The 2013 Silverstone GP3 Series round was a
GP3 Series
The GP3 Series, or GP3 for short, was a single-seater motor racing series launched in 2010 as a feeder series for the GP2 Series, introduced by GP2 organiser Bruno Michel. GP3 followed the entire European leg of the Formula One series and th ...
motor race held on 29 and 30 June 2013 at
Silverstone Circuit in
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...
,
United Kingdom
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. It was the third round of the 2013 GP3 Season. The race supported the
2013 British Grand Prix
The 2013 British Grand Prix (formally the 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England, United Kingdom, on 30 June 2013 before 120,000 spectators. It was ...
.
Classification
Summary
Kevin Korjus
Kevin Korjus (born 9 January 1993) is an Estonian racing driver.
Career
Karting
Kevin Korjus was born in Tallinn, the son of former sidecarcross racer Aivar Korjus. He made his pan-European karting début in 2006, competing in the Rotax Max Euro ...
set the fastest time in qualifying. He was overtaken at the start by
Jack Harvey, who then led every lap to win the race. A significant portion of the race took part under safety car conditions following a collision between
Patrick Kujala
Patrick Kujala (born 15 May 1996 Marbella, Spanish) is a Spanish-born Finnish professional racing driver, who lives in city of Mäntsälä, Finland and races under a Finnish racing licence. His favorite circuit is Belgium SPA-Francorchamps. Pat ...
and
David Fumanelli
David Cleto Fumanelli (21 April 1992, Milan) is an Italian racing driver and racing coach.
Single Seater Career
Formula Renault 2.0
Fumanelli, after just two years of national karting races, made his single-seater debut in 2008 in his native I ...
, where Kujala was launched over Fumanelli's car ad landed upside down on a tyre barrier. Third place went to
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 ...
after
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 ...
, who had moved from ninth to second on the opening lap, was given a drive through for a false start.
Giovanni Venturini
Giovanni Venturini (born 9 November 1991 in Vicenza) is a professional racing driver from Italy.
Career
Formula 2000 Light
Venturini began his Formula racing career in November 2008, racing in the Formula 2000 Light Italy Winter Trophy, where ...
started on pole position for the reverse grid sprint race.
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 ...
attempted to overtake Venturini at the start of the race, but ran wide at the exit of Village, giving Venturini back the lead. They fought closely throughout the race, but in the end, it was Venturini who won, a first victory in GP3 for him and for
Trident
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The trident is the weapon of Poseidon, or Neptune, the God of the Sea in classical mythology. The trident may occasionally be held by other marine ...
.
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 ...
remained in the lead of the drivers' championship, ten points ahead of Korjus, with
ART Grand Prix
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leading the teams' championship.
Qualifying
Feature Race
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Melville McKee
Melville McKee (born 19 August 1994) is a British racing driver. He currently drives for Bamboo Engineering in the GP3 Series. His grandfather Mike was a Formula Two and 24 Hours of Le Mans racing driver.
Career
Karting
McKee began karting at t ...
was given a drive-through converted to a 20-second time penalty for a jump start.
Sprint Race
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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 ...
was given a 10-place grid penalty for forcing another driver off the track in race 1.
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Jimmy Eriksson
Jimmy Eriksson (born 14 March 1991 in Tomelilla) is a Swedish race car driver who drove in the GP2 Series for Arden International in the 2016 GP2 Series
Career
Karting
Eriksson made his karting debut in 2005, at the age of fourteen. In 2008 h ...
did not finish the race, but was classified as he finished more than 90% of the race distance.
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Patrick Kujala
Patrick Kujala (born 15 May 1996 Marbella, Spanish) is a Spanish-born Finnish professional racing driver, who lives in city of Mäntsälä, Finland and races under a Finnish racing licence. His favorite circuit is Belgium SPA-Francorchamps. Pat ...
was excluded from race 2 after causing a collision in race 1.
Standings after the round
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Teams' Championship standings
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
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2013 British Grand Prix
The 2013 British Grand Prix (formally the 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, England, United Kingdom, on 30 June 2013 before 120,000 spectators. It was ...
*
2013 Silverstone GP2 Series round
References
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