2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round

2013 Bahrain GP2 round
Round details
Round 2 of 13 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series season
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.406 km (3.359 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	20 April 2013
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Time	1:39.427
Podium
First	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering
Second	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Third	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International
Time	1:45.115 (on lap 28)
Sprint race
Date	21 April 2013
Laps	23

The 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round is a pair of motor races held on March 23 and 24, 2013 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia as part of the GP2 Series. It is the second round of the 2013 season. The race weekend supported the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Fabio Leimer took pole position in the feature race, which he went on to win.^[1]^[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:39.427	1
2	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1:40.420	2
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:40.520	3
4	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:40.585	4
5	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	1:40.689	5
6	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:40.704	6
7	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1:40.756	7
8	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1:40.769	8
9	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	1:40.842	9
10	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1:40.865	10
11	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1:40.878	11
12	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:40.892	12
13	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1:41.033	13
14	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	1:41.043	14
15	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	1:41.070	15
16	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1:41.229	26²
17	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:41.236	18¹
18	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1:41.237	16
19	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1:41.243	17
20	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	1:41.504	19
21	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:41.553	20
22	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	1:41.687	21
23	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1:41.730	22
24	23	Pål Varhaug	Hilmer Motorsport	1:41.980	23
25	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	1:41.981	24
26	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:42.284	25
Source:^[1]

Notes:

^1 — Kevin Giovesi was given a three-place grid penalty for blocking another competitor during qualifying.^[3]
^2 — Sergio Canamasas was moved to the back of the grid after race stewards ruled that he had deliberately attempted to force Kevin Ceccon off the circuit.^[3]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	32	57:21.528	1	(25+4)
2	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	32	+1.929	4	18
3	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	32	+9.030	7	15
4	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	32	+9.498	3	12
5	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	32	+15.037	13	10
6	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	32	+28.518	6	8
7	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	32	+33.067	8	6
8	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	32	+33.589	5	4
9	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	32	+36.246	12	2
10	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	32	+37.459	14	(1+2)
11	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	32	+42.502	17
12	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	32	+48.084	11
13	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	32	+48.709	2
14	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	32	+53.482	15
15	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	32	+59.146	24
16	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	32	+1:05.997	21
17	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	32	+1:10.696	22
18	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+1:11.776	20
19	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	32	+1:19.886	19
20	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	32	+1:20.456	26
21	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	31	+1 lap	10
Ret	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	27	Retired	18
Ret	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	25	Retired	16
Ret	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	20	Retired	6
Ret	23	Pål Varhaug	Hilmer Motorsport	4	Retired	23
Ret	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Johnny Cecotto Jr. (Arden International) — 1:45.115 (on lap 28)
Source:^[2]

References

1 2 Bradley, Charles (19 April 2013). "Leimer storms to Bahrain GP2 pole". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
1 2 Bradley, Charles (20 April 2013). "Leimer claims feature race win". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 21 April 2013.
1 2 Bradley, Charles (19 April 2013). "Sergio Canamasas penalised for qualifying swerves". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 21 April 2013.

External links

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