GP2 race in Nürburg 2013

 GP2 race in Nürburg 2013

Racing data
6th of 11 races in the 2013 GP2 series
Date:	5th-7th July 2013
Place:	Nürburg
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	Main race 164.736 km in 32 laps of 5.148 km Sprint races 123.552 km in 24 laps of 5.148 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS
Time:	1: 38.487 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Time:	1: 43.131 min (lap 28)
Podium
First:	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS
Second:	James Calado	ART Grand Prix
Third:	Stefano Coletti	Rapax
Sprint race
Pole position
Driver:	Tom Dillmann	Russian time
Fastest lap
Driver:	James Calado	ART Grand Prix
Time:	1: 42.303 min (lap 7)
Podium
First:	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Second:	James Calado	ART Grand Prix
Third:	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering

The GP2 round in Nürburg 2013 took place from July 5th to 7th at the Nürburgring in Nürburg and was the sixth round of the 2013 GP2 series season . Marcus Ericsson ( DAMS ) won the main race ahead of James Calado ( ART Grand Prix ) and Stefano Coletti ( Rapax ). The sprint race was won by Jon Lancaster ( Hilmer Motorsport ) ahead of James Calado (ART Grand Prix) and Fabio Leimer ( Racing Engineering ).

Reports

background

The event took place in the framework of the German Grand Prix .

After the race at Silverstone , Stefano Coletti led the drivers' standings with 22 points ahead of Felipe Nasr and 31 points ahead of Sam Bird . Carlin led the team standings with five points ahead of Russian Time and nine points ahead of Rapax .

No driver had previously won a GP2 race at the Nürburgring.

training

Robin Frijns set the fastest time in free practice , followed by Bird and Mitch Evans .

Qualifying

In qualifying, the DAMS drivers were the fastest. Stéphane Richelmi secured pole position in front of Marcus Ericsson and Frijns. For Richelmi this was the first pole position in the GP2 series.

Main race

Starting grid for the main race

Richelmi didn't start perfectly and lost the lead to his teammate Ericsson. Evans got off to a good start and was entertaining ahead of Ericsson, but braked late into the first corner and had to drive through the gravel, whereupon he dropped back to 16th position. While Nasr and Frijns were fighting for third place, there was a safety car phase and Frijns placed behind Nasr. The trigger for the safety car phase was a start-up accident: Adrian Quaife-Hobbs had stalled the engine and could not move. Behind it, Kevin Ceccon was trapped by Nathanaël Berthon and Daniel Abt and there was a collision in which Ceccon's car rose and overturned. Ceccon slipped into the rear of Quaife-Hobbs and the race was over for both of them. After the collision with Ceccon, Abt radioed that his vehicle was damaged and made a pit stop. Since the start-finish straight had to be cleared of debris, the field was led through the pit lane.

Stefano Coletti finished on the podium for the last time in the 2013 season

After the fourth lap, the race was released again.

Sprint race

The only German starter, Daniel Abt, remained without points in this run

Tom Dillmann started the race from pole position - but retired after the 14th lap. Jon Lancaster , still runner-up after qualifying, ultimately won the sprint race. The fastest lap in the race was set by James Calado on lap seven.

Registration list

All teams and drivers used the Dallara GP2 / 11 chassis , Renault - Mecachrome engines and Pirelli tires .

team	Automobile #	driver
DAMS	01	Marcus Ericsson
	02	Stéphane Richelmi
ART Grand Prix	03	James Calado
	04th	Daniel Dept.
Arden International	05	Johnny cecotto jr.
	06th	Mitch Evans
Racing engineering	07th	Julian Leal
	08th	Fabio Leimer
Carlin	09	Felipe Nasr
	10	Jolyon Palmer
Russian time	11	Sam Bird
	12	Tom Dillmann
EQ8 Caterham Racing	14th	Sergio Canamasas
	15th	Alexander Rossi
Barwa Addax team	16	Jake Rosenzweig
	17th	Rio Haryanto
Rapax	18th	Stefano Coletti
	19th	Simon Trummer
Trident Racing	20th	Nathanaël Berthon
	21st	Kevin Ceccon
Hilmer Motorsport	22nd	Robin Frijns
	23	Jon Lancaster
Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	René Binder
	25th	Fabrizio Crestani
MP Motorsport	26th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
	27	Daniël de Jong

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	time	begin
01	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1: 38.487	01
02	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1: 38.763	02
03	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 38.804	03
04th	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1: 38.848	04th
05	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1: 38.897	05
06th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	1: 38.997	06th
07th	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1: 39.003	07th
08th	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1: 39.018	08th
09	Sam Bird	Russian time	1: 39.089	09
10	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	1: 39.186	10
11	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1: 39.193	11
12	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 39.245	12
13	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1: 39.274	13
14th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1: 39.320	14th
15th	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 39.374	15th
16	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 39.379	16
17th	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1: 39.465	17th
18th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1: 39.503	18th
19th	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	1: 39.723	19th
20th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	1: 39.780	20th
21st	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1: 39.792	21st
22nd	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	1: 39.813	22nd
23	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1: 39.876	23
24	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	1: 39.986	24
25th	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	1: 40.064	25th
26th	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1: 40.311	26th

