2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
The 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel , formula racing cars held across Europe . The championship features drivers competing in 3.5 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the ninth Formula Renault 3.5 Series season organized by the Renault Sport . The season began at Monza Circuit on 6 April and finished on 20 October at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya . The series formed part of the World Series by Renault meetings at seven double header events with double header event at Monza and single event at Monaco.
The championship battle was between McLaren junior programme drivers Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne . Magnussen clinched the championship title with a race to spare,[ 1] António Félix da Costa improved to the third place in the drivers' standings. Nico Müller , Marco Sørensen and Carlos Huertas were the only other winners outside the top three.
Teams and drivers
Icon
Meaning
R Series rookie for 2013
Driver changes
Following a part-time campaign with Tech 1 Racing , Daniel Abt joined the GP2 Series with ART Grand Prix .
Mikhail Aleshin switched from Team RFR to Tech 1 Racing .[ 3] Jules Bianchi left Tech 1 Racing to race in Formula One with Marussia .Sam Bird , who finished third in 2012, left ISR to join Russian Time in the GP2 Series.Yann Cunha left Pons Racing to join AV Formula .[ 33] Pietro Fantin graduated from the British Formula 3 to join Formula Renault, where he races for Arden Caterham .[ 6] After losing his seat in DAMS ,[ 17] [ 18] Lucas Foresti joined at Comtec Racing .[ 14]
Vittorio Ghirelli , who raced with Comtec Racing moved to Auto GP .[ 34] Walter Grubmüller left P1 Motorsport after three consecutive seasons.Carlos Huertas moved from Fortec to Carlin , the team he raced for in the 2011 British Formula 3 Championship .[ 12] Jazeman Jaafar entered the Formula Renault series with Carlin , the team he placed second with in the 2012 British Formula Three championship.[ 13] Kevin Korjus , who contested the 2012 season with Tech 1 Racing and Lotus , moved to the GP3 Series with Koiranen GP .[ 35] Matias Laine moved from the GP3 Series to race in Formula Renault 3.5 for P1 Motorsport .[ 21] Kevin Magnussen joined DAMS after racing for Carlin in 2012 .[ 18] Mihai Marinescu , who finished fifth in the 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship , signed with the Zeta Corse team.[ 23] Nick Yelloly for the Monaco round of the championship,[ 27] [ 36] After one season with BVM Target , Nikolay Martsenko switched to Pons Racing .[ 31]
Nigel Melker , who competed in the GP2 Series in 2012 , joined Tech 1 Racing .[ 4] Daniil Move switched from P1 Motorsport to SMP Racing by Comtec .[ 14] Formula Renault 2.0 Alps runner-up Norman Nato joined DAMS .[ 17] Arthur Pic switched from DAMS to AV Formula.[ 33] After two years without a drive, Emmanuel Piget made his return to motor racing with Zeta Corse.[ 23]
After competing part-time in 2012 , César Ramos , Davide Rigon and Daniel Zampieri all moved to the Blancpain Endurance Series , with the three of them co-driving the #44 Kessel Racing car.
Jake Rosenzweig left the series after 3 years, instead doing a season in GP2 with Barwa Addax .Alexander Rossi , who contested the 2012 season with Arden Caterham , left the series, concentrating on his Caterham F1 reserve driver duties.[ 37] Sergey Sirotkin , who raced in the Auto GP World Series and Italian Formula Three in 2012 and contested at Moscow Formula Renault 3.5 Series round with BVM Target, stepped up to the series with ISR .[ 9] After contesting the first three rounds of 2012 before injury, Richie Stanaway moved to the Porsche Supercup .
Will Stevens signed with P1 Motorsport after a season with Carlin.[ 20] Marlon Stöckinger joined Lotus after racing in GP3 Series.[ 11] After competing in the last three rounds of the 2012 season , Aaro Vainio left Formula Renault to concentrate on GP3 .
Stoffel Vandoorne , the reigning Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion, moved into the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, racing for Fortec Motorsports .[ 7] Giovanni Venturini moved to the GP3 Series full-time.Oliver Webb , who competed in Indy Lights in 2012, returned to the series with Fortec Motorsports.[ 8] Christopher Zanella , who finished third in the 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship signed with ISR team.[ 10]
Mid-season changes
Team changes
Former Formula Renault 3.5 driver Adrián Vallés returned to the category as team owner of AV Formula .[ 32]
BVM Target was demoted from racing team to reserve team when series organisers released a provisional entry list in November 2012. The team was divided into two entries; Zeta Management and MT Motorsport, which was previously known as the Max Travin Racing Team.[ 32] Zeta Corse and registered as an Italian team.[ 22] Team RFR —previously known as KMP Racing—left the series after the 2012 season .[ 32]
Race calendar and results
The calendar for the 2013 season was announced on 20 October 2012, the day before the end of the 2012 season.[ 38] 2013 World Series by Renault season , with additional rounds in support of the Superstars Series at Monza , and the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix . The championship visited the Red Bull Ring for the first time and returned to Monza. The Nürburgring and Silverstone have been removed from the schedule.
