2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Spain
Grand Prix:	Catalunya
Round No:	3
Season No:	11
Year:	2013
Location:	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.892
Course Km:	4.665
Date R1:	11 May
Laps R1:	37
Pole Driver Country:	SWE
Pole Driver:	Marcus Ericsson
Pole Team:	DAMS
Pole Time:	1:28.706
First Driver Country R1:	NED
First Driver R1:	Robin Frijns
First Team R1:	Hilmer Motorsport
Second Driver Country R1:	BRA
Second Driver R1:	Felipe Nasr
Second Team R1:	Carlin
Third Driver Country R1:	GBR
Third Driver R1:	Jon Lancaster
Third Team R1:	Hilmer Motorsport
Fast Driver Country R1:	GBR
Fast Driver R1:	Jon Lancaster
Fast Team R1:	Hilmer Motorsport
Fast Time R1:	1:34.352
Fast Lap R1:	9
Date R2:	12 May
Laps R2:	26
First Driver Country R2:	MCO
First Driver R2:	Stefano Coletti
First Team R2:	Rapax
Second Driver Country R2:	NED
Second Driver R2:	Robin Frijns
Second Team R2:	Hilmer Motorsport
Third Driver Country R2:	BRA
Third Driver R2:	Felipe Nasr
Third Team R2:	Carlin
Fast Driver Country R2:	MCO
Fast Driver R2:	Stefano Coletti
Fast Team R2:	Rapax
Fast Time R2:	1:33.727
Fast Lap R2:	3

The 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 11 and 12 May 2013 as the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series season.^[1] The race was used to support the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

Robin Frijns took his—and team Hilmer Motorsports'—maiden GP2 Series victory in the feature race, ahead of Felipe Nasr.^[2] Stefano Coletti took his second race win of the season in the sprint race, beating Frijns by six-tenths of a second and further secured his championship lead with the result.^[3]

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time
1	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1:28.706	1
2	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:28.871	2
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:29.152	3
4	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	1:29.188	4
5	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:29.213	5
6	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:29.293	6
7	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1:29.318	7
8	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.321	8
9	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1:29.424	9
10	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.425	10
11	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1:29.609	11
12	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	1:29.668	12
13	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1:29.685	13
14	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	1:29.739	14
15	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.759	15
16	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.792	16
17	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1:29.804	17
18	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	1:29.824	18
19	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1:29.936	19
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.956	20
21	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1:29.969	21
22	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.020	22
23	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	1:30.025	23
24	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:30.025	24
25	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1:30.763	25
26	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:30.773	26
Source:^[4]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	37	1:00:38.896	8	25
2	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	37	+3.316	3	18
3	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	37	+12.609	15	17
4	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	37	+13.329	5	12
5	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	37	+14.325	14	10
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	37	+17.160	17	8
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	37	+17.504	9	6
8	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	37	+24.013	23	4
9	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	37	+32.024	22	2
10	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	37	+12.290	11	1
11	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	37	+32.823	12
12	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	37	+35.748	19
13	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	37	+39.922	18
14	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	37	+40.999	16
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	37	+42.690	2
16	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	37	+43.102	26
17	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	37	+54.532	25
18	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+56.946	6
19	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	37	+57.935	24
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 lap	20
21	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	33	Retired	4
Ret	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	11	Retired	10
Ret	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	10	Retired	1
Ret	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	5	Retired	13
Ret	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	4	Retired	21
Ret	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	7
Fastest lap: Jon Lancaster (Hilmer Motorsport) — 1:34.352 (on lap 9)
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Notes:

— Jolyon Palmer finished the race in third place, but had twenty seconds added to his race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty after he was judged to have forced Sam Bird off the circuit late in the race.^[5]
— Sam Bird retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance.

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	26	41:49.895	5	17
2	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+0.691	8	12
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	26	+7.212	7	10
4	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	26	+12.129	10	8
5	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	26	+35.593	1	6
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	26	+36.991	3	4
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	26	+38.483	2	2
8	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	26	+39.645	11	1
9	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	26	+40.664	18
10	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+41.353	6
11	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	26	+41.464	24
12	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	26	+41.876	26
13	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	26	+42.520	12
14	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	26	+44.190	23
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	26	+44.277	15
16	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	26	+44.487	19
17	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+44.628	21
18	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26	+45.041	16
19	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+48.132	20
20	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	26	+53.650	22
21	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	26	+53.938	17
22	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	26	+1:02.518	14
23	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	26	+1:06.632	25
24	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	26	+1:25.590	9
25	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	25	Retired	13
26	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	25	+1 lap	4
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:33.727 (on lap 3)
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