The 2013 Monza GP3 Series round was a

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motor race held on 7 and 8 September 2013 at

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. It was the seventh round of the 2013 GP3 Series. The race supported the

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Classification

Summary

Daniil Kvyat Daniil Vyacheslavovich Kvyat ( rus, Дании́л Вячесла́вович Квят, p=dənʲɪˈil vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈkvʲat; born 26 April 1994) is a Russian professional racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014– ...

took his maiden GP3 pole position in qualifying, half a second ahead of his teammate

Robert Vișoiu Robert Vișoiu (born 10 February 1996 in Pitești) is a former racing driver from Romania. Career Karting At the age of six, Vișoiu first sat behind the wheel of a kart, the beginning of his karting career. He raced primarily in his native Roma ...

. Kvyat held the lead at the start of the race, avoiding a large incident at the first corner;

Dino Zamparelli Dino Zamparelli (born 5 October 1992) is a British racing driver, born to English parents and with Italian ancestry. His father Mike was a F1 Powerboat World Championship racer. Career Early career Zamparelli began karting at the age of seve ...

cut across the grass and hit

Tio Ellinas Eftihios "Tio" Ellinas (born 27 January 1992 in Larnaca, Cyprus) is a Cypriot race car driver. Ellinas began racing go-karts at the age of seven, and from 2003 - 2009 won 10 kart racing championships in Cyprus, in 2005 winning the ROK Cup Inte ...

, who in turn collided with

Carlos Sainz Jr. Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro (; born 1 September 1994), otherwise known as Carlos Sainz Jr. or simply Carlos Sainz, is a Spanish racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Scuderia Ferrari. He is the son of Carlos Sainz Sr., a d ...

and

Conor Daly Conor J. Daly (born December 15, 1991) is an American professional racing driver who competes in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 50 Chevrolet Ca ...

. Kvyat won the race with a gap of over five seconds to

Nick Yelloly Nicholas Jon Yelloly (born 3 December 1990 in Stafford, England) is a British professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. He is also currently a test and simulator driver for the Aston Martin F1 team. Early career Karting Yel ...

, putting himself into the title fight.

Patric Niederhauser Patric Niederhauser (born 8 October 1991 in Münsingen) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland and a current Audi Factory Driver. He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series. Career Karting Niederhauser began karting in 2 ...

lined up in pole position for the reverse grid race 2. However, he stalled at the start and was hit from behind by

Alex Fontana Alex Fontana (born 5 August 1992 in Lugano) is a Swiss racing driver of Greek descent, currently racing as a professional driver in the GT4 European Series for Centri Porsche Ticino. He is a freelance driver with an open contract able to race ...

, giving Jack Harvey the lead. Kvyat gained six positions during the race and began to challenge for the lead, but Harvey held him off to win the race with a gap of just nine tenths, with

Lewis Williamson Lewis Williamson (born 11 November 1989) is a British racing driver. Career Karting Born in Dundee, Williamson began karting at the age of eight, and spent a successful decade racing in the various classes around the United Kingdom. By the t ...

in third.

Facu Regalia Facundo "Facu" Regalia (born 23 November 1991 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine racing driver. He competed in his first two Formula BMW seasons under a Spanish racing licence. Career Karting Regalia began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in S ...

kept the lead in the drivers' championship going into the final round, with Kvyat seven points behind.

Qualifying

Aaro Vainio Aaro Vainio (born 2 October 1993 in Espoo) is a Finnish racing driver, currently contesting in ADAC GT Masters. Career Karting Vainio has enjoyed a successful karting career. He won the Finnish championship in 2007, and in 2008 he won the Euro ...

was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.

Feature race

Sprint race

Luís Sá Silva Luís Jorge Sá Silva (born 23 August 1990 in Benguela) is an Angolan racing driver. He competes under a Macanese competition licence, as the Angolan motorsport federation (FADM — Federação Angolana de Desportos Motorizados) is not reco ...

was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race 1. *

was excluded from the race for causing a serious collision in race 1.

Standings after the round

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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