2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
The 2013 International V8 Supercars Championship
The 2013 season saw the introduction of the
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2013 championship:
Team changes
- All teams competing with the VF model.[14]
- After switching from Holden to Ford after the first event of the 2011 season, Tony D'Alberto Racing moved back to Holden in 2013, where the team received technical assistance from Walkinshaw Performance.[69]
- Ford Performance Racing expanded to a four-car operation with the acquisition of the #18 Racing Entitlement Contract held by Charlie Schwerkolt, which was used by Dick Johnson Racing to run James Moffat's car in 2012.[70] The fourth car is run as a satellite of the team, in the same way as the #55 Rod Nash Racingcar is run.
- In January 2013, British motorsport group
- Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport expanded to a two-car operation after purchasing the #49 Racing Entitlement Contract from Paul Morris Motorsport.[72] The team also acquired two VF Commodores constructed by Triple Eight Race Engineering.
- As a result of the deals between Schwerkolt and Ford Performance Racing and Paul Morris and Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, Dick Johnson Racing lost the use of the #18 and #49 Racing Entitlement Contracts and was reduced to a two-car operation with its existing #17 REC and by leasing Triple F Racing's #12 REC.
- Kelly Racing switched from competing with Holden Commodores to Nissan Altimas,[12] running a re-sleeved version of Nissan's quad-cam aluminium 5.6-litre VK56DE V8 reconfigured to a 5.0-litre capacity. The team was renamed to Nissan Motorsport,[73] a name last used by Gibson Motorsport in 1991.
- In January 2013, Larry Perkins confirmed that he had sold his two Racing Entitlement Contracts to Kelly Racing.[74] Perkins had previously leased the #11 and #16 RECs to the Kelly operation, and by purchasing them, Kelly Racing acquired full control over the licences. To satisfy sponsor requirements, the 2 former Perkins RECs used numbers 36 and 360.
- Stone Brothers Racing was purchased by Australian GT Championship team Erebus Motorsport,[56] and the organisation, along with satellite team James Rosenberg Racing, ended their association with Ford. Instead, the combined team entered three cars based on the Mercedes-Benz E63 W212,[11][75] powered by a M159 engine.[76] The combined Erebus—James Rosenberg outfit did not receive any factory support from Mercedes-Benz.[13]
- Vodafone announced it would not renew its sponsorship with Triple Eight Race Engineering at the end of 2012. Red Bull took over as the naming rights from Vodafone and the team started competing as Red Bull Racing Australia.
Driver changes
- Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series, had previously contested the endurance races in 2011 and 2012 before replacing the injured Todd Kellyfor the final four events of the 2012 season.
- Michael Caruso left Garry Rogers Motorsport after five seasons, moving to Kelly Racing.[64][66]
- Ford Performance Racing.[25]
- Dunlop V8 Supercar Series.[77]
- Former Erebus Motorsport.
- Dean Fiore moved from Dick Johnson Racing to Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport,[54] but continued to lease the Triple F Racing REC to Dick Johnson.[78]
- Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[80]
- Reigning second-tier V8 Supercar champion and New Zealand V8SuperTourer champion Scott McLaughlin joined Garry Rogers Motorsport full-time having raced for the team as an emergency replacement in the final race of the 2012 season.[44]
- James Moffat left Dick Johnson Racing to join Kelly Racing.[64][66]
- Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[85]
- Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, joined Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.[50]
- 2012 V8SuperTourer runner-up Jonny Reid joined Dick Johnson Racing.[21]
- Australian Carrera Cup Championship.[86]
- At the end of the 2012 season, Shane van Gisbergen announced plans to leave the category in order to rejuvenate himself and consider his future.[87][88] In January 2013, he announced that he would re-enter the championship, driving for Tekno Autosports.[41]
Mid-season changes
- Jonny Reid was replaced by Dunlop Series driver Chaz Mostert prior to the Chill Perth 360.[22]
- Following a major accident at the Phillip Island event, James Courtney was forced to miss the Sydney 500. He was replaced by the Holden Racing Team's endurance co-driver, Nick Percat.[34]
Season calendar
The 2013 calendar was released on 15 October 2012.
