2013 Auto GP Series

The 2013 Auto GP Series was the fourth year of the Auto GP series, and the fifteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 23 March at Monza in Italy and finished on 6 October at Brno in the Czech Republic, after eight double-header rounds.[1]

2013 Auto GP Series
Previous:	2012	Next:	2014

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Super Nova International	1	Antonio Spavone[2]	1–2
		Francesco Dracone[3]	3
		Narain Karthikeyan[4]	4–8
	2	Vittorio Ghirelli[2]	All
	3	Francesco Dracone	4
Comtec by Virtuosi[5]	4	Roberto La Rocca[6]	6–8
Virtuosi UK[7]	5	Andrea Roda[7]	All
	6	Max Snegirev[2]	All
Zele Racing	8	Luciano Bacheta[8]	1–4
		Christian Klien[9]	5
		Josef Král[10]	8
	9	Narain Karthikeyan[11]	1–3
		Tamás Pál Kiss[12]	4–5, 8
Ghinzani Motorsport	13	Robert Visoiu[2]	All
	22	Kevin Giovesi[13]	4–8
Euronova Racing[14]	15	Yoshitaka Kuroda[15]	All
	16	Kimiya Sato[14]	All
Ibiza Racing Team[16]	18	Sergio Campana[17]	All
	20	Giuseppe Cipriani[2]	1–3
		Fabrizio Crestani[18]	4
		Francesco Dracone[9]	5, 8
		Tamás Pál Kiss[19]	6–7
MLR 71	24	Giacomo Ricci[2]	1
		Tamás Pál Kiss[20]	3
		Michela Cerruti[21]	6, 8
	71	Michele La Rosa[2]	All
Manor MP Motorsport	25	Riccardo Agostini[22]	1–4
	26	Meindert van Buuren[23]	All
	27	Daniël de Jong[23]	2–8

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2013 season was released on 17 January 2013.[1] But on 7 February 2013 was revealed that Moscow Raceway were dropped from schedule due to cost reasons. Silverstone Circuit will take Moscow Raceway's place in the calendar.[24] On 24 April 2013, the calendar was altered again, with dropping Zandvoort due to clash with German GP2 Series and Formula One rounds and changing to Mugello Circuit.[25]

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Supporting
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 March	Riccardo Agostini	Sergio Campana	Sergio Campana	Ibiza Racing Team	FIA WTCC Race of Italy
	R2		24 March		Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Euronova Racing
2	R3	Marrakech Street Circuit	6 April	Sergio Campana	Narain Karthikeyan	Sergio Campana	Ibiza Racing Team	FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
	R4		7 April		Vittorio Ghirelli	Luciano Bacheta	Zele Racing
3	R5	Hungaroring	5 May	Vittorio Ghirelli	Vittorio Ghirelli	Kimiya Sato	Euronova Racing	FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
	R6				Vittorio Ghirelli	Vittorio Ghirelli	Super Nova International
4	R7	Silverstone Circuit	1 June	Narain Karthikeyan	Vittorio Ghirelli	Narain Karthikeyan	Super Nova International	Blancpain Endurance Series
	R8		2 June		Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Euronova Racing
5	R9	Mugello Circuit	13 July	Narain Karthikeyan	Kevin Giovesi	Sergio Campana	Ibiza Racing Team	ACI Racing Weekend
	R10		14 July		Narain Karthikeyan	Narain Karthikeyan	Super Nova International
6	R11	Nürburgring	17 August	Narain Karthikeyan	Vittorio Ghirelli	Narain Karthikeyan	Super Nova International	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
	R12		18 August		Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Euronova Racing
7	R13	Donington Park	31 August	Narain Karthikeyan	Kimiya Sato	Vittorio Ghirelli	Super Nova International	Superstars Series
	R14		1 September		Narain Karthikeyan	Narain Karthikeyan	Super Nova International
8	R15	Masaryk Circuit	5 October	Vittorio Ghirelli	Tamás Pál Kiss	Narain Karthikeyan	Super Nova International	European Touring Car Cup
	R16		6 October		Kimiya Sato	Kimiya Sato	Euronova Racing

Championship standings

• Points for both championships were awarded as follows:

