2013 European Le Mans Series

The 2013 European Le Mans Series season was the tenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series endurance auto racing series. It is the first season of the European Le Mans Series under the control of the ACO's Le Mans Endurance Management, replacing former organisers Peter Auto.[1] Championships are open to four categories, two of which are for Le Mans Prototypes while the other two are grand tourers. The season contested over five races starting at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 13 April and ended at Circuit Paul Ricard, France on 28 September.

Schedule

During the 2012 season several planned races were cancelled due to low interest from teams, leading the series to adopt several changes for the 2013 calendar. All race weekends have been shortened to two days, with practice and qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday. Races have also been shortened from six hours to three. The European Le Mans Series will also share its weekends with several other international racing series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship, World Series by Renault, and FFSA GT Tour.[1]

The Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom returns to the European Le Mans Series for the first time since 2011, serving as part of a Super Endurance weekend as the ELMS race will be a precursor to the 6 Hours of Silverstone for the World Endurance Championship the following day. The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy also returns to the European Le Mans Series calendar, joined by the GT Tour series. The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria is new to the European Le Mans Series, while the Hungaroring, Hungary is another circuit with ELMS history. The season finale is at Circuit Paul Ricard, France is the only event carried over from 2012. The Circuit layout used at this event was to have the full length of the Mistral straight without the chicanes. The final three races of the season are all shared with the World Series by Renault.[1]

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 3 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 13 April
2 3 Hours of Imola Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 18 May
3 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 20 July
4 3 Hours of Hungaroring Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 14 September
5 3 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 28 September
Source:[2]

Entries

The entry list for the 2013 season was released on 8 February, and included eleven LMP2 and three LMPC cars, ten LMGTE entries, and five GTC cars, bringing the full grid up to twenty-nine entrants.[3] However, only 23 cars turned up for the opening race of the season, the 3 Hours of Silverstone.[4]

LMP2

Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 1 Pierre Thiriet[3] All
Jonathan Hirschi[5] 1
Mathias Beche[6] 2–5
Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 3 Chris Dyson[7] 1
Michael Marsal[7] 1
David Heinemeier Hansson[7] 2
Tom Kimber-Smith[7] 2
Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 4 John Hartshorne[7] 1–2, 4
Bastien Brière[7] 1–2
Thomas Dagoneau[7] 1–2
Thomas Holzer 3
Dominik Kraihamer 3
Alex Kapadia[8] 4–5
Khaled Al Mudhaf[8] 4
Renaud Kuppens 5
James Swift 5
Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 18 Brendon Hartley[3] All
Mark Patterson[7] 1–2
Jonathan Hirschi 3–5
HVM Status GP Lola B12/80 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 D 30 Tony Burgess[6] 2
Jonathan Hirschi[6] 2
Race Performance Oreca 03 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 D 34 Michel Frey[3] All
Patric Niederhauser[3] 1–4
Marcello Marateotto 5
Signatech Alpine[9] Alpine A450 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 M 36 Nelson Panciatici[9] All
Pierre Ragues[3] All
SMP Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 37 Maurizio Mediani 3–5
Sergey Zlobin 3–5
Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 D 38 Simon Dolan[3] All
Oliver Turvey[3] All
DKR Engineering Lola B11/40 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 D 39 Romain Brandela[5] 1–2
Olivier Porta[3] 1–2
Stéphane Raffin 1
Bernard Delhez[6] 2
Morand Racing Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 D 43 Natacha Gachnang[3] All
Franck Mailleux[7] 1–3
Christian Klien[10] 4–5
Source:[11]

LMPC

Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Algarve Pro Racing Team Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 M 46 Nicky Catsburg 3–4
C. O. Jones 3–4
Team Endurance Challenge Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 M 47 Alex Loan[5] 1–3
Matthieu Lecuyer[5] 1–2
Nico Verdonck 3
48 Soheil Ayari[5] All
Anthony Pons[5] All
49 Paul-Loup Chatin[12] All
Gary Hirsch[12] All
Source:[11]

LMGTE

Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 M 52 Matt Griffin[3] All
Johnny Mowlem[3] All
53 Gunnar Jeannette[3] All
Frankie Montecalvo[5] All
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 M 54 Jean-Marc Bachelier[3] All
Howard Blank[3] All
Yannick Mallégol[3] All
55 Marco Cioci[7] All
Federico Leo[7] All
Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7] All
JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 D 66 Andrea Bertolini[3] All
Joël Camathias[3] All
IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 67 Patrice Milesi[3] All
Wolf Henzler[13] 1
Patrick Long[6] 2
Jean-Karl Vernay 3–5
Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 75 François Perrodo[7] All
Sébastien Crubilé[7] 1–2
Emmanuel Collard[7] 1, 3–5
Proton Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 77 Christian Ried[5] All
Gianluca Roda[5] 1–3
Nick Tandy[5] 1, 3–5
Paolo Ruberti[6] 2
Klaus Bachler 4–5
88 Klaus Bachler[8] 3
Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 3
Horst Felbermayr, Sr. 3
Source:[11]

