2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round

2013 GP2 race held in Spain Spain Catalunya 3 11 Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg Circuit de Catalunya 2013 Circuit de CatalunyaMontmeló, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.892 4.665 11 May 37 SWE Marcus Ericsson DAMS 1:28.706 NED Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport BRA Felipe Nasr Carlin GBR Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport GBR Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 1:34.352 9 12 May 26 MCO Stefano Coletti Rapax NED Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport BRA Felipe Nasr Carlin MCO Stefano Coletti Rapax 1:33.727 3 The 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 11 and 12 May 2013 as the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series season.GP2 Series 2013 season calendar unveiled http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2012/12_December/GP2-Series-2013-season-calendar-unveiled/ GP2 Series GP2 Motorsport Limited 19 December 2012 12 May 2013 The race was used to support the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. Robin Frijns took his—and team Hilmer Motorsports'—maiden GP2 Series victory in the feature race, ahead of Felipe Nasr.Frijns takes first GP2 win in thriller http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107347/ Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 11 May 2013 12 May 2013 Stefano Coletti took his second race win of the season in the sprint race, beating Frijns by six-tenths of a second and further secured his championship lead with the result.Coletti holds off Frijns in sprint race http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107371/ Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 12 May 2013 12 May 2013 Background The 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round was the third of eleven scheduled events in the 2013 GP2 Series. It was held on 11 and 12 May 2013 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia and supported the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.19 December 2012 2013 GP2 calendar revealed http://en.espn.co.uk/gp2/motorsport/story/97670.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20170918204918/http://en.espn.co.uk/gp2/motorsport/story/97670.html 18 September 2017 8 October 2026 ESPN Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the brought the yellow-banded soft compound tyres and the orange-banded hard dry compound tyres to the race.8 May 2013 Pirelli continues to supply Formula One™ feeder series in 2013 https://press.pirelli.com/pirelli-continues-to-supply-formula-onetm-feeder-series-in-2013/ 8 October 2026 Pirelli Going into the event, Rapax driver Stefano Coletti led the Drivers' Championship with 64 championship points, ten more than the second-placed Fabio Leimer of Racing Engineering. Carlin's Felipe Nasr, Russian Time's Sam Bird and ART Grand Prix's James Calado were in positions third to fifth, with a respective 48, 33 and 24 championship points.GP2 – 2013 Standings http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/GP2-2013-standings,58436.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131214220709/http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/GP2-2013-standings,58436.html 14 December 2013 8 October 2026 nextgen-auto.com dmy-all Rapax on 72 championship points led Rapax by two championship points in the Teams' Championship. Racing Engineering, Russian Time, and ART Grand Prix made up places three to five with 64, 45 and 26 championship points. respectively. Classification Qualifying Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Time Grid Final grid position 1 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson DAMS 1:28.706 1 2 2 MCO Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 1:28.871 2 3 9 BRA Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:29.152 3 4 11 GBR Sam Bird Russian Time 1:29.188 4 5 18 MCO Stefano Coletti Rapax 1:29.213 5 6 8 CHE Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 1:29.293 6 7 3 GBR James Calado ART Grand Prix 1:29.318 7 8 22 NED Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 1:29.321 8 9 21 ITA Kevin Ceccon Trident Racing 1:29.424 9 10 25 ITA Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:29.425 10 11 10 GBR Jolyon Palmer Carlin 1:29.609 11 12 4 DEU Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 1:29.668 12 13 14 ESP Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 1:29.685 13 14 12 FRA Tom Dillmann Russian Time 1:29.739 14 15 23 GBR Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 1:29.759 15 16 16 USA Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 1:29.792 16 17 15 USA Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 1:29.804 17 18 7 COL Julián Leal Racing Engineering 1:29.824 18 19 6 NZL Mitch Evans Arden International 1:29.936 19 20 24 AUT René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:29.956 20 21 20 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Trident Racing 1:29.969 21 22 17 INA Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 1:30.020 22 23 5 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Arden International 1:30.025 23 24 19 CHE Simon Trummer Rapax 1:30.025 24 25 26 GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 1:30.763 25 26 27 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1:30.773 