The 2013 6 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit, near Silverstone, England on 12–14 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season, and served as the annual award for the Royal Automobile Club's Tourist Trophy. Briton Allan McNish, Dane Tom Kristensen, and Frenchman Loïc Duval won the race for Audi, just over three seconds ahead of their teammates. The British Delta-ADR team were victorious in the LMP2 category, while Aston Martin Racing secured both the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes.

The event weekend was shared with the European Le Mans Series, which ran the 3 Hours of Silverstone, and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.

Qualifying The 6 Hours of Silverstone was the first instance in which the WEC utilized a new qualifying procedure in which two drivers were required to set laps during the qualifying session. The grid would then be determined by averaging the total of the two best laps set by each of the drivers. Following the Silverstone qualifying session, several drivers felt the new format was too risky as all teams only had enough time to set four laps during the wet session. The FIA later announced that qualifying would be extended by ten minutes for the next round at Spa to allow teams more leeway.

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Average Time Grid 1 LMP1 No. 7 Toyota Racing 1:48.021 1 2 LMP1 No. 8 Toyota Racing 1:49.995 2 3 LMP1 No. 2 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:51.283 3 4 LMP1 No. 12 Rebellion Racing 1:52.124 4 5 LMP1 No. 1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1:53.488 5 6 LMP1 No. 13 Rebellion Racing 1:53.835 6 7 LMP2 No. 25 Delta-ADR 1:55.148 7 8 LMP2 No. 24 OAK Racing 1:57.629 8 9 LMP2 No. 26 G-Drive Racing 1:57.697 9 10 LMP2 No. 35 OAK Racing 1:58.729 10 11 LMGTE Pro No. 97 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.566 11 12 LMGTE Pro No. 99 Aston Martin Racing 2:00.722 12 13 LMGTE Am No. 96 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.158 13 14 LMGTE Pro No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey 2:01.308 14 15 LMGTE Pro No. 92 Porsche Team Manthey 2:01.452 15 16 LMGTE Pro No. 51 AF Corse 2:01.512 16 17 LMGTE Am No. 95 Aston Martin Racing 2:01.544 17 18 LMP2 No. 32 Lotus 2:01.555 18 19 LMGTE Pro No. 71 AF Corse 2:01.803 19 20 LMP2 No. 31 Lotus 2:02.144 20 21 LMGTE Am No. 61 AF Corse 2:02.396 21 22 LMP2 No. 49 Pecom Racing 2:02.454 22 23 LMGTE Am No. 81 8 Star Motorsports 2:02.513 23 24 LMGTE Am No. 50 Larbre Compétition 2:02.862 24 25 LMP2 No. 47 KCMG 2:02.991 25 26 LMGTE Am No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut 2:04.176 26 27 LMP2 No. 41 Greaves Motorsport 2:04.491 27 28 LMGTE Am No. 57 Krohn Racing 2:05.482 28 29 LMP2 No. 45 OAK Racing 2:10.475 29 30 LMP1 No. 21 Strakka Racing No Time 30 – LMGTE Am No. 88 Proton Competition Did Not Participate 31

Race

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

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP1 2 Audi Sport Team Joest Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval Audi R18 e-tron quattro 197 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 2 LMP1 1 Audi Sport Team Joest André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer Audi R18 e-tron quattro 197 Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6(Hybrid Diesel) 3 LMP1 8 Toyota Racing Anthony Davidson Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Buemi Toyota TS030 Hybrid 196 Toyota 3.4 L V8(Hybrid) 4 LMP1 7 Toyota Racing Alexander Wurz Nicolas Lapierre Toyota TS030 Hybrid 196 Toyota 3.4 L V8(Hybrid) 5 LMP1 12 Rebellion Racing Nicolas Prost Neel Jani Nick Heidfeld Lola B12/60 193 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 6 LMP1 13 Rebellion Racing Andrea Belicchi Mathias Beche Congfu Cheng Lola B12/60 190 Toyota RV8KLM 3.4 L V8 7 LMP2 25 Delta-ADR Tor Graves Antônio Pizzonia James Walker Oreca 03 184 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 8 LMP2 24 OAK Racing Olivier Pla Alex Brundle David Heinemeier Hansson Morgan LMP2 183 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 9 LMP2 49 Pecom Racing Luís Pérez Companc Pierre Kaffer Nicolas Minassian Oreca 03 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 10 LMP2 35 OAK Racing Bertrand Baguette Martin Plowman Ricardo González Morgan LMP2 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 11 LMP2 41 Greaves Motorsport Tom Kimber-Smith Chris Dyson Michael Marsal Zytek Z11SN 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMP2 47 KCMG Alexandre Imperatori Matthew Howson Jim Ka To Morgan LMP2 179 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 13 LMP2 26 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov John Martin Mike Conway Oreca 03 176 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTEPro 97 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Stefan Mücke Bruno Senna Aston Martin Vantage GTE 171 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 15 LMGTEPro 71 AF Corse Kamui Kobayashi Toni Vilander Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 170 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 16 LMGTEPro 99 Aston Martin Racing Frédéric Makowiecki Paul Dalla Lana Pedro Lamy Aston Martin Vantage GTE 170 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTEPro 92 Porsche Team Manthey Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Romain Dumas Porsche 911 RSR 170 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 18 LMGTEPro 51 AF Corse Gianmaria Bruni Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 170 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTEAm 95 Aston Martin Racing Allan Simonsen Kristian Poulsen Christoffer Nygaard Aston Martin Vantage GTE 169 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 20 LMGTEPro 91 Porsche Team Manthey Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet Timo Bernhard Porsche 911 RSR 168 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 21 LMGTEAm 50 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Fernando Rees Chevrolet Corvette C6.R 166 Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 22 LMGTEAm 81 8 Star Motorsports Enzo Potolicchio Rui Águas Philipp Peter Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 165 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 23 LMGTEAm 96 Aston Martin Racing Roald Goethe Jamie Campbell-Walter Stuart Hall Aston Martin Vantage GTE 165 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 24 LMGTEAm 88 Proton Competition Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Paolo Ruberti Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 165 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 25 LMGTEAm 57 Krohn Racing Tracy Krohn Niclas Jönsson Maurizio Mediani Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 164 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 26 LMGTEAm 76 IMSA Performance Matmut Raymond Narac Christophe Bourret Jean-Karl Vernay Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 163 Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 27 LMP2 45 OAK Racing Jacques Nicolet Jean-Marc Merlin Morgan LMP2 154 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 28 LMGTEAm 61 AF Corse Jack Gerber Matt Griffin Marco Cioci Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 139 Ferrari 4.5 L V8 NC LMP2 32 Lotus Thomas Holzer Dominik Kraihamer Jan Charouz Lotus T128 113 Praga 3.6 L V8 DNF LMP1 21 Strakka Racing Nick Leventis Jonny Kane Danny Watts HPD ARX-03c 55 Honda LM-V8 3.4 L V8 DNF LMP2 31 Lotus Kevin Weeda Christophe Bouchut Vitantonio Liuzzi Lotus T128 44 Praga 3.6 L V8

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