The 2013 Ricardo Tormo GP3 Series round was the second round of the 2013 GP3 Series. It was held on 16 June 2013 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste, Spain as a stand-alone event.
Classification Summary Conor Daly claimed his first GP3 pole position in qualifying. He led every lap to win the race, followed by Facu Regalia, making it a 1-2 result for ART Grand Prix. After being excluded from his third-place qualifying result, Nick Yelloly made a strong comeback to finish 12th.
Robert Vișoiu started on pole for the reverse grid race 2. He made a good start and led every lap to win the race, 7.7 seconds ahead of Aaro Vainio. Carlos Sainz Jr. overtook Tio Ellinas on the opening lap to finish third, his first GP3 podium. Fourth place was enough for Ellinas to keep the championship lead, 4 points ahead of Daly.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1:22.329 1 2 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 1:22.536 2 3 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 1:22.597 26 4 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 1:22.603 3 5 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 1:22.616 4 6 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 1:22.621 5 7 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:22.761 6 8 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:22.861 7 9 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 1:22.891 8 10 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1:22.893 9 11 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 1:22.925 10 12 25 David Fumanelli Trident 1:22.936 11 13 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 1:22.948 27 14 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 1:22.954 12 15 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 1:22.993 13 16 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:23.000 14 17 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:23.019 15 18 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 1:23.054 16 19 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 1:23.294 25 20 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 1:23.364 17 21 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 1:23.524 18 22 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1:23.559 19 23 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:23.878 20 24 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1:24.322 21 25 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1:25.044 22 26 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 1:25.103 23 27 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:41.349 24 Source: Nick Yelloly and Lewis Williamson were disqualified from qualifying because their cars did not comply with the regulations. Patrick Kujala received a ten-place grid penalty for passing Aaro Vainio under the red flag. Ryan Cullen had a five-place grid penalty to serve from Barcelona.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 18 25:54.812 1 29 () 2 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 18 +1.210 3 18 3 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 18 +3.401 5 15 4 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 18 +3.773 2 12 5 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 18 +4.413 8 12 () 6 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 18 +6.196 6 8 7 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 18 +9.084 4 6 8 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 18 +13.504 9 4 9 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 18 +14.145 7 2 10 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 18 +14.547 10 1 11 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 18 +20.833 12 12 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 18 +20.965 26 13 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 18 +21.342 14 14 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 18 +21.626 15 15 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 18 +21.927 13 16 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 18 +22.070 18 17 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 18 +26.458 19 18 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 18 +26.978 22 19 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 18 +27.387 27 20 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 18 +36.843 24 21 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 18 +46.218 25 Ret 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 2 Retired 20 Ret 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1 Retired 21 Ret 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 0 Retired 17 Ret 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 0 Retired 23 Ret 24 David Fumanelli Trident 0 Retired 11 Ret 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 16 Fastest lap: Carlos Sainz Jr. (MW Arden) — 1:24.573 (on lap 5) Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 18 25:50:517 1 15 2 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 18 +7.784 2 12 3 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 18 +7.920 4 12 () 4 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 18 +8.572 3 8 5 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 18 +9.017 5 6 6 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 18 +23.961 6 4 7 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 18 +24.472 7 2 8 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 18 +24.768 8 1 9 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 18 +25.164 12 10 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 18 +26.566 9 11 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 18 +26.719 14 12 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 18 +27.648 10 13 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 18 +27.779 15 14 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 18 +28.116 16 15 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 18 +35.495 21 16 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 18 +36.183 18 17 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 18 +38.816 19 18 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 18 +38.982 17 19 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 18 +39.244 23 20 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 18 +50.937 20 21 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 18 +55.029 25 22 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 17 +1 Lap 22 Ret 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 10 Retired 11 Ret 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 9 Retired 13 Ret 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 1 Retired 24 Ret 24 David Fumanelli Trident 0 Retired 26 Ret 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 27 Fastest lap: Melville McKee (Bamboo Engineering) — 1:24.487 (on lap 9) Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Tio Ellinas 55 2 2 Conor Daly 51 3 Aaro Vainio 43 1 4 Kevin Korjus 37 3 5 Patric Niederhauser 28
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 2 1 ART Grand Prix 84 1 2 Koiranen GP 80 5 3 MW Arden 63 2 4 Marussia Manor Racing 57 1 5 Jenzer Motorsport 29
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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