GTC

Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Kox Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 M 60 Peter Kox[3] 2–5
Nico Pronk[3] 2–5
Dennis Retera[8] 4–5
AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 M 62 Lorenzo Casé[7] All
Stefano Gai[7] All
Andrea Rizzoli[7] All
Momo Megatron DF1 Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2 L V10 M 65 Raffi Bader[5] 1–2
Dylan Derdaele[5] 1–2
Kuba Giermaziak[5] 1–2
SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 M 68 Yury Evstigneev[6] 2
Alexander Frolov[6] 2
David Markozov[6] 2
Anton Ladygin 5
Boris Rotenberg 5
Mika Salo 5
69 Fabio Babini[6] 2–5
Kirill Ladygin[6] 2–5
Viktor Shaytar[6] 2–5
72 Boris Rotenberg[6] 2
Maurizio Mediani[6] 2
Sergey Zlobin[6] 2
Alexander Frolov[6] 3–5
David Markozov[6] 3–5
Luca Persiani 3–5
Ecurie Ecosse[14] BMW Z4 GT3 BMW 4.4 L V8 M 79 Ollie Millroy[14] All
Andrew Smith[14] 1–3, 5
Alasdair McCaig[14] 1, 3–4
Joe Twyman[14] 2, 4
Phil Quaife 5
Easyrace Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 M 83 Fabio Mancini[8] 4
Tommaso Rocca[8] 4
Diego Romanini[8] 4
DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011) BMW 4.4 L V8 M 85 Thomas Accary 5
Dimitri Enjalbert 5
Matthieu Lecuyer 5
Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 M 86 Steeve Hiesse 5
Cédric Mézard 5
Source:[11]

Season results

Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMPC Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team GTC Winning Team Results
LMP2 Winning Drivers LMPC Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers GTC Winning Drivers
1 Silverstone No. 38 Jota Sport No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge No. 77 Proton Competition No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Report
Simon Dolan
Oliver Turvey 		Soheil Ayari
Anthony Pons 		Christien Ried
Gianluca Roda
Nick Tandy 		Alisdair McCaig
Ollie Millroy
Andrew Smith
2 Imola No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge No. 52 Ram Racing No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet 		Paul-Loup Chatin
Gary Hirsch 		Matt Griffin
Johnny Mowlem 		Fabio Babini
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar
3 Red Bull Ring No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge No. 52 Ram Racing No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Mathias Beche
Pierre Thiriet 		Paul-Loup Chatin
Gary Hirsch 		Matt Griffin
Johnny Mowlem 		Fabio Babini
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar
4 Hungaroring No. 36 Signatech Alpine No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge No. 77 Proton Competition No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Nelson Panciatici
Pierre Ragues 		Paul-Loup Chatin
Gary Hirsch 		Klaus Bachler
Christian Ried
Nick Tandy 		Fabio Babini
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar
5 Paul Ricard No. 18 Murphy Prototypes No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge No. 52 Ram Racing No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Brendon Hartley
Jonathan Hirschi 		Soheil Ayari
Anthony Pons 		Matt Griffin
Johnny Mowlem 		Fabio Babini
Kirill Ladygin
Viktor Shaytar
Source:[15]

Championship Standings

Points System[16]
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   Other Classified 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 0.5

Teams Championships

LMP2 Standings

Pos Team SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Total
1 #36 Signatech Alpine 4 2 2 1 4 85
2 #1 Thiriet by TDS Racing 3 1 1 6 8 77
3 #38 Jota Sport 1 Ret 4 3 3 71
4 #18 Murphy Prototypes 7 6 7 2 1 64
5 #43 Morand Racing Ret 3 3 5 2 58
6 #34 Race Performance 2 4 5 Ret 7 46
7 #4 Boutsen Ginion Racing 5 7 Ret 7 5 32
8 #37 SMP Racing 6 4 6 28
9 #3 Greaves Motorsport Ret 5 10
10 #39 DKR Engineering 6 Ret 8
11 #30 HVM Status GP 8 4
Sources:[17][18]

