2013 European Le Mans Series

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.

2013 European Le Mans Series

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

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
					Thomas Holzer	3
					Dominik Kraihamer	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	Nelson Panciatici[7]	All
					Pierre Ragues[2]	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	Simon Dolan[2]	All
					Oliver Turvey[2]	All
DKR Engineering	Lola B11/40	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	39	Romain Brandela[3]	1–2
					Olivier Porta[2]	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	Nicky Catsburg	3–4
					C. O. Jones	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	Matt Griffin[2]	All
					Johnny Mowlem[2]	All
				53	Gunnar Jeannette[2]	All
					Frankie Montecalvo[3]	All
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F142 4.5 L V8	M	54	Jean-Marc Bachelier[2]	All
					Howard Blank[2]	All
					Yannick Mallégol[2]	All
				55	Marco Cioci[5]	All
					Federico Leo[5]	All
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini[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	Klaus Bachler[6]	3
					Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	3
					Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	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	Lorenzo Casé[5]	All
					Stefano Gai[5]	All
					Andrea Rizzoli[5]	All
Momo Megatron DF1	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2 L V10	M	65	Raffi Bader[3]	1–2
					Dylan Derdaele[3]	1–2
					Kuba Giermaziak[3]	1–2
SMP Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	M	68	Yury Evstigneev[4]	2
					Alexander Frolov[4]	2
					David Markozov[4]	2
					Anton Ladygin	5
					Boris Rotenberg	5
					Mika Salo	5
				69	Fabio Babini[4]	2–5
					Kirill Ladygin[4]	2–5
					Viktor Shaytar[4]	2–5
				72	Boris Rotenberg[4]	2
					Maurizio Mediani[4]	2
					Sergey Zlobin[4]	2
					Alexander Frolov[4]	3–5
					David Markozov[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	Fabio Mancini[6]	4
					Tommaso Rocca[6]	4
					Diego Romanini[6]	4
DKR Engineering	BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011)	BMW 4.4 L V8	M	85	Thomas Accary	5
					Dimitri Enjalbert	5
					Matthieu Lecuyer	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	Alisdair McCaig Ollie Millroy Andrew Smith
2	Imola	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52 Ram Racing	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52 Ram Racing	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
4	Hungaroring	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	No. 77 Proton Competition	No. 69 SMP Racing	Report
		Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Klaus Bachler Christian Ried Nick Tandy	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
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	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar

Championship Standings

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

LMP2 Standings

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	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

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	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

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	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

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	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

LMP2 Standings

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

LMPC Standings

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

GTE Standings

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

GTC Standings

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

References

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External links

• Official website