Main race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	32	1: 00: 16.988	02	1: 43.050 (11.)
02	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	32	+ 7.860	08th	1: 43.474 (11.)
03	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	32	+ 14.915	13	1: 43.131 (28.)
04th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	32	+ 15.061	06th	1: 44.265 (10.)
05	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	32	+ 15.119	01	1: 43.706 (11.)
06th	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	32	+ 15.272	03	1: 43.177 (10.)
07th	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	32	+ 17.156	16	1: 43.291 (24.)
08th	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	32	+ 17.823	10	1: 43.825 (31st)
09	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	32	+ 24.265	05	1: 43.280 ( 08.)
10	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	32	+ 24.333	19th	1: 43.625 (28th)
11	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	32	+ 26.797	14th	1: 43.370 (11.)
12	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	32	+ 27.221	17th	1: 44.067 (30.)
13	Sam Bird	Russian time	32	+ 31,518	09	1: 44.372 ( 09.)
14th	Simon Trummer	Rapax	32	+ 31,592	26th	1: 44.509 (13.)
15th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	32	+ 33.904	18th	1: 44,360 (10.)
16	Mitch Evans	Arden International	32	+ 34.142	04th	1: 43.548 (25.)
17th	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	32	+ 36.142	21st	1: 43.095 (26.)
18th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	32	+ 43.318	20th	1: 43.987 ( 09.)
19th	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+ 45.117	15th	1: 44.280 (12.)
20th	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	32	+ 45.498	12	1: 44.286 (10.)
21st	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	32	+ 58.723	22nd	1: 43.561 (25.)
22nd	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	32	+ 59.186	24	1: 43.041 (23.)
23	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	32	+1: 08.725	25th	1: 44.734 (21st)
24	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	32	+1: 22.868	11	1: 43.361 (26.)
-	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	00	DNF	23	-
-	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	00	DNF	07th	-

Remarks

1. ↑ After the race, Rosenzweig received a drive-through penalty for causing a collision with Berthon. The penalty was converted into an addition of 20 seconds to the final result.

Sprint race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	24	42: 37.655	02	1: 42.936 ( 08.)
02	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	24	+ 1.528	07th	1: 42.303 ( 07.)
03	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	24	+ 25.797	05	1: 43.743 ( 08.)
04th	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	24	+ 27,527	09	1: 43.543 (24.)
05	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	24	+ 32.336	10	1: 43.841 (10.)
06th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	24	+ 34.479	11	1: 43.870 ( 05.)
07th	Mitch Evans	Arden International	24	+ 34.751	16	1: 44.103 (18.)
08th	Sam Bird	Russian time	24	+ 36.635	13	1: 44.227 (12.)
09	Simon Trummer	Rapax	24	+ 40.088	14th	1: 44.126 (13.)
10	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	24	+ 40.237	20th	1: 43.594 (18.)
11	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	24	+ 41,402	24	1: 43.775 (16.)
12	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	24	+ 42.434	22nd	1: 43.239 (14th)
13	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	24	+ 43,482	08th	1: 44.321 (12.)
14th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	24	+ 43.806	18th	1: 44.432 (17.)
15th	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	24	+ 43.979	17th	1: 43.587 (19.)
16	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	24	+ 53.763	25th	1: 44.699 (14.)
17th	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	24	+ 54.039	12	1: 43.207 (15.)
18th	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	24	+1: 01.093	21st	1: 45.038 ( 07.)
19th	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	24	+1: 09.152	06th	1: 42.779 (14.)
20th	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	24	+1: 19.684	23	1: 44.958 (15.)
21st	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	23	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 41.626 (14.)
-	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	14th	DNF	01	1: 44.663 ( 08.)
-	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	10	DNF	03	1: 44.450 ( 08.)
-	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	02	DNF	15th	-
-	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	01	DNF	04th	-
	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing		DNS

Remarks

1. ↑ After the race, Rosenzweig received a drive-through penalty for causing a collision with Leal. The penalty was converted into an addition of 20 seconds to the final result.

Score after the run

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Stefano Coletti Rapax 135 02  Felipe Nasr Carlin 108 03  Sam Bird Russian time 90 04th  Fabio Leimer Racing engineering 88 05  James Calado ART Grand Prix 84 06th  Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 65 07th  Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 47 08th  Tom Dillmann Russian time 47 09  Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 45 10  Jolyon Palmer Carlin 39 11  Mitch Evans Arden International 38 12  Marcus Ericsson DAMS 36 13  Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 32 14th  Johnny cecotto jr. Arden International 30th 15th  Kevin Ceccon Trident 28

Item driver team Points 16  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 23 17th  Julian Leal Racing engineering 22nd 18th  Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax 20th 19th  René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 20th  Simon Trummer Rapax 8th 21st  Daniel Dept. ART Grand Prix 3 22nd  Conor Daly Hilmer Motorsport 2 23  Daniël de Jong MP Motorsport 1 24  Jake Rosenzweig Barwa Addax 0 25th  Kevin Giovesi Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 26th  Sergio Canamasas Caterham Racing 0 27  Nathanaël Berthon Trident 0 28  Pål Varhaug Hilmer Motorsport 0 29  Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 30th  Qing Hua Ma Caterham Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Carlin 147 02  Rapax 143 03  Russian time 137 04th  Hilmer Motorsport 112 05  Racing engineering 110 06th  ART Grand Prix 87 07th  DAMS 83

Item team Points 08th  Arden International 68 09  Caterham Racing 32 10  Trident Racing 28 11  MP Motorsport 24 12  Barwa Addax team 20th 13  Venezuela GP Lazarus 11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Practice Session Classification"
2. ^ Robert Seiwert: Qualifying: DAMS dominance at the Nürburgring. First pole for Richelmi. July 5, 2013, accessed March 24, 2014 .