2013 Porsche Supercup Explained

The 2013 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 21st Porsche Supercup season. It began on 12 May on Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 3 November at Yas Marina Circuit, after nine races, all of which were support events for the 2013 Formula One season. A new car was introduced for the season as the Porsche 991 – the internal designation for the seventh-generation Porsche 911 – replaced the Porsche 997.^[1]

Three-time champion René Rast did not return to defend his title, opting to focus on the ADAC GT Masters, the FIA GT Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he would compete for Belgian Audi Club WRT. BTCC champion and former WTCC driver Alain Menu joined the series with his own team, FACH Auto Tech.

Ahead of the final round of the series in Abu Dhabi, Monégasque-based British^[2] driver Sean Edwards held a championship lead of eighteen points over Denmark's Nicki Thiim, with Michael Ammermüller of Germany the only other driver to remain within contention for winning the title.^[3] Edwards was killed on 15 October 2013 at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Australia, while instructing a member of the public at a private test session.^[4] Thiim ultimately won the championship, after he won both races in Abu Dhabi; Edwards ended up second overall, finishing three points ahead of Ammermüller.

Changes for 2013

Technical

• After 20 years, the sequential manual gearbox shifters were replaced by newly-mandatory sequential semi-automatic paddle-shifters respectively for all Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup cars to make easier shifting rather than manual shifters.

Teams and drivers

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Attempto Racing^[5]	1	Kévin Estre	All
	2	Nicki Thiim	All
Lechner Racing^[6]	3	Michael Ammermüller	All
	4	Štefan Rosina	1
		Jeroen Bleekemolen^[7]	2–3, 5–8
		Jaap van Lagen^[8]	4
FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS	5	Robert Lukas	All
	6	Klaus Bachler	All
MRS GT-Racing	7	Esteban Gini	1–4
		Philipp Eng^[9]	7
		Kenji Kobayashi^[10]	8
	8	Roar Lindland	1–2, 4–8
		Karl Leonard^[11]	3
	9	Jean-Karl Vernay	All
Team Bleekemolen^[12]	10	Ben Barker	All
	17	Sebastiaan Bleekemolen	All
	18	Jeroen Mul	All
VERVA Racing Team^[13]	11	Patryk Szczerbiński	All
	12	Kuba Giermaziak	All
Team Allyouneed by Project 1^[14]	14	Sean Edwards	1–7
	15	Sean Johnston	All
	16	Sébastien Ogier^[15]	2
		Jeffrey Schmidt	3–4
		Andreas Mayerl^[16]	6
		Nonô Figueiredo	7
Lechner Racing Academy	19	Clemens Schmid	All
	20	Markus Pommer	All
DAMS^[17]	21	Michael Christensen	All
	22	Richie Stanaway	All
MOMO-Megatron^[18]	23	Alessandro Zampedri	1–3, 5, 7
		Dylan Derdaele	4, 6, 8
	24	Jochen Habets	All
FACH Auto Tech^[19]	25	Carlo Lusser^[20]	1
		Christian Engelhart	2–8
	26	Alain Menu	1–2
		Martin Ragginger	3, 6–7
		Florian Spengler	4
		Earl Bamber^[21]	5, 8
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East^[22]	30	Zaid Ashkanani	8
	31	Antonio Giancola	8
	32	Hannes Waimer	8
Porsche AG^[23]	88	Sébastien Loeb	1–2
		Emanuele Pirro	7

Notes

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1		Circuit de Catalunya	12 May	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
2		Circuit de Monaco	26 May	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
3		Silverstone Circuit	30 June	Nicki Thiim	Michael Christensen	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
4		Nürburgring	7 July	Michael Christensen	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Christensen	DAMS
5		Hungaroring	28 July	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Sean Edwards	Team Allyouneed by Project 1
6		Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 August	Kuba Giermaziak	Kuba Giermaziak	Klaus Bachler	FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS
7		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	8 September	Nicki Thiim	Kévin Estre	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
8	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	2 November	Earl Bamber	Earl Bamber	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing
	R2		3 November	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Nicki Thiim	Attempto Racing

