2013 Porsche Supercup

The 2013 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 21st Porsche Supercup season. It began on 12 May on Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 3 November at Yas Marina Circuit, after nine races, all of which were support events for the 2013 Formula One season. A new car was introduced for the season as the Porsche 991 – the internal designation for the seventh-generation Porsche 911 – replaced the Porsche 997.[1]

Racing scene from Belgium

Three-time champion René Rast did not return to defend his title, opting to focus on the ADAC GT Masters, the FIA GT Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he would compete for Belgian Audi Club WRT. BTCC champion and former WTCC driver Alain Menu joined the series with his own team, FACH Auto Tech.

Ahead of the final round of the series in Abu Dhabi, Monégasque-based British[2] driver Sean Edwards held a championship lead of eighteen points over Denmark's Nicki Thiim, with Michael Ammermüller of Germany the only other driver to remain within contention for winning the title.[3] Edwards was killed on 15 October 2013 at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Australia, while instructing a member of the public at a private test session.[4] Thiim ultimately won the championship, after he won both races in Abu Dhabi; Edwards ended up second overall, finishing three points ahead of Ammermüller.

Changes for 2013

Technical

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Attempto Racing[5] 1 France Kévin Estre[5] All
2 Denmark Nicki Thiim[5] All
Austria Lechner Racing[6] 3 Germany Michael Ammermüller[6] All
4 Slovakia Štefan Rosina[6] 1
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen[7] 2–3, 5–8
Netherlands Jaap van Lagen[8] 4
Poland FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS[6] 5 Poland Robert Lukas[6] All
6 Austria Klaus Bachler[6] All
Germany MRS GT-Racing[6] 7 Argentina Esteban Gini[6] 1–4
Austria Philipp Eng[9] 7
Japan Kenji Kobayashi[10] 8
8 Norway Roar Lindland[6] 1–2, 4–8
Republic of Ireland Karl Leonard[11] 3
9 France Jean-Karl Vernay[6] All
Netherlands Team Bleekemolen[12] 10 United Kingdom Ben Barker[12] All
17 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[12] All
18 Netherlands Jeroen Mul[12] All
Poland VERVA Racing Team[13] 11 Poland Patryk Szczerbiński[13] All
12 Poland Kuba Giermaziak[13] All
Germany Team Allyouneed by Project 1[14] 14 United Kingdom Monaco Sean Edwards[14][N 1] 1–7
15 United States Sean Johnston[14] All
16 France Sébastien Ogier[15] 2
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt[11] 3–4
Austria Andreas Mayerl[16] 6
Brazil Nonô Figueiredo[9] 7
Bahrain Lechner Racing Academy[6] 19 Austria Clemens Schmid[6] All
20 Germany Markus Pommer[6] All
France DAMS[17] 21 Denmark Michael Christensen[17] All
22 New Zealand Richie Stanaway[17] All
United States MOMO-Megatron[18] 23 Italy Alessandro Zampedri[18] 1–3, 5, 7
Belgium Dylan Derdaele[18] 4, 6, 8
24 Netherlands Jochen Habets[18] All
Switzerland FACH Auto Tech[19] 25 Switzerland Carlo Lusser[20] 1
Germany Christian Engelhart[19] 2–8
26 Switzerland Alain Menu[19] 1–2
Austria Martin Ragginger[11] 3, 6–7
Germany Florian Spengler[8] 4
New Zealand Earl Bamber[21] 5, 8
Bahrain GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East[22] 30 Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani[10] 8
31 Switzerland Antonio Giancola[10] 8
32 Germany Hannes Waimer[10] 8
Germany Porsche AG[23] 88 France Sébastien Loeb[23] 1–2
Italy Emanuele Pirro[9] 7
Notes
  1. Edwards ran under a British licence for the first two meetings of the season before changing to a Monegasque one for Silverstone.[2]

