2013 Catalunya GP2 and GP3 Series rounds

2013 Catalunya GP2 round
Round details
Round 3 of 11 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series season and Round 1 of 8 rounds in the 2013 GP3 Series season
Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	11 May 2013
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS
Time	1:28.706
Podium
First	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport
Second	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Third	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Time	1:34.352 (on lap 9)
Sprint race
Date	12 May 2013
Laps	26
Podium
First	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Second	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport
Third	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time	1:33.727 (on lap 3)
GP3 Series
Race 1
Date	11 May 2013
Laps	17
Pole position
Driver	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:34.233
Podium
First	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Second	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Third	Conor Daly	Lotus GP
Fastest lap
Driver	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing
Time	1:36.800 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	12 May 2013
Laps	17
Podium
First	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP
Second	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP
Third	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP
Time	1:37.669 (on lap 4)

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 2012 as the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series season.^[1] The weekend also saw the first round of the 2013 GP3 Series season,^[2] and the debut of the GP3 Series' second-generation chassis, the Dallara GP3/13.^[3]

Robin Frijns took his—and team Hilmer Motorsports'—maiden GP2 Series victory in the feature race, ahead of Felipe Nasr.^[4] 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.^[5]

Tio Ellinas inherited pole position in the GP3 Series feature race when pole-sitter Kevin Korjus was given a grid penalty,^[6] and he went on to win the race.^[7] Aaro Vainio won the sprint race, leading home team-mate Korjus to give team Koiranen GP the lead in the teams' championship in after their first GP3 Series round.^[8]

GP2 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1:28.706	1
2	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:28.871	2
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:29.152	3
4	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	1:29.188	4
5	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:29.213	5
6	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:29.293	6
7	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1:29.318	7
8	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.321	8
9	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1:29.424	9
10	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.425	10
11	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1:29.609	11
12	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	1:29.668	12
13	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1:29.685	13
14	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	1:29.739	14
15	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.759	15
16	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	1:29.792	16
17	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1:29.804	17
18	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	1:29.824	18
19	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1:29.936	19
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.956	20
21	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1:29.969	21
22	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	1:30.020	22
23	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	1:30.025	23
24	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:30.025	24
25	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1:30.763	25
26	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:30.773	26
Source:^[9]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	37	1:00:38.896	8	25
2	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	37	+3.316	3	18
3	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	37	+12.609	15	17 (15+2)
4	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	37	+13.329	5	12
5	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	37	+14.325	14	10
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	37	+17.160	17	8
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	37	+17.504	9	6
8	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	37	+24.013	23	4
9	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	37	+32.024	22	2
10	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin Motorsport	37	+12.290¹	11	1
11	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	37	+32.823	12
12	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	37	+35.748	19
13	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	37	+39.922	18
14	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	37	+40.999	16
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	37	+42.690	2
16	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	37	+43.102	26
17	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	37	+54.532	25
18	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+56.946	6
19	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	37	+57.935	24
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 lap	20
21	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	33	Retired²	4
Ret	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	11	Retired	10
Ret	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	10	Retired	1
Ret	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	5	Retired	13
Ret	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	4	Retired	21
Ret	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	7
Fastest lap: Jon Lancaster (Hilmer Motorsport) — 1:34.352 (on lap 9)
Source:^[4]

Notes:

^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.^[10]
^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.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	26	41:49.895	5	17 (15+2)
2	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+0.691	8	12
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	26	+7.212	7	10
4	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	26	+12.129	10	8
5	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	26	+35.593	1	6
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	26	+36.991	3	4
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	26	+38.483	2	2
8	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	26	+39.645	11	1
9	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	26	+40.664	18
10	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+41.353	6
11	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	26	+41.464	24
12	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	26	+41.876	26³
13	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	26	+42.520	12
14	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	26	+44.190	23
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	26	+44.277	15
16	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	26	+44.487	19
17	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+44.628	21
18	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26	+45.041	16
19	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+48.132	20
20	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	26	+53.650	22
21	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	26	+53.938	17
22	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	26	+1:02.518	14
23	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	26	+1:06.632	25⁴
24	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	26	+1:25.590	9
25	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	25	Retired⁵	13
26	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	25	+1 lap	4
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:33.727 (on lap 3)
Source:^[5]

Notes:

^3 — Sam Bird was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Marcus Ericsson during the feature race.^[10]
^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.^[10]
^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.	Driver	Points
	1	Stefano Coletti	93
1	2	Felipe Nasr	76
1	3	Fabio Leimer	54
23	4	Robin Frijns	37
1	5	Sam Bird	33

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	1	Carlin	107
1	2	Rapax	101
	3	Racing Engineering	64
6	4	Hilmer Motorsport	56
1	5	Russian Time	55

