2013 European Le Mans Series

2013 European Le Mans Series season
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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

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

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[2]	All
					Jonathan Hirschi[3]	1
					Mathias Beche[4]	2–5
Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	3	Chris Dyson[5]	1
					Michael Marsal[5]	1
					David Heinemeier Hansson[5]	2
					Tom Kimber-Smith[5]	2
Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	4	John Hartshorne[5]	1–2, 4
					Bastien Brière[5]	1–2
					Thomas Dagoneau[5]	1–2
					Dominik Kraihamer	3
					Thomas Holzer	3
					Alex Kapadia[6]	4–5
					Khaled Al Mudhaf[6]	4
					Renaud Kuppens	5
					James Swift	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	18	Brendon Hartley[2]	All
					Mark Patterson[5]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi	3–5
HVM Status GP	Lola B12/80	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	30	Tony Burgess[4]	2
					Jonathan Hirschi[4]	2
Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Michel Frey[2]	All
					Patric Niederhauser[2]	1–4
					Marcello Marateotto	5
Signatech Alpine[7]	Alpine A450	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	36	Pierre Ragues[2]	All
					Nelson Panciatici[7]	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	Oliver Turvey[2]	All
					Simon Dolan[2]	All
DKR Engineering	Lola B11/40	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	39	Olivier Porta[2]	1–2
					Romain Brandela[3]	1–2
					Stéphane Raffin	1
					Bernard Delhez[4]	2
Morand Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	43	Natacha Gachnang[2]	All
					Franck Mailleux[5]	1–3
					Christian Klien[8]	4–5

LMPC

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

LMGTE

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

GTC

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

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	Andrew Smith Ollie Millroy Alisdair McCaig
2	Imola	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52 Ram Racing	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaitar
3	Red Bull	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52 Ram Racing	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaitar
4	Hungaroring	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 77 Proton Competition	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Christian Ried Nick Tandy Klaus Bachler	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaitar
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	Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaitar

Championships

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Teams' championships

LMP2 standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	#36 Signatech Alpine	85
2	#1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	77
3	#38 Jota Sport	71
4	#18 Murphy Prototypes	64
5	#43 Morand Racing	58
6	#34 Race Performance	46
7	#4 Boutsen Ginion Racing	32
8	#37 SMP Racing	28

LMPC standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	#49 Team Endurance Challenge	115
2	#48 Team Endurance Challenge	98
3	#47 Team Endurance Challenge	33
4	#46 Algarve Pro Racing Team	16

GTE standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	#52 Ram Racing	114
2	#77 Proton Competition	80
3	#55 AF Corse	63
4	#53 RAM Racing	63
5	#66 JMW Motorsport	61
6	#75 Prospeed Competition	40
7	#67 IMSA Performance Matmut	38
8	#54 AF Corse	16
9	#88 Proton Competition	8

GTC standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	#69 SMP Racing	100
2	#62 AF Corse	76
3	#79 Ecurie Ecosse	67
4	#72 SMP Racing	59
5	#68 SMP Racing	21

Drivers' championships

LMP2 standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Nelson Panciatici	85
	Pierre Ragues
2	Pierre Thiriet	77
3	Oliver Turvey	71
	Simon Dolan
4	Jonathan Hirschi	69
5	Brendon Hartley	64
6	Mathias Beche	62
7	Natacha Gachnang	58
8	Michel Frey	46
9	Patric Niederhauser	40
10	Franck Mailleux	30
11	Christian Klien	28
12	Maurizio Mediani	28
	Sergey Zlobin

LMPC standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Gary Hirsch	115
	Paul-Loup Chatin
2	Anthony Pons	98
	Soheil Ayari
3	Alex Loan	33
4	Nico Verdonck	18
5	C. O. Jones	16
	Nick Catsburg
6	Matthieu Lecuyer	15

GTE standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Johnny Mowlem	114
	Matt Griffin
2	Christian Ried	80
3	Nick Tandy	70
4	Marco Cioci	63
	Piergiuseppe Perazzini
	Federico Leo
5	Frank Montecalvo	63
	Gunnar Jeannette
6	Andrea Bertolini	61
	Joël Camathias
7	Klaus Bachler	48
8	Emmanuel Collard	10
	François Perrodo
	Gianluca Roda
9	Patrice Milesi	38
10	Jean-Karl Vernay	22

GTC standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Fabio Babini	100
	Kirill Ladygin
	Viktor Shaitar
2	Andrea Rizzoli	76
	Lorenzo Casé
	Stefano Gai
3	Andrew Smith	67
	Ollie Millroy
4	Alexander Frolov	57
	David Markozov
5	Luca Persiani	47
6	Alasdair McCaig	40

References

1. "Plans for 2013 European Le Mans Series Unveiled". European Le Mans Series. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. "Bumper twenty-nine car grid for 2013 ELMS". European Le Mans Series. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
3. "Thirty cars and ten different nationalities to start the first ELMS round". European Le Mans Series. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
4. "Imola Entry list". European Le Mans Series. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
5. "2013 EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES – 3 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE – PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
6. "Hungaroring Entries". European Le Mans Series. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
7. Watkins, Gary (8 March 2013). "Renault unveils Le Mans plans for Alpine brand". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 8 March 2013.
8. Watkins, Gary (26 August 2013). "Ex-F1 driver Christian Klien to race in European Le Mans Series". autosport.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
9. "Team Endurance Challenge – Paul Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch form the third driver line-up". European Le Mans Series. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
10. "Wolf Henzler on the 997 RSR IMSA Performance Matmut in ELMS and Le Mans". enduranceinfo.com. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
11. Watkins, Gary (12 March 2013). "Ecurie Ecosse moves to European Le Mans Series as it eyes Le Mans". Autosport (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 13 March 2013.
12. "Standings" (PDF). European Le Mans Series. Peter Auto. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.

External links

• Official website