2013 3 Hours of Silverstone

The 2013 3 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England, on 12–13 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, in a weekend shared with the FIA World Endurance Championship and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. Heavy rains during the race forced the event to be cut short, with only two and a quarter hours being run before Britons Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey of Jota Sport were declared the winners. Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and Nick Tandy won the LMGTE class, and Andrew Smith, Ollie Millroy, and Alisdair McCaig were the GTC class victors.

The Silverstone Circuit

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP2	No. 38 Jota Sport	Oliver Turvey	1:48.032	1
2	LMP2	No. 18 Murphy Prototypes	Brendon Hartley	1:48.863	2
3	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici	1:49.063	3
4	LMP2	No. 34 Race Performance	Patric Niederhauser	1:50.010	4
5	LMP2	No. 43 Morand Racing	Franck Mailleux	1:50.139	5
6	LMP2	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	Jonathan Hirschi	1:50.157	6
7	LMP2	No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing	Bastien Brière	1:52.072	7
8	LMP2	No. 3 Greaves Motorsport	Chris Dyson	1:52.529	23^1
9	LMPC	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:54.102	8
10	LMPC	No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge	Soheil Ayari	1:54.721	9
11	LMP2	No. 39 DKR Engineering	Olivier Porta	1:55.634	10
12	LMPC	No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge	Alex Loan	1:58.310	11
13	LMGTE	No. 52 RAM Racing	Johnny Mowlem	2:02.358	12
14	LMGTE	No. 77 Proton Competition	Nick Tandy	2:02.653	13
15	LMGTE	No. 75 Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard	2:02.685	14
16	LMGTE	No. 55 AF Corse	Federico Leo	2:02.731	15
17	LMGTE	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Joël Camathias	2:03.015	16
18	GTC	No. 65 Momo Megatron DF1	Kuba Giermaziak	2:03.484	17
19	GTC	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse	Andrew Smith	2:03.737	18
20	GTC	No. 62 AF Corse	Lorenzo Casé	2:04.233	19
21	LMGTE	No. 53 RAM Racing	Franck Montecalvo	2:04.412	20
22	LMGTE	No. 54 AF Corse	Yannick Mollégol	2:05.198	21
23	LMGTE	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrice Milesi	2:08.745	22

• ^1 - The No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan was moved to the back of the grid for not using the tires previously allocated for qualifying.

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).[2]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey	Zytek Z11SN	D	48
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2	LMP2	34	Race Performance	Michel Frey Patric Niederhauser	Oreca 03	D	48
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
3	LMP2	1	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 03	D	48
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
4	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A450	M	48
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	48
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
6	LMGTE	52	RAM Racing	Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	47
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
7	LMGTE	53	RAM Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	47
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
8	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini Joël Camathias	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	47
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
9	LMPC	48	Team Endurance Challenge	Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons	Oreca FLM09	M	46
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10	GTC	79	Ecurie Ecosse	Andrew Smith Ollie Millroy Alisdair McCaig	BMW Z4 GT3	M	46
					BMW 4.4 L V8
11	LMP2	4	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Bastien Brière Thomas Dagoneau John Hartshorne	Oreca 03	D	46
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
12	LMGTE	75	Prospeed Competition	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Sébastien Crubilé	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	46
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
13	GTC	62	AF Corse	Andrea Razzoli Stefano Gai Lorenzo Casè	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	M	46
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14	LMGTE	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrice Milesi Raymond Narac Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	44
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
15	LMP2	39	DKR Engineering	Olivier Porta Romain Brandela Stéphane Raffin	Lola B11/40	D	43
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
16	LMGTE	55	AF Corse	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Federico Leo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	43
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
17	LMGTE	54	AF Corse	Yannick Mollégol Jean-Marc Bachelier Howard Blank	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	42
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
18	LMP2	18	Murphy Prototypes	Brendon Hartley Mark Patterson	Oreca 03	D	41
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
19	LMPC	49	Team Endurance Challenge	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Oreca FLM09	M	37
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
20	GTC	65	Momo Megatron DF1	Dylan Derdaele Raffi Bader Kuba Giermaziak	Audi R8 LMS ultra	M	33
					Audi 5.2 L V10
DNF	LMP2	3	Greaves Motorsport	Chris Dyson Michael Marsal	Zytek Z11SN	D	23
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	43	Morand Racing	Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux	Morgan LMP2	D	22
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
DNF	LMPC	47	Team Endurance Challenge	Alex Loan Matthieu Lecuyer	Oreca FLM09	M	0
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8

References

1. "European Le Mans Series Silverstone Qualifying Practice Provisional Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
2. "European Le Mans Series Silverstone Race Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

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