2013 World Touring Car Championship Explained
The 2013 World Touring Car Championship season was the tenth season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and the ninth since the series was revived in 2005. The championship, which was reserved for cars run to Super 2000 regulations, began with the Race of Italy on 23 March and concluded with the Race of Macau in support of the Macau Grand Prix at the Guia Circuit on 17 November, after twenty-four races at twelve events.
Yvan Muller secured the Drivers' Championship title in Japan, with two events remaining in the season. Honda won the Manufacturers' Championship. Chevrolet was the defending manufacturers' champion, but it did not support a team in 2013, and thus was unable to defend its title.
James Nash won the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy for independent entries and RML won the Yokohama Teams' Trophy. The Lukoil Racing Team was the defending Yokohama Teams' Trophy winner, but was unable to defend its title as Lukoil closed their own team to support manufacturer Lada Sport team in 2013.[1]
Teams and drivers
Team changes
Driver changes
Mid-season changes
Calendar
The 2013 championship was contested over twenty-four races, with two races held at each of twelve events throughout the year. The final calendar for the season was released in December 2012.[20]
Calendar changes
- The Race of Morocco was not included on the provisional calendar for 2013, though the provisional calendar was released with a vacant race date.[22]
- The Race of Portugal returned to the Circuito da Boavista in Porto after being held at the Portimão circuit in 2012.
- The Race of Spain was originally included on the provisional calendar at a venue to be decided.[22] However, the race was removed from the final calendar released in December 2012.[20]
- The Race of Russia made its championship debut at the Moscow Raceway.[22]
- The Race of Brazil was dropped before the start of the season, but was later reinstated.[23] It was then dropped from the calendar again when the Argentine round was confirmed.
- An additional thirteenth round of the championship was added before the start of the season.[24] In May 2013, it was confirmed the Race of Argentina made its championship debut at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo.[25] The race in Argentina was confirmed in June, replacing the Brazilian round.[26]
Results and standings
Races
Standings
Drivers' Championship
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap | |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Manufacturers' Championship
valign=middle | | valign=middle | Manufacturer | ITA
| MAR
| SVK
| HUN
| AUT
| RUS
| POR
| ARG
| USA
| JPN
| CHN
| MAC
| valign=middle | |
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1 | align=left rowspan=2 | Honda | 41 | 3 | 21 | Ret | 11 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 121 | 4 | 61 | 7 | 93 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 62 | 1 | 272 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 1017 |
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53 | 8 | Ret3 | DNS | 22 | 5 | Ret2 | Ret | 132 | 8 | 124 | 12 | Ret1 | 20 | 102 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 281 | 4 | 112 | 1 | DNS2 | Ret | 2 | align=left rowspan=2 | Lada | DNS2 | DNS | 102 | 13 | 133 | 14 | 174 | 12 | 94 | 12 | 52 | Ret | 62 | 6 | Ret3 | 16 | 143 | 16 | 63 | 11 | 83 | 17 | 153 | Ret | 601 |
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DNS4 | DNS | 164 | Ret | 204 | 20 | Ret3 | 20 | 163 | 15 | 143 | Ret | 194 | 19 | Ret4 | 20 | 194 | 18 | 154 | 19 | 174 | 20 | Ret4 | Ret | valign=middle | | valign=middle | Manufacturer | ITA
| MAR
| SVK
| HUN
| AUT
| RUS
| POR
| ARG
| USA
| JPN
| CHN
| MAC
| valign=middle | |
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Yokohama Trophies
World Touring Car Championship promoter Eurosport Events organized the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy and the Yokohama Teams' Trophy within the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[28]
Yokohama Drivers' Trophy
| Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap | |
Eligibility for the Yokohama Drivers' Trophy was decided by Eurosport Events, taking into consideration the Team's CV and records, the Driver's CV and records and the car's technical characteristics.
[28] Yokohama Teams' Trophy
All the teams taking part in the championship were eligible to score points towards the Yokohama Teams' Trophy, with the exception of teams which incorporated a car manufacturer's name in the team's name.[28]
Eurosport Asia Trophy
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
External links
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Notes and References
- News: James Thompson takes 11th on Lada's last appearance . https://archive.today/20130105083808/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7724 . dead . 5 January 2013 . Neil . Hudson . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 3 June 2012 . 20 July 2012 . The Lada programme this year consists of just two appearances in Hungary and Portugal, and the team will now go on to work on the car ahead of a potential full assault on the 2013 World Touring Car Championship. .
- Web site: Engstler and Ng to team up again . . Kigema Sport Organisation . 8 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119084552/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/589 . 19 January 2013.
- News: Tremayne. Sam. Hiroki Yoshimoto takes Michel Nykjaer's World Touring Car seat. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 19 September 2013. 19 September 2013.
- News: Arena International Motorsport closes its doors . Neil . Hudson . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 5 January 2013 . 6 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130107220115/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8495 . 7 January 2013.
