The 2013 Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the

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on 21 April 2013. This was the first GP race at the circuit.

Marc Márquez Marc Márquez Alentà (born 17 February 1993) is a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix motorcycle road racing, road racer, who has raced for Honda Racing Corporation, Honda's Repsol Honda, factory team since his MotoGP ...

won his first MotoGP race, in which was only his second race in the top level, and became the youngest ever rider to win a MotoGP race. It was the first Grand Prix since the 1982 Swedish Grand Prix where in all three categories, there were three new winners: at the

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it was

Iván Palazzese Iván Palazzese (2 January 1962 – 28 May 1989) was an Italians, Italian born Venezuelans, Venezuelan professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Grand Prix road racing world championships from 1977 to 198 ...

(125cc),

Roland Freymond Roland Freymond (born on 15 March 1953) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Switzerland. His best years were in 1981 and 1982 when he finished in third place in the 250cc world championship. Freymond won one Grand Prix race during his ca ...

(250cc) and

Takazumi Katayama Takazumi Katayama (片山敬済, born April 16, 1951) is a Japanese former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. Motorcycle racing career Born in Kobe, Japan, he was the first Japanese rider to win a motorcycle road racing world cha ...

(500cc) who won.

Classification

MotoGP

Moto2

Moto3

Notes: * – The Moto3 race was stopped after ten laps and restarted over a distance of five laps.

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded. ;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

{{MotoGP 2010–19 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

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Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas The Grand Prix of the Americas, known as the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas for sponsorship reasons, is a Grand Prix motorcycle race that was held for the first time in the 2013 season at the Circuit of the Americas. It became the third Mo ...