LMPC Standings

Pos Team SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Total
1 #49 Team Endurance Challenge 2 1 1 1 2 115
2 #48 Team Endurance Challenge 1 2 4 2 1 98
3 #47 Team Endurance Challenge Ret 3 2 33
4 #46 Algarve Pro Racing Team 3 Ret 16
Sources:[17][18]

GTE Standings

Pos Team SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Total
1 #52 Ram Racing 2 1 1 2 1 114
2 #77 Proton Competition 1 5 8 1 3 80
3 #55 AF Corse 7 2 4 3 4 63
4 #53 Ram Racing 3 3 3 6 5 63
5 #66 JMW Motorsport 4 4 2 Ret 2 61
6 #75 Prospeed Competition 5 Ret 5 4 6 40
7 #67 IMSA Performance Matmut 6 6 7 5 7 38
8 #54 AF Corse 8 7 9 Ret 8 16
9 #88 Proton Competition 6 8
Sources:[17][18]

GTC Standings

Pos Team SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Total
1 #69 SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 100
2 #62 AF Corse 2 2 2 3 7 76
3 #79 Ecurie Ecosse 1 3 3 Ret 4 67
4 #72 SMP Racing 4 5 2 2 59
5 #68 SMP Racing 5 5 21
6 #65 Momo Megatron DF1 3 Ret 16
7 #86 Scuderia Villorba Corse 3 15
8 #60 Kox Racing Ret 4 Ret Ret 13
9 #83 Easyrace 4 12
10 #85 DKR Engineering 6 8
Sources:[17][18]

Drivers Championships

LMP2 Standings

Pos Driver SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Total
1 Nelson Panciatici 4 2 2 1 4 85
Pierre Ragues 4 2 2 1 4
2 Pierre Thiriet 3 1 1 6 8 77
3 Oliver Turvey 1 Ret 4 3 3 71
Simon Dolan 1 Ret 4 3 3
4 Jonathan Hirschi 3 8 7 2 1 69
5 Brendon Hartley 7 6 7 2 1 64
6 Mathias Beche 1 1 6 8 62
7 Natacha Gachnang Ret 3 3 5 2 58
8 Michel Frey 2 4 5 Ret 7 46
9 Patric Niederhauser 2 4 5 Ret 40
10 Franck Mailleux Ret 3 3 30
11 Christian Klien 5 2 28
12 Maurizio Mediani 6 4 6 28
Sergey Zlobin 6 4 6
Sources:[17][18]

LMPC Standings

Pos Driver SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Points
1 Gary Hirsch 2 1 1 1 2 115
Paul-Loup Chatin 2 1 1 1 2
2 Anthony Pons 1 2 4 2 1 98
Soheil Ayari 1 2 4 2 1
3 Alex Loan Ret 3 2 33
4 Nico Verdonck 2 18
5 C. O. Jones 3 Ret 16
Nick Catsburg 3 Ret
6 Matthieu Lecuyer Ret 3 15
Sources:[17][18]

GTE Standings

Pos Driver SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Points
1 Johnny Mowlem 2 1 1 2 1 114
Matt Griffin 2 1 1 2 1
2 Christian Ried 1 5 8 1 3 80
3 Nick Tandy 1 8 1 3 70
4 Marco Cioci 7 2 4 3 4 63
Piergiuseppe Perazzini 7 2 4 3 4
Federico Leo 7 2 4 3 4
5 Frankie Montecalvo 3 3 3 6 5 63
Gunnar Jeannette 3 3 3 6 5
6 Andrea Bertolini 4 4 2 Ret 2 61
Joël Camathias 4 4 2 Ret 2
7 Klaus Bachler 6 1 3 48
8 Emmanuel Collard 5 5 4 6 40
François Perrodo 5 Ret 5 4 6
Gianluca Roda 1 5 8
9 Patrice Milesi 6 6 7 5 7 38
10 Jean-Karl Vernay 7 5 7 22
Sources:[17][18]

GTC Standings

Pos Driver SIL
 IMO
 RBR
 HUN
 LEC
 Points
1 Fabio Babini 1 1 1 1 100
Kirill Ladygin 1 1 1 1
Viktor Shaytar 1 1 1 1
2 Andrea Rizzoli 2 2 2 3 7 76
Lorenzo Casé 2 2 2 3 7
Stefano Gai 2 2 2 3 7
3 Andrew Smith 1 3 3 4 67
Ollie Millroy 1 3 3 Ret 4
4 Alexander Frolov 5 5 2 2 57
David Markozov 5 5 2 2
5 Luca Persiani 5 2 2 47
6 Alasdair McCaig 1 3 Ret 40
Sources:[17][18]

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