Moto GP 2013 series opener result

Moto GP 2013 series opener at the Losail Circuit, Qatar, has been going very interesting Monday (04/08/2013) pm dawn. Duet of Yamaha Factory Racing riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi managed to reach the podium one and two, as well as rookie of Honda Marq Marquez managed to fill the podium in third. And this is the complete schedule of Moto GP 2013.

Lorenzo led the race with pole position and a direct lead from the first lap to not overtaken until the last lap, Lorenzo had several early laps followed by Dani Pedrosa, but Lorenzo managed to widen the gap.

Valentino Rossi performances indicated that initiate the start of the seventh spot, and immediately shot to the top four, but its position slipped back to seventh as he tried to overtake Andrea Dovisiozo so widened out. Rossi then slowly able to improve his position by overtaking riders in front of him one by one until finally duel with Marc Marquez for the second, and Rossi managed to finish just behind Lorenzo.

"I am very happy for Yamaha and Jorge. Finis for Yamaha first and second in the first race was fantastic," Rossi said as quoted from Solopos.com.

In a race that was broadcast live by the Trans7, no less scintillating performances are shown when rookie Marc Marquez fight over second place with Rossi, who eventually completed the podium in third position.

Lorenzo leads the championship with 25 points, followed by Rossi with 20 points and Marquez with 16 points in the third position. The next race is in Austin, Texas on April 19 to 21.

Qatar MotoGP Race Results Complete 2013 series premiere :
Pos-Rider-Tim-Time/Gap

1. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 42m39.802s
2. Valentino Rossi Yamaha + 5.990s
3. Marc Marquez Honda + 6.201s
4. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 9.473s
5. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha + 18.764s
6. Alvaro Bautista Gresini Honda + 22.148s
7. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati + 24.355s
8. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 24.920s
9. Andrea Iannone Pramac Ducati + 37.124s
10. Ben Spies Pramac Ducati + 44.908s
11. Aleix Espargaro Aspar Aprilia + 49.809s
12. Randy de Puniet Aspar Aprilia + 56.495s
13. Hector Barbera Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 1m09.599s +
14. Yonny Hernandez PBM Aprilia 1m10.742s +
15. Hiroshi Aoyama Avintia FTR-Kawasaki 1m13.600s +
16. Claudio Corti Forward Suter-BMW + 1m29.444s
17. Michael Laverty PBM-Aprilia 1m34.341s +
18. Lukas Pesek Ioda-Suter-BMW + 1m34.683s