The 2013 FIA GT Series was the first season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The series underwent changes in 2013, retaining GT3 cars as the mainstay, but creating sub-classes for Pro, Pro-Am and Gentleman driver line-ups. All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport did not return to defend their Teams' World Champions, instead moving to the World Touring Car Championship with one of the Drivers' World Champions Marc Basseng beside René Münnich, team director of All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport, and defending 2012 WTCC champion Rob Huff.
The series commenced at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in France on 1 April and ended at Baku World Challenge in Azerbaijan on 24 November. The six-event calendar contained largely the same events as FIA GT1, with the addition of a race at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The final round was originally scheduled to be held at a venue in the Middle East before organisers came to an agreement to hold the race on the streets of Baku in Azerbaijan instead. [1]
Event | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro, France | 1 April |
2 | Circuit Zolder, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 21 April |
3 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands | 7 July |
4 | Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň, Slovakia | 18 August |
5 | Circuito de Navarra, Los Arcos, Spain | 29 September |
6 | Baku World Challenge, Baku, Azerbaijan | 24 November |
The SRO released the entry list for Nogaro on 22 March. [2]
Event | Circuit | Pole position | Qualifying Race Winner | Championship Race Winner | Report |
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1 | Nogaro | No. 12 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 9 Sébastien Loeb Racing | No. 13 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Report |
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof René Rast | Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente | Edward Sandström Frank Stippler | |||
2 | Zolder | No. 24 Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter | No. 11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 24 Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter | Report |
Peter Kox Štefan Rosina | Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor | Peter Kox Štefan Rosina | |||
3 | Zandvoort | No. 9 Sébastien Loeb Racing | No. 11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 1 HTP Gravity Charouz | Report |
Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente | Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor | Maximilian Buhk Alon Day | |||
4 | Slovakia Ring | No. 12 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 9 Sébastien Loeb Racing | No. 2 HTP Gravity Charouz | Report |
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof René Rast | Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente | Sergey Afanasyev Andreas Simonsen | |||
5 | Navarra | No. 23 Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter | No. 9 Sébastien Loeb Racing | No. 9 Sébastien Loeb Racing | Report |
Marc Basseng Štefan Rosina | Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente | Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente | |||
6 | Baku | No. 12 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 12 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | No. 11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Report |
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof René Rast | Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof René Rast | Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor |
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. The pole-sitter in the qualifying race also received one point, entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.
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