2013 FIA GT Series explained

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.

Calendar

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
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

Entry list

The SRO released the entry list for Nogaro on 22 March.^[2]

Team Car Drivers Class Events BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW Z4 GT3 0 Cacá Bueno P All Allam Khodair 21 Sérgio Jimenez P All Ricardo Zonta 1–4, 6 Átila Abreu^[3] 5 HTP Gravity Charouz Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 1 Maximilian Buhk^[4] P 1–4, 6 Alon Day All Stef Dusseldorp^[5] 5 2 Sergey Afanasyev PA All Andreas Simonsen 3 Petr Charouz G 1–4 Jan Stoviček Hubert Haupt^[6] PA 5 Martin Matzke^[7] Petr Charouz^[8] 6 Jaroslav Janiš Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 4 Nick Catsburg^[9] P 6 Maxime Martin Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra 5 Anthony Kumpen P 1–3 Enzo Ide 1–3, 6 Markus Winkelhock 6 BMW Sports Trophy Team India BMW Z4 GT3 6 Armaan Ebrahim PA 1–5 Julien Jousse 1–2 Melroy Heemskerk 3 Filip Sladecka^[10] 4–5 Rodrive Competições Ford GT GT3 7 Cláudio Ricci PA 1–2 Matheus Stumpf 1–2 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 3–6 Patrick Cunha 3–6 Ford GT GT3 8 Raijan Mascarello G 1–2 Felipe Tozzo Sébastien Loeb Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 9 Sébastien Loeb P All Álvaro Parente 10 Mike Parisy P All Andreas Zuber Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra 11 Stéphane Ortelli P All Laurens Vanthoor 12 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof P All René Rast 1–4, 6 Oliver Jarvis 5 13 Edward Sandström P All Frank Stippler 18 Grégoire Demoustier P 6 Filipe Albuquerque Team Novadriver Audi R8 LMS ultra 14 César Campaniço PA All Carlos Vieira 1–4 Michael Ammermüller 5–6 Boutsen Ginion Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 15 Stef Dusseldorp P 6 Alexander Sims 22 Frederic Vervisch P 6 Stoffel Vandoorne^[11] Dörr Motorsport McLaren MP4-12C GT3 16 Daniel Keilwitz P 1 Niclas Kentenich 17 Arne Hoffmeister G 1 Paul Green Von Ryan Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 19 Grégoire Demoustier PA 5 Duncan Tappy Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 23 Albert von Thurn und Taxis P 4 Marc Basseng 4–5 Štefan Rosina 5 24 P 2, 4 Peter Kox 2, 4 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 25 Dominik Baumann PA 1–4, 6 Hari Proczyk All Gerhard Tweraser 5 52 Štefan Rosina P 6 Filip Sladecka Vita4one Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 26 Karun Chandhok P 5 Yelmer Buurman Hexis Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 27 Rob Bell P 6 Kévin Estre^[12] Seyffarth Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 28 Karun Chandhok P 1–4 Jan Seyffarth 29 Duda Rosa^[13] G 2 Paolo Bonifacio Hubert Haupt 4 Yenci Michael SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 30 Soheil Ayari PA 1 Jean-Luc Beaubélique 31 Fabien Barthez G 1 Gérard Tonelli Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 32 Mark Shulzhitskiy PA 1–3 Steve Doherty 5 Wolfgang Reip 1–3, 5 35 PA 4 Alex Buncombe 1–5 Lucas Ordóñez 1–3, 5 V8 Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3 40 Duncan Huisman PA 3 Max Braams Trackspeed Porsche 997 GT3 R 41 Marco Holzer P 6 Nick Tandy 42 Martin Ragginger P 6 Danny Watts MRS GT Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 44 Oliver Turvey^[14] P 6 Andy Soucek 77 Mark Thomas G 6 Ilya Melnikov^[15] TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 45 Anthony Beltoise PA 6 Henry Hassid AF Corse Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 50 Claudio Sdanewitsch G 4–6 Michele Rugolo 4–5 Federico Leo^[16] 6 51 Fabio Onidi PA 1–4 Filip Salaquarda Fortec Motorsport^[17] 62 Benji Hetherington P 6 Oliver Webb Callaway Competition Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3 102 Daniel Keilwitz P 6 Jeroen Bleekemolen

Icon Class P Pro PA Pro-Am G Gentlemen

Race results

Event	Circuit	Pole position	Qualifying Race Winner	Championship Race Winner	Report
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. 11 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Report
				Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor

Championship standings

Scoring systemChampionship 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.

