GP2 round at Silverstone 2013

 GP2 round at Silverstone 2013

Racing data
5th of 11 races in the 2013 GP2 series
Date:	28-30 June 2013
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	Main race 170.839 km in 29 laps of 5.891 km Sprint races 123.711 km in 21 laps of 5.891 km
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS
Time:	1: 40.716 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Tom Dillmann	Russian time
Time:	1: 43.191 min (lap 21)
Podium
First:	Sam Bird	Russian time
Second:	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS
Third:	Tom Dillmann	Russian time
Sprint race
Pole position
Driver:	Julian Leal	Racing engineering
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Time:	1: 43.047 min (lap 6)
Podium
First:	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport
Second:	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team
Third:	James Calado	ART Grand Prix

The GP2 round at Silverstone 2013 took place from June 28th to 30th at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone and was the fifth round of the 2013 GP2 series . Sam Bird ( Russian Time ) won the main race ahead of Stéphane Richelmi ( DAMS ) and Tom Dillmann ( Russian Time ). The sprint race was won by Jon Lancaster ( Hilmer Motorsport ) ahead of Rio Haryanto ( Barwa Addax ) and James Calado ( ART Grand Prix ).

Reports

background

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

After the race in Monte Carlo , Stefano Coletti led the drivers' standings with 24 points from Felipe Nasr and 62 points from Sam Bird . Rapax led the team standings with one point ahead of Carlin and 48 points ahead of Russian Time .

Fabrizio Crestani replaced Kevin Giovesi at Venezuela GP Lazarus .

training

In free practice, Leimer set the fastest lap time, followed by Robin Frijns and James Calado .

Qualifying

At the beginning of the qualifying session, dark clouds hung over the track, so that when the pit lights switched to green, all drivers drove straight out. Marcus Ericsson set the fastest time before the rain started and made it impossible for the other drivers to improve.

He secured pole position ahead of Bird and Nasr.

Main race

Bird didn't start well and immediately lost a position to Nasr, then another to Coletti. Ericsson kept the lead. In the following corners, Ericsson and Nasr dueled, in which Ericsson pushed Nasr off the track and they both lost momentum. Coletti then had to brake, which Bird took advantage of and made an attempt to overtake. Ericsson and Nasr had to drive a wide line, which opened a gap inside, which Bird used to get past all three drivers at the same time and take the lead. Coletti, who initially did not benefit from the confrontation between Ericsson and Nasr, overtook both of them on the first lap and was second behind Bird. Ericsson received a drive-through penalty for pushing Nasr away during the race .

After the first lap, Bird was leading ahead of Coletti, Ericsson, Nasr, Stéphane Richelmi and Mitch Evans .

While the gaps at the front of the field increased, there was a contact between Alexander Rossi and Kevin Ceccon on the third lap and Ceccon spun. His engine stopped and his race ended. Rossi was punished for this action with a backward transfer by ten starting positions in the sprint race.

In the further course of the first laps, Ericsson caught up with Coletti and Richelmi with Nasr. Coletti and Nasr then came right in on the first lap of the pit stop, as did Calado. Bird and Ericsson came to their stop a lap later. Ericsson came out ahead of Coletti, who then overtook him. Then Ericsson started his drive-through penalty, which dropped him out of the points.

Bird was behind Crestani after his stop, which enabled Coletti to catch up. A short time later, Bird managed to get past Crestani, Coletti was now directly behind him and lost time. In the further course, those who had already made their stop lost time because they got stuck behind slower drivers who had not yet made their pit stop. Meanwhile Evans led the field and gradually increased his lead.

Richelmi came out in eighth after his stop, Evans came back on the track in third just ahead of Coletti, with whom he then dueled. Shortly afterwards, however, Evans received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for driving too fast in the pit lane. Meanwhile, there was a collision between Jon Lancaster and Calado, whereupon Calado spun but was able to continue the race. In the meantime, Nasr gave up the race in the pit lane.

While Richelmi was overtaking Coletti, Tom Dillmann had delayed his pit stop the longest and was leading the race. With ten laps to go, he turned into the pit lane and came back on track in sixth. With the fresh tires he set fast lap times straight away and overtook Palmer and Leimer. He also quickly narrowed the gap to Coletti and a duel for the final podium took place. Dillman drove after Coletti for laps and made several attempts to overtake. Leimer and Palmer had meanwhile caught up, but were unable to attempt overtaking. On the penultimate lap, Coletti braked in the chicane in front of the start-finish straight and had to let Dillmann pass, who immediately pulled out a gap. Leimer was right behind Coletti, putting pressure on him. There was a collision between the two on the final lap, with Coletti damaging his car and ending the race. Leimer was punished for this with a backward transfer by ten starting positions in the sprint race.

