Repsol Honda rookie, Marc Marquez, has won the 2013 MotoGP World Championship by taking 3rd place in the final race of the season in Valencia. Teammate Dani Pedrosa took second to complete the team’s eleventh double podium of the season and claim Honda’s 62nd Constructor’s Championship in the premier class.

The race began with Lorenzo taking the lead and trying to bunch up the field. Dani pursued him and attempted several passes, but was unable to make them stick. At the beginning of lap 10, Dani and Lorenzo touched briefly and this allowed Marc to come through and take the lead with Dani dropping to 5th. Lorenzo would not give up so easy and on lap 11 he re-passed Marc. By lap 14 Dani was back up to 3rd and closing in on Marc. Dani recorded a new lap record on lap 22 with 1'31.628 and passed the young rookie on lap 26.

With just 4 laps remaining Marc, showed maturity and patience, knowing that his position was enough to claim the Championship. He passed the line in 3rd place and took his first MotoGP crown on his maiden year, becoming the youngest rookie at 20 years 266 days to win the Championship.

Dani Pedrosa - 2nd - Championship Standing: 3rd - 300 points

"The race was difficult at the start because of the overtaking moves between myself and Jorge. However, we fought to the limit until I was taken a little off the track and lost ground as a result. Above all, I want to congratulate Marc today. He has done an excellent job this season and had a great campaign. We should take our hats off to him because he has achieved something historic; to win the MotoGP title as a rookie is incredible”

Marc Marquez - 3rd - Championship Standing: 1st - 334 points

“It was a really long race, maybe the longest of my career! At the start I was very nervous, I know I said I wasn’t but if I’m honest I really was. Jorge had a very good start, as usual, and I wasn’t sure which tactic to take. I followed Jorge and Dani and began to settle into the race. Then towards the end, I decided not to push as I knew my position was secure and safe to take the Championship. It has been a fantastic year, I am still in a dream! I really didn’t expect this at the beginning and I am really so very happy. So thank you to all my team, my family and of course Honda and all our sponsors. The support from everyone and all my fans around the World has been incredible and I dedicate this Championship to you all!”



Event results - Round 18 - Race 1

1 Jorge Lorenzo 46m10.302s ESP YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
2 Dani Pedrosa 3.934 ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
3 Marc Marquez 7.357 ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
4 Valentino Rossi 10.579 ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
5 Alvaro Bautista 14.965 ESP HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini
6 Stefan Bradl 24.399 GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
7 Bradley Smith 29.043 GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
8 Nicky Hayden 39.893 USA DUCATI Ducati Team
9 Andrea Dovizioso 53.196 ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
10 Michele Pirro 1'02.983 ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
11 Aleix Espargaro 1'04.197 ESP ART Power Electronics Aspar
12 Hector Barbera 1'06.826 ESP FTR Avintia Blusens
13 Claudio Corti 1'11.481 ITA FTR NGM Forward Racing
14 Danilo Petrucci 1'13.643 ITA IODA Came IodaRacing Project
15 Colin Edwards 1'24.249 USA FTR NGM Forward Racing
16 Hiroshi Aoyama 1'33.010 JPN FTR Avintia Blusens
17 Michael Laverty 1 Lap WAL ART Paul Bird Motorsport
18 Luca Scassa 1 Lap ITA ART Cardion AB Motoracing
19 Bryan Staring 1 Lap AUS HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini
20 Martin Bauer 1 Lap AUT S&B SUTER Remus Racing Team
21 Andrea Iannone DNF ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
22 Randy De Puniet DNF FRA ART Power Electronics Aspar
23 Cal Crutchlow DNF GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
24 Yonny Hernandez DNF COL ART Paul Bird Motorsport
25 Lukas Pesek DNF CZE IODA Came IodaRacing Project
26 Damian Cudlin DNF AUS ART Paul Bird Motorsport

Championship standings

1 Marc Marquez 334 pts ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
2 Jorge Lorenzo 330 pts ESP YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
3 Dani Pedrosa 300 pts ESP HONDA Repsol Honda Team
4 Valentino Rossi 237 pts ITA YAMAHA Yamaha Factory Racing
5 Cal Crutchlow 188 pts GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
6 Alvaro Bautista 171 pts ESP HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini
7 Stefan Bradl 156 pts GER HONDA LCR Honda MotoGP
8 Andrea Dovizioso 140 pts ITA DUCATI Ducati Team
9 Nicky Hayden 126 pts USA DUCATI Ducati Team
10 Bradley Smith 116 pts GBR YAMAHA Monster Yamaha Tech 3
11 Aleix Espargaro 93 pts ESP ART Power Electronics Aspar
12 Andrea Iannone 57 pts ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
13 Michele Pirro 56 pts ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
14 Colin Edwards 41 pts USA FTR NGM Forward Racing
15 Randy De Puniet 36 pts FRA ART Power Electronics Aspar
16 Hector Barbera 35 pts ESP FTR Avintia Blusens
17 Danilo Petrucci 26 pts ITA IODA Came IodaRacing Project
18 Yonny Hernandez 21 pts COL ART Paul Bird Motorsport
19 Claudio Corti 14 pts ITA FTR NGM Forward Racing
20 Hiroshi Aoyama 13 pts JPN FTR Avintia Blusens
21 Ben Spies 9 pts USA DUCATI Pramac Racing
22 Katsuyuki Nakasuga 5 pts JPN YAMAHA Yamaha YSP Racing Team
23 Karel Abraham 5 pts CZE ART Cardion AB Motoracing
24 Alex de Angelis 5 pts ITA DUCATI Pramac Racing
25 Michael Laverty 3 pts WAL ART Paul Bird Motorsport
26 Bryan Staring 2 pts AUS HONDA Go & Fun Honda Gresini
27 Javier del Amor 1 pts ESP FTR Avintia Blusens
28 Martin Bauer 0 pts AUT S&B SUTER Remus Racing Team
29 Lukas Pesek 0 pts CZE IODA Came IodaRacing Project
30 Luca Scassa 0 pts ITA ART Cardion AB Motoracing
31 Ivan Silva 0 pts ESP FTR Avintia Blusens
32 Damian Cudlin 0 pts AUS ART Paul Bird Motorsport
33 Blake Young 0 pts USA APRILIA Attack Performance

.