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Calendar changes
- The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas hosted an event of the championship on 17–19 May.[8][96] The series used the shorter "national" circuit, instead of the full layout.[94]
- The Hamilton 400 was held for the final time in 2012.[97] It was replaced by an event at Pukekohe Park Raceway, which last hosted a championship event in 2007.[98] The Pukekohe Park circuit was reconfigured to accommodate the category after it was awarded "International" status by the FIA in 2011. This act required the circuit to meet the criteria for an FIA Grade-2 certification, necessitating the changes.[92]
- After returning to the calendar in 2012, the Sydney Motorsport Park did not host an event in 2013.[89]
- The
Format changes
- The events at Barbagallo, Hidden Valley, Queensland Raceway, Winton and Phillip Island all featured a new three-race format, dubbed the "60/60 Sprint" format. The Saturday race was 120-kilometres in length but split into two 60-kilometre halves with a fifteen-minute break in between to allow teams the opportunity to service their cars. The starting grid for the second half of the race was determined by the finishing order of the first half of the race. The remaining two races were then held on Sunday at 100-kilometres in length each.[102] Originally, a driver who finished one lap down in the first half would remain one lap down at the start of the second half of the race. This was changed following the Symmons Plains event, with drivers who were a lap down at the end of the first half gaining the lap back for the second half.[103]
- Teams were no longer required to compete with a co-driver from an international racing series for the Gold Coast 600. Instead, teams were free to partner each of their drivers with any co-driver they choose, and allowed to enter the same co-drivers for the Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and Gold Coast 600.[104] The drivers with the most points from the three endurance races received the "Enduro Cup", a new trophy introduced for 2013.[105]
Rule changes
New Generation V8 Supercar
The New Generation V8 Supercar (originally Car of the Future) project was first announced in 2008, when a working group was established to explore options for the long-term future of the category. The study found that in the fifteen years since the category had been restricted to a two manufacturers, the costs of building and racing with a competitive car had doubled, with some estimates putting the cost as high as A$600,000 per car, per season.[106][107]
The Car of the Future program was created to address this, aiming to reduce running costs to $250,000. This was achieved through the use of "control" parts; where teams had previously been charged with designing and developing their own parts, the Car of the Future regulations called for these parts to be built independently and to a set specification. The basic
The category also introduced a larger fuel tank to combat the phenomenon of "economy racing" whereby drivers would be forced to drive conservatively late in the race so as to preserve enough fuel to reach the finish. The larger tanks and a restructuring of event formats to include more compulsory pit stops instead allowed drivers to push as hard as they pleased until the end of the race.[109]
Manufacturers were free to develop their own aerodynamic aids to suit their cars, which were then put through a rigorous system of parity testing so as to refine the aerodynamics of each model of car so as to prevent one model from having a distinct advantage over the others. Finally, manufacturers were also given the option of using "generic" engines developed by the category and re-badged to reflect the manufacturer using them[110]—though as the season started, no manufacturers had elected to do so—or developing their own engines, which would be built to specifications and then be subject to a process of homologation to ensure that all engines developed by the manufacturer would be identical. In order to ensure the cars can remain competitive, the process of homologation only applies to the basic engine platform, which teams will be free to develop over the course of the season.[76]
With the requirement that all teams build brand-new cars for the 2013 season, most of the cars that were raced in 2011 and 2012 were sold to teams competing in the V8 Development Series, the second-tier category for V8 Supercars.[111][112][113]
