2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring

Layout of the Red Bull Ring

The 2013 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring was an auto racing event held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Styria, Austria on 19–20 July 2013. It was the third round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, and the series' first visit to the Red Bull Ring. Thiriet by TDS Racing, with drivers Pierre Thiriet and Mathias Beche, won the race over Signatech Alpine, while the LMPC category was led by Paul-Loup Chatin and Gary Hirsch. Ram Racing's Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem led the LMGTE category, while Fabio Babini, Kirill Ladygin, and Viktor Shaitar of SMP Racing won the GTC class.

Qualifying

Qualifying result

Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.^[1]

Pos	Class	Team	Driver	Lap Time	Grid
1	LMP2	No. 38 Jota Sport	Oliver Turvey	1:23.871	1
2	LMP2	No. 18 Murphy Prototypes	Brendon Hartley	1:24.010	2
3	LMP2	No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing	Mathias Beche	1:24.054	3
4	LMP2	No. 43 Morand Racing	Franck Mailleux	1:24.318	4
5	LMP2	No. 34 Race Performance	Patric Niederhauser	1:24.407	5
6	LMP2	No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer	1:24.794	6
7	LMP2	No. 37 SMP Racing	Maurizio Mediani	1:25.865	7
8	LMPC	No. 46 Algarve Pro Racing Team	Nick Catsburg	1:28.234	9
9	LMPC	No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge	Nico Verdonck	1:28.394	10
10	LMPC	No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge	Paul-Loup Chatin	1:28.635	11
11	LMPC	No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge	Soheil Ayari	1:28.770	12
12	LMGTE	No. 77 Proton Competition	Nick Tandy	1:29.391	13
13	LMGTE	No. 66 JMW Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini	1:29.513	14
14	LMGTE	No. 52 Ram Racing	Johnny Mowlem	1:29.629	15
15	LMGTE	No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut	Jean-Karl Vernay	1:29.800	16
16	LMGTE	No. 75 Prospeed Competition	Emmanuel Collard	1:30.068	17
17	LMGTE	No. 53 Ram Racing	Gunnar Jeannette	1:30.103	18
18	LMGTE	No. 55 AF Corse	Marco Cioci	1:30.187	19
19	GTC	No. 72 SMP Racing	Luca Persiani	1:30.705	20
20	GTC	No. 69 SMP Racing	Kirill Ladygin	1:30.741	21
21	GTC	No. 62 AF Corse	Andrea Rizzoli	1:30.836	22
22	LMGTE	No. 54 AF Corse	Yannick Mollegol	1:30.865	23
23	LMGTE	No. 88 Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	1:31.466	24
24	GTC	No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse	Ollie Millroy	1:31.765	25
25	GTC	No. 60 Kox Racing	Peter Kox	1:31.797	26
–	LMP2	No. 36 Signatech Alpine	Nelson Panciatici	No Time^1	8

^1  – The No. 36 Signatech Oreca-Nissan had its qualifying times nullified after it set its fastest qualifying lap while a sector of the track was under yellow flag conditions. The team was allowed to start from the back of the LMP2 class grid.^[2]

Race

Race result

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).^[3]

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP2	1	Thiriet by TDS Racing	Pierre Thiriet Mathias Beche	Oreca 03	D	122
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
2	LMP2	36	Signatech Alpine	Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici	Alpine A450	M	122
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
3	LMP2	43	Morand Racing	Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux	Morgan LMP2	D	122
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
4	LMP2	38	Jota Sport	Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey	Zytek Z11SN	D	121
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
5	LMP2	34	Race Performance	Michel Frey Patric Niederhauser	Oreca 03	D	121
					Judd HK 3.6 L V8
6	LMP2	37	SMP Racing	Sergey Zlobin Maurizio Mediani	Oreca 03	D	119
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
7	LMPC	49	Team Endurance Challenge	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Oreca FLM09	M	118
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
8	LMPC	47	Team Endurance Challenge	Alex Loan Nico Verdonck	Oreca FLM09	M	118
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
9	LMPC	46	Algarve Pro Racing Team	C. O. Jones Nick Catsburg	Oreca FLM09	M	116
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
10	LMGTE	52	Ram Racing	Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	116
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
11	LMGTE	66	JMW Motorsport	Andrea Bertolini Joël Camathias	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	D	116
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
12	LMGTE	53	Ram Racing	Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	115
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
13	LMGTE	55	AF Corse	Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Federico Leo	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	115
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
14	LMPC	48	Team Endurance Challenge	Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons	Oreca FLM09	M	115
					Chevrolet 6.2 L V8
15	LMGTE	75	Prospeed Competition	François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	115
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
16	LMGTE	88	Proton Competition	Horst Felbermayr, Sr. Horst Felbermayr, Jr. Klaus Bachler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	114
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
17	LMGTE	67	IMSA Performance Matmut	Patrice Milesi Jean-Karl Vernay	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	114
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
18	GTC	69	SMP Racing	Fabio Babini Viktor Shaitar Kirill Ladygin	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	M	114
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
19	LMGTE	77	Proton Competition	Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Nick Tandy	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	M	114
					Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6
20	GTC	62	AF Corse	Andrea Razzoli Stefano Gai Lorenzo Casè	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	M	113
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
21	GTC	79	Ecurie Ecosse	Andrew Smith Ollie Millroy Alasdair McCaig	BMW Z4 GT3	M	112
					BMW 4.4 L V8
22	LMGTE	54	AF Corse	Yannick Mollégol Jean-Marc Bachelier Howard Blank	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	M	112
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
23	GTC	60	Kox Racing	Peter Kox Nico Pronk	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3	M	112
					Lamborghini 5.2 L V10
24	GTC	72	SMP Racing	Devi Markozov Alexander Frolov Luca Persiani	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	M	112
					Ferrari 4.5 L V8
25	LMP2	18	Murphy Prototypes	Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi	Oreca 03	D	102
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8
DNF	LMP2	4	Boutsen Ginion Racing	Dominik Kraihamer Thomas Holzer	Oreca 03	D	69
					Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8

References

1. "ELMS 3 Hours of Red Bull Ring Qualifying Practice Final Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Jota Take Pole at Red Bull Ring After Alpine Penalised". European Le Mans Series. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
3. "European Le Mans Series 3 Hours of Imola Race Classification" (PDF). Automobile Club de l'Ouest. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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