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 12 May United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Allyouneed by Project 1
2 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 26 May United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards United Kingdom Sean Edwards Germany Team Allyouneed by Project 1
3 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 30 June Denmark Nicki Thiim Denmark Michael Christensen Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Attempto Racing
4 Germany Nürburgring 7 July Denmark Michael Christensen Germany Michael Ammermüller Denmark Michael Christensen France DAMS
5 Hungary Hungaroring 28 July Monaco Sean Edwards Monaco Sean Edwards Monaco Sean Edwards Germany Team Allyouneed by Project 1
6 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 25 August Poland Kuba Giermaziak Poland Kuba Giermaziak Austria Klaus Bachler Poland FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS
7 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 8 September Denmark Nicki Thiim France Kévin Estre Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Attempto Racing
8 R1 United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit 2 November New Zealand Earl Bamber New Zealand Earl Bamber Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Attempto Racing
R2 3 November Denmark Nicki Thiim Denmark Nicki Thiim Denmark Nicki Thiim Germany Attempto Racing

Championship standings
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th
Points201816141210987654321

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver CAT
Spain		 MON
Monaco		 SIL
United Kingdom		 NÜR
Germany		 HUN
Hungary		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 YMC
United Arab Emirates		 Points
1 Denmark Nicki Thiim 2 8 1 2 8 8 1 1 1 140
2 United Kingdom Sean Edwards 1 1 4 4 1 2 5 118
3 Germany Michael Ammermüller 3 3 2 5 14 5 2 6 8 115
4 France Kévin Estre DNS 6 6 3 4 7 3 5 2 107
5 Poland Kuba Giermaziak 4 2 5 Ret 3 11 6 3 6 105
6 Denmark Michael Christensen 5 25 3 1 10 3 8 10 7 95
7 Austria Klaus Bachler 7 10 21 9 5 1 7 7 21† 73
8 Germany Christian Engelhart 5 8 Ret 2 12 4 9 12 69
9 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 11 9 6 10 8 3 67
10 United Kingdom Ben Barker 10 9 9 6 16 9 12 4 9 66
11 Poland Robert Lukas 6 15 Ret 7 19 4 Ret 14 11 44
12 New Zealand Richie Stanaway 9 7 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 43
13 France Jean-Karl Vernay 12 11 20 11 11 14 9 Ret DSQ 29
14 Netherlands Jeroen Mul 8 19 15 Ret 13 10 13 11 Ret 27
15 Germany Markus Pommer 19 17 14 16 7 20 22 12 13 25
16 Poland Patryk Szczerbiński 15 14 10 Ret 6 Ret 19 18 15 24
17 Austria Clemens Schmid 14 12 12 Ret 12 15 15 16 Ret 21
18 Netherlands Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 18 18 18 8 21 18 18 Ret 10 15
19 Austria Martin Ragginger 7 17 11 14
20 United States Sean Johnston 17 20 17 19 18 16 Ret 13 14 9
21 Netherlands Jochen Habets 20† Ret 22 17 Ret 21 17 20 16 4
22 Italy Alessandro Zampedri 16 23 16 17 16 3
23 Norway Roar Lindland Ret 22 18 20 23 20 21 Ret 2
24 Argentina Esteban Gini Ret 24 23 20 0
25 Switzerland Alain Menu Ret 21 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
New Zealand Earl Bamber 15 2 5 0
France Sébastien Loeb 11 16 0
Netherlands Jaap van Lagen 12 0
Switzerland Jeffrey Schmidt 24 13 0
Slovakia Štefan Rosina 13 0
France Sébastien Ogier 13 0
Germany Florian Spengler 14 0
Austria Philipp Eng 14 0
Kuwait Zaid Ashkanani 15 17 0
Belgium Dylan Derdaele 15 19 19 Ret 0
Germany Hannes Waimer NC 18 0
Switzerland Antonio Giancola 22 19 0
Republic of Ireland Karl Leonard 19 0
Japan Kenji Kobayashi 23 20 0
Brazil Nonô Figueiredo 21 0
Austria Andreas Mayerl 22 0
Italy Emanuele Pirro 23† 0
Switzerland Carlo Lusser Ret 0
Pos Driver CAT
Spain		 MON
Monaco		 SIL
United Kingdom		 NÜR
Germany		 HUN
Hungary		 SPA
Belgium		 MNZ
Italy		 YMC
United Arab Emirates		 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
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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