Bird won ahead of Richelmi and Dillmann. Dillmann also got two points for the fastest lap.

Sprint race

Julian Leal started from pole position and lost several positions at the start. Lancaster started well from fourth position and took the lead ahead of Rio Haryanto and Calado. He built on this in the first few laps before the safety car hit the track. This was necessary because Daniel Abt had lost control of his Dallara and had stopped in the middle of the road after a spin.

After the safety car phase, Lancaster pulled away again. Behind it there was a duel between Rossi and Rosenzweig. Nasr, who drove behind the two, took advantage of this duel and overtook both in one maneuver.

A little later, Nasr's teammate Palmer also made up positions. During the overtaking maneuver against Canamasas, however, there was contact, with Canamasas damaging the front wing. Canamasas then pitted and came back lapped just before Palmer. While Coletti defended himself against Adrian Quaife-Hobbs , Canamasas caught up with this duel and wanted to round back. Palmer behind was about to overtake Canamasas. However, since he was not shown any blue flags, he did not let him pass. Palmer tried to overtake and sat next to Canamasas, who overlooked him and caused a collision. The race was over for Palmer. Canamasas was able to continue his race but received a 10-second stop-and-go penalty.

Meanwhile, Dillmann was in fifth position. His team-mate Bird caught up at the end of the race and Dillmann let him pass without a fight. Nasr also caught up with Dillmann and put him under pressure. Dillmann struggled this time and Nasr couldn't find a way past him until the end of the race.

Lancaster won the race ahead of Haryanto and Calado. It was Lancaster's first win in a GP2 race. He also got two extra points for the fastest lap of the race.

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	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1: 40.716	01
02	Sam Bird	Russian time	1: 41.087	02
03	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1: 41.144	03
04th	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1: 41.219	04th
05	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1: 41.411	05
06th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	1: 41.442	06th
07th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	1: 41.537	07th
08th	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1: 41.563	08th
09	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	1: 41.633	09
10	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1: 41.662	10
11	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	1: 41.765	11
12	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 41.771	12
13	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1: 41.812	13
14th	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1: 41.881	14th
15th	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1: 41.890	15th
16	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 41.970	16
17th	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	1: 41.978	17th
18th	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	1: 42.013	18th
19th	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	1: 42.020	19th
20th	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1: 42.207	20th
21st	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1: 42.213	21st
22nd	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1: 42.376	22nd
23	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	1: 42.402	23
24	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1: 42.658	24
25th	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	1: 42.687	25th
26th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1: 42.862	26th

Main race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sam Bird	Russian time	29	51: 32.250	02	1: 44.453 (25.)
02	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	29	+ 2.427	05	1: 43.828 (25.)
03	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	29	+ 12.052	09	1: 43.191 (21.)
04th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	29	+ 13.888	06th	1: 44.594 (10.)
05	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	29	+ 14.782	17th	1: 43.818 (19.)
06th	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	29	+ 18,762	20th	1: 44.381 (12.)
07th	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	29	+ 19.734	07th	1: 44.649 (28th)
08th	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	29	+ 20.365	11	1: 44.128 (27.)
09	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	29	+ 26.626	10	1: 44.197 (22.)
10	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	29	+ 30.352	19th	1: 44.138 ( 08.)
11	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	29	+ 32.235	01	1: 44.475 (24.)
12	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	29	+ 32.829	24	1: 43.623 (16.)
13	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	29	+ 42.265	16	1: 44.760 (22.)
14th	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	29	+ 44.623	23	1: 44.652 (27.)
15th	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	29	+ 47.519	25th	1: 45.352 ( 09.)
16	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	29	+ 49.683	22nd	1: 44.761 (13th)
17th	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	29	+1: 00,115	18th	1: 45.333 (27.)
18th	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	29	+1: 01.120	12	1: 45.275 (20.)
19th	Mitch Evans	Arden International	29	+1: 03.532	08th	1: 41.832 (22.)
20th	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	29	+1: 04.852	13	1: 46.024 (16.)
21st	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	28	DNF	04th	1: 44.028 ( 09.)
22nd	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	28	+ 1 lap	26th	1: 43.889 (27.)
23	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	28	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 43,958 (16.)
24	Simon Trummer	Rapax	28	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 44.481 (26.)
-	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	17th	DNF	03	1: 44.672 ( 08.)
-	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	02	DNF	15th	1: 47.673 ( 02.)