Race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Race One	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1
Race Two	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

In addition:

• One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One
• One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers' standings

Pos Driver MNZ MAR HUN SIL MUG NÜR DON BRN Points 1 Vittorio Ghirelli 4 3 9 2 2 1 2 Ret 6 2 3 2 1 4 2 3 222 2 Kimiya Sato 2 1 3 3 1 6 6 1 Ret 3 4 1 14† 5 4 1 213 3 Sergio Campana 1 4 1 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 12 5 4 5 6 6 2 197 4 Narain Karthikeyan 5 Ret 6 Ret 8 4 1 12 3 1 1 5 2 1 1 DSQ 195 5 Tamás Pál Kiss 5 5 3 7 5 4 6 6 7 8 5 5 99 6 Kevin Giovesi 13 3 2 5 2 10 3 3 Ret 6 91 7 Daniël de Jong 2 Ret 7 7 4 5 DNS 7 Ret 3 6 13 9 8 77 8 Robert Visoiu 3 6 14† 4 15† 10 9 Ret Ret 15† 7 12 4 11 3 Ret 67 9 Meindert van Buuren Ret 10 Ret 6 6 Ret 8 4 10 6 12 DNS 8 2 12 9 57 10 Riccardo Agostini 7 5 4 Ret 4 3 15 9 53 11 Luciano Bacheta 8 2 8 1 16† 9 10 8 49 12 Andrea Roda Ret 11 7 7 9 12 Ret 15 4 10 14 9 9 12 7 4 45 13 Max Snegirev 10 Ret 13 5 10 8 11 6 9 11 11 13 12 10 10 10 24 14 Antonio Spavone 6 9 5 9† 22 15 Roberto La Rocca 8 7 11 7 8 7 20 16 Yoshitaka Kuroda 11 7 11 8† 12 Ret 12 11 7 8 10 Ret 10 9 11 11 20 17 Fabrizio Crestani 5 10 11 18 Christian Klien 8 9 6 19 Michela Cerruti 9 8 16† 13 5 20 Michele La Rosa 12 8 12 10† 14 Ret 14 14 Ret 14 13 11 13 14 14 15 4 21 Giuseppe Cipriani 9 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 3 22 Francesco Dracone 11 11 Ret 13 Ret 13 13 14 0 23 Josef Král 15 12 0 24 Giacomo Ricci Ret 12 0 Pos Driver MNZ MAR HUN SIL MUG NÜR DON BRN Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Under-21 Trophy Bold – Pole for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship

Pos Team MNZ MAR HUN SIL MUG NÜR DON BRN Points 1 Super Nova International 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 12 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 406 6 9 9 9† 11 11 2 13 6 2 3 5 2 4 2 DSQ 2 Ibiza Racing Team 1 4 1 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 12 5 4 5 6 6 2 234 9 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 5 10 Ret 13 6 6 7 8 13 14 3 Euronova Racing 2 1 3 3 1 6 6 1 7 3 4 1 10 5 4 1 233 11 7 11 8† 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 8 10 Ret 14† 9 11 11 4 Manor MP Motorsport 7 5 2 6 4 3 4 4 10 6 12 3 6 2 9 8 179 Ret 10 4 Ret 6 7 8 5 DNS 7 Ret DNS 8 13 12 9 5 Ghinzani Motorsport 3 6 14† 4 15† 10 9 3 2 5 2 10 3 3 3 6 161 13 Ret Ret 15† 7 12 4 11 Ret Ret 6 Zele Racing 5 2 6 1 8 4 3 7 5 4 5 5 138 8 Ret 8 Ret 16† 9 10 8 8 9 15 12 7 Virtuosi UK 10 11 7 5 9 8 11 6 4 10 11 9 9 10 7 4 69 Ret Ret 13 7 10 12 Ret 15 9 11 14 13 12 12 10 10 8 MLR 71 12 8 12 10† 5 5 14 14 Ret 14 9 8 13 14 14 13 27 Ret 12 14 Ret 13 11 16† 15 9 Comtec by Virtuosi 8 7 11 7 8 7 20 Pos Team MNZ MAR HUN SIL MUG NÜR DON BRN Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole for Race One Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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External links

• Official Auto GP site