26 Source:Ericsson leads all-DAMS front row http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107311 Autosport.com Haymarket Publications 10 May 2013 12 May 2013 Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 NED Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 37 1:00:38.896 8 25 2 9 BRA Felipe Nasr Carlin 37 +3.316 3 18 3 23 GBR Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 37 +12.609 15 17 (15+2 15 points for third place, 2 points for fastest lap) 4 18 MCO Stefano Coletti Rapax 37 +13.329 5 12 5 12 FRA Tom Dillmann Russian Time 37 +14.325 14 10 6 15 USA Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 37 +17.160 17 8 7 21 ITA Kevin Ceccon Trident Racing 37 +17.504 9 6 8 5 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Arden International 37 +24.013 23 4 9 17 INA Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 37 +32.024 22 2 10 10 GBR Jolyon Palmer Carlin 37 +12.2901 1 11 1 11 4 DEU Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 37 +32.823 12 12 6 NZL Mitch Evans Arden International 37 +35.748 19 13 7 COL Julián Leal Racing Engineering 37 +39.922 18 14 16 USA Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 37 +40.999 16 15 2 MCO Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 37 +42.690 2 16 27 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 37 +43.102 26 17 26 GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 37 +54.532 25 18 8 CHE Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 37 +56.946 6 19 19 CHE Simon Trummer Rapax 37 +57.935 24 20 24 AUT René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 36 +1 lap 20 21 11 GBR Sam Bird Russian Time 33 Retired2 2 4 Ret 25 ITA Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 Retired 10 Ret 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson DAMS 10 Retired 1 Ret 14 ESP Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 5 Retired 13 Ret 20 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Trident Racing 4 Retired 21 Ret 3 GBR James Calado ART Grand Prix 1 Retired 7 Fastest lap: Jon Lancaster (Hilmer Motorsport) — 1:34.352 (on lap 9) Source: Notes: 1 1 — Jolyon Palmer finished the race in third place, but had twenty seconds added to his race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty after he was judged to have forced Sam Bird off the circuit late in the race.Barcelona Post race penalties announced http://www.gp2series.com/News-Room/News/2013/05_May/Barcelona-Post-race-penalties-announced/ GP2Series.com GP2 Series Ltd. 11 May 2013 12 May 2013 2 2 — Sam Bird retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance. Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 MCO Stefano Coletti Rapax 26 41:49.895 5 17 (15+2 15 points for first place, 2 points for fastest lap) 2 22 NED Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 26 +0.691 8 12 3 9 BRA Felipe Nasr Carlin 26 +7.212 7 10 4 10 GBR Jolyon Palmer Carlin 26 +12.129 10 8 5 5 VEN Johnny Cecotto Jr. Arden International 26 +35.593 1 6 6 15 USA Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 26 +36.991 3 4 7 21 ITA Kevin Ceccon Trident Racing 26 +38.483 2 2 8 4 DEU Daniel Abt ART Grand Prix 26 +39.645 11 1 9 8 CHE Fabio Leimer Racing Engineering 26 +40.664 18 10 23 GBR Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 26 +41.353 6 11 3 GBR James Calado ART Grand Prix 26 +41.464 24 12 11 GBR Sam Bird Russian Time 26 +41.876 263 3 13 6 NZL Mitch Evans Arden International 26 +42.520 12 14 14 ESP Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 26 +44.190 23 15 2 MCO Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 26 +44.277 15 16 19 CHE Simon Trummer Rapax 26 +44.487 19 17 25 ITA Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 26 +44.628 21 18 27 NED Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 26 +45.041 16 19 24 AUT René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 26 +48.132 20 20 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson DAMS 26 +53.650 22 21 26 GBR Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 26 +53.938 17 22 16 USA Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax Team 26 +1:02.518 14 23 20 FRA Nathanaël Berthon Trident Racing 26 +1:06.632 254 4 24 17 INA Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 26 +1:25.590 9 25 7 COL Julián Leal Racing Engineering 25 Retired5 5 13 26 12 FRA Tom Dillmann Russian Time 25 +1 lap 4 Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:33.727 (on lap 3) Source: Notes: 3 3 — Sam Bird was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Marcus Ericsson during the feature race. 4 4 — Nathanaël Berthon was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Sergio Canamasas and Tom Dillmann during the feature race. 5 5 — Julián Leal retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 MCO Stefano Coletti 93 10px 1 2 BRA Felipe Nasr 76 10px 1 3 CHE Fabio Leimer 54 10px 23 4 NED Robin Frijns 37 10px 1 5 GBR Sam Bird 33 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 1 GBR Carlin 107 10px 1 2 ITA Rapax 101 10px 3 ESP Racing Engineering 64 10px 6 4 DEU Hilmer Motorsport 56 10px 1 5 RUS Russian Time 55 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round References 35em Catalunya GP2 round 2013 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round 2013 Monaco GP2 Series round 2012 Catalunya GP2 Series round 2014 Catalunya GP2 Series round Catalunya Catalunya