2013 European Le Mans Series

Signatech Alpine No. 36 Alpine A450, winner of the 2013 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class

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

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

Entries

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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.[2] However, only 23 cars turned up for the opening race of the season, the 3 Hours of Silverstone.

LMP2

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

LMPC

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Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Portugal Algarve Pro Racing Team Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 M 46 Netherlands Nicky Catsburg 3–4
United Kingdom C. O. Jones 3–4
France Team Endurance Challenge Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2L V8 M 47 Andorra Alex Loan[3] 1–3
France Matthieu Lecuyer[3] 1–2
Belgium Nico Verdonck 3
48 France Soheil Ayari[3] All
France Anthony Pons[3] All
49 France Paul-Loup Chatin[9] All
France Gary Hirsch[9] All

LMGTE

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Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
United Kingdom Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 M 52 Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin[2] All
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem[2] All
53 United States Gunnar Jeannette[2] All
United States Frankie Montecalvo[3] All
Italy AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 M 54 France Jean-Marc Bachelier[2] All
United States Howard Blank[2] All
France Yannick Mallégol[2] All
55 Italy Marco Cioci[5] All
Italy Federico Leo[5] All
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini[5] All
United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8 D 66 Italy Andrea Bertolini[2] All
Switzerland Joël Camathias[2] All
France IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 67 France Patrice Milesi[2] All
Germany Wolf Henzler[10] 1
United States Patrick Long[4] 2
France Jean-Karl Vernay 3–5
Belgium Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 75 France François Perrodo[5] All
France Sébastien Crubilé[5] 1–2
France Emmanuel Collard[5] 1, 3–5
Germany Proton Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 M 77 Germany Christian Ried[3] All
Italy Gianluca Roda[3] 1–3
United Kingdom Nick Tandy[3] 1, 3–5
Italy Paolo Ruberti[4] 2
Austria Klaus Bachler 4–5
88 Austria Klaus Bachler[6] 3
Austria Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 3
Austria Horst Felbermayr, Sr. 3

GTC

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

Season results

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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 United Kingdom No. 38 Jota Sport France No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge Germany No. 77 Proton Competition United Kingdom No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Report
United Kingdom Simon Dolan
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
France Soheil Ayari
France Anthony Pons
Germany Christien Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
United Kingdom Alisdair McCaig
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
United Kingdom Andrew Smith
2 Imola France No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing France No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge United Kingdom No. 52 Ram Racing Russia No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Pierre Thiriet
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Gary Hirsch
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Italy Fabio Babini
Russia Kirill Ladygin
Russia Viktor Shaytar
3 Red Bull Ring France No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing France No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge United Kingdom No. 52 Ram Racing Russia No. 69 SMP Racing Report
Switzerland Mathias Beche
France Pierre Thiriet
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Gary Hirsch
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Italy Fabio Babini
Russia Kirill Ladygin
Russia Viktor Shaytar
4 Hungaroring France No. 36 Signatech Alpine France No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge United Kingdom No. 77 Proton Competition Russia No. 69 SMP Racing Report
France Nelson Panciatici
France Pierre Ragues
France Paul-Loup Chatin
France Gary Hirsch
Austria Klaus Bachler
Germany Christian Ried
United Kingdom Nick Tandy
Italy Fabio Babini
Russia Kirill Ladygin
Russia Viktor Shaytar
5 Paul Ricard Republic of Ireland No. 18 Murphy Prototypes France No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge United Kingdom No. 52 Ram Racing Russia No. 69 SMP Racing Report
New Zealand Brendon Hartley
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
France Soheil Ayari
France Anthony Pons
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Italy Fabio Babini
Russia Kirill Ladygin
Russia Viktor Shaytar

Championship Standings

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Points System
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

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Teams Championships

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LMP2 Standings

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Pos Team SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
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

LMPC Standings

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Pos Team SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
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

GTE Standings

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Pos Team SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
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

GTC Standings

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Pos Team SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
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

Drivers Championships

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LMP2 Standings

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Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
Total
1 France Nelson Panciatici 4 2 2 1 4 85
France Pierre Ragues 4 2 2 1 4
2 France Pierre Thiriet 3 1 1 6 8 77
3 United Kingdom Oliver Turvey 1 Ret 4 3 3 71
United Kingdom Simon Dolan 1 Ret 4 3 3
4 Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi 3 8 7 2 1 69
5 New Zealand Brendon Hartley 7 6 7 2 1 64
6 Switzerland Mathias Beche 1 1 6 8 62
7 Switzerland Natacha Gachnang Ret 3 3 5 2 58
8 Switzerland Michel Frey 2 4 5 Ret 7 46
9 Switzerland Patric Niederhauser 2 4 5 Ret 40
10 France Franck Mailleux Ret 3 3 30
11 Austria Christian Klien 5 2 28
12 Italy Maurizio Mediani 6 4 6 28
Russia Sergey Zlobin 6 4 6

LMPC Standings

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Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
Points
1 France Gary Hirsch 2 1 1 1 2 115
France Paul-Loup Chatin 2 1 1 1 2
2 France Anthony Pons 1 2 4 2 1 98
France Soheil Ayari 1 2 4 2 1
3 Andorra Alex Loan Ret 3 2 33
4 Belgium Nico Verdonck 2 18
5 United Kingdom C. O. Jones 3 Ret 16
Netherlands Nick Catsburg 3 Ret
6 France Matthieu Lecuyer Ret 3 15

GTE Standings

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Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
Points
1 United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem 2 1 1 2 1 114
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin 2 1 1 2 1
2 Germany Christian Ried 1 5 8 1 3 80
3 United Kingdom Nick Tandy 1 8 1 3 70
4 Italy Marco Cioci 7 2 4 3 4 63
Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini 7 2 4 3 4
Italy Federico Leo 7 2 4 3 4
5 United States Frankie Montecalvo 3 3 3 6 5 63
United States Gunnar Jeannette 3 3 3 6 5
6 Italy Andrea Bertolini 4 4 2 Ret 2 61
Switzerland Joël Camathias 4 4 2 Ret 2
7 Italy Klaus Bachler 6 1 3 48
8 France Emmanuel Collard 5 5 4 6 40
France François Perrodo 5 Ret 5 4 6
Italy Gianluca Roda 1 5 8
9 France Patrice Milesi 6 6 7 5 7 38
10 France Jean-Karl Vernay 7 5 7 22

GTC Standings

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Pos Driver SIL
United Kingdom
IMO
Italy
RBR
Austria
HUN
Hungary
LEC
France
Points
1 Italy Fabio Babini 1 1 1 1 100
Russia Kirill Ladygin 1 1 1 1
Russia Viktor Shaytar 1 1 1 1
2 Italy Andrea Rizzoli 2 2 2 3 7 76
Italy Lorenzo Casé 2 2 2 3 7
Italy Stefano Gai 2 2 2 3 7
3 United Kingdom Andrew Smith 1 3 3 4 67
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy 1 3 3 Ret 4
4 Russia Alexander Frolov 5 5 2 2 57
Russia David Markozov 5 5 2 2
5 Italy Luca Persiani 5 2 2 47
6 United Kingdom Alasdair McCaig 1 3 Ret 40

References

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