Macau Grand Prix 2013 (Formula 3)

 Macau Grand Prix 2013

Racing data
Surname:	Macau Grand Prix 2013
Date:	17th November 2013
Place:	Macau
Course:	Guia Circuit
Length:	Qualifying race
	61.200 km in 10 laps of 6.120 km
	Main race
	91.800 km in 15 laps of 6.120 km
Weather:	dry and warm at 24 ° C
Qualifying race
Pole position
Driver:	Raffaele Marciello	D88.com Prema Powerteam
Time:	2: 11.555 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Felix Rosenqvist	GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport
Time:	2: 12.312 min (lap 8)
Podium
First:	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema
Second:	Felix Rosenqvist	GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport
Third:	Raffaele Marciello	D88.com Prema Powerteam
Main race
Pole position
Driver:	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jordan King	Carlin
Time:	2: 11,547 (lap 15)
Podium
First:	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema
Second:	António Félix da Costa	Carlin
Third:	Pipo Derani	Fortec Motorsport

The Macau Grand Prix 2013 was the 60th Macau Grand Prix and for the 31st time with a Formula 3 event. It took place on November 17, 2013 at the Guia Circuit in Macau .

Reports

Qualifying

In the first qualifying, which took place on Thursday, Felix Rosenqvist set the fastest time ahead of António Félix da Costa and Alexander Sims . 90 seconds before the end, the session ended with the red flag due to an accident by Yūichi Nakayama . Lucas Wolf had an accident in free practice and did not take part in the session because his vehicle was not repaired in time.

In the second qualifying on Friday, the lap times were faster than the day before. Qualifying was interrupted by three red flags, which forced many drivers to break off their fast laps. Raffaele Marciello secured pole position from Rosenqvist and Alex Lynn .

Qualifying race

Lynn started well from third position and took the lead. Starting from pole, Marciello lost several positions and was fifth after the first lap. Rosenqvist took the lead on the first lap ahead of Lynn, Lucas Auer , Felix da Costa and Marciello. The safety car was sent out because of several accidents .

After the second lap, the track was opened again. Lynn took advantage of the flying start and overtook Rosenqvist on the start-finish straight . Auer made a driving mistake and hit the track barrier.

The first four set themselves apart from the rest of the field. In midfield, Ed Jones had to end the race because of a spin. Marciello put Felix da Costa and Rosenqvist Lynn under pressure. While Lynn withstood the pressure from Rosenqvist, Felix da Costa was unable to keep Marciello behind and was overtaken by him on lap five. In the following laps, Lynn pulled away from Rosenqvist, while Marciello narrowed the gap to Rosenqvist.

In the end, Lynn won ahead of Rosenqvist, Marciello, Felix da Costa, Pipo Derani and Sims.

Commenting on the race, winner Lynn said: “Looking at the qualifying race, that's good, but the Grand Prix is ​​a different matter. Tomorrow counts. I have to try to stay calm and not make a mistake. "

run

Lynn started well again and kept the lead. Behind them there was contact between Rosenqvist and Marciello, during which Rosenqvist damaged the front right wheel suspension and had to end the race. The beneficiary of the incident was Derani, who worked his way up to second position. Shortly thereafter there was another accident in which John Bryant-Meisner , Lucas Auer and Sean Gelael were involved. The race ended prematurely for all three drivers. Since the race track had to be freed from the vehicles and debris, the safety car was sent out. It was leading Lynn ahead of Derani and Felix da Costa at this point.

After the third lap, the race was released again. Lynn defended his lead. Behind them Felix da Costa overtook Derani. Marciello drove behind Derani and put him under pressure for several laps. On the seventh lap, Marciello used Derani's slipstream and overtook him. On the same lap, Sun Zheng made a driving mistake which resulted in a collision with the barrier. He had to end his race.

In the meantime, Lynn had gradually increased his lead over Felix da Costa. On lap ten, Marciello came closer and closer to Felix da Costa. When catching up, however, he came out too far in the last corner and touched the boundary with the left rear wheel. The suspension was damaged and Marciello drove uncontrollably into the guardrail. His race was then over.

From that moment on, the first three drivers drove to the end of their race without any duels.

Lynn won the Macau Grand Prix for the first time ahead of Felix da Costa and Derani. Behind them, Sims, King and Jazeman Jaafar completed the top six. Jordan King drove the fastest lap.

