2013 3 Hours of Silverstone

The 2013 3 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England, on 12–13 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, in a weekend shared with the FIA World Endurance Championship and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. Heavy rains during the race forced the event to be cut short, with only two and a quarter hours being run before Britons Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey of Jota Sport were declared the winners. Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and Nick Tandy won the LMGTE class, and Andrew Smith, Ollie Millroy, and Alisdair McCaig were the GTC class victors.

The Silverstone Circuit

Qualifying edit

Qualifying result edit

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid
1 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport Oliver Turvey 1:48.032 1
2 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley 1:48.863 2
3 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici 1:49.063 3
4 LMP2 No. 34 Race Performance Patric Niederhauser 1:50.010 4
5 LMP2 No. 43 Morand Racing Franck Mailleux 1:50.139 5
6 LMP2 No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Jonathan Hirschi 1:50.157 6
7 LMP2 No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Bastien Brière 1:52.072 7
8 LMP2 No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Chris Dyson 1:52.529 231
9 LMPC No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge Paul-Loup Chatin 1:54.102 8
10 LMPC No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge Soheil Ayari 1:54.721 9
11 LMP2 No. 39 DKR Engineering Olivier Porta 1:55.634 10
12 LMPC No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge Alex Loan 1:58.310 11
13 LMGTE No. 52 RAM Racing Johnny Mowlem 2:02.358 12
14 LMGTE No. 77 Proton Competition Nick Tandy 2:02.653 13
15 LMGTE No. 75 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 2:02.685 14
16 LMGTE No. 55 AF Corse Federico Leo 2:02.731 15
17 LMGTE No. 66 JMW Motorsport Joël Camathias 2:03.015 16
18 GTC No. 65 Momo Megatron DF1 Kuba Giermaziak 2:03.484 17
19 GTC No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Andrew Smith 2:03.737 18
20 GTC No. 62 AF Corse Lorenzo Casé 2:04.233 19
21 LMGTE No. 53 RAM Racing Franck Montecalvo 2:04.412 20
22 LMGTE No. 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollégol 2:05.198 21
23 LMGTE No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrice Milesi 2:08.745 22
  • ^1 - The No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan was moved to the back of the grid for not using the tires previously allocated for qualifying.

Race edit

Race result edit

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 LMP2 38   Jota Sport   Simon Dolan
  Oliver Turvey
Zytek Z11SN D 48
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 LMP2 34   Race Performance   Michel Frey
  Patric Niederhauser
Oreca 03 D 48
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
3 LMP2 1   Thiriet by TDS Racing   Pierre Thiriet
  Jonathan Hirschi
Oreca 03 D 48
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4 LMP2 36   Signatech Alpine   Pierre Ragues
  Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A450 M 48
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5 LMGTE 77   Proton Competition   Christian Ried
  Gianluca Roda
  Nick Tandy
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 48
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6 LMGTE 52   RAM Racing   Johnny Mowlem
  Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 47
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
7 LMGTE 53   RAM Racing   Gunnar Jeannette
  Frankie Montecalvo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 47
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
8 LMGTE 66   JMW Motorsport   Andrea Bertolini
  Joël Camathias
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 47
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
9 LMPC 48   Team Endurance Challenge   Soheil Ayari
  Anthony Pons
Oreca FLM09 M 46
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 GTC 79   Ecurie Ecosse   Andrew Smith
  Ollie Millroy
  Alisdair McCaig
BMW Z4 GT3 M 46
BMW 4.4 L V8
11 LMP2 4   Boutsen Ginion Racing   Bastien Brière
  Thomas Dagoneau
  John Hartshorne
Oreca 03 D 46
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12 LMGTE 75   Prospeed Competition   François Perrodo
  Emmanuel Collard
  Sébastien Crubilé
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 46
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13 GTC 62   AF Corse   Andrea Razzoli
  Stefano Gai
  Lorenzo Casè
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 46
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14 LMGTE 67   IMSA Performance Matmut   Patrice Milesi
  Raymond Narac
  Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 44
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15 LMP2 39   DKR Engineering   Olivier Porta
  Romain Brandela
  Stéphane Raffin
Lola B11/40 D 43
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
16 LMGTE 55   AF Corse   Piergiuseppe Perazzini
  Marco Cioci
  Federico Leo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 43
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17 LMGTE 54   AF Corse   Yannick Mollégol
  Jean-Marc Bachelier
  Howard Blank
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 42
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 LMP2 18   Murphy Prototypes   Brendon Hartley
  Mark Patterson
Oreca 03 D 41
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19 LMPC 49   Team Endurance Challenge   Paul-Loup Chatin
  Gary Hirsch
Oreca FLM09 M 37
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
20 GTC 65   Momo Megatron DF1   Dylan Derdaele
  Raffi Bader
  Kuba Giermaziak
Audi R8 LMS ultra M 33
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNF LMP2 3   Greaves Motorsport   Chris Dyson
  Michael Marsal
Zytek Z11SN D 23
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF LMP2 43   Morand Racing   Natacha Gachnang
  Franck Mailleux
Morgan LMP2 D 22
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
DNF LMPC 47   Team Endurance Challenge   Alex Loan
  Matthieu Lecuyer
Oreca FLM09 M 0
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8

References edit

  1. ^ "European Le Mans Series Silverstone Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "European Le Mans Series Silverstone Race Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.[permanent dead link]


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