2013 Ricardo Tormo GP3 Series round

The 2013 Ricardo Tormo GP3 Series round was the second round of the 2013 GP3 Series. It was held on 16 June 2013 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, Spain as a stand-alone event.

   2013 Ricardo Tormo GP3 round

Round details
Round 2 of 8 rounds in the 2013 GP3 Series
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Cheste, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.488 mi)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	16 June 2013
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:22.329
Podium
First	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix
Second	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix
Third	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden
Time	1:24.573 (on lap 9)
Race 2
Date	16 June 2013
Laps	18
Podium
First	Robert Vișoiu	MW Arden
Second	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP
Third	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden
Fastest lap
Driver	Melville McKee[a]	Bamboo Engineering
Time	1:37.654 (on lap 4)

Classification

Summary

Conor Daly claimed his first GP3 pole position in qualifying.^[1] He led every lap to win the race, followed by Facu Regalia, making it a 1-2 result for ART Grand Prix.^[2] After being excluded from his third-place qualifying result, Nick Yelloly made a strong comeback to finish 12th.^[3]

Robert Vișoiu started on pole for the reverse grid race 2. He made a good start and led every lap to win the race, 7.7 seconds ahead of Aaro Vainio. Carlos Sainz Jr. overtook Tio Ellinas on the opening lap to finish third, his first GP3 podium.^[4] Fourth place was enough for Ellinas to keep the championship lead, 4 points ahead of Daly.^[2]

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	1:22.329	1
2	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	1:22.536	2
3	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	1:22.597	26 1
4	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	1:22.603	3
5	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	1:22.616	4
6	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	1:22.621	5
7	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:22.761	6
8	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor Racing	1:22.861	7
9	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden	1:22.891	8
10	5	Robert Vișoiu	MW Arden	1:22.893	9
11	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	1:22.925	10
12	25	David Fumanelli	Trident	1:22.936	11
13	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	1:22.948	27 1
14	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	1:22.954	12
15	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	1:22.993	13
16	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:23.000	14
17	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	1:23.019	15
18	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	1:23.054	16
19	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	1:23.294	25 2
20	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	1:23.364	17
21	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	1:23.524	18
22	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	1:23.559	19
23	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	1:23.878	20
24	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.322	21
25	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	1:25.044	22
26	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	1:25.103	23
27	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	1:41.349	24 3
Source:[5]

• ^1 Nick Yelloly and Lewis Williamson were disqualified from qualifying because their cars did not comply with the regulations.^[6]
• ^2 Patrick Kujala received a ten-place grid penalty for passing Aaro Vainio under the red flag.^[6]
• ^3 Ryan Cullen had a five-place grid penalty to serve from Barcelona.^[7]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	18	25:54.812	1	29 (25+4)
2	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	18	+1.210	3	18
3	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	18	+3.401	5	15
4	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	18	+3.773	2	12
5	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden	18	+4.413	8	12 (10+2)
6	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+6.196	6	8
7	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	18	+9.084	4	6
8	5	Robert Vișoiu	MW Arden	18	+13.504	9	4
9	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+14.145	7	2
10	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	18	+14.547	10	1
11	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	18	+20.833	12
12	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	18	+20.965	26
13	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+21.342	14
14	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+21.626	15
15	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	18	+21.927	13
16	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	18	+22.070	18
17	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	18	+26.458	19
18	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	18	+26.978	22
19	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	18	+27.387	27
20	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+36.843	24
21	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	18	+46.218	25
Ret	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	2	Retired	20
Ret	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	1	Retired	21
Ret	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	0	Retired	17
Ret	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	0	Retired	23
Ret	24	David Fumanelli	Trident	0	Retired	11
Ret	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	16
Fastest lap: Carlos Sainz Jr. (MW Arden) — 1:24.573 (on lap 5)
Source:[8]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Robert Vișoiu	MW Arden	18	25:50:517	1	15
2	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	18	+7.784	2	12
3	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden	18	+7.920	4	12 (10+2)
4	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+8.572	3	8
5	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	18	+9.017	5	6
6	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	18	+23.961	6	4
7	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	18	+24.472	7	2
8	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	18	+24.768	8	1
9	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	18	+25.164	12
10	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+26.566	9
11	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+26.719	14
12	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	18	+27.648	10
13	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	18	+27.779	15
14	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	18	+28.116	16
15	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	18	+35.495	21
16	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	18	+36.183	18
17	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	18	+38.816	19
18	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	18	+38.982	17
19	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+39.244	23
20	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	18	+50.937	20
21	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	18	+55.029	25
22	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	17	+1 Lap	22
Ret	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	10	Retired	11
Ret	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	9	Retired	13
Ret	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	1	Retired	24
Ret	24	David Fumanelli	Trident	0	Retired	26
Ret	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	0	Retired	27
Fastest lap: Melville McKee (Bamboo Engineering) — 1:24.487 (on lap 9)[a]
Source:[9]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Tio Ellinas 55 2 2 Conor Daly 51 3 Aaro Vainio 43 1 4 Kevin Korjus 37 3 5 Patric Niederhauser 28

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 2 1 ART Grand Prix 84 1 2 Koiranen GP 80 5 3 MW Arden 63 2 4 Marussia Manor Racing 57 1 5 Jenzer Motorsport 29

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

1. Melville McKee set the fastest lap, but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to be the point-scorer for the fastest lap. Carlos Sainz Jr. was the point-scorer instead for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.