2013 Porsche Supercup

2013 Porsche Supercup season
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The 2013 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 21st Porsche Supercup season. It began on 12 May on Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 3 November at Yas Marina Circuit, after nine races, all of which were support events for the 2013 Formula One season. A new car was introduced for the season as the Porsche 991 – the internal designation for the seventh-generation Porsche 911 – replaced the Porsche 997.^[1]

Ahead of the final round of the series in Abu Dhabi, Monégasque-based British^[2] driver Sean Edwards held a championship lead of eighteen points over Denmark's Nicki Thiim, with Michael Ammermüller of Germany the only other driver to remain within contention for winning the title.^[3] Edwards was killed on 15 October 2013 at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Australia, while instructing a member of the public at a private test session.^[4] Thiim ultimately won the championship, after he won both races in Abu Dhabi; Edwards ended up second overall, finishing three points ahead of Ammermüller.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Attempto Racing[5]	1	Kévin Estre[5]	All
	2	Nicki Thiim[5]	All
Lechner Racing[6]	3	Michael Ammermüller[6]	All
	4	Štefan Rosina[6]	1
		Jeroen Bleekemolen[7]	2–3, 5–8
		Jaap van Lagen[8]	4
FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS[6]	5	Robert Lukas[6]	All
	6	Klaus Bachler[6]	All
MRS GT-Racing[6]	7	Esteban Gini[6]	1–4
		Philipp Eng[9]	7
		Kenji Kobayashi[10]	8
	8	Roar Lindland[6]	1–2, 4–8
		Karl Leonard[11]	3
	9	Jean-Karl Vernay[6]	All
Team Bleekemolen[12]	10	Ben Barker[12]	All
	17	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[12]	All
	18	Jeroen Mul[12]	All
VERVA Racing Team[13]	11	Patryk Szczerbiński[13]	All
	12	Kuba Giermaziak[13]	All
Team Allyouneed by Project 1[14]	14	Sean Edwards[14][N 1]	1–7
	15	Sean Johnston[14]	All
	16	Sébastien Ogier[15]	2
		Jeffrey Schmidt[11]	3–4
		Andreas Mayerl[16]	6
		Nonô Figueiredo[9]	7
Lechner Racing Academy[6]	19	Clemens Schmid[6]	All
	20	Markus Pommer[6]	All
DAMS[17]	21	Michael Christensen[17]	All
	22	Richie Stanaway[17]	All
MOMO-Megatron[18]	23	Alessandro Zampedri[18]	1–3, 5, 7
		Dylan Derdaele[18]	4, 6, 8
	24	Jochen Habets[18]	All
FACH Auto Tech[19]	25	Carlo Lusser[20]	1
		Christian Engelhart[19]	2–8
	26	Alain Menu[19]	1–2
		Martin Ragginger[11]	3, 6–7
		Florian Spengler[8]	4
		Earl Bamber[21]	5, 8
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East[22]	30	Zaid Ashkanani[10]	8
	31	Antonio Giancola[10]	8
	32	Hannes Waimer[10]	8
Porsche AG[23]	88	Sébastien Loeb[23]	1–2
		Emanuele Pirro[9]	7

Notes

1. Edwards ran under a British licence for the first two meetings of the season before changing to a Monegasque one for Silverstone.^[2]

Driver changes

• Three-time champion René Rast did not return to defend his title. He left the series to compete in the ADAC GT Masters, the FIA GT Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series as a driver for Belgian Audi Club WRT.
• After Chevrolet pulled out of their manufacturer support from the World Touring Car Championship, BTCC champion Alain Menu left the series to join the Supercup grid with his own team, FACH Auto Tech.

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Country	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Circuit de Catalunya	Spain	12 May	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
2		Circuit de Monaco	Monaco	26 May	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
3		Silverstone Circuit	United Kingdom	30 June	Nicki Thiim	Michael Christensen	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
4		Nürburgring	Germany	7 July	Michael Christensen	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Christensen	DAMS
5		Hungaroring	Hungary	28 July	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
6		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	25 August	Kuba Giermaziak	Kuba Giermaziak	Klaus Bachler	FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS
7		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Italy	8 September	Nicki Thiim	Kévin Estre	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
8	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	United Arab Emirates	2 November	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
	R2			3 November	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing

Championship standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points 1 Nicki Thiim 2 8 1 2 8 8 1 1 1 140 2 Sean Edwards 1 1 4 4 1 2 5 118 3 Michael Ammermüller 3 3 2 5 14 5 2 6 8 115 4 Kévin Estre DNS 6 6 3 4 7 3 5 2 107 5 Kuba Giermaziak 4 2 5 Ret 3 11 6 3 6 105 6 Michael Christensen 5 25 3 1 10 3 8 10 7 95 7 Klaus Bachler 7 10 21 9 5 1 7 7 21† 73 8 Christian Engelhart 5 8 Ret 2 12 4 9 12 69 9 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 11 9 6 10 8 3 67 10 Ben Barker 10 9 9 6 16 9 12 4 9 66 11 Robert Lukas 6 15 Ret 7 19 4 Ret 14 11 44 12 Richie Stanaway 9 7 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 43 13 Jean-Karl Vernay 12 11 20 11 11 14 9 Ret DSQ 29 14 Jeroen Mul 8 19 15 Ret 13 10 13 11 Ret 27 15 Markus Pommer 19 17 14 16 7 20 22 12 13 25 16 Patryk Szczerbiński 15 14 10 Ret 6 Ret 19 18 15 24 17 Clemens Schmid 14 12 12 Ret 12 15 15 16 Ret 21 18 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 18 18 18 8 21 18 18 Ret 10 15 19 Martin Ragginger 7 17 11 14 20 Sean Johnston 17 20 17 19 18 16 Ret 13 14 9 21 Jochen Habets 20† Ret 22 17 Ret 21 17 20 16 4 22 Alessandro Zampedri 16 23 16 17 16 3 23 Roar Lindland Ret 22 18 20 23 20 21 Ret 2 24 Esteban Gini Ret 24 23 20 0 25 Alain Menu Ret 21 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Earl Bamber 15 2 5 0 Sébastien Loeb 11 16 0 Jaap van Lagen 12 0 Jeffrey Schmidt 24 13 0 Štefan Rosina 13 0 Sébastien Ogier 13 0 Florian Spengler 14 0 Philipp Eng 14 0 Zaid Ashkanani 15 17 0 Dylan Derdaele 15 19 19 Ret 0 Hannes Waimer NC 18 0 Antonio Giancola 22 19 0 Karl Leonard 19 0 Kenji Kobayashi 23 20 0 Nonô Figueiredo 21 0 Andreas Mayerl 22 0 Emanuele Pirro 23† 0 Carlo Lusser Ret 0 Pos Driver CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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External links

• The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup website
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine