The 2013 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the

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on 20 October 2013. The MotoGP race was originally scheduled to run over 27 laps but was shortened to 19 laps after Bridgestone announced that the safety of its tyres on the newly resurfaced track could not be guaranteed after 10 laps. Riders were required to make a pitstop to swap bikes or change tyres at least once during the race, and no rider was permitted to use the same set of tyres for more than 10 laps.

Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer, who has raced for Honda's factory team since his MotoGP debut in 2013. Born in Cervera, Catalonia, Spain, he is nicknamed the 'Ant of Cer ...

and

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were both disqualified for riding an 11-lap stint without pitting.

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won the race and closed up the gap to Márquez in the championship to 18 points. The Moto2 race distance was also shortened, from 25 to 13 laps.

Classification

MotoGP

and

were both black-flagged for pitting to change to their second bikes outside of the designated window.

Moto2

Moto3

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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were deducted as a result of a decision from Race Direction, after Márquez collided with teammate

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during the race. Honda's next-best finisher was

Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Arce (born 21 November 1984) is a Spanish motorcycle road racer. He won the 2022 Superbike World Championship, with Ducati factory team. After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Ducati team, for 2020 and 2021 h ...

, who scored a fourth-place finish.

References

{{MotoGP 2010–19 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Motorsport at Phillip Island Australian motorcycle Grand Prix