The recently concluded Moto GP season was
full of entertainment and the fans were able to see a great battle amongst
three Spanish riders, who finished in the top-three comfortably in the end with
two of them fighting for the title until the very last round.
In the end, it was youngster Marc Marquez,
who succeeded. He had been racing in the lower classes over the past several
years, but got a promotion to the premiere class with Honda, a team that was
really the best in 2013. Although the start to the season was not that much
dominant for them, yet they developed their machine brilliantly and got the
upper hand with the passage of time.
As always, Yamaha were not far away and
provided a great bike to their riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi. The
latter of the two had returned to the team after a two year absence, during
which he rode for Ducati. His experiment with the new team did not reap any
positive results, thus he decided to come back to his old squad.
However, the veteran rider failed to
impress his fans, as he only managed to win a single race. Other than that, he
was only good enough for fourth place and got onto the podium occasionally when
any of the top-three had an accident. His team-mate, Lorenzo, was a completely
different story altogether, as he battled for the championship towards the very
end.
Despite all the efforts from Yamaha,
Marquez and Honda went onto seal both the Riders’ and Manufacturers titles.
There was immense pressure on them and things were not as easy as they appeared
to all of the Moto GP fans out there.
The young rider will be looking to retain
his title in 2014 as well. Since the provisional calendar has been announced,
it has been confirmed that Marquez will kick start his defense from Qatar in
March, which will host the first round of the next year. All teams will then
head to America and Argentina for the next couple of events that will be held
in April.
During May, the teams will battle it out in
Spain and France before heading to Italy, Catalunya and the Netherlands in
June. Germany will host the final race before the mid season break starts in
July. It will certainly give some time to the teams to relax and come back
fighting on the track once again in August for three GPs in Indianapolis, Czech
Republic and Great Britain respectively.
There will be three more races held during
September and they will be held in San Marino & Riviera Di Rimini, Aragon
and Brazil. Then, there will be three more events during the month of October,
hosted by Japan, Australia and Malaysia.
If, by then, you do not have the
championship decided, all teams will head to the season finale in Valencia in
November. At the moment, almost all of the rounds are confirmed. However, RiderWear has learnt that the Brazilian
GP is not yet given a green signal. The track needs some repair work and if
that is completed in time, the race will go on.
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