The 2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an auto racing event held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on 19–20 July 2013. It was the third round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, and the series' first visit to the Red Bull Ring. Thiriet by TDS Racing, with drivers Pierre Thiriet and Mathias Beche, won the race over Signatech Alpine, while the LMPC category was led by Paul-Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch. Ram Racing's Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem led the LMGTE category, while Fabio Babini, Kirill Ladygin, and Viktor Shaytar of SMP Racing won the GTC class.

Qualifying

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

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport Oliver Turvey 1:23.871 1 2 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley 1:24.010 2 3 LMP2 No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Mathias Beche 1:24.054 3 4 LMP2 No. 43 Morand Racing Franck Mailleux 1:24.318 4 5 LMP2 No. 34 Race Performance Patric Niederhauser 1:24.407 5 6 LMP2 No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Dominik Kraihamer 1:24.794 6 7 LMP2 No. 37 SMP Racing Maurizio Mediani 1:25.865 7 8 LMPC No. 46 Algarve Pro Racing Team Nick Catsburg 1:28.234 9 9 LMPC No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge Nico Verdonck 1:28.394 10 10 LMPC No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge Paul-Loup Chatin 1:28.635 11 11 LMPC No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge Soheil Ayari 1:28.770 12 12 LMGTE No. 77 Proton Competition Nick Tandy 1:29.391 13 13 LMGTE No. 66 JMW Motorsport Andrea Bertolini 1:29.513 14 14 LMGTE No. 52 Ram Racing Johnny Mowlem 1:29.629 15 15 LMGTE No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Jean-Karl Vernay 1:29.800 16 16 LMGTE No. 75 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 1:30.068 17 17 LMGTE No. 53 Ram Racing Gunnar Jeannette 1:30.103 18 18 LMGTE No. 55 AF Corse Marco Cioci 1:30.187 19 19 GTC No. 72 SMP Racing Luca Persiani 1:30.705 20 20 GTC No. 69 SMP Racing Kirill Ladygin 1:30.741 21 21 GTC No. 62 AF Corse Andrea Rizzoli 1:30.836 22 22 LMGTE No. 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollegol 1:30.865 23 23 LMGTE No. 88 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 1:31.466 24 24 GTC No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Ollie Millroy 1:31.765 25 25 GTC No. 60 Kox Racing Peter Kox 1:31.797 26 – LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici No Time 8

 – The No. 36 Signatech Oreca-Nissan had its qualifying times nullified after it set its fastest qualifying lap while a sector of the track was under yellow flag conditions. The team was allowed to start from the back of the LMP2 class grid.

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 LMP2 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche Oreca 03 122 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Alpine A450 122 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 LMP2 43 Morand Racing Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux Morgan LMP2 122 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 4 LMP2 38 Jota Sport Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey Zytek Z11SN 121 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 LMP2 34 Race Performance Michel Frey Patric Niederhauser Oreca 03 121 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 6 LMP2 37 SMP Racing Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani Oreca 03 119 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 7 LMPC 49 Team Endurance Challenge Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch Oreca FLM09 118 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 8 LMPC 47 Team Endurance Challenge Alex Loan Nico Verdonck Oreca FLM09 118 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 9 LMPC 46 Algarve Pro Racing Team C. O. Jones Nick Catsburg Oreca FLM09 116 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 10 LMGTE 52 Ram Racing Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 116 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 11 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Andrea Bertolini Joël Camathias Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 116 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 12 LMGTE 53 Ram Racing Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 115 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 13 LMGTE 55 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Federico Leo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 115 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 14 LMPC 48 Team Endurance Challenge Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons Oreca FLM09 115 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 15 LMGTE 75 Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 115 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 16 LMGTE 88 Proton Competition Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Klaus Bachler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 114 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 17 LMGTE 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrice Milesi Jean-Karl Vernay Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 114 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 18 GTC 69 SMP Racing Fabio Babini Viktor Shaitar Kirill Ladygin Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 114 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 19 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 114 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 20 GTC 62 AF Corse Andrea Razzoli Stefano Gai Lorenzo Casè Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 113 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 21 GTC 79 Ecurie Ecosse Andrew Smith Ollie Millroy Alasdair McCaig BMW Z4 GT3 112 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 22 LMGTE 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollégol Jean-Marc Bachelier Howard Blank Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 112 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 23 GTC 60 Kox Racing Peter Kox Nico Pronk Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 112 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 24 GTC 72 SMP Racing Devi Markozov Alexander Frolov Luca Persiani Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 112 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 25 LMP2 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 03 102 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Dominik Kraihamer Thomas Holzer Oreca 03 69 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

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