Comments from the first three drivers

“This victory in one of the most famous Formula 3 races of the year means a lot to me. The Guia Circuit is one of the most demanding street circuits in the world and demands full concentration from the drivers - the smallest mistake can cost victory or even the race. So I'm all the more proud that I was able to win this season highlight. "

- Alex Lynn

“When you return here as a race winner, another victory must be the goal. If that wasn't possible, at least I wanted to have a good fight, and I succeeded. I must therefore be satisfied with this result. These guys have been driving the car for two or three years now, compared to the last time I drove it a year ago. "

- Antonio Félix da Costa

“It was a tough race because I had to start with used tires that I had already used in the second qualifying. It was difficult throughout the race because the car was understeer. So I'm very happy to be on the podium here. "

- Luís Felipe Derani

Registration list

team	Automobile #	driver	engine
Carlin	01	António Félix da Costa	Volkswagen
	02	Carlos Sainz junior
	03	Harry Tincknell
	04th	Jazeman Jaafar
	05	Jordan King
	06th	Nicholas Latifi
D88.com Prema Powerteam	08th	Raffaele Marciello	Mercedes
Theodore Racing by Prema	09	Lucas Auer
	10	Alex Lynn
Prema Powerteam	11	Esteban Ocon
TOM'S	12	Yūichi Nakayama	Toyota
GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport	14th	Felix Rosenqvist	Mercedes
KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	15th	Yūhi Sekiguchi
	16	Dennis van de Laar
Fortec Motorsport	17th	Ed Jones
	18th	Pipo Derani
	19th	William Buller
	20th	John Bryant-Meisner
	21st	Tom Blomqvist
EuroInternational	22nd	Stefano Coletti	Volkswagen
ThreeBond with T-Sport	23	Alexander Sims	Nissan
Galaxy Double R Racing	24	Kevin Korjus	Mercedes
	25th	Sun Zheng
Double R Racing	26th	Sean Gelael
	27	Antonio Giovinazzi
B-Max engineering	28	Katsumasa Chiyo	Toyota
URD racing	29	Lucas Wolf	Mercedes
Jo Zeller Racing	30th	Nelson Mason

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	team	Q1	Q2	begin
01	Raffaele Marciello	D88.com Prema Powerteam	2: 13.831	2: 11.555	01
02	Felix Rosenqvist	GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport	2: 12.751	2: 11.622	02
03	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema	2: 18.088	2: 11.639	03
04th	Lucas Auer	Theodore Racing by Prema	2: 14.262	2: 12.052	04th
05	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	2: 12.862	2: 12.083	05
06th	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport	2: 14.315	2: 12,111	06th
07th	Pipo Derani	Fortec Motorsport	2: 13.646	2: 12,144	07th
08th	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	2: 14.087	2: 12.225	08th
09	Harry Tincknell	Carlin	2: 13.518	2: 12.409	09
10	Jordan King	Carlin	2: 14.453	2: 12.616	10
11	Alexander Sims	ThreeBond with T-Sport	2: 13.196	2: 12.698	11
12	William Buller	Fortec Motorsport	2: 14.591	2: 12.768	12
13	Kevin Korjus	Galaxy Double R Racing	2: 13.870	2: 13.053	13
14th	Carlos Sainz junior	Carlin	2: 13.715	2: 13.173	14th
15th	Esteban Ocon	Prema Powerteam	2: 15.119	2: 13.333	15th
16	Nicholas Latifi	Carlin	2: 15.350	2: 13.551	16
17th	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	2: 13.777	18: 30.415	17th
18th	Yūhi Sekiguchi	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	2: 14.553	2: 13.833	18th
19th	Lucas Wolf	URD racing	no time	2: 13.938	19th
20th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Double R Racing	2: 14.506	2: 14.018	20th
21st	Yūichi Nakayama	TOM'S	2: 14.664	2: 14.308	21st
22nd	Dennis van de Laar	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	2: 16.473	2: 14.310	22nd
23	John Bryant-Meisner	Fortec Motorsport	2: 15.881	2: 14.570	23
24	Sean Gelael	Double R Racing	2: 17.334	2: 14.657	24
25th	Nelson Mason	Jo Zeller Racing	2: 15.949	2: 14.706	25th
26th	Ed Jones	Fortec Motorsport	2: 16.094	2: 14.975	26th
27	Katsumasa Chiyo	B-Max engineering	2: 15.253	18: 34.053	27
28	Sun Zheng	Galaxy Double R Racing	2: 20.906	2: 18.912	28