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

GP3 Series classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	1:34.193	9¹
2	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	1:34.233	1
3	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.444	2
4	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	1:34.581	13²
5	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden	1:34.635	15²
6	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	1:34.810	3
7	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	1:35.111	4
8	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	1:35.183	5
9	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	1:35.206	6
10	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	1:34.989	10³
11	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	1:35.250	7
12	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor Racing	1:35.334	8
13	25	David Fumanelli	Trident	1:35.376	11
14	5	Robert Visoiu	MW Arden	1:35.408	12
15	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	1:35.458	14
16	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	1:35.533	16
17	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	1:35.725	17
18	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	1:35.884	18
19	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	1:36.031	27²
20	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	1:36.131	19
21	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	1:36.271	20
22	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	1:36.464	21
23	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	1:36.489	22
24	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	1:36.543	23
25	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	1:37.004	24
26	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	1:37.030	25
27	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	1:38.574	26
Source:^[11]

Notes:

^1 — Kevin Korjus qualified on pole, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during free practice.^[6] Tio Ellinas was recognised as the pole-sitter for the event.
^2 — Alex Fontana, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Patrick Kujala all received ten-place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags during free practice.^[6]
^3 — Daniil Kvyat was given a three-place penalty for blocking Conor Daly during qualifying.^[12]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	17	28:06.022	1	31 (25+4+2)
2	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+0.428	2	18
3	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	17	+0.940	3	15
4	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	17	+9.726	4	12
5	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	17	+16.925	5	10
6	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	17	+23.006	8	8
7	24	David Fumanelli	Trident	17	+23.572	11	6
8	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	17	+28.615	9	4
9	5	Robert Visoiu	MW Arden	17	+29.053	12	2
10	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+29.426	13	1
11	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	17	+29.669	17
12	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	17	+30.832	16
13	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	17	+37.044	20
14	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	17	+37.277	21
15	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden	17	+51.699	15
16	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+51.949	23
17	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	17	+52.325	22
18	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	17	+52.759	18
19	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	17	+53.858	14
20	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	17	+1:08.961	10
21	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	17	+1:09.967	24
22	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	17	+1:10.828	26
23	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	17	+1:14.398	19
24	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	15	Retired⁴	6
Ret	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor	14	Retired	9
Ret	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	10	Retired	27
Ret	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	6	Retired	25
Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:36.800 (on lap 2)
Source:^[7]

Notes:

^4 — Facu Regalia retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Aaro Vainio	Koiranen GP	17	29:44.420	4	15
2	28	Kevin Korjus	Koiranen GP	17	+1.808	1	14 (12+2)
3	11	Patric Niederhauser	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+6.948	7	10
4	14	Tio Ellinas	Marussia Manor Racing	17	+14.048	8	8
5	1	Conor Daly	ART Grand Prix	17	+15.469	6	6
6	3	Jack Harvey	ART Grand Prix	17	+17.853	3	4
7	20	Lewis Williamson	Bamboo Engineering	17	+20.916	11	2
8	23	Giovanni Venturini	Trident	17	+21.704	12	1
9	12	Alex Fontana	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+22.088	10
10	9	Eric Lichtenstein	Carlin	17	+22.355	18
11	18	Adderly Fong	Status Grand Prix	17	+22.924	23
12	7	Luís Sá Silva	Carlin	17	+25.239	13
13	10	Samin Gómez	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+25.419	16
14	2	Facu Regalia	ART Grand Prix	17	+25.968	24
15	16	Dino Zamparelli	Marussia Manor Racing	17	+26.851	25
16	26	Patrick Kujala	Koiranen GP	17	+30.111	26
17	24	David Fumanelli	Trident	17	+15.234¹	2
18	22	Carmen Jordá	Bamboo Engineering	17	+45.568	22
19	5	Robert Visoiu	MW Arden	17	+40.758¹	9
Ret	19	Josh Webster	Status Grand Prix	14	Retired	27
Ret	8	Nick Yelloly	Carlin	12	Retired	5
Ret	25	Emanuele Zonzini	Trident	12	Retired	17
Ret	17	Jimmy Eriksson	Status Grand Prix	10	Retired	19
Ret	15	Ryan Cullen	Marussia Manor Racing	6	Retired	21
Ret	6	Daniil Kvyat	MW Arden	5	Retired	20
Ret	21	Melville McKee	Bamboo Engineering	0	Retired	14
DSQ	4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	MW Arden International	17	Disqualified²	15
Fastest lap: Kevin Korjus (Koiranen GP) — 1:37.669 (on lap 4)
Source:^[8]

Notes:

^1 — David Fumanelli and Robert Visoiu had twenty seconds added to their race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty after they were found to have caused avoidable accidents during the race.^[13]
^2 — Carlos Sainz Jr. was disqualified from the race after his car was found to be underweight during scrutineering.^[13]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Tio Ellinas	39
2	Patric Niederhauser	28
3	Aaro Vainio	25
4	Conor Daly	21
5	Kevin Korjus	18

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Koiranen GP	43
2	Marussia Manor Racing	39
3	Jenzer Motorsport	29
4	ART Grand Prix	28
5	Carlin	12

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

References

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↑ "Ericsson leads all-DAMS front row". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
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1 2 "Barcelona Post Race 2 Penalties". GP3Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

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