The 2013 Catalunya GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 11 and 12 May 2013 as the first round of the 2013 GP3 Series season. It was a support race for the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The race was the debut of the GP3 Series' second-generation chassis, the Dallara GP3/13. The sprint race was the 50th GP3 Series race.
Classification Summary Kevin Korjus set the fastest time in qualifying. However, he was given a grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in the practice session, and Tio Ellinas inherited pole position. Ellinas made a good start and held the lead for every lap. Some teams, in particular the MW Arden pair of Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz Jr., struggled with high degradation on the new Pirelli tyres. Korjus and Dino Zamparelli collided with three laps to go, with Zamparelli retiring. Despite Patric Niederhauser challenging him for the final laps, Ellinas took the win for Marussia Manor Racing.
Korjus started on pole for the reverse grid sprint race. He was overtaken at the start by teammate Aaro Vainio, who had a better start than the three cars ahead of him. The safety car was called at the end of the first lap to recover the car of Melville McKee, who went into the gravel following a collision with Robert Vișoiu. Vainio won the race followed by Korjus, giving Koiranen GP a 1-2 finish in their first race weekend and the lead in the teams' championship. Nick Yelloly was running in third until lap 12, when he was spun by David Fumanelli; Hiederhauser finished third to take back-to-back podiums. Ellinas finished fourth, giving him an 11-point lead in the drivers' championship over Hiederhauser.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 1:34.193 10 2 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:34.233 1 3 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:34.444 2 4 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:34.581 13 5 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 1:34.635 15 6 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1:34.810 3 7 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 1:34.989 7 8 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 1:35.111 4 9 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 1:35.183 5 10 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 1:35.206 6 11 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 1:35.250 8 12 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:35.334 9 13 25 David Fumanelli Trident 1:35.376 11 14 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1:35.408 12 15 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1:35.458 14 16 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 1:35.533 16 17 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 1:35.725 17 18 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 1:35.884 18 19 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 1:36.031 27 20 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 1:36.131 19 21 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:36.271 20 22 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 1:36.464 21 23 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 1:36.489 22 24 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1:36.543 23 25 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:37.004 24 26 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1:37.030 25 27 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 1:38.574 26 Source: Notes: — Kevin Korjus qualified on pole, but was given a ten-place grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags during free practice. Tio Ellinas was recognised as the pole-sitter for the event. — Alex Fontana, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Patrick Kujala all received ten-place grid penalties for ignoring yellow flags during free practice. — Daniil Kvyat was given a three-place penalty for blocking Conor Daly during qualifying. However, due to the order in which penalties were applied, he kept his seventh place on the grid.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 17 28:06.022 1 31 () 2 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 17 +0.428 2 18 3 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 17 +0.940 3 15 4 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 17 +9.726 4 12 5 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 17 +16.925 5 10 6 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 17 +23.006 8 8 7 24 David Fumanelli Trident 17 +23.572 11 6 8 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 17 +28.615 10 4 9 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 17 +29.053 12 2 10 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 17 +29.426 13 1 11 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 17 +29.669 17 12 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 17 +30.832 16 13 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 17 +37.044 20 14 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 17 +37.277 21 15 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 17 +51.699 15 16 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 17 +51.949 23 17 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 17 +52.325 22 18 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 17 +52.759 18 19 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 17 +53.858 14 20 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 17 +1:08.961 7 21 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 17 +1:09.967 24 22 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 17 +1:10.828 26 23 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 17 +1:14.398 19 24 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 15 Retired 6 Ret 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 14 Retired 9 Ret 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 10 Retired 27 Ret 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 6 Retired 25 Fastest lap: Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor Racing) — 1:36.800 (on lap 2) Source: Notes: — Facu Regalia retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 17 29:44.420 4 15 2 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 17 +1.808 1 14 () 3 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 17 +6.948 7 10 4 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 17 +14.048 8 8 5 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 17 +15.469 6 6 6 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 17 +17.853 3 4 7 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 17 +20.916 11 2 8 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 17 +21.704 12 1 9 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 17 +22.088 10 10 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 17 +22.355 18 11 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 17 +22.924 23 12 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 17 +25.239 13 13 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 17 +25.419 16 14 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 17 +25.968 24 15 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 17 +26.851 27 16 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 17 +30.111 25 17 24 David Fumanelli Trident 17 +15.234 2 18 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 17 +45.568 22 19 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 17 +40.758 9 Ret 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 14 Retired 26 Ret 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 12 Retired 5 Ret 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 12 Retired 17 Ret 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 10 Retired 19 Ret 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 6 Retired 21 Ret 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 5 Retired 20 Ret 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 0 Retired 14 DSQ 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden International 17 Disqualified 15 Fastest lap: Kevin Korjus (Koiranen GP) — 1:37.669 (on lap 4) Source: Notes: — Dino Zamparelli received a ten-place grid penalty for causing avoidable contact with Kevin Korjus in race 1. — David Fumanelli and Robert Vișoiu had twenty seconds added to their race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty after they were found to have caused avoidable accidents during the race. — Carlos Sainz Jr. was disqualified from the race after his car was found to be underweight during scrutineering.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Tio Ellinas 39 2 Patric Niederhauser 28 3 Aaro Vainio 25 4 Conor Daly 21 5 Kevin Korjus 18
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Koiranen GP 43 2 Marussia Manor Racing 39 3 ART Grand Prix 33 4 Jenzer Motorsport 29 5 Carlin 12
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2013 Spanish Grand Prix 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round
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