Qualifying race

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema	10	24: 41.968	03	2: 12.402
02	Felix Rosenqvist	GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport	10	+ 2.411	02	2: 12.312
03	Raffaele Marciello	D88.com Prema Powerteam	10	+ 3.461	01	2: 12.421
04th	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	10	+ 4.089	05	2: 12.390
05	Pipo Derani	Fortec Motorsport	10	+ 7.620	07th	2: 12.577
06th	Alexander Sims	ThreeBond with T-Sport	10	+ 10.620	11	2: 13.037
07th	Jordan King	Carlin	10	+ 10.926	10	2: 12.834
08th	William Buller	Fortec Motorsport	10	+ 11.691	12	2: 12.839
09	Carlos Sainz junior	Carlin	10	+ 13.045	14th	2: 12.341
10	Esteban Ocon	Prema Powerteam	10	+ 14.713	15th	2: 12.531
11	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	10	+ 15.853	17th	2: 12.993
12	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	10	+ 17.068	08th	2: 12.984
13	Nicholas Latifi	Carlin	10	+ 30.339	16	2: 14.082
14th	Yūhi Sekiguchi	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	10	+ 30.990	18th	2: 14.147
15th	Antonio Giovinazzi	Double R Racing	10	+ 34.049	20th	2: 13.972
16	Lucas Wolf	URD racing	10	+ 35,563	19th	2: 14.573
17th	Sean Gelael	Double R Racing	10	+ 36.620	24	2: 14.821
18th	Yūichi Nakayama	TOM'S	10	+ 38.920	21st	2: 14.869
19th	Katsumasa Chiyo	B-Max engineering	10	+ 40.040	27	2: 15.516
20th	John Bryant-Meisner	Fortec Motorsport	10	+ 40.503	23	2: 14.817
21st	Sun Zheng	Galaxy Double R Racing	10	+1: 06.786	28	2: 18.665
22nd	Nelson Mason	Jo Zeller Racing	10	+1: 11.265	25th	2: 14.485
23	Kevin Korjus	Galaxy Double R Racing	09	+ 1 lap	13	2: 13.123
-	Lucas Auer	Theodore Racing by Prema	02	DNF	04th	4: 08.195
-	Ed Jones	Fortec Motorsport	02	DNF	26th	3: 12.067
-	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport	00	DNF	06th	-
-	Dennis van de Laar	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	00	DNF	22nd	-
-	Harry Tincknell	Carlin	00	DNF	09	-

run

Item	driver	team	Round	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Alex Lynn	Theodore Racing by Prema	15th	37: 37.975	01	2: 11,959
02	António Félix da Costa	Carlin	15th	+ 1.173	04th	2: 12.061
03	Pipo Derani	Fortec Motorsport	15th	+ 6.795	05	2: 12.019
04th	Alexander Sims	ThreeBond with T-Sport	15th	+ 8.203	06th	2: 11.883
05	Jordan King	Carlin	15th	+ 9.573	07th	2: 11.547
06th	Jazeman Jaafar	Carlin	15th	+ 15,547	12	2: 12.015
07th	Carlos Sainz junior	Carlin	15th	+ 16.976	09	2: 12.466
08th	Tom Blomqvist	Fortec Motorsport	15th	+ 26,160	26th	2: 12.676
09	Nicholas Latifi	Carlin	15th	+ 29.822	13	2: 13.464
10	Esteban Ocon	Prema Powerteam	15th	+ 30.914	10	2: 12.739
11	Yūhi Sekiguchi	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	15th	+ 32.854	14th	2: 13.847
12	Yūichi Nakayama	TOM'S	15th	+ 33.790	18th	2: 14.216
13	William Buller	Fortec Motorsport	15th	+ 34.265	08th	2: 12.635
14th	Harry Tincknell	Carlin	15th	+ 36.532	28	2: 13.145
15th	Katsumasa Chiyo	B-Max engineering	15th	+ 36.902	19th	2: 13.480
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Double R Racing	15th	+ 37.584	15th	2: 12.553
17th	Nelson Mason	Jo Zeller Racing	15th	+ 39.877	22nd	2: 13.236
18th	Dennis van de Laar	KFZ -teile24 Mücke Motorsport	15th	+1: 01.651	27	2: 14.622
19th	Ed Jones	Fortec Motorsport	15th	+1: 29.025	25th	2: 15.363
20th	Lucas Wolf	URD racing	14th	+ 1 lap	16	2: 14.060
21st	Kevin Korjus	Galaxy Double R Racing	13	+ 2 rounds	23	2: 12.477
-	Raffaele Marciello	D88.com Prema Powerteam	09	DNF	03	2: 12.505
-	Stefano Coletti	EuroInternational	07th	DNF	11	2: 13.660
-	Sun Zheng	Galaxy Double R Racing	06th	DNF	21st	2: 18.466
-	Felix Rosenqvist	GP Asia with Mücke Motorsport	00	DNF	02	-
-	Sean Gelael	Double R Racing	00	DNF	17th	-
-	John Bryant-Meisner	Fortec Motorsport	00	DNF	20th	-
-	Lucas Auer	Theodore Racing by Prema	00	DNF	24	-

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marciello defies the chaos: pole position in Macau. (Motorsport-Total.com on November 15, 2013)
2. ↑ Lynn wins the qualifying race in Macau. (Motorsport-Total.com on November 16, 2013)
3. ^ ^{A b c} Markus Lüttgens & Stefan Ziegler: Lynn triumphs in the Macau Grand Prix. Motorsport-Total.com, November 17, 2013, accessed November 19, 2013 .