The 2013 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 29 and 30 June 2013 at Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. It was the third round of the 2013 GP3 Season. The race supported the 2013 British Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Kevin Korjus set the fastest time in qualifying. He was overtaken at the start by Jack Harvey, who then led every lap to win the race. A significant portion of the race took part under safety car conditions following a collision between Patrick Kujala and David Fumanelli, where Kujala was launched over Fumanelli's car ad landed upside down on a tyre barrier. Third place went to Facu Regalia after Conor Daly, who had moved from ninth to second on the opening lap, was given a drive through for a false start.
Giovanni Venturini started on pole position for the reverse grid sprint race. Nick Yelloly attempted to overtake Venturini at the start of the race, but ran wide at the exit of Village, giving Venturini back the lead. They fought closely throughout the race, but in the end, it was Venturini who won, a first victory in GP3 for him and for Trident. Tio Ellinas remained in the lead of the drivers' championship, ten points ahead of Korjus, with ART Grand Prix leading the teams' championship.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 1:46.360 1 2 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 1:46.415 2 3 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 1:46.581 3 4 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:46.631 4 5 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 1:46.649 5 6 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:46.693 6 7 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 1:46.708 7 8 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 1:46.873 8 9 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1:46.874 9 10 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:47.126 10 11 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 1:47.223 11 12 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 1:47.296 12 13 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 1:47.304 13 14 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1:47.376 14 15 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 1:47.458 15 16 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:47.724 16 17 25 David Fumanelli Trident 1:47.725 17 18 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 1:47.787 18 19 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 1:47.864 19 20 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:47.987 20 21 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1:48.061 21 22 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 1:48.127 22 23 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1:48.394 23 24 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 1:48.691 24 25 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1:49.916 25 26 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:50.561 26 27 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 1:52.019 27 Source:
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 15 31:37.496 2 27 () 2 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 15 +3:051 1 22 () 3 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 15 +5.369 3 15 4 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 15 +6.619 7 12 5 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 15 +8.073 6 10 6 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 15 +9.485 8 8 7 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 15 +12.309 4 6 8 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 15 +15.626 13 4 9 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 15 +16.634 12 2 10 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 15 +17.210 16 1 11 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 15 +18.126 11 12 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 15 +19.191 14 13 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 15 +20.132 5 14 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 15 +20.350 22 15 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 +20.610 10 16 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 15 +21.885 21 17 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 15 +22.233 20 18 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 15 +23.193 23 19 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 15 +23.808 24 20 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 15 +28.118 25 21 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 15 +28.756 26 22 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 15 +30.390 9 23 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 15 +39.008 27 24 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 15 +1:04.844 18 25 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 13 +2 laps 19 Ret 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 4 Retired 15 Ret 24 David Fumanelli Trident 4 Retired 17 Fastest lap: Jack Harvey (ART Grand Prix) — 1:48.743 (on lap 13)Source:
Melville McKee was given a drive-through converted to a 20-second time penalty for a jump start.
Sprint Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 15 27:32.438 1 15 2 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 15 +0.609 3 12 3 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 15 +1.519 2 10 4 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 15 +2.732 5 10 () 5 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 15 +4.673 6 6 6 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 15 +5.376 4 4 7 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 15 +6.657 8 2 8 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 15 +8.145 11 1 9 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 15 +9.008 7 10 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 15 +10.311 13 11 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 +11.242 14 12 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 15 +11.985 16 13 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 15 +13.611 23 14 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 15 +14.183 25 15 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 15 +15.872 24 16 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 15 +29.082 15 17 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 15 +38.395 20 18 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 15 +38.786 19 19 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 15 +1:01.165 22 20 24 David Fumanelli Trident 15 +1:01.433 26 21 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 13 Retired 17 DNF 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1 Retired 12 DNF 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 10 DNF 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 0 Retired 21 DNF 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 0 Retired 18 DNF 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 0 Retired 9 EX 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 0 Excluded EX Fastest lap: Daniil Kvyat (MW Arden) — 1:49.112 (on lap 15)Source:
Carlos Sainz Jr. was given a 10-place grid penalty for forcing another driver off the track in race 1. Jimmy Eriksson did not finish the race, but was classified as he finished more than 90% of the race distance. Patrick Kujala was excluded from race 2 after causing a collision in race 1.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Tio Ellinas 69 2 2 Kevin Korjus 59 1 3 Conor Daly 51 1 4 Aaro Vainio 44 5 5 Jack Harvey 42
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 134 2 Koiranen GP 103 3 MW Arden 85 4 Marussia Manor Racing 72 5 Jenzer Motorsport 45
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2013 British Grand Prix 2013 Silverstone GP2 Series round
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