2013 3 Hours of Imola

The 2013 3 Hours of Imola was an auto racing event held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy on 17–18 May 2013, and served as the second round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season. Defending ELMS champions Pierre Thiriet and Mathias Beche of Thiriet by TDS Racing won the race over the Signatech Alpine. Paul-Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch held the LMPC category lead from start to finish, while Johnny Mowlem and Matt Griffin earned RAM Racing their first victory in only their second LMGTE race. Fabio Babini, Viktor Shaitar, and Kirill Ladygin won the GTC class on their debut.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

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 1:34.343 1
2 LMP2 No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:34.914 2
3 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley 1:34.951 3
4 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici 1:35.538 4
5 LMP2 No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith 1:35.606 5
6 LMP2 No. 43 Morand Racing Franck Mailleux 1:36.320 6
7 LMP2 No. 34 Race Performance Patric Niederhauser 1:36.444 7
8 LMP2 No. 30 HVM Status GP Jonathan Hirschi 1:37.309 8
9 LMP2 No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Bastien Brière 1:38.128 9
10 LMPC No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge Gary Hirsch 1:39.222 10
11 LMP2 No. 39 DKR Engineering Olivier Porta 1:41.445 11
12 LMPC No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge Matthieu Lecuyer 1:41.708 12
13 LMGTE No. 52 RAM Racing Matt Griffin 1:41.994 13
14 LMGTE No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrick Long 1:42.055 14
15 LMPC No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge Anthony Pons 1:42.093 15
16 LMGTE No. 53 RAM Racing Gunnar Jeannette 1:42.669 16
17 LMGTE No. 66 JMW Motorsport Joël Camathias 1:42.911 17
18 LMGTE No. 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollégol 1:43.551 18
19 GTC No. 60 Kox Racing Peter Kox 1:43.752 19
20 GTC No. 62 AF Corse Stefano Gai 1:44.235 20
21 LMGTE No. 55 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini 1:44.478 21
22 LMGTE No. 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried 1:45.173 22
23 GTC No. 65 Momo Megatron DF1 Kuba Giermaziak 1:45.786 23
24 GTC No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Andrew Smith 1:45.831 24
25 GTC No. 69 SMP Racing Kirill Ladygin 1:46.149 25
26 LMGTE No. 75 Prospeed Competition Sebastien Crubilé 1:46.358 26
27 GTC No. 68 SMP Racing Devi Markozov 1:49.7331 27
  GTC No. 72 SMP Racing Maurizio Mediani No Time1 28

Race

Race result

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 1 France Thiriet by TDS Racing France Pierre Thiriet
Switzerland Mathias Beche
Oreca 03 D 108
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2 LMP2 36 France Signatech Alpine France Pierre Ragues
France Nelson Panciatici
Alpine A450 M 108
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3 LMP2 43 Switzerland Morand Racing Switzerland Natacha Gachnang
France Franck Mailleux
Morgan LMP2 D 107
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
4 LMP2 34 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Michel Frey
Switzerland Patric Niederhauser
Oreca 03 D 107
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
5 LMP2 3 United Kingdom Greaves Motorsport United Kingdom Tom Kimber-Smith
Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Zytek Z11SN D 107
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
6 LMP2 18 Republic of Ireland Murphy Prototypes New Zealand Brendon Hartley
United States Mark Patterson
Oreca 03 D 105
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7 LMPC 49 France Team Endurance Challenge France Paul-Loup Chatin
Switzerland Gary Hirsch
Oreca FLM09 M 103
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8 LMGTE 52 United Kingdom Ram Racing United Kingdom Johnny Mowlem
Republic of Ireland Matt Griffin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 102
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
9 LMPC 48 France Team Endurance Challenge France Soheil Ayari
France Anthony Pons
Oreca FLM09 M 102
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10 LMPC 47 France Team Endurance Challenge Andorra Alex Loan
France Matthieu Lecuyer
Oreca FLM09 M 102
Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
11 LMGTE 55 Italy AF Corse Italy Piergiuseppe Perazzini
Italy Marco Cioci
Italy Federico Leo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 101
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
12 LMGTE 53 United Kingdom Ram Racing United States Gunnar Jeannette
United States Frankie Montecalvo
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 101
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
13 LMGTE 66 United Kingdom JMW Motorsport Italy Andrea Bertolini
Switzerland Joël Camathias
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 D 101
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14 LMP2 4 Belgium Boutsen Ginion Racing France Bastien Brière
France Thomas Dagoneau
United Kingdom John Hartshone
Oreca 03 D 101
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
15 LMGTE 77 Germany Proton Competition Germany Christian Ried
Italy Gianluca Roda
Italy Paolo Ruberti
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 101
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16 LMGTE 67 France IMSA Performance Matmut France Patrice Milesi
United States Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 100
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17 GTC 69 Russia SMP Racing Italy Fabio Babini
Russia Viktor Shaitar
Russia Kirill Ladygin
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 100
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18 GTC 62 Italy AF Corse Italy Andrea Rizzoli
Italy Stefano Gai
Italy Lorenzo Casè
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 99
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19 GTC 79 United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse United Kingdom Andrew Smith
United Kingdom Ollie Millroy
United Kingdom Joe Twyman
BMW Z4 GT3 M 97
BMW 4.4 L V8
20 LMGTE 54 Italy AF Corse France Yannick Mollégol
France Jean-Marc Bachelier
United States Howard Blank
Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 M 97
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21 GTC 72 Russia SMP Racing Italy Maurizio Mediani
Russia Sergey Zlobin
Russia Boris Rotenberg
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 97
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
22 GTC 68 Russia SMP Racing Russia Devi Markozov
Russia Yury Evstigneez
Russia Alexander Frolov
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 M 96
Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23 LMP2 30 Canada HVM Status GP Canada Tony Burgess
Switzerland Jonathan Hirschi
Lola B12/80 D 89
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
DNF LMP2 38 United Kingdom Jota Sport United Kingdom Simon Dolan
United Kingdom Oliver Turvey
Zytek Z11SN D 101
Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF GTC 60 Netherlands Kox Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Netherlands Nico Pronk
Lamborghi Gallardo LP600 GT3 M 97
Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
DNF LMP2 39 Luxembourg DKR Engineering France Olivier Porta
France Romain Brandela
Belgium Bernard Delhez
Lola B11/40 D 89
Judd HK 3.6 L V8
DNF GTC 65 United States Momo Megatron DF1 Belgium Dylan Derdaele
Switzerland Raffi Bader
Poland Kuba Giermaziak
Audi R8 LMS ultra M 60
Audi 5.2 L V10
DNF LMGTE 75 Belgium Prospeed Competition France François Perrodo
France Sébastien Crubilé
Porsche 997 GT3-RSR M 43
Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

References

European Le Mans Series
Previous race:
3 Hours of Silverstone
2013 season Next race:
3 Hours of Red Bull Ring
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