2013 Formula Abarth season explained

The 2013 Formula Abarth season was the ninth and the final season of the former Formula Azzurra, and the fourth under its guise of "Formula Abarth". The series returned to a one-championship format, dropping the European Series moniker. The season started at Vallelunga on 28 April and concluded at 20 October at Monza.^[1]

Alessio Rovera won the series driving for Cram Motorsport, taking six wins and thirteen podiums. Rovera won the series by 68 points ahead of runner-up Michele Beretta driving for Euronova Racing by Fortec. Third place was taken by Simone Iaquinta, who drove for GSK, a further five points behind Beretta.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered.

Team		Driver	Rounds
Euronova Racing by Fortec	1	Michele Beretta^[2]	All
72	Vitaly Larionov^[3]	All
77	Sergey Trofimov	All
Cram Motorsport	6	Giorgio Roda	3–5
	7	Denis Nagulin^[4]	6
	12	Alessio Rovera^[5]	All
	16	Giada de Zen^[6]	2–3
Facondini Racing	11	Lukas de Moraes^[7]	All
GSK	14	Aku Pellinen^[8]	1
	14	Kevin Gilardoni	3
	38	Simone Iaquinta^[9]	All
	39	Dzhon Simonyan^[10]	2
TomCat	21	nowrap	Marco Tolama Portillo^[11]	1–2
TomCat	83	Gianmarco Maggiulli	6
Best Lap	22	Loris Spinelli	1
	33	Federico Pezzolla	1–2
	84	Giorgio Alberto Mandozzi	6
Torino Motorsport	23	nowrap	Luis Michael Dörrbecker^[12]	1–3
	73	Yuta Shiraishi	1, 3
	74	Gabriele Rugin	2
NBC Group	58	Dario Orsini^[13]	3–6
Technorace	78	Alessandro Perullo^[14]	1–3, 5–6
AB Motorsport	99	Sabino de Castro	All

Race calendar and results

A provisional all-Italian six-round calendar was announced on 4 December 2012.^[15] On 5 February 2013, the calendar was altered,^[16] and was altered again on 13 March.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	28 April	nowrap	Alessio Rovera	nowrap	Alessio Rovera	nowrap	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	nowrap	Sergey Trofimov	nowrap	Alessio Rovera
	R2				Alessio Rovera	Simone Iaquinta	GSK	Vitaly Larionov	Alessio Rovera
	R3			Alessio Rovera	Alessio Rovera	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
2	R1	Adria International Raceway	26 May	Alessio Rovera	Alessio Rovera	Simone Iaquinta	GSK	Gabriele Rujin	Alessio Rovera
	R2				Lukas Moraes	Lukas Moraes	Facondini Racing	Gabriele Rujin	Lukas Moraes
	R3			Alessio Rovera	nowrap	Federico Pezzolla	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	Vitaly Larionov	Alessio Rovera
3	R1	Mugello Circuit	13 July	Alessio Rovera	Simone Iaquinta	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
	R2		14 July		Dario Orsini	Simone Iaquinta	GSK	Sergey Trofimov	Lukas Moraes
	R3		14 July	Alessio Rovera	Michele Beretta	Michele Beretta	nowrap	Euronova Racing by Fortec	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
4	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	31 August	Alessio Rovera	Alessio Rovera	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
	R2	1 September		Alessio Rovera	Dario Orsini	NBC Group	Vitaly Larionov	Alessio Rovera
	R3	1 September	Alessio Rovera	Dario Orsini	Dario Orsini	NBC Group	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
5	R1	Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli	22 September	Alessio Rovera	nowrap	Simone Iaquinta	nowrap	Simone Iaquinta	GSK	Sergey Trofimov	Lukas Moraes
	R2		Simone Iaquinta	Giorgio Roda	Cram Motorsport	Sergey Trofimov	Alessio Rovera
	R3	nowrap	Simone Iaquinta	Dario Orsini	Alessio Rovera	Cram Motorsport	Vitaly Larionov	Alessio Rovera
6	R1	Monza Circuit	19 October	Michele Beretta	Simone Iaquinta	Dario Orsini	NBC Group	nowrap	Sabino de Castro	Alessio Rovera
	R2		20 October		Simone Iaquinta	Simone Iaquinta	GSK	Vitaly Larionov	Lukas Moraes
	R3		20 October	Simone Iaquinta	Simone Iaquinta	Denis Nagulin	Cram Motorsport	Vitaly Larionov	Alessio Rovera

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
Feature races	20	15	12	10	8	5	4	3	2	1	1	1
Sprint	13	11	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	1		1