In November 2013 the Car of the Future was officially renamed the New Generation V8 Supercar.[114]
Event summaries
Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Results | ||
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Event 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 |
Pole position |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
Race winner |
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
The
Tasmania Microsoft Office 365
Results | |||
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Event 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Race winner |
Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Brad Jones Racing won all three of the races at the next event of the championship in Tasmania. Fabian Coulthard secured his maiden V8 Supercars race win in the first race,[117] while Jason Bright took his first race win since the 2011 Winton 300 when he won the second race.[118] Coulthard took a second win in the third and final race.[119] Craig Lowndes lost the championship lead after an altercation with Shane van Gisbergen in the first race that saw Lowndes spin and puncture a tyre, leaving him to finish the race in twenty-sixth position, and Whincup gained the championship lead by finishing on the podium in the first race.[117] David Reynolds and Scott Pye were involved in separate accidents over the course of the meeting, the latter of which ruled Pye out of the next event in New Zealand.[118][120]
ITM 400 Auckland
Results | ||||
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Event 3 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
Race winner |
Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
The next event in New Zealand saw four different winners in four races. Scott McLaughlin became the youngest person to win a V8 Supercar race when he took his maiden victory in the first race as pole-sitter Jamie Whincup struggled with tyre problems at the start.[121] Whincup survived a chaotic second race—in which Fabian Coulthard jumped the start; Shane van Gisbergen, Jason Bright and James Courtney all left the circuit at high speed; and Mark Winterbottom collided with Whincup whilst trying to pass for the lead on the last lap—to take his first win of the season.[122] A rare mistake from Whincup saw him run wide in the third race, which was won by Will Davison, also in his—and Ford's—first win of the season.[123] Jason Bright won the fourth race, and with it the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy, as he scored the most points over the four races.[124] Whincup's tyre problems in the first race and off-track excursion in the third meant that he lost the lead of the championship to Will Davison, whose lead was further established when Whincup was penalised fifteen points for an unsportsmanlike pass in the third race.[123]
Chill Perth 360
Results | |||
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Event 4 | Race 10 | Race 11 | Race 12 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Race winner |
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Triple Eight Race Engineering performed a clean sweep of the fourth event of the series at
Austin 400
Results | ||||
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Event 5 | Race 13 | Race 14 | Race 15 | Race 16 |
Pole position |
Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Race winner |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Triple Eight Race Engineering dominated V8 Supercars' first foray into the United States, with Jamie Whincup winning three of the four races at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. Fabian Coulthard denied Whincup a clean sweep of the event when he won the third race. Whincup later caused controversy when he claimed that "external factors" had inspired an unorthodox penalty that he, Coulthard and Craig Lowndes were given for breaching safety car regulations in the third race,[130] implying that the penalty had been applied to allow a different driver to win the race. Elsewhere, Rick Kelly demonstrated the Nissan Altima L33's development by securing four top-ten finishes, whilst James Moffat claimed an extra top-ten finish for the marque in the second race. Erebus Motorsport, on the other hand, continued their difficult introduction to V8 Supercars, spending most of the weekend outside the top twenty.