- News: CAMPOS AND ORÚS JOIN FOR 2013 WTCC. 9 March 2013. World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 9 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130929081334/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/648/t/CAMPOS-AND-OR%C3%9AS-JOIN-FOR-2013-WTCC. 29 September 2013. dead.
- News: Chevrolet pulls out of WTCC after 2012 season . https://archive.today/20130204153325/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7837 . dead . 4 February 2013 . 4 July 2012 . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . Johan . Meissner . 4 July 2012 .
- News: Stefano D'Aste to race for his own team. World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 1 March 2013. 1 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131204020833/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/633/t/STEFANO-D%E2%80%99ASTE-TO-RACE-FOR-HIS-OWN-TEAM. 4 December 2013. dead.
- News: Honda planning 2013 WTCC entry. 3 February 2012. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 3 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206061449/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7165. 6 February 2012. dead.
- News: Basseng and Winkelhock set for WTCC 2013 . https://archive.today/20130111104629/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8388 . dead . 11 January 2013 . 8 November 2012 . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 8 November 2012 .
- News: Aleksei Dudukalo set for Lada switch in 2013 . https://archive.today/20130111101211/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8403 . dead . 11 January 2013 . Neil . Hudson . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 15 November 2012 . 16 November 2012 . Russian driver Aleksei Dudukalo has indicated that he expects to be racing for Lada in the 2013 season in a two car team alongside double British Touring Car champion James Thompson, with backing from LUKOIL, as was rumoured earlier in the year. .
- News: Nika Racing enters one Cruze for 2013 WTCC. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 5 March 2013. 5 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307125107/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8636. 7 March 2013. dead.
- News: György. Juni. Bréking: Hondával folytatjuk! – Videóval!. Zengo Motorsport. 10 January 2013. 10 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130112232421/http://www.zengomotorsport.hu/breking_hondaval_folytatjuk_videoval. 12 January 2013. dead.
- News: RML Chevrolets for Muller and Chilton . . Kigema Sport Organisation . 4 March 2013 . 4 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204022003/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/637/t/RML-CHEVROLETS-FOR-MULLER-AND-CHILTON . 4 December 2013 .
- News: ROB HUFF DEFENDS TITLE WITH ALL-LINKL.COM . . Kigema Sport Organisation . 27 February 2013 . 27 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014935/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/629 . 5 October 2013 .
- News: Alain Menu to contest the 2013 Porsche Supercup . https://archive.today/20130412005237/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8643 . dead . 12 April 2013 . Neil . Hudson . Touring Car Times . Mediaempire Stockholm AB . 6 March 2013 . 6 March 2013 .
- News: Castrol sponsors Honda. 20 March 2013. WorldTouringCars.com. 20 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130412053017/http://worldtouringcars.com/?p=5427. 12 April 2013. dead.
- News: Mills. Peter. James Nash to drive for Bamboo in 2013 WTCC season. Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 5 December 2012. 5 December 2012.
- News: @TomCoronel: 12 February. Twitter. Twitter Inc.. 12 February 2013. 12 February 2013.
- News: Mikhail Koslovskiy replaces Dudukalo at Lada. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Neil. Hudson. 29 March 2013. 30 March 2013.
- News: WTCC to pay first visit to Russia in 2013 . fiawtcc.com . . 21 December 2012 . 23 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020054144/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/573 . 20 October 2013.
- News: Auto GP reveals 8 events in 2013. 28 November 2012. Auto GP. Auto GP Organization. 28 November 2012.
- News: FIA issues revised 2013 WTCC calendar. Neil. Hudson. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 28 September 2012. 29 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121006154758/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8196. 6 October 2012. dead.
- News: Race of Brazil on calendar. fiawtcc.com. FIA WTCC. 24 March 2013. 24 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130410191816/http://www.fiawtcc.com/events?idSeason=25&idEvent=155. 10 April 2013. dead.
- News: FIA issues amended 2013 WTCC calendar. Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 March 2013. 23 March 2013.
- News: El WTCC en Las Termas de Río Hondo. es. Nuevo Diario Web. Nuevo Diario. 23 May 2013. 28 May 2013. 16 June 2013. https://archive.today/20130616044205/http://www.nuevodiarioweb.com.ar/notas/2013/5/23/wtcc-termas-hondo-454947.asp. dead.
- News: WTCC TO VISIT ARGENTINA FOR THE FIRST TIME . . Kigema Sport Organisation . 4 June 2013 . 4 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225000627/http://www.fiawtcc.com/news/detail/id/1041/t/WTCC-TO-VISIT-ARGENTINA-FOR-THE-FIRST-TIME . 25 February 2014.
- Web site: 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship – Race 2 Result. mstworld.com. MST Systems Ltd.. 17 November 2013. 11 December 2013. 69. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212115729/http://mstworld.com/Results/2013/13012wtc.pdf. 12 December 2013. dead.
- Web site: FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP YOKOHAMA TROPHY . . Kigema Sport Organisation . 24 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130423081709/http://www.fiawtcc.com/uploads/files/documents/58_2013_yokohama_trophy_regulations.pdf . 23 April 2013.