Qualifying race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Pole
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1	1

Championship race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pro Cup

Driver Team NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 Stéphane Ortelli Laurens Vanthoor Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 16 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 7 15 2 1 132 2 Frank Stippler Edward Sandström Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Ret 1 5 3 4 3 9 4 2 3 7 11 110 3 Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2 6 3 5 3 Ret 5 2 18 5 1 15 92 4 Sébastien Loeb Álvaro Parente Sébastien Loeb Racing 1 12 17 13 Ret 14 1 Ret 1 1 14 2 82 5 Alon Day HTP Gravity Charouz 3 3 7 Ret 2 1 10 Ret Ret 7 12 4 80 6 René Rast Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2 6 3 5 3 Ret 5 2 1 15 80 7 Maximilian Buhk HTP Gravity Charouz 3 3 7 Ret 2 1 10 Ret 12 4 70 8 Mike Parisy Andreas Zuber Sébastien Loeb Racing 10 11 4 4 6 15 4 7 5 2 Ret Ret 61 9 Štefan Rosina Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter 2 1 3 Ret 15 17 51 GRT Grasser Racing Team 21 6 10 Cacá Bueno Allam Khodair BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 7 9 11 8 5 7 7 DNS 10 12 8 Ret 40 11 Sérgio Jimenez BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 8 13 19 11 16 6 8 5 17 8 16 Ret 37 12 Peter Kox Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter 2 1 3 Ret 36 13 Karun Chandhok align=left rowspan=2 Seyffarth Motorsport 6 10 10 DNS 8 4 Ret 10 12 Ret 32 14 Jan Seyffarth 6 10 10 DNS 8 4 Ret 10 31 15 Ricardo Zonta BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 8 13 19 11 16 6 8 5 16 Ret 29 16 Anthony Kumpen align=left rowspan=2 Phoenix Racing 4 4 8 6 12 Ret 24 16 Enzo Ide 4 4 8 6 12 Ret 9 12 24 17 Oliver Jarvis Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 18 5 12 18 Stef Dusseldorp HTP Gravity Charouz Ret 7 10 Boutsen Ginion Racing 4^1 8^1 19 Átila Abreu BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil 17 8 8 20 Marc Basseng Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter 11 15 15 17 3 21 Daniel Keilwitz Niclas Kentenich Dörr Motorsport Ret 17 1 22 Yelmer Buurman Seyffarth Motorsport 12 Ret 1  — Albert von Thurn und Taxis Lamborghini Blancpain Reiter 11 15 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points  — Rob Bell Kévin Estre Hexis Racing 3 3  — Alexander Sims Boutsen Ginion Racing 4 8  — Nick Catsburg Maxime Martin Marc VDS Racing Team 5 Ret  — Markus Winkelhock Phoenix Racing 9 12  — Marco Holzer Nick Tandy Trackspeed 10 Ret  — Stoffel Vandoorne Frederic Vervisch Boutsen Ginion Racing 11 Ret  — Benji Hetherington Oliver Webb Fortec Motorsport 15 Ret  — Filipe Albuquerque Grégoire Demoustier Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 17 Ret  — Filip Sladecka GRT Grasser Racing Team 21 6  — Martin Ragginger Danny Watts Trackspeed Ret DNS  — Andy Soucek Oliver Turvey MRS GT Racing Ret 9

Bold – Pole

Notes:

• ¹ – Stef Dusseldorp was ineligible for Pro Cup points in Baku.

Pro-Am Cup

Driver Team NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 Sergey Afanasyev Andreas Simonsen HTP Gravity Charouz 12 16 6 7 7 12 6 1 4 4 6 Ret 136 2 Hari Proczyk align=left rowspan=2 Grasser Racing 11 8 12 10 10 5 14 6 3 10 Ret 5 133 3 Dominik Baumann 11 8 12 10 10 5 14 6 Ret 5 113 4 César Campaniço Team Novadriver 5 5 13 9 11 Ret 17 Ret 6 9 Ret 7 97 5 Wolfgang Reip Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 13 14 15 14 Ret 11 12 8 11 6 76 6 Matheus Stumpf Rodrive Competições 9 15 14 Ret 14 10 15 12 9 16 13 14 73 7 Alex Buncombe Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 19 7 18 Ret 13 8 12 8 13 11 70 8 Carlos Vieira Team Novadriver 5 5 13 9 11 Ret 17 Ret 59 9 Patrick Cunha Rodrive Competições 14 10 15 12 9 16 13 14 55 10 Lucas Ordóñez Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 19 7 18 Ret 13 8 13 11 49 11 Michael Ammermüller Team Novadriver 6 9 Ret 7 38 12 Mark Shulzhitskiy Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 13 14 15 14 Ret 11 35 13 Fabio Onidi Filip Salaquarda AF Corse DNS DNS 9 12 Ret Ret 13 9 34 14 Armaan Ebrahim align=left rowspan=2 BMW Sports Trophy Team India 14 18 DNS DNS 9 9 Ret DNS Ret DNS 28 15 Melroy Heemskerk 9 9 21 16 Steve Doherty Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 11 6 20 16 Gerhard Tweraser GRT Grasser Racing Team 3 10 20 17 Cláudio Ricci Rodrive Competições 9 15 14 Ret 18 18 Hubert Haupt Martin Matzke HTP Gravity Charouz 16 13 8 19 Julien Jousse BMW Sports Trophy Team India 14 18 DNS DNS 7 20 Soheil Ayari Jean-Luc Beaubélique SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion Ret 19 4  — Max Braams Duncan Huisman V8 Racing Ret Ret 0  — Filip Sladecka BMW Sports Trophy Team India Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points  — Grégoire Demoustier Duncan Tappy Von Ryan Racing 14 Ret  — Anthony Beltoise Henry Hassid TDS Racing 20 10  — Petr Charouz Jaroslav Janiš HTP Gravity Charouz Ret Ret

