix[56]	Takaaki Nakagami	Esteve Rabat	Scott Redding	Marc VDS Racing Team	Kalex	Report
12	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix[57]	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
13	Aragon motorcycle Grand Prix[58]	Nicolás Terol	Esteve Rabat	Nicolás Terol	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	Report
14	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix[59]	Esteve Rabat	Mika Kallio	Esteve Rabat	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
15	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix[60]	Pol Espargaró	Alex de Angelis	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
16	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix[61]	Mika Kallio	Pol Espargaró	Pol Espargaró	Tuenti HP 40	Kalex	Report
17	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix[62]	Pol Espargaró	Jordi Torres	Nicolás Terol	Aspar Team Moto2	Suter	Report

Riders' standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider had to finish the race to earn points.

Pos Rider Bike QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts 1 Pol Espargaró Kalex 1 Ret 3 19 4 1 1 3 4 4 8 1 3 2 1 1 29 265 2 Scott Redding Kalex 2 5 2 1 1 4 2 7 3 8 1 6 4 7 DNS Ret 15 225 3 Esteve Rabat Kalex 9 2 1 22 13 2 5 13 1 7 4 3 2 1 8 Ret 5 216 4 Mika Kallio Kalex 5 3 Ret 2 5 9 4 12 7 1 6 9 5 4 7 2 14 188 5 Dominique Aegerter Suter 4 4 8 4 10 8 3 9 5 13 5 5 13 5 6 8 10 158 6 Thomas Lüthi Suter DNS 11 Ret 9 3 8 6 13 3 3 4 Ret 3 2 3 7 155 7 Nicolás Terol Suter 14 1 5 Ret 2 16 17 Ret 12 6 11 10 1 18 9 6 1 150 8 Takaaki Nakagami Kalex 3 Ret 4 Ret Ret 5 DNS 10 2 2 2 2 11 8 22 9 13 149 9 Johann Zarco Suter 12 6 12 5 3 7 6 11 8 5 7 7 7 6 Ret Ret 3 141 10 Jordi Torres Suter 11 13 7 Ret 6 Ret 9 1 10 10 13 15 6 9 3 Ret 2 128 11 Simone Corsi Speed Up 7 15 13 11 7 10 Ret 2 6 9 9 Ret Ret 11 4 Ret 4 108 12 Xavier Siméon Kalex 10 12 6 3 Ret Ret 7 8 9 11 Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 4 12 90 13 Julián Simón Kalex 6 19 16 8 17 15 10 4 11 Ret 12 12 8 10 Ret 5 11 81 14 Alex de Angelis Speed Up 8 8 14 9 8 Ret 15 5 14 Ret 14 14 Ret Ret 5 7 6 81 15 Mattia Pasini Speed Up Ret 7 15 6 24 11 18 19 25 14 10 11 9 Ret 16 10 9 58 16 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 13 11 10 13 12 Ret 13 Ret 15 Ret 16 13 12 14 21 12 18 38 17 Randy Krummenacher Suter 19 Ret 17 10 15 6 11 17 19 16 19 16 21 22 18 Toni Elías Kalex 15 9 9 Ret 11 Ret Ret 20 17 15 15 22 19 Sandro Cortese Kalex 17 25 18 12 14 Ret 14 14 16 Ret 20 Ret 10 Ret 11 15 16 22 20 Mike Di Meglio Motobi 16 10 19 7 18 12 Ret 24 20 Ret 19 21 Anthony West Speed Up DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ DSQ 10 11 8 19 22 Danny Kent Tech 3 18 17 26 15 21 13 19 Ret 22 12 18 18 15 12 13 DNS 16 23 Ricard Cardús Speed Up Ret 14 20 NC 19 23 16 16 18 18 17 Ret 19 13 12 17 22 9 24 Louis Rossi Tech 3 Ret 23 24 14 25 Ret 12 21 23 19 23 19 18 16 Ret Ret 23 6 25 Axel Pons Kalex Ret 16 Ret Ret Ret 14 21 15 Ret 20 21 17 16 Ret 24 13 20 6 26 Gino Rea FTR NC 24 23 Ret Ret 21 17 19 4 Speed Up 17 14 14 27 Álex Mariñelarena Suter Ret Ret 2 Kalex Ret 14 19 Ret Ret DNS 28 Doni Tata Pradita Suter 24 24 25 18 Ret 22 26 26 28 23 25 22 22 15 Ret 27 1 29 Hafizh Syahrin Kalex 21 18 15 Ret 1 Kohta Nozane Motobi 17 Ret 0 TSR 16 Ratthapark Wilairot Suter Ret 21 Ret Ret 16 Ret 20 22 0 Alberto Moncayo Speed Up 25 Ret 23 16 22 21 23 26 Ret Ret Ret 21 28 0 Yuki Takahashi Moriwaki 23 18 22 17 23 20 25 18 21 17 22 0 Franco Morbidelli Suter 20 18 17 0 Kyle Smith Kalex 21 20 Ret Ret 20 17 Ret Ret Ret 0 Steven Odendaal Speed Up 22 22 21 20 Ret Ret 22 25 27 Ret DNS 22 Ret 20 18 19 26 0 Azlan Shah Moriwaki 23 Ret 21 19 23 25 0 Dani Rivas Kalex Ret 19 21 DNS 0 Tetsuta Nagashima Motobi 20 0 Rafid Topan Sucipto Speed Up 26 Ret 27 23 Ret Ret 27 27 30 25 27 25 25 24 20 Ret Ret 0 Román Ramos Speed Up Ret 0 Motobi 20 Sergio Gadea Suter 20 0 Decha Kraisart Tech 3 Ret 21 0 Ezequiel Iturrioz Kalex 24 Ret Ret 23 22 30 0 Lucas Mahias TransFIORmers 22 0 Tech 3 24 Thitipong Warokorn Suter 29 24 26 26 24 23 DNS 0 Robin Mulhauser Suter 23 0 Jason O'Halloran Motobi 24 Ret 0 James Rispoli Mistral 610 24 0 Fadli Immammuddin Motobi Ret 0 Zaqhwan Zaidi Suter Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap Light blue – Rookie

Constructors' standings

Each constructor received the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts
1	Kalex	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	392
2	Suter	4	1	5	4	2	3	3	1	5	3	3	4	1	3	2	3	1	297
3	Speed Up	7	7	13	6	7	10	15	2	6	9	9	11	9	11	4	7	4	143
4	Tech 3	18	18	25	14	22	13	12	22	23	12	18	19	15	12	13	Ret	23	21
5	Motobi	16	10	20	7	18	12	Ret	25	21	Ret	25	Ret	20	Ret	17	20	Ret	19
	TSR																16		0
	FTR				NC			25	24		Ret	Ret	22	17				19	0
	Moriwaki	23	19	23	18	24	20	26	19	22	18	23	24	Ret	22	19	23	25	0
	Tech 3														Ret		21		0
	TransFIORmers										23								0
	Mistral 610									25									0
Pos	Constructor	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	INP	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL	Pts