The 2013 Nürburgring GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 6 and 7 July 2013 at Nürburgring, Germany. It was the fourth round of the 2013 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2013 German Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Alexander Sims replaced Adderly Fong in the #18 Status Grand Prix car, as Fong was competing in another race in China.
Facu Regalia qualified on pole position. He made a strong start and led every lap, building a gap of seven seconds to Tio Ellinas behind to win the race. It was Regalia's maiden win in GP3, and the 20th win for ART Grand Prix. Ellinas and Jack Harvey rounded out the podium.
Sims started on pole for the reverse-grid race 2. Melville McKee took the lead at the start and held off Sims until the end of the race to take his first win and make it eight different winners in eight races. Nick Yelloly took third place. Ellinas extended his championship lead, 19 points ahead of Regalia.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 1:44.170 1 2 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:44.224 2 3 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:44.482 3 4 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 1:44.566 4 5 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 1:44.602 5 6 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 1:44.619 6 7 18 Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 1:44.670 7 8 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 1:44.675 8 9 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 1:44.685 9 10 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 1:44.686 10 11 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1:44.881 11 12 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 1:44.945 15 13 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 1:44.958 12 14 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1:45.015 13 15 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:45.073 14 16 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:45.151 16 17 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 1:45.204 17 18 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 1:45.260 18 19 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1:45.385 19 20 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:45.441 20 21 24 David Fumanelli Trident 1:45.469 21 22 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 1:45.515 22 23 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 1:46.191 23 24 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1:46.675 24 25 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1:46.808 25 26 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:47.644 26 27 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 1:49.033 27Source:
Eric Lichtenstein was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding.
Feature Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 15 28:27.197 1 31 () 2 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 15 +7.160 2 18 3 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 15 +7.658 4 15 4 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 15 +11.851 5 12 5 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 15 +12.586 6 10 6 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 15 +16.503 10 8 7 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 15 +17.495 12 6 8 18 Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 15 +18.449 7 4 9 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 15 +19.481 16 2 10 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 15 +19.886 13 1 11 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 15 +21.799 11 12 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 +22.381 14 13 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 15 +28.568 22 14 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 15 +31.250 17 15 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 15 +31.919 23 16 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 15 +33.262 18 17 24 David Fumanelli Trident 15 +33.630 21 18 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 15 +35.102 25 19 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 15 +36.914 26 20 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 14 +1 lap 9 Ret 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 10 Retired 27 Ret 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 2 Retired 3 Ret 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1 Retired 19 Ret 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1 Retired 24 Ret 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 0 Retired 20 Ret 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 0 Retired 15 Ret 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 0 Retired 8Fastest lap: Facu Regalia (ART Grand Prix) — 1:46.712 (on lap 7)Source:
Sprint Race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 15 27:23.992 2 17 () 2 18 Alexander Sims Status Grand Prix 15 +0.353 1 12 3 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 15 +3.506 4 10 4 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 15 +5.273 5 8 5 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 15 +9.781 3 6 6 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 15 +12.686 7 4 7 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 15 +15.302 9 2 8 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 15 +16.023 12 1 9 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 15 +17.176 10 10 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 15 +19.390 6 11 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 15 +24.437 14 12 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 15 +26.696 15 13 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 15 +28.519 13 14 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 15 +30.269 16 15 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 15 +30.613 20 16 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 15 +30.818 26 17 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 15 +31.247 22 18 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 15 +33.008 24 19 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 15 +34.547 18 20 24 David Fumanelli Trident 15 +34.698 17 21 9 Eric Lichtenstein Carlin 15 +35.383 25 22 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 15 +38.946 27 23 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 15 +39.132 11 24 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 15 +1:02.686 21 25 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 15 +1:22.545 19 DNF 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 11 Retired 23 DNF 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 8 Retired 8Fastest lap: Melville McKee (Bamboo Engineering) — 1:46.938 (on lap 2)Source:
Luís Sá Silva was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race 1.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Tio Ellinas 91 4 2 Facu Regalia 72 1 3 Kevin Korjus 59 1 4 Jack Harvey 57 2 5 Conor Daly 52
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 181 2 Koiranen GP 103 3 MW Arden 99 4 Marussia Manor Racing 98 5 Carlin 52
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2013 German Grand Prix 2013 Nürburgring GP2 Series round
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