Championship standings
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Bold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Pos
Team
Car
MNZ ALC MON SPA MSC RBR HUN LEC CAT Points
1
DAMS
19
10
6
5
20
Ret
15
15
13
10
Ret
10
15
11
18
9
Ret
5
307
20
2
2
1 9
4
1
3 11
2
3
3
2
2
DSQ 1
1 1
2
Fortec Motorsports
5
1
3
8
3
9
13
1
1 1 Ret
Ret
4
3
2
Ret
3
2
241
6
4
9
11
17
11
12
9
9
7
DNS
16
16
10
13
22
10
10
3
International Draco Racing 17
11
13
Ret
8
12
7
Ret
6
6
9
11
21 †
6
3
11
12
Ret
194
18
13
5
Ret
5
1
Ret
5
7
4
13
8
1
5
10
2
Ret
4
4
Arden Caterham
3
Ret
1
13
7
5
2
4
2
Ret
7
Ret
Ret
1
1
3
4
13
186
4
Ret
7
Ret
18
Ret
16
12
18
8
Ret
9
Ret
14
11
20
9
20
5
Tech 1 Racing
1
15
14
10
11
8
14
Ret
16
5
Ret
18
5
13
17†
6
Ret
14
169
2
5
11
6
6
17
3
6
3
15
2
2
6
4
Ret
4
Ret
8
6
21
18
Ret
2
4
7
Ret
2
4
3
4
6
8
Ret
5
13
2
3
157
22
9
Ret
16
14
19
17
11
15
21
Ret
15
10
15
Ret
16
7
16
7
Lotus
9
19
18
9
10
2
5
10
10
17
1
1 12
9
4
5
Ret
7
136
10
14
12
19
DNS
Ret
20
17
8
12
8
7
13
7
15
10
Ret
9
8
ISR
7
Ret
19†
4
2
22
18
8
Ret
11
Ret
4
3
12
[ N 3] Ret
Ret
Ret
86
8
3
8
7
Ret
Ret
11
13
22
23
16
14
Ret
19
Ret
19
Ret
11
9
AV Formula
27
6
4
3
Ret
10
4
Ret
12
16
5
20
9
Ret
6
7
Ret
Ret
74
28
Ret
15
15
13
18
Ret
Ret
19
Ret
15
21
Ret
21
Ret
Ret
Ret
19
10
Zeta Corse
23
8
10
Ret
Ret
6
Ret
18†
5
20
6
5
Ret
16
8
8
5
Ret
73
24
17
17
22
22†
14
21
14
20
18
Ret
Ret
7
22
16†
Ret
Ret
6
11
Carlin
11
16
16
20
1
15
10
Ret
15
19
Ret
Ret
17
8
Ret
18
Ret
18
54
12
7
Ret
18
12
3
9
19†
Ret
13
10
13
20
20
14
14
[ N 4]
12
Pons Racing
25
12
20
17
19
20
19
16
21
22
11
19†
19
18
12
15
6
12
28
26
Ret
Ret
12
21
21
6
7
Ret
14
Ret
Ret
11
Ret
7
12
13
17
13
SMP Racing by Comtec
15
Ret
NC
21
15
13
8
Ret
17
9
14
17
18
Ret
9
21
8
Ret
12
16
Ret
Ret
14
16
16
22
Ret
Ret
DNS
12
21†
14
17
Ret
17
11
15
Pos
Team
Car
MNZ ALC MON SPA MSC RBR HUN LEC CAT Points
Colour
Result
Gold
Winner
Silver
Second place
Bronze
Third place
Green
Points finish
Blue
Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple
Retired (Ret)
Red
Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black
Disqualified (DSQ)
White
Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank
Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
Polesitter for each race in bold . No points are awarded.
Driver who recorded fastest lap denoted in italics . No points are awarded.
Driver who retired but was classified denoted by †.
^ The team competed as P1 Motorsport for the first round at Monza , before Nick Leventis purchased the team's assets and renamed it as "P1 by Strakka Racing".
^ Both qualifying and the race for the second event at Aragon were shortened and the mandatory pit-stop cancelled after problems with Zytek engines were detected.[ 39]
^ a b Sirotkin missed the first race at Le Castellet, due to commitments with Sauber in Sochi , Russia.[ 40]
^ a b Jaafar missed the final round at Barcelona after suffering from severe parotiditis.
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