2013 Auto GP Series

The 2013 Auto GP Series was the fourth year of the Auto GP series, and the fifteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 23 March at Monza in Italy and finished on 6 October at Brno in the Czech Republic, after eight double-header rounds.[1]

Teams and drivers
Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Super Nova International 1 Italy Antonio Spavone[2] 1–2
Italy Francesco Dracone[3] 3
India Narain Karthikeyan[4] 4–8
2 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli[2] All
3 Italy Francesco Dracone 4
United Kingdom Comtec by Virtuosi[5] 4 Venezuela Roberto La Rocca[6] 6–8
United Kingdom Virtuosi UK[7] 5 Italy Andrea Roda[7] All
6 Russia Max Snegirev[2] All
Austria Zele Racing 8 United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta[8] 1–4
Austria Christian Klien[9] 5
Czech Republic Josef Král[10] 8
9 India Narain Karthikeyan[11] 1–3
Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[12] 4–5, 8
Italy Ghinzani Motorsport 13 Romania Robert Vișoiu[2] All
22 Italy Kevin Giovesi[13] 4–8
Italy Euronova Racing[14] 15 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda[15] All
16 Japan Kimiya Sato[14] All
Spain Ibiza Racing Team[16] 18 Italy Sergio Campana[17] All
20 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani[2] 1–3
Italy Fabrizio Crestani[18] 4
Italy Francesco Dracone[9] 5, 8
Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[19] 6–7
Italy MLR 71 24 Italy Giacomo Ricci[2] 1
Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss[20] 3
Italy Michela Cerruti[21] 6, 8
71 Italy Michele La Rosa[2] All
Netherlands Manor MP Motorsport 25 Italy Riccardo Agostini[22] 1–4
26 Netherlands Meindert van Buuren[23] All
27 Netherlands Daniël de Jong[23] 2–8

Race calendar and results

The provisional calendar for the 2013 season was released on 17 January 2013.[1] But on 7 February 2013 was revealed that Moscow Raceway were dropped from schedule due to cost reasons. Silverstone Circuit will take Moscow Raceway's place in the calendar.[24] On 24 April 2013, the calendar was altered again, with dropping Zandvoort due to clash with German GP2 Series and Formula One rounds and changing to Mugello Circuit.[25]

Round Circuit/Location Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Supporting
1 R1 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 23 March Italy Riccardo Agostini Italy Sergio Campana Italy Sergio Campana Spain Ibiza Racing Team FIA WTCC Race of Italy
R2 24 March Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing
2 R3 Morocco Marrakech Street Circuit 6 April Italy Sergio Campana India Narain Karthikeyan Italy Sergio Campana Spain Ibiza Racing Team FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
R4 7 April Italy Vittorio Ghirelli United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta Austria Zele Racing
3 R5 Hungary Hungaroring 5 May Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
R6 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Italy Vittorio Ghirelli United Kingdom Super Nova International
4 R7 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 1 June India Narain Karthikeyan Italy Vittorio Ghirelli India Narain Karthikeyan United Kingdom Super Nova International Blancpain Endurance Series
R8 2 June Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing
5 R9 Italy Mugello Circuit 13 July India Narain Karthikeyan Italy Kevin Giovesi Italy Sergio Campana Spain Ibiza Racing Team ACI Racing Weekend
R10 14 July India Narain Karthikeyan India Narain Karthikeyan United Kingdom Super Nova International
6 R11 Germany Nürburgring 17 August India Narain Karthikeyan Italy Vittorio Ghirelli India Narain Karthikeyan United Kingdom Super Nova International Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
R12 18 August Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing
7 R13 United Kingdom Donington Park 31 August India Narain Karthikeyan Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Vittorio Ghirelli United Kingdom Super Nova International Superstars Series
R14 1 September India Narain Karthikeyan India Narain Karthikeyan United Kingdom Super Nova International
8 R15 Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 5 October Italy Vittorio Ghirelli Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss India Narain Karthikeyan United Kingdom Super Nova International European Touring Car Cup
R16 6 October Japan Kimiya Sato Japan Kimiya Sato Italy Euronova Racing

Championship standings
  • Points for both championships were awarded as follows:
Race
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Race One 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
Race Two 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

In addition:

  • One point will be awarded for Pole position for Race One
  • One point will be awarded for fastest lap in each race

