Signatech Alpine No. 36 Alpine A450, winner of the 2013 European Le Mans Series in the LMP2 class The 2013 European Le Mans Series season was the tenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series endurance auto racing series. It is the first season of the European Le Mans Series under the control of the ACO's Le Mans Endurance Management, replacing former organisers Peter Auto. Championships are open to four categories, two of which are for Le Mans Prototypes while the other two are grand tourers. The season contested over five races starting at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 13 April and ended at Circuit Paul Ricard, France on 28 September.
Schedule
During the 2012 season several planned races were cancelled due to low interest from teams, leading the series to adopt several changes for the 2013 calendar. All race weekends have been shortened to two days, with practice and qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday. Races have also been shortened from six hours to three. The European Le Mans Series will also share its weekends with several other international racing series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship, World Series by Renault, and FFSA GT Tour.
The Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom returns to the European Le Mans Series for the first time since 2011 , serving as part of a Super Endurance weekend as the ELMS race will be a precursor to the 6 Hours of Silverstone for the World Endurance Championship the following day. The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy also returns to the European Le Mans Series calendar, joined by the GT Tour series. The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria is new to the European Le Mans Series, while the Hungaroring, Hungary is another circuit with ELMS history. The season finale is at Circuit Paul Ricard, France is the only event carried over from 2012. The Circuit layout used at this event was to have the full length of the Mistral straight without the chicanes. The final three races of the season are all shared with the World Series by Renault.
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 2 3 4 5 [3 Hours of Silverstone](6-hours-of-silverstone) GBR Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 13 April [3 Hours of Imola](6-hours-of-imola) ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy 18 May [3 Hours of Red Bull Ring](1000-km-zeltweg) AUT Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 20 July 3 Hours of Hungaroring HUN Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 14 September [3 Hours of Le Castellet](6-hours-of-castellet) FRA Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 28 September **Source:**
Entries
The entry list for the 2013 season was released on 8 February, and included eleven LMP2 and three LMPC cars, ten LMGTE entries, and five GTC cars, bringing the full grid up to twenty-nine entrants. However, only 23 cars turned up for the opening race of the season, the 3 Hours of Silverstone.
LMP2
Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds FRA Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 1 FRA Pierre Thiriet All CHE Jonathan Hirschi 1 CHE Mathias Beche 2–5 GBR Greaves Motorsport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 3 USA Chris Dyson 1 USA Michael Marsal 1 DNK David Heinemeier Hansson 2 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith 2 BEL Boutsen Ginion Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 GBR John Hartshorne 1–2, 4 FRA Bastien Brière 1–2 FRA Thomas Dagoneau 1–2 DEU Thomas Holzer 3 AUT Dominik Kraihamer 3 GBR Alex Kapadia 4–5 KWT Khaled Al Mudhaf 4 BEL Renaud Kuppens 5 GBR James Swift 5 IRL Murphy Prototypes Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 18 NZL Brendon Hartley All USA Mark Patterson 1–2 CHE Jonathan Hirschi 3–5 CAN HVM Status GP Lola B12/80 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 