The 2013 GP2 Series season was the forty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also ninth season under the GP2 Series moniker, a support series to the 2013 Formula One World Championship.
The 2013 season saw three new teams — Russian Time, Hilmer Motorsport and MP Motorsport — join the championship, replacing iSport International, Ocean Racing Technology and Scuderia Coloni. [1] [2] [3] 2013 was scheduled to be the last season in which teams compete with the third-generation GP2 car — the Dallara GP2/11 — which was introduced in 2011, [4] but series organisers decided to keep the GP2/11 for another three-year cycle in a bid to keep costs down. [5] The season saw 10 different winners. Champion Fabio Leimer took 3 race wins, as runner-up Sam Bird took 5 victories, Jolyon Palmer took 2 race wins, as did Jon Lancaster. Stefano Coletti took 3 sprint race wins. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Nathanael Berthon, Marcus Ericsson and Alexander Rossi each took 1 race win, and ART Grand Prix driver James Calado took 2 race wins.
Twenty-six drivers representing thirteen teams was scheduled to take part in the championship. The driver who is declared champion received a Formula One test with tyre supplier Pirelli as their prize, [6] as well as qualifying for an FIA Superlicence.
The calendar for the 2013 series was unveiled on 19 December 2012. [56] The season consisted of twenty-two races in support of eleven Formula One Grands Prix throughout the 2013 season.
Round | Circuit/Location | Country | Date | Supporting | |
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1 | F | Sepang International Circuit, Sepang | ![]() | 23 March | Malaysian Grand Prix |
S | 24 March | ||||
2 | F | Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir | ![]() | 20 April | Bahrain Grand Prix |
S | 21 April | ||||
3 | F | Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló | ![]() | 11 May | Spanish Grand Prix |
S | 12 May | ||||
4 | F | Circuit de Monaco, Monaco | ![]() | 24 May | Monaco Grand Prix |
S | 25 May | ||||
5 | F | Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone | ![]() | 29 June | British Grand Prix |
S | 30 June | ||||
6 | F | Nürburgring, Nürburg [57] | ![]() | 6 July | German Grand Prix |
S | 7 July | ||||
7 | F | Hungaroring, Mogyoród | ![]() | 27 July | Hungarian Grand Prix |
S | 28 July | ||||
8 | F | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot | ![]() | 24 August | Belgian Grand Prix |
S | 25 August | ||||
9 | F | Monza Circuit, Monza | ![]() | 7 September | Italian Grand Prix |
S | 8 September | ||||
10 | F | Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore | ![]() | 21 September | Singapore Grand Prix |
S | 22 September | ||||
11 | F | Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi | ![]() | 2 November | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
S | 3 November | ||||
Source: [58] |
Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 8 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race also received four points, and two points were given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points were awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race. [44]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | FL |
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Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Points were awarded to the top 8 classified finishers. [44]
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | FL |
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Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
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There will be one driver change: Fabrizio Crestani replaces Kevin Giovesi at Venezuela GP Lazarus.