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. 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. 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.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time 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 Team 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 Team 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:
Feature race 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 () 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 Team 37 +32.024 22 2 10 10 Jolyon Palmer Carlin 37 +12.290 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 Team 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 Retired 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: Notes: — 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. — 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 Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 Stefano Coletti Rapax 26 41:49.895 5 17 () 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 26 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 Team 26 +1:02.518 14 23 20 Nathanaël Berthon Trident Racing 26 +1:06.632 25 24 17 Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax Team 26 +1:25.590 9 25 7 Julián Leal Racing Engineering 25 Retired 13 26 12 Tom Dillmann Russian Time 25 +1 lap 4 Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:33.727 (on lap 3) Source: Notes: — Sam Bird was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Marcus Ericsson during the feature race. — Nathanaël Berthon was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Sergio Canamasas and Tom Dillmann during the feature race. — 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 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 Team 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.
See also 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round
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