30 CAN Tony Burgess 2 CHE Jonathan Hirschi 2 CHE Race Performance Oreca 03 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 34 CHE Michel Frey All CHE Patric Niederhauser 1–4 CHE Marcello Marateotto 5 FRA Signatech Alpine Alpine A450 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 36 FRA Nelson Panciatici All FRA Pierre Ragues All RUS SMP Racing Oreca 03 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 37 ITA Maurizio Mediani 3–5 RUS Sergey Zlobin 3–5 GBR Jota Sport Zytek Z11SN Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 38 GBR Simon Dolan All GBR Oliver Turvey All LUX DKR Engineering Lola B11/40 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 39 FRA Romain Brandela 1–2 FRA Olivier Porta 1–2 FRA Stéphane Raffin 1 BEL Bernard Delhez 2 CHE Morand Racing Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 43 CHE Natacha Gachnang All FRA Franck Mailleux 1–3 AUT Christian Klien 4–5 **Source:**
LMPC
Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds PRT Algarve Pro Racing Team Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 46 NLD Nicky Catsburg 3–4 GBR C. O. Jones 3–4 FRA Team Endurance Challenge Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 47 AND Alex Loan 1–3 FRA Matthieu Lecuyer 1–2 BEL Nico Verdonck 3 48 FRA Soheil Ayari All FRA Anthony Pons All 49 FRA Paul-Loup Chatin All FRA Gary Hirsch All **Source:**
LMGTE
Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds GBR Ram Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 52 IRL Matt Griffin All GBR Johnny Mowlem All 53 USA Gunnar Jeannette All USA Frankie Montecalvo All ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 54 FRA Jean-Marc Bachelier All USA Howard Blank All FRA Yannick Mallégol All 55 ITA Marco Cioci All ITA Federico Leo All ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini All GBR JMW Motorsport Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 66 ITA Andrea Bertolini All CHE Joël Camathias All FRA IMSA Performance Matmut Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 67 FRA Patrice Milesi All DEU Wolf Henzler 1 USA Patrick Long 2 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay 3–5 BEL Prospeed Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 75 FRA François Perrodo All FRA Sébastien Crubilé 1–2 FRA Emmanuel Collard 1, 3–5 DEU Proton Competition Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 77 DEU Christian Ried All ITA Gianluca Roda 1–3 GBR Nick Tandy 1, 3–5 ITA Paolo Ruberti 2 AUT Klaus Bachler 4–5 88 AUT Klaus Bachler 3 AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 3 AUT Horst Felbermayr, Sr. 3 **Source:**
GTC
Entrant/Team Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds NLD Kox Racing Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 60 NLD Peter Kox 2–5 NLD Nico Pronk 2–5 NLD Dennis Retera 4–5 ITA AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 62 ITA Lorenzo Casé All ITA Stefano Gai All ITA Andrea Rizzoli All USA Momo Megatron DF1 Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 65 CHE Raffi Bader 1–2 BEL Dylan Derdaele 1–2 POL Kuba Giermaziak 1–2 RUS SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 68 RUS Yury Evstigneev 2 RUS Alexander Frolov 2 RUS David Markozov 2 RUS Anton Ladygin 5 RUS Boris Rotenberg 5 FIN Mika Salo 5 69 ITA Fabio Babini 2–5 RUS Kirill Ladygin 2–5 RUS Viktor Shaytar 2–5 72 RUS Boris Rotenberg 2 ITA Maurizio Mediani 2 RUS Sergey Zlobin 2 RUS Alexander Frolov 3–5 RUS David Markozov 3–5 ITA Luca Persiani 3–5 GBR Ecurie Ecosse BMW Z4 GT3 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 79 GBR Ollie Millroy All GBR Andrew Smith 1–3, 5 GBR Alasdair McCaig 1, 3–4 GBR Joe Twyman 2, 4 GBR Phil Quaife 5 ITA Easyrace Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 83 ITA Fabio Mancini 4 ITA Tommaso Rocca 4 ITA Diego Romanini 4 LUX DKR Engineering BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011) BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 85 FRA Thomas Accary 5 FRA Dimitri Enjalbert 5 FRA Matthieu Lecuyer 5 ITA Scuderia Villorba Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 86 FRA Steeve Hiesse 5 FRA Cédric Mézard 5 **Source:**
