2013 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas
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| Race 2 of 18 races in the 2013 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 21 April 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit of the Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Time | 2:03.021 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Time | 2:04.242 on lap 3 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Marc Márquez
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Honda | |
| Second |
Dani Pedrosa
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Honda | |
| Third |
Jorge Lorenzo
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Yamaha | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
 Scott Redding
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Kalex | |
| Time | 2:10.577 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Nicolás Terol
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Suter | |
| Time | 2:11.742 on lap 6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Nicolás Terol
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Suter | |
| Second |
Esteve Rabat
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Kalex | |
| Third |
 Mika Kallio
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Kalex | |
| Pole position | |||
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| Rider |
Álex Rins
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:16.396 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |
Luis Salom
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KTM | |
| Time | 2:16.345 on lap 7 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Álex Rins
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KTM | |
| Second |
Maverick Viñales
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KTM | |
| Third |
Luis Salom
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KTM | |
The 2013 Grand Prix of the Americas was the second round of the 2013 MotoGP season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on 21 April 2013. This was the first GP race at the circuit.
Marc Márquez 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 GP from 1982 Swedish Grand Prix where in three categories were three new winners: in Anderstorp Iván Palazzese (125 cm3), Roland Freymond (250 cm3) and Takazumi Katayama (500 cm3) won.
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