The 2013 FIM Moto2 World Championship was a part of the 65th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. Marc Márquez was the reigning champion, but did not contest in season as he joined MotoGP with Repsol Honda.^[1]

Pol Espargaró became champion in the class,^[2][3] after overhauling Scott Redding towards the end of the season. With six race victories, Espargaró won the championship by 40 points ahead of Redding, who won three races, with third place going to Esteve Rabat, a three-time race winner. Nicolás Terol, who finished seventh, was another three-time race winner, with other victories taken by Mika Kallio (fourth) and Jordi Torres, who was tenth in the championship. In the constructors' championship, Kalex won thirteen of the seventeen races to win the title by almost 100 points from Suter, who won the other four races.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:^[4][5][6]

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2013:^[7][8]

The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme released a 18-race provisional calendar on 19 September 2012.^[9][10] On 23 November 2012, the calendar was updated following confirmation that the return of the Argentine Grand Prix would be postponed to 2014.^[11][12] The Grand Prix of the Americas held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, United States, replaced the Portuguese Grand Prix, which had been run at Estoril since 2000. The United States hosted two races, the other being the Indianapolis Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

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Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	7 April ‡	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit, Lusail
2	21 April	Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas	Circuit of the Americas, Austin
3	5 May	Gran Premio bwin de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera
4	19 May	Monster Energy Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans
5	2 June	Gran Premio d'Italia TIM	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero
6	16 June	Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló
7	29 June ††	Iveco TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen, Assen
8	14 July	eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring, Hohenstein-Ernstthal
9	18 August	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway
10	25 August	bwin Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit, Brno
11	1 September	Hertz British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
12	15 September	Gran Premio Aperol di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, Misano Adriatico
13	29 September	Gran Premio Iveco de Aragón	MotorLand Aragón, Alcañiz
14	13 October	Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Sepang
15	20 October	Tissot Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, Phillip Island
16	27 October	AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi
17	10 November	Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia

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• A provisional entry list was released by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme on 28 November 2012.^[13] An updated entry list was released on 12 February 2013.^[14] All Moto2 competitors raced with an identical CBR600RR inline-four engine developed by Honda. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop.

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Team Constructor Motorcycle No. Rider Rounds NGM Mobile Racing NGM Mobile Forward Racing Speed Up Speed UP SF13 3 Simone Corsi[15] All 15 Alex de Angelis[16] All 54 Mattia Pasini[15] All 88 Ricard Cardús[15] All Technomag carXpert Suter Suter MMX2 4 Randy Krummenacher[17] All 21 Zaqhwan Zaidi[18] 14 70 Robin Mulhauser[19] 14 77 Dominique Aegerter[17] All Came IodaRacing Project Suter Suter MMX2 5 Johann Zarco[14] All Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 Thai Honda PTT Gresini Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 7 Doni Tata Pradita[14] All 10 Thitipong Warokorn[20] 9–15 14 Ratthapark Wilairot[14] 1–8 94 Franco Morbidelli[21] 12, 16–17 Gino Rea Race Team Gino Rea Montáže Brož Racing FTR FTR Moto M213 8 Gino Rea[22] 4, 7–8, 10–13, 17 Argiñano & Ginés Racing Speed Up Speed Up SF13 8 Gino Rea[18] 14–16 17 Alberto Moncayo[14] 1–7, 9–13, 17 28 Román Ramos[23] 8 44 Steven Odendaal[14] All Blusens Avintia Kalex Kalex Moto2 9 Kyle Smith[24] 1–9 24 Toni Elías[25] 1–8, 9–11 27 Dani Rivas[26] 10–11 34 Ezequiel Iturrioz[21] 12–17 92 Álex Mariñelarena[21] 12–17 Dynavolt Intact GP Kalex Kalex Moto2 11 Sandro Cortese[27] All Interwetten Paddock Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Racing Interwetten Paddock Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 12 Thomas Lüthi[14] 2–17 33 Sergio Gadea[28] 1 Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2 Aspar Team Moto2 Suter Suter MMX2 18 Nicolás Terol[29] All 81 Jordi Torres[30] All Desguaces La Torre Maptaq Desguaces La Torre SAG Maptaq SAG Zelos Team Kalex Kalex Moto2[31] 19 Xavier Siméon[14] All 23 Marcel Schrötter[14] All JiR Moto2 Motobi TSR TSR6 22 Jason O'Halloran[32] 11–12 28 Román Ramos[33] 13 31 Kohta Nozane[34] 15, 17 35 Tetsuta Nagashima[35] 16 62 Fadli Immammuddin[18] 14 63 Mike Di Meglio[14] 1–10 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia Moriwaki Moriwaki MD600 25 Azlan Shah[21] 12–17 72 Yuki Takahashi[36] 1–11 TSR Motorsport Kalex Kalex Moto2 27 Dani Rivas[37] 3, 6 Italtrans Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 30 Takaaki Nakagami[38] All 60 Julián Simón[38] All Webike Team Norick NTS TSR TSR TSR6 31 Kohta Nozane[35] 16 Marc VDS Racing Team Kalex Kalex Moto2 36 Mika Kallio[39] All 45 Scott Redding[39] All Tuenti HP 40 Kalex Kalex Moto2 40 Pol Espargaró[14] All 49 Axel Pons[14] All 80 Esteve Rabat[14] All GP Tech Mistral 610 Tech 3 Mistral 610 43 James Rispoli[40] 9 Singha Eneos Yamaha Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 46 Decha Kraisart[18] 14, 16 Tech 3 Tech 3 Tech 3 Mistral 610 52 Danny Kent[41] 1–16 96 Louis Rossi[42] All 99 Lucas Mahias[43] 17 Petronas Raceline Malaysia Kalex Kalex Moto2 55 Hafizh Syahrin[44] 4, 6, 14, 17 TargoBank Motorsport Suter Suter MMX2 92 Álex Mariñelarena[37] 3, 8 QMMF Racing Team QMMF Evalube Racing Team Speed Up Speed Up SF13 95 Anthony West[14] All 97 Rafid Topan Sucipto[14] All Promoto Sport TransFIORmers  ??? 99 Lucas Mahias[45] 10

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• Sandro Cortese moved up from Moto3 to the newly established Intact GP team, on a two-year deal.^[27]
• Randy Krummenacher switched from GP Team Switzerland to Technomag-CIP within Moto2 for 2013.^[17]
• Louis Rossi and Danny Kent raced for Tech 3 Racing's Moto2 bikes in 2013, having both moved up from Moto3.^[41][42]