2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round

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2013 Catalunya GP2 round
Round details
Round 3 of 11 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series
Circuit de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya Montmeló, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.665 km (2.892 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	11 May 2013
Laps	37
Pole position
Driver	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS
Time	1:28.706
Podium
First	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport
Second	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Third	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Time	1:34.352 (on lap 9)
Sprint race
Date	12 May 2013
Laps	26
Podium
First	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Second	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport
Third	Felipe Nasr	Carlin
Fastest lap
Driver	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time	1:33.727 (on lap 3)

The 2013 Catalunya GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain on 11 and 12 May 2013 as the fourth round of the 2013 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.

Robin Frijns took his—and team Hilmer Motorsports'—maiden GP2 Series victory in the feature race, ahead of Felipe Nasr. Stefano Coletti took his second race win of the season in the sprint race, beating Frijns by six-tenths of a second and further secured his championship lead with the result.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1:28.706	1
2	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:28.871	2
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:29.152	3
4	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	1:29.188	4
5	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:29.213	5
6	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:29.293	6
7	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1:29.318	7
8	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.321	8
9	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1:29.424	9
10	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.425	10
11	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1:29.609	11
12	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	1:29.668	12
13	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1:29.685	13
14	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	1:29.739	14
15	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1:29.759	15
16	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	1:29.792	16
17	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1:29.804	17
18	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	1:29.824	18
19	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1:29.936	19
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:29.956	20
21	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1:29.969	21
22	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	1:30.020	22
23	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	1:30.025	23
24	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:30.025	24
25	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1:30.763	25
26	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:30.773	26
Source:

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	37	1:00:38.896	8	25
2	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	37	+3.316	3	18
3	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	37	+12.609	15	17 (15+2)
4	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	37	+13.329	5	12
5	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	37	+14.325	14	10
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	37	+17.160	17	8
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	37	+17.504	9	6
8	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	37	+24.013	23	4
9	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	37	+32.024	22	2
10	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	37	+12.290	11	1
11	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	37	+32.823	12
12	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	37	+35.748	19
13	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	37	+39.922	18
14	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	37	+40.999	16
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	37	+42.690	2
16	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	37	+43.102	26
17	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	37	+54.532	25
18	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	37	+56.946	6
19	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	37	+57.935	24
20	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	36	+1 lap	20
21	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	33	Retired	4
Ret	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	11	Retired	10
Ret	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	10	Retired	1
Ret	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	5	Retired	13
Ret	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	4	Retired	21
Ret	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1	Retired	7
Fastest lap: Jon Lancaster (Hilmer Motorsport) — 1:34.352 (on lap 9)
Source:

Notes:

^1 — Jolyon Palmer finished the race in third place, but had twenty seconds added to his race time in lieu of a drive-through penalty after he was judged to have forced Sam Bird off the circuit late in the race.
^2 — Sam Bird retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	26	41:49.895	5	17 (15+2)
2	22	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+0.691	8	12
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	26	+7.212	7	10
4	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	26	+12.129	10	8
5	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	26	+35.593	1	6
6	15	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	26	+36.991	3	4
7	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	26	+38.483	2	2
8	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	26	+39.645	11	1
9	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	26	+40.664	18
10	23	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	26	+41.353	6
11	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	26	+41.464	24
12	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	26	+41.876	26
13	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	26	+42.520	12
14	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	26	+44.190	23
15	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	26	+44.277	15
16	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	26	+44.487	19
17	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+44.628	21
18	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	26	+45.041	16
19	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	26	+48.132	20
20	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	26	+53.650	22
21	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	26	+53.938	17
22	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	26	+1:02.518	14
23	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	26	+1:06.632	25
24	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	26	+1:25.590	9
25	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	25	Retired	13
26	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	25	+1 lap	4
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:33.727 (on lap 3)
Source:

Notes:

^3 — Sam Bird was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Marcus Ericsson during the feature race.
^4 — Nathanaël Berthon was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Sergio Canamasas and Tom Dillmann during the feature race.
^5 — Julián Leal retired from the race, but was classified as a finisher as he had completed over 90% of the winner's race distance.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Stefano Coletti	93
1	2	Felipe Nasr	76
1	3	Fabio Leimer	54
23	4	Robin Frijns	37
1	5	Sam Bird	33

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
1	1	Carlin	107
1	2	Rapax	101
	3	Racing Engineering	64
6	4	Hilmer Motorsport	56
1	5	Russian Time	55

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

"GP2 Series 2013 season calendar unveiled". GP2 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Frijns takes first GP2 win in thriller". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Coletti holds off Frijns in sprint race". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
"Ericsson leads all-DAMS front row". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Barcelona Post race penalties announced". GP2Series.com. GP2 Series Ltd. 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

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