Championship standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th
Points	20	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points 1 Nicki Thiim 2 8 1 2 8 8 1 1 1 140 2 Sean Edwards 1 1 4 4 1 2 5 118 3 Michael Ammermüller 3 3 2 5 14 5 2 6 8 115 4 Kévin Estre DNS 6 6 3 4 7 3 5 2 107 5 Kuba Giermaziak 4 2 5 Ret 3 11 6 3 6 105 6 Michael Christensen 5 25 3 1 10 3 8 10 7 95 7 Klaus Bachler 7 10 21 9 5 1 7 7 21† 73 8 Christian Engelhart 5 8 Ret 2 12 4 9 12 69 9 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 11 9 6 10 8 3 67 10 Ben Barker 10 9 9 6 16 9 12 4 9 66 11 Robert Lukas 6 15 Ret 7 19 4 Ret 14 11 44 12 Richie Stanaway 9 7 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 43 13 Jean-Karl Vernay 12 11 20 11 11 14 9 Ret DSQ 29 14 Jeroen Mul 8 19 15 Ret 13 10 13 11 Ret 27 15 Markus Pommer 19 17 14 16 7 20 22 12 13 25 16 Patryk Szczerbiński 15 14 10 Ret 6 Ret 19 18 15 24 17 Clemens Schmid 14 12 12 Ret 12 15 15 16 Ret 21 18 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 18 18 18 8 21 18 18 Ret 10 15 19 Martin Ragginger 7 17 11 14 20 Sean Johnston 17 20 17 19 18 16 Ret 13 14 9 21 Jochen Habets 20† Ret 22 17 Ret 21 17 20 16 4 22 Alessandro Zampedri 16 23 16 17 16 3 23 Roar Lindland Ret 22 18 20 23 20 21 Ret 2 24 Esteban Gini Ret 24 23 20 0 25 Alain Menu Ret 21 0 align=center colspan=14 Guest drivers ineligible for points Earl Bamber 15 2 5 0 Sébastien Loeb 11 16 0 Jaap van Lagen 12 0 Jeffrey Schmidt 24 13 0 Štefan Rosina 13 0 Sébastien Ogier 13 0 Florian Spengler 14 0 Philipp Eng 14 0 Zaid Ashkanani 15 17 0 Dylan Derdaele 15 19 19 Ret 0 Hannes Waimer NC 18 0 Antonio Giancola 22 19 0 Karl Leonard 19 0 Kenji Kobayashi 23 20 0 Nonô Figueiredo 21 0 Andreas Mayerl 22 0 Emanuele Pirro 23† 0 Carlo Lusser Ret 0 Pos Driver CAT MON SIL NÜR HUN SPA MNZ YMC Points

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

External links

• The Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup website
• Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Online Magazine

Notes and References

1. News: Type 991 Car For 2013 Porsche Supercup. James. Broomhead. 9 December 2012. 1 December 2013. The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia.
2. News: British racing driver Sean Edwards killed in crash in Australia. BBC Sport. BBC. 15 October 2013. 15 October 2013.
3. News: Second win for Nicki Thiim – title decision must wait for season final. Porsche Supercup. Porsche. 8 September 2013. 15 October 2013.
4. News: Sean Edwards killed in Porsche crash at Queensland Raceway. Andrew. van de Burgt. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 15 October 2013. 15 October 2013.
5. News: Attempto Racing – project title defence. 31 March 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 31 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064046/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=31&lang=en&id=4496. 4 March 2016. dead.
6. News: Drivers. 11 April 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 11 April 2013.
7. News: @jbleekemolen: 18 April. Twitter. 18 April 2013. 18 April 2013.
8. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Nürburgring GP-Kurs. 5 July 2013. racecam GmbH. 5 July 2013.
9. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Monza. 7 September 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 7 September 2013.
10. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Abu Dhabi. 1 November 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 November 2013.
11. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Silverstone. 28 June 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 28 June 2013.
12. News: The big step – Team Bleekemolen in 2 Cups. 18 March 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 31 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041557/http://racecam.de/index.php?site=news&sid=31&id=4494&lang=en. 4 March 2016. dead.
13. News: VERVA Racing Team na starcie sezonu 2013. 27 March 2013. vervaracingteam.pl. Polish. VERVA Racing Team. 31 March 2013. VERVA Racing Team at the start of the 2013 season. https://web.archive.org/web/20130330095659/http://vervaracingteam.pl/pl/aktualnosc/495. 30 March 2013. dead. dmy-all.
14. News: Short notes from the Barcelona test. 9 April 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 11 April 2013.
15. News: Ogier to take on Loeb in Porsche Supercup at Monaco. 17 May 2013. autosport.com. Beer. Matt. 17 May 2013.
16. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Spa Francorchamps. 23 August 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 23 August 2013.
17. News: Dams débarque en Porsche Supercup en 2013!. 18 March 2013. Toilef1.com. Studio Vitamine. Delfosse. Julien. French. Dams arrives in Porsche Supercup in 2013!. 31 March 2013. 6 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200906185322/http://www.toilef1.com/article.php3?id_article=26746. dead.
18. News: Watkins. Gary. Megatron to enter Porsche Supercup in 2013. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 22 March 2013. 22 March 2013.
19. News: Fach Auto Tech – New Supercup team. 6 March 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 6 March 2013.
20. News: Results 1. free practice Porsche Supercup Barcelona. 10 May 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 10 May 2013.
21. News: Who is Earl Bamber?. 26 July 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 26 July 2013.
22. News: The experience of the experienced – Ammermüller top's the list. 1 November 2013. racecam.de. racecam GmbH. 1 November 2013.
23. News: Loeb to race in Porsche Supercup at Barcelona and Monte Carlo. 22 April 2013. autosport.com. 22 April 2013.