Bold – Pole

Gentlemen's Trophy

Driver Team NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 Petr Charouz Jan Stoviček HTP Gravity Charouz 18 21 16 15 15 13 18 14 110 2 Claudio Sdanewitsch align=left rowspan=2 AF Corse 16 11 8 14 18 13 102 3 Michele Rugolo 16 11 8 14 68 4 Fabien Barthez Gérard Tonelli SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion 15 20 34 5 Raijan Mascarello Felipe Tozzo Rodrive Competições 17 22 DNS Ret 21 6 Duda Rosa Paolo Bonifacio Seyffarth Motorsport Ret 16 19 7 Hubert Haupt Yenci Michael Seyffarth Motorsport Ret 13 18  — Paul Green Arne Hoffmeister Dörr Motorsport WD WD 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points  — Federico Leo AF Corse 18 13  — Mark Thomas Ilya Melnikov MRS GT Racing 19 16

Bold – Pole

Teams' Championship

Pro Cup

Team Manufacturer NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi 16 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 179 2 Sébastien Loeb Racing McLaren 1 11 4 4 6 14 1 7 1 1 14 2 137 3 BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil BMW 7 9 11 8 5 6 7 5 10 8 8 Ret 100 4 HTP Gravity Charouz Mercedes-Benz 3 3 7 Ret 2 1 10 Ret Ret 7 12 4 96

Pro-Am Cup

Team Manufacturer NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 HTP Gravity Charouz Mercedes-Benz 12 16 6 7 7 12 6 1 4 4 6 Ret 155 2 Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Nissan 13 7 15 14 13 8 12 8 11 6 130 3 Rodrive Competições Ford 9 15 14 Ret 14 10 15 12 9 16 13 14 125

Gentlemen's Trophy

Team Manufacturer NOG ZOL ZAN SVK NAV BAK Total 1 HTP Gravity Charouz Mercedes-Benz 18 21 16 15 15 13 18 14 132 2 Rodrive Competiçoes Ford 17 22 DNS Ret 28

See also

• 2013 Blancpain Endurance Series season

Notes and References

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3. News: Átila Abreu replaces Zonta at Navarra. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 10 September 2013. 10 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140025/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/atila-abreu-replaces-zonta-at-navarra. 27 September 2013. dead.
4. News: Nogaro FIA GT Series Entry List 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029221500/http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,108989,Nogaro-FIA-GT-Series-Entry-List-2013,news.htm. usurped. 29 October 2013. 22 March 2013. automobilsport.com. 23 March 2013.
5. News: Friday morning test session at Navarra. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 27 September 2013. 27 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130930163935/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/friday-morning-test-session-at-navarra. 30 September 2013. dead.
6. Web site: 2013 FIA GT Series – Navarra – 28th & 29th September 2013 Provisional Starting Entry List. 24 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029212435/http://www.fiagtseries.com/images/results_2013/FIAGTSeries-Navarra-ProvisionalEntryList24Sept.pdf. 29 October 2013. dead.
7. News: FIAGTSeries: 26 September. Twitter. Twitter Inc.. 26 September 2013. 26 September 2013.
8. Web site: 2013 FIA GT Series — Baku – 23rd – 24th November 2013: Provisional Starting Entry List. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 18 November 2013. 20 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203085711/http://www.fiagtseries.com/images/results_2013/2013_FIA_GT_Series_-_Provisional_Starting_Entry_List_18Nov.pdf. 3 December 2013. dead.
9. News: LARGE ENTRY ANNOUNCED FOR INAUGURAL BAKU WORLD CHALLENGE. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 28 October 2013. 28 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131031070620/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/large-entry-announced-for-inaugural-baku-world-challenge. 31 October 2013. dead.
10. News: Showdown in Slovakia: Full Preview. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 12 August 2013. 12 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130820011633/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/showdown-in-slovakia-full-preview. 20 August 2013. dead.
11. News: Stoffel Vandoorne looks forward to his GT debut at Baku. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 5 November 2013. 5 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131110215909/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/stoffel-vandoorne-looks-forward-to-his-gt-debut-at-baku. 10 November 2013. dead.
12. News: Man on a Hexis McLaren mission!. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 4 November 2013. 4 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131109003306/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/kevin-estre-man-on-a-hexis-mclaren-mission. 9 November 2013. dead.
13. News: Seyffarth double up with two Mercedes for Zolder. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 19 April 2013. 19 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203033614/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/seyffarth-double-up-with-two-mercedes-for-zolder. 3 December 2013. dead.
14. News: Turvey and Soucek confirmed at MRS McLaren. FIA GT Series. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 12 November 2013. 12 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112170942/http://www.fiagtseries.com/news/details/turvey-and-soucek-confirmed-at-mrs-mclaren. 12 November 2013. dead.
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16. News: More Announcements For Baku World Challenge, Marc VDS Reveals Livery. 9 November 2013. 15 November 2013.
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