Pol Espargaró
Riding again for Marc VDS, Redding finished a close second in the championship after a season-long battle against [[Pol Espargaró]]. During the season, Redding obtained three victories, three second places, a third place, and three pole-positions. With three races left in the season he held a lead of 10 points over Espargaró; however, Redding crashed during qualifying in [[2013 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix|Australia]], fracturing his wrist and could not participate in the race. In the following [[2013 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix|Japanese Grand Prix]], Redding collided with the motorcycle of [[Esteve Rabat]] who had crashed in front of him in the second turn of the race. The race was red-flagged and restarted without an injured Redding; this second incident took him out of contention for the title, which Espargaró won by winning the race.