Drivers' standings

Pos	Driver	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts
1	Alessio Rovera	1	2	1	2	4	1	1	Ret	4	1	2	3	10	5	1	3	Ret	2
2	Michele Beretta	2	3	2	12	12	7	3	2	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	10	Ret	2	4	5	168
3	Simone Iaquinta	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	6	1	6	7	4	7	1	8	Ret	12	1	10
4	Lukas Moraes	8	9	10	5	1	2	5	3	8	4	7	6	7	6	5	4	7	9
5	Dario Orsini							Ret	6	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	DSQ	130
6	Giorgio Roda							2	5	14	8	3	5	4	1	Ret				73
7	align=left nowrap	Luis Michael Dörrbecker	7	5	5	6	2	Ret	8	4	9										52
8	Federico Pezzolla	6	8	6	3	6	5													49
9	Denis Nagulin																11	6	1	35
10	Marco Tolama Portillo	10	12	9	10	11	6													24
11	Kevin Gilardoni							4	Ret	3										22
12	Aku Pellinen	5	4	8																21
13	Loris Spinelli	9	10	3																18
14	Giada de Zen				8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5										13
15	Dzhon Simonyan				9	8	Ret													9
National Formula ACI-CSAI Abarth Trophy
1	Sergey Trofimov	3	7	7	7	7	4	7	7	7	3	6	4	5	2	4	7	5	4
2	Vitaly Larionov	Ret	6	13	11	13	3	10	9	11	5	5	Ret	8	7	3	10	3	3
3	Sabino de Castro	Ret	11	12	13	9	8	9	8	10	6	Ret	NC	9	9	7	5	Ret	7	162
4	Alessandro Perullo	11	Ret	11	DNS	10	Ret	11	Ret	12				6	4	6	6	Ret	11	110
5	Yuta Shiraishi	12	13	14				12	10	13										50
6	Gabriele Rugin				4	5	Ret													33
7	Gianmarco Maggiulli																8	9	6	29
8	align=left nowrap	Giorgio Alberto Mandozzi																9	8	8	25
Pos	Driver	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookies' standings

Pos	Driver	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts
1	Alessio Rovera	1	2	1	2	4	1	1	Ret	1	1	2	3	10	5	1	3	Ret	2
2	Lukas Moraes	8	9	10	5	1	2	5	3	8	4	7	6	7	6	5	4	7	9
3	Federico Pezzolla	6	8	6	3	6	5													69
4	align=left nowrap	Marco Tolama Portillo	10	12	9	11	10	6													42
5	Aku Pellinen	5	4	8																36
6	Loris Spinelli	9	10	3																29
7	Dzhon Simonyan				9	8	Ret													17
Pos	Driver	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts
1	Cram Motorsport	1	2	1	2	4	1	1	5	4	1	2	3	4	1	1	3	6	1	257
2	GSK	4	1	4	1	3	Ret	4	1	3	7	4	7	1	8	Ret	12	1	10	183
3	align=left nowrap	Euronova Racing by Fortec	2	3	2	12	12	7	3	2	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	10	Ret	2	4	5	166
4	Facondini Racing	10	12	9	5	1	2	5	3	8	4	7	6	7	6	5	4	7	9	148
5	Best Lap	6	8	3	3	6	5													55
6	Torino Motorsport	8	9	4	6	2	Ret	8	4	9										52
7	TomCat	10	12	9	10	11	6													24
Pos	Driver	VAL			ADR			MUG			IMO			MIS			MNZ			Pts

External links

Official website

Notes and References

News: MODIFICA AL CALENDARIO 2013. IMOLA POSTICIPATA ALL'1 SETTEMBRE – ADRIA IL 26 MAGGIO. 13 March 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. 13 March 2013.
News: Beretta confirmed at Euronova for Formula Abarth Championship. 31 January 2013. euronova-racing.com. Euronova Racing. 6 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219004318/http://euronova-racing.com/control/upload/310113_080315_3066_130131%20Abarth%20Beretta%20joins%20Euronova.pdf. 19 February 2014. dead.
News: SMP Racing and Euronova form partnership for Italian Formula Abarth. 6 February 2013. euronova-racing.com. Euronova Racing. 6 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219010433/http://euronova-racing.com/control/upload/060213_064733_4311_130206%20SMP%20Racing%20and%20Euronova.pdf. 19 February 2014. dead.
News: Entry List. 19 October 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport Italia. 19 October 2013.
News: Cram debuts Rovera. 2 April 2013. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 7 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130807015815/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=39320&cat=31. 7 August 2013. dead.
News: Giada De Zen e la Cram insieme dal round di Adria. 17 May 2013. stopandgo.tv. Stop & Go. Italian. 23 May 2013. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924110645/http://www.stopandgo.tv/news/campionati/f-abarth/it/giada-de-zen-e-la-cram-insieme-dal-round-di-adria.html. dead.
News: Facondini Racing torna in Formula Abarth con Lukas Moraes. 15 April 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. Italian. 16 April 2013. Facondini Racing returns in Formula Abarth with Lukas Moraes.
News: Aku Pellinen joins GSK Grand Prix for Formula Abarth Italia. Goddard. Stephen. 18 March 2013. Paddock Scout. 18 March 2013.
News: GSK Grand Prix completa i propri ranghi con Simone Iaquinta. 16 April 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. Italian. 16 April 2013. GSK Grand Prix complete their ranks with Simone Iaquinta.
Web site: Adria Entry List. 23 May 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. 26 May 2013.
Web site: Vallelunga Entry List. 26 April 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. 26 April 2013.
News: Team Torino Motorsport to field Dorrbecker in Formula Abarth. Khorounzhiy. Valentin. 27 February 2013. Paddock Scout. 7 April 2013.
News: All set in Mugello for the third round of the season. 11 July 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. 12 July 2013.
News: Perullo debutta con Technorace. 17 February 2013. ItaliaRacing.net. Inpagina. Italian. 17 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130806132133/http://italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=38777&cat=31. 6 August 2013. dead.
News: All set for season 2013. 4 December 2012. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. 6 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130103155208/http://www.acisportitalia.it/ABARTH/home/ing/2988/All-set-for-season-2013/2012. 3 January 2013. dead.
News: LA STAGIONE 2013 PRESENTATA AL MOTORSPORT EXPOTECH DI MODENA. 5 February 2013. Formula Abarth. ACI Sport. Italian. 6 February 2013.