Season results
Rnd. Circuit LMP2 Winning Team LMPC Winning Team LMGTE Winning Team GTC Winning Team Results LMP2 Winning Drivers LMPC Winning Drivers LMGTE Winning Drivers GTC Winning Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 Silverstone GBR No. 38 Jota Sport FRA No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge DEU No. 77 Proton Competition GBR No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse [Report](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR Simon Dolan GBR Oliver Turvey FRA Soheil Ayari FRA Anthony Pons DEU Christien Ried ITA Gianluca Roda GBR Nick Tandy GBR Alisdair McCaig GBR Ollie Millroy GBR Andrew Smith Imola FRA No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing FRA No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge GBR No. 52 Ram Racing RUS No. 69 SMP Racing [Report](2013-3-hours-of-imola) CHE Mathias Beche FRA Pierre Thiriet FRA Paul-Loup Chatin FRA Gary Hirsch IRL Matt Griffin GBR Johnny Mowlem ITA Fabio Babini RUS Kirill Ladygin RUS Viktor Shaytar Red Bull Ring FRA No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing FRA No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge GBR No. 52 Ram Racing RUS No. 69 SMP Racing [Report](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) CHE Mathias Beche FRA Pierre Thiriet FRA Paul-Loup Chatin FRA Gary Hirsch IRL Matt Griffin GBR Johnny Mowlem ITA Fabio Babini RUS Kirill Ladygin RUS Viktor Shaytar Hungaroring FRA No. 36 Signatech Alpine FRA No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge GBR No. 77 Proton Competition RUS No. 69 SMP Racing [Report](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) FRA Nelson Panciatici FRA Pierre Ragues FRA Paul-Loup Chatin FRA Gary Hirsch AUT Klaus Bachler DEU Christian Ried GBR Nick Tandy ITA Fabio Babini RUS Kirill Ladygin RUS Viktor Shaytar Paul Ricard IRL No. 18 Murphy Prototypes FRA No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge GBR No. 52 Ram Racing RUS No. 69 SMP Racing [Report](2013-3-hours-of-le-castellet) NZL Brendon Hartley CHE Jonathan Hirschi FRA Soheil Ayari FRA Anthony Pons IRL Matt Griffin GBR Johnny Mowlem ITA Fabio Babini RUS Kirill Ladygin RUS Viktor Shaytar **Source:**
Championship Standings
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Position Points **1st** **2nd** 25 18
Teams Championships
LMP2 Standings
Pos Team [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Total 1 85 2 77 3 71 4 64 5 58 6 46 7 32 8 28 9 10 10 8 11 4 #36 Signatech Alpine 4 2 2 1 4 #1 Thiriet by TDS Racing 3 1 1 6 8 #38 Jota Sport **1** **Ret** **4** 3 **3** #18 Murphy Prototypes 7 6 7 **2** 1 #43 Morand Racing Ret 3 3 5 2 #34 Race Performance 2 4 5 Ret 7 #4 Boutsen Ginion Racing 5 7 Ret 7 5 #37 SMP Racing 6 4 6 #3 Greaves Motorsport Ret 5 #39 DKR Engineering 6 Ret #30 HVM Status GP 8 **Sources:**
LMPC Standings
Pos Team [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Total 1 115 2 98 3 33 4 16 #49 Team Endurance Challenge **2** **1** 1 **1** **2** #48 Team Endurance Challenge 1 2 4 2 1 #47 Team Endurance Challenge Ret 3 2 #46 Algarve Pro Racing Team **3** Ret **Sources:**
GTE Standings
Pos Team [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Total 1 114 2 80 3 63 4 63 5 61 6 40 7 38 8 16 9 8 #52 Ram Racing **2** **1** 1 2 **1** #77 Proton Competition 1 5 **8** 1 3 #55 AF Corse 7 2 4 3 4 #53 Ram Racing 3 3 3 6 5 #66 JMW Motorsport 4 4 2 **Ret** 2 #75 Prospeed Competition 5 Ret 5 4 6 #67 IMSA Performance Matmut 6 6 7 5 7 #54 AF Corse 8 7 9 Ret 8 #88 Proton Competition 6 **Sources:**
GTC Standings
