2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series
The 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season was a multi-event
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] and ultimately finished sixty points ahead of Vandoorne. Despite having less wins than in 2012, 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
Driver changes
- Following a part-time campaign with 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]
- After losing his seat in DAMS,[17][18] Lucas Foresti joined at Comtec Racing.[14]
- Auto GP.[34]
- Walter Grubmüller left P1 Motorsport after three consecutive seasons.
- British Formula 3 Championship.[12]
- British Formula Three championship.[13]
- Koiranen GP.[35]
- Matias Laine moved from the GP3 Series to race in Formula Renault 3.5 for P1 Motorsport.[21]
- 2012.[18]
- 2012 FIA Formula Two Championship, signed with the Zeta Corse team.[23] After being replaced by Nick Yelloly for the Monaco round of the championship,[27] Marinescu returned to the team for the race at Spa-Francorchamps.[36]
- After one season with BVM Target, Nikolay Martsenko switched to Pons Racing.[31]
- 2012, joined Tech 1 Racing.[4]
- Daniil Move switched from P1 Motorsport to SMP Racing by Comtec.[14]
- 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 Blancpain Endurance Series, with the three of them co-driving the #44 Kessel Racingcar.
- 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]
- After contesting the first three rounds of 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 GP3.
- Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 champion, moved into the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, racing for Fortec Motorsports.[7]
- GP3 Seriesfull-time.
- 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
- FIA Formula Two runner-up Mathéo Tuscher replaced Emmanuel Piget at Zeta Corse after the first round.[26]
- Carlos Sainz Jr. joined Zeta Corse for the third round of the championship in Monaco, replacing Marinescu.[24] Sainz races for the team again for the final three rounds.
- After racing for Carlin. Yelloly returned to Formula Renault for the Monaco round, replacing Mathéo Tuscher at Zeta Corse.[27] Marinescu returned for the Belgian and Russian rounds. At the Red Bull Ring, the seat was occupied by Italian Formula Three champion Riccardo Agostini.[28]
- William Buller replaced Sainz, Jr. for the Moscow Raceway round.[25]
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] The team was later accepted onto the grid under the name Zeta Corse and registered as an Italian team.[22]
- 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.
Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | Rookie Winner | |
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1 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza
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6 April | Stoffel Vandoorne | Will Stevens | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | Stoffel Vandoorne |
R2 | 7 April | António Félix da Costa | Arthur Pic | António Félix da Costa | Arden Caterham | Stoffel Vandoorne | ||
2 | R1 | Ciudad del Motor de Aragón, Alcañiz
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27 April | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | Sergey Sirotkin
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R2 | 28 April[N 2] | Norman Nato | Carlos Huertas | Carlos Huertas | Carlin
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Sergey Sirotkin
| ||
3 | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo | 26 May | Nico Müller | Nigel Melker | Nico Müller | International Draco Racing | Jazeman Jaafar | |
4 | R1 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa | 1 June | Kevin Magnussen | Lucas Foresti | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | Jazeman Jaafar |
R2 | 2 June | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | Stoffel Vandoorne | ||
5 | R1 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 22 June | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | Stoffel Vandoorne |
R2 | 23 June | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | Stoffel Vandoorne | ||
6 | R1 | Spielberg
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20 July | Marco Sørensen | Nigel Melker | Marco Sørensen | Lotus | William Buller |
R2 | 21 July | Marco Sørensen | Marco Sørensen | Marco Sørensen | Lotus | Sergey Sirotkin
| ||
7 | R1 | Hungaroring, Budapest | 14 September | André Negrão | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Nico Müller | International Draco Racing | Sergey Sirotkin
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R2 | 15 September | Kevin Magnussen | António Félix da Costa | António Félix da Costa | Arden Caterham | Stoffel Vandoorne | ||
8 | R1 | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet | 28 September | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | António Félix da Costa | Arden Caterham | Stoffel Vandoorne |
R2 | 29 September | Kevin Magnussen | António Félix da Costa | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | William Buller | ||
9 | R1 | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona | 19 October | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | Stoffel Vandoorne |
R2 | 20 October | Kevin Magnussen | Will Stevens | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | Stoffel Vandoorne |
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
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Bold – Pole |
Teams' Championship
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- 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 †.
Footnotes
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Zanella's ISR team-mate Sergey Sirotkin is set to be absent until Sunday morning's qualifying while he makes his F1 debut with Sauber at a demonstration run in Sochi.
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