Drivers' standings
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 MAR
Morocco		 HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 MUG
Italy		 NÜR
Germany		 DON
United Kingdom		 BRN
Czech Republic		 Points
1 Italy Vittorio Ghirelli 4 3 9 2 2 1 2 Ret 6 2 3 2 1 4 2 3 222
2 Japan Kimiya Sato 2 1 3 3 1 6 6 1 Ret 3 4 1 14† 5 4 1 213
3 Italy Sergio Campana 1 4 1 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 12 5 4 5 6 6 2 197
4 India Narain Karthikeyan 5 Ret 6 Ret 8 4 1 12 3 1 1 5 2 1 1 DSQ 195
5 Hungary Tamás Pál Kiss 5 5 3 7 5 4 6 6 7 8 5 5 99
6 Italy Kevin Giovesi 13 3 2 5 2 10 3 3 Ret 6 91
7 Netherlands Daniël de Jong 2 Ret 7 7 4 5 DNS 7 Ret 3 6 13 9 8 77
8 Romania Robert Vișoiu 3 6 14† 4 15† 10 9 Ret Ret 15† 7 12 4 11 3 Ret 67
9 Netherlands Meindert van Buuren Ret 10 Ret 6 6 Ret 8 4 10 6 12 DNS 8 2 12 9 57
10 Italy Riccardo Agostini 7 5 4 Ret 4 3 15 9 53
11 United Kingdom Luciano Bacheta 8 2 8 1 16† 9 10 8 49
12 Italy Andrea Roda Ret 11 7 7 9 12 Ret 15 4 10 14 9 9 12 7 4 45
13 Russia Max Snegirev 10 Ret 13 5 10 8 11 6 9 11 11 13 12 10 10 10 24
14 Italy Antonio Spavone 6 9 5 9† 22
15 Venezuela Roberto La Rocca 8 7 11 7 8 7 20
16 Japan Yoshitaka Kuroda 11 7 11 8† 12 Ret 12 11 7 8 10 Ret 10 9 11 11 20
17 Italy Fabrizio Crestani 5 10 11
18 Austria Christian Klien 8 9 6
19 Italy Michela Cerruti 9 8 16† 13 5
20 Italy Michele La Rosa 12 8 12 10† 14 Ret 14 14 Ret 14 13 11 13 14 14 15 4
21 Italy Giuseppe Cipriani 9 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 3
22 Italy Francesco Dracone 11 11 Ret 13 Ret 13 13 14 0
23 Czech Republic Josef Král 15 12 0
24 Italy Giacomo Ricci Ret 12 0
Pos Driver MNZ
Italy		 MAR
Morocco		 HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 MUG
Italy		 NÜR
Germany		 DON
United Kingdom		 BRN
Czech Republic		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Under-21 Trophy

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams' Championship
Pos Team MNZ
Italy		 MAR
Morocco		 HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 MUG
Italy		 NÜR
Germany		 DON
United Kingdom		 BRN
Czech Republic		 Points
1 United Kingdom Super Nova International 4 3 5 2 2 1 1 12 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 406
6 9 9 9† 11 11 2 13 6 2 3 5 2 4 2 DSQ
2 Spain Ibiza Racing Team 1 4 1 Ret 3 2 7 2 1 12 5 4 5 6 6 2 234
9 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 5 10 Ret 13 6 6 7 8 13 14
3 Italy Euronova Racing 2 1 3 3 1 6 6 1 7 3 4 1 10 5 4 1 233
11 7 11 8† 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 8 10 Ret 14† 9 11 11
4 Netherlands Manor MP Motorsport 7 5 2 6 4 3 4 4 10 6 12 3 6 2 9 8 179
Ret 10 4 Ret 6 7 8 5 DNS 7 Ret DNS 8 13 12 9
5 Italy Ghinzani Motorsport 3 6 14† 4 15† 10 9 3 2 5 2 10 3 3 3 6 161
13 Ret Ret 15† 7 12 4 11 Ret Ret
6 Austria Zele Racing 5 2 6 1 8 4 3 7 5 4 5 5 138
8 Ret 8 Ret 16† 9 10 8 8 9 15 12
7 United Kingdom Virtuosi UK 10 11 7 5 9 8 11 6 4 10 11 9 9 10 7 4 69
Ret Ret 13 7 10 12 Ret 15 9 11 14 13 12 12 10 10
8 Italy MLR 71 12 8 12 10† 5 5 14 14 Ret 14 9 8 13 14 14 13 27
Ret 12 14 Ret 13 11 16† 15
9 United Kingdom Comtec by Virtuosi 8 7 11 7 8 7 20
Pos Team MNZ
Italy		 MAR
Morocco		 HUN
Hungary		 SIL
United Kingdom		 MUG
Italy		 NÜR
Germany		 DON
United Kingdom		 BRN
Czech Republic		 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole for Race One
Italics – Fastest Lap

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