Pos Team [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Total 1 100 2 76 3 67 4 59 5 21 6 16 7 15 8 13 9 12 10 8 #69 SMP Racing 1 1 1 1 #62 AF Corse 2 2 2 **3** 7 #79 Ecurie Ecosse 1 3 3 Ret 4 #72 SMP Racing 4 **5** 2 2 #68 SMP Racing 5 **5** #65 Momo Megatron DF1 **3** Ret #86 Scuderia Villorba Corse 3 #60 Kox Racing **Ret** 4 Ret Ret #83 Easyrace 4 #85 DKR Engineering 6 **Sources:**
Drivers Championships
LMP2 Standings
Pos Driver [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Total 1 85 2 77 3 71 4 69 5 64 6 62 7 58 8 46 9 40 10 30 11 28 12 28 13 16 14 16 15 14 16 10 17 10 18 8 19 6 20 4 21 0 22 0 23 0 24 0 FRA Nelson Panciatici 4 2 2 1 4 FRA Pierre Ragues 4 2 2 1 4 FRA Pierre Thiriet 3 1 1 6 8 GBR Oliver Turvey **1** **Ret** **4** 3 **3** GBR Simon Dolan **1** **Ret** **4** 3 **3** CHE Jonathan Hirschi 3 8 7 **2** 1 NZL Brendon Hartley *7* *6* *7* ***2*** *1* CHE Mathias Beche 1 1 6 8 CHE Natacha Gachnang Ret 3 3 5 2 CHE Michel Frey 2 4 5 Ret 7 CHE Patric Niederhauser 2 4 5 Ret FRA Franck Mailleux Ret 3 3 AUT Christian Klien 5 2 ITA Maurizio Mediani 6 4 6 RUS Sergey Zlobin 6 4 6 GBR Alex Kapadia 7 5 GBR John Hartshorne 5 7 EX FRA Bastien Brière 5 7 FRA Thomas Dagoneau 5 7 USA Mark Patterson 7 6 BEL Renaud Kuppens 5 GBR James Swift 5 DNK David Heinemeier Hansson 5 GBR Tom Kimber-Smith 5 FRA Romain Brandela 6 Ret FRA Olivier Porta 6 Ret FRA Stéphane Raffin 6 CHE Marcello Marateotto 7 CAN Tony Burgess 8 KWT Khaled Al Mudhaf 7 USA Chris Dyson Ret USA Michael Marsal Ret DEU Thomas Holzer Ret AUT Dominik Kraihamer Ret BEL Bernard Delhez Ret **Sources:**
LMPC Standings
Pos Driver [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Points 1 115 2 98 3 33 4 18 5 16 6 15 FRA Gary Hirsch **2** **1** 1 **1** **2** FRA Paul-Loup Chatin ***2*** ***1*** *1* **1** ***2*** FRA Anthony Pons 1 2 4 2 1 FRA Soheil Ayari 1 2 4 2 1 AND Alex Loan Ret 3 2 BEL Nico Verdonck 2 GBR C. O. Jones **3** Ret NLD Nick Catsburg **3** *Ret* FRA Matthieu Lecuyer Ret 3 **Sources:**
GTE Standings
Pos Driver [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Points 1 114 2 80 3 70 4 63 5 63 6 61 7 48 8 40 9 38 10 22 11 16 12 10 13 8 GBR Johnny Mowlem **2** **1** 1 2 **1** IRL Matt Griffin **2** **1** 1 2 ***1*** DEU Christian Ried 1 5 **8** 1 3 GBR Nick Tandy 1 ***8*** *1* 3 ITA Marco Cioci 7 2 4 3 4 ITA Piergiuseppe Perazzini 7 2 4 3 4 ITA Federico Leo 7 2 4 3 4 USA Frankie Montecalvo 3 3 3 6 5 USA Gunnar Jeannette 3 3 3 6 5 ITA Andrea Bertolini 4 4 2 **Ret** 2 CHE Joël Camathias 4 4 2 **Ret** 2 ITA Klaus Bachler 6 1 3 FRA Emmanuel Collard 5 5 4 6 FRA François Perrodo 5 Ret 5 4 6 ITA Gianluca Roda 1 5 **8** FRA Patrice Milesi 6 6 7 5 7 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay 7 5 7 FRA Jean-Marc Bachelier 8 7 9 Ret 8 USA Howard Blank 8 7 9 Ret 8 FRA Yannick Mallégol 8 7 9 Ret 8 FRA Sébastien Crubilé 5 Ret ITA Paolo Ruberti 5 DEU Wolf Henzler 6 USA Patrick Long 6 AUT Horst Felbermayr, Jr. 6 **Sources:**
GTC Standings
Pos Driver [SIL](2013-3-hours-of-silverstone) GBR [IMO](2013-3-hours-of-imola) ITA [RBR](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) AUT [HUN](2013-3-hours-of-hungaroring) HUN [LEC](2013-3-hours-of-red-bull-ring) FRA Points 1 100 2 76 3 67 4 57 5 47 6 40 7 23 8 16 9 15 10 13 11 12 12 11 13 10 14 8 ITA Fabio Babini 1 1 1 1 RUS Kirill Ladygin 1 *1* 1 1 RUS Viktor Shaytar 1 1 1 1 ITA Andrea Rizzoli 2 2 2 **3** 7 ITA Lorenzo Casé 2 2 2 **3** 7 ITA Stefano Gai 2 2 2 **3** 7 GBR Andrew Smith 1 3 3 4 GBR Ollie Millroy 1 3 3 Ret 4 RUS Alexander Frolov 5 **5** 2 2 RUS David Markozov 5 **5** 2 2 ITA Luca Persiani **5** 2 2 GBR Alasdair McCaig 1 3 Ret RUS Boris Rotenberg 4 **5** CHE Raffi Bader **3** Ret BEL Dylan Derdaele **3** Ret POL Kuba Giermaziak **3** Ret GBR Joe Twyman 3 Ret FRA Steeve Hiesse 3 FRA Cédric Mézard 3 NLD Peter Kox **Ret** 4 Ret Ret NLD Nico Pronk **Ret** 4 Ret Ret ITA Fabio Mancini 4 ITA Tommaso Rocca 4 ITA Diego Romanini 4 GBR Phil Quaife 4 RUS Anton Ladygin **5** FIN Mika Salo **5** RUS Yury Evstigneev 5 FRA Thomas Accary 6 FRA Dimitri Enjalbert 6 FRA Matthieu Lecuyer 6 **Sources:**
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