Sprint race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Jon Lancaster	Hilmer Motorsport	21st	37: 19.528	04th	1: 43.047 ( 06.)
02	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax team	21st	+ 6.513	02	1: 43.622 ( 05.)
03	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	21st	+ 7.922	08th	1: 43.904 ( 05.)
04th	Julian Leal	Racing engineering	21st	+ 8.420	01	1: 44.043 ( 09.)
05	Sam Bird	Russian time	21st	+ 9.348	07th	1: 43.573 ( 09.)
06th	Tom Dillmann	Russian time	21st	+ 14,563	05	1: 43.801 ( 09.)
07th	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	21st	+ 14.671	25th	1: 43.268 (18.)
08th	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	21st	+ 15.321	09	1: 43.935 ( 09.)
09	Alexander Rossi	Caterham Racing	21st	+ 15.877	20th	1: 43.971 (18.)
10	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	21st	+ 18.789	21st	1: 44.229 (19.)
11	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	21st	+ 23.855	10	1: 44.378 (19.)
12	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	21st	+ 32.021	26th	1: 45.111 (16.)
13	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	21st	+ 34.933	14th	1: 44.878 (19.)
14th	Mitch Evans	Arden International	21st	+ 35.673	18th	1: 45.018 (21.)
15th	Fabio Leimer	Racing engineering	21st	+ 35.861	15th	1: 44.435 (17.)
16	Simon Trummer	Rapax	21st	+ 37.838	24	1: 44.558 (21.)
17th	Fabrizio Crestani	Venezuela GP Lazarus	21st	+ 41.133	17th	1: 45.028 (20.)
18th	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	21st	+ 51.728	22nd	1: 45.649 (16.)
19th	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	21st	+1: 25.181	06th	1: 43.884 (20.)
20th	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	20th	+ 1 lap	23	1: 44.960 ( 08.)
21st	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax team	19th	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 45.366 ( 02.)
-	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	13	DNF	03	1: 45.146 ( 08.)
-	Johnny cecotto jr.	Arden International	08th	DNF	16	1: 44.902 ( 05.)
-	Robin Frijns	Hilmer Motorsport	06th	DNF	11	1: 45.755 ( 02.)
-	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	03	DNF	19th	1: 46.502 ( 02.)
-	Daniel Dept.	ART Grand Prix	02	DNF	13	1: 46.360 ( 02.)

Score after the run

Driver ranking

Item driver team Points 01  Stefano Coletti Rapax 120 02  Felipe Nasr Carlin 98 03  Sam Bird Russian time 89 04th  Fabio Leimer Racing engineering 66 05  James Calado ART Grand Prix 52 06th  Jon Lancaster Hilmer Motorsport 44 07th  Tom Dillmann Russian time 43 08th  Jolyon Palmer Carlin 39 09  Robin Frijns Hilmer Motorsport 37 10  Mitch Evans Arden International 36 11  Stéphane Richelmi DAMS 33 12  Kevin Ceccon Trident 28 13  Alexander Rossi Caterham Racing 28 14th  Adrian Quaife-Hobbs MP Motorsport 23 15th  Johnny cecotto jr. Arden International 23

Item driver team Points 16  Julian Leal Racing engineering 22nd 17th  Rio Haryanto Barwa Addax 20th 18th  René Binder Venezuela GP Lazarus 11 19th  Marcus Ericsson DAMS 9 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  Pål Varhaug Hilmer Motorsport 0 28  Fabrizio Crestani Venezuela GP Lazarus 0 29  Nathanaël Berthon Trident 0 30th  Qing Hua Ma Caterham Racing 0

Team evaluation

Item team Points 01  Carlin 137 02  Russian time 132 03  Rapax 128 04th  Racing engineering 88 05  Hilmer Motorsport 83 06th  Arden International 59 07th  ART Grand Prix 55

Item team Points 08th  DAMS 46 09  Trident Racing 28 10  Caterham Racing 28 11  MP Motorsport 24 12  Barwa Addax team 20th 13  Venezuela GP Lazarus 11

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frederik Hackbarth: "Ericsson despite the rain with the pole". Local hero Bird in second place. Motorsport-Magazin.com, June 28, 2013, accessed March 11, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mario Fritzsche: "After collisions: Leimer and Rossi transferred to punishment". Motorsport-Total.com, June 29, 2013, accessed March 20, 2014 .