Skycity Triple Crown
Results | |||
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Event 6 | Race 17 | Race 18 | Race 19 |
Pole position |
David Reynolds (Rod Nash Racing) |
Holden Racing Team )
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David Reynolds (Rod Nash Racing) |
Race winner |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Sucrogen Townsville 400
Results | ||
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Event 7 | Race 20 | Race 21 |
Pole position |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Race winner |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Holden Racing Team )
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The seventh event in
Coates Hire Ipswich 360
Results | |||
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Event 8 | Race 22 | Race 23 | Race 24 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Race winner |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Scott McLaughlin (Garry Rogers Motorsport) |
Chaz Mostert (Dick Johnson Racing) |
Triple Eight Race Engineering returned to form at Queensland Raceway, with Jamie Whincup winning the 60/60 Sprint race from pole position ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Mark Winterbottom.[135] The race featured several incidents, firstly with Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes touching the rear of Winterbottom's car on the first lap and causing both Winterbottom and Fabian Coulthard to lose positions.[136] Todd Kelly had separate altercations with David Wall and Chaz Mostert, with Wall and Mostert coming off worse in each incident. Lee Holdsworth was forced out of the race after contact with Dean Fiore and Michael Caruso.[135] Whincup again took pole for the second race but was beaten by McLaughlin for the race win, with James Courtney finishing third.[137] The final race featured tyre problems which affected many drivers: Whincup, McLaughlin, Courtney, Garth Tander, Alex Davison and David Wall all had punctures which dropped them down the order. In just his fifteenth race, Chaz Mostert of Dick Johnson Racing won the race from second on the grid, ahead of pole-sitter Will Davison and Winterbottom. It was the first victory for Dick Johnson Racing since November 2010.[138]
Winton 360
Results | |||
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Event 9 | Race 25 | Race 26 | Race 27 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jason Bright (Brad Jones Racing) |
Holden Racing Team )
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Race winner |
Nissan Motorsport )
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Ford Performance Racing )
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Holden Racing Team )
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Wilson Security Sandown 500
Results | |||
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Event 10 | Race 28 | ||
Pole position |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Race winner |
Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
Results | ||
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Event 11 | Race 29 | |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) | |
Race winner |
Ford Performance Racing )
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An intense finish to the race saw
Armor All Gold Coast 600
Results | ||
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Event 12 | Race 30 | Race 31 |
Pole position |
Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
David Reynolds (Rod Nash Racing) |
Race winner |
Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
David Reynolds and Dean Canto (Rod Nash Racing) |
The twelfth event on the Gold Coast saw Craig Lowndes take the championship lead from Triple Eight Race Engineering teammate Jamie Whincup after Whincup and co-driver Paul Dumbrell failed to finish the Saturday race, with Dumbrell causing a heavy crash for Greg Murphy before suffering a drive-train failure. Lowndes and co-driver Warren Luff won the race from pole ahead of Shane van Gisbergen and Jeroen Bleekemolen, the first Dutchman to stand on a V8 Supercar podium, and Mark Winterbottom and Steven Richards.[145] David Reynolds won the first race of his career in the Sunday race, with he and co-driver Dean Canto winning from pole. Fabian Coulthard and Luke Youlden finished second ahead of Russell Ingall and Ryan Briscoe, Briscoe's first podium finish and Ingall's first since 2009. James Courtney and Murphy looked set to take victory until a steering problem put them out of the race.[146] Whincup and Dumbrell finished fourth while Lowndes and Luff were eighth, leaving Lowndes with a six-point championship lead. Lowndes and Luff won the Endurance Cup ahead of Whincup and Dumbrell and Winterbottom and Richards.[147]
Sargent Security Phillip Island 360
Results | |||
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Event 13 | Race 32 | Race 33 | Race 34 |
Pole position |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Fabian Coulthard (Brad Jones Racing) |
Ford Performance Racing )
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Race winner |
Holden Racing Team )
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Craig Lowndes (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
The
Sydney NRMA Motoring and Services 500
Results | ||
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Event 14 | Race 35 | Race 36 |
Pole position |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
Race winner |
Jamie Whincup (Triple Eight Race Engineering) |
Shane van Gisbergen (Tekno Autosports) |
Championship standings
Points system
Points were awarded for each race at an event, to the driver/s of a car that completed at least 75% of the race distance and was running at the completion of the race, up to a maximum of 300 points per event.
Event format |
Position, points per race | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | |
Single-race | 300 | 276 | 258 | 240 | 222 | 204 | 192 | 180 | 168 | 156 | 144 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 120 | 114 | 108 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 42 | 36 |
Two-race | 150 | 138 | 129 | 120 | 111 | 102 | 96 | 90 | 84 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | — |
Three-race | 100 | 92 | 86 | 80 | 74 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | |
Four-race | 75 | 69 | 64 | 60 | 55 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
- Single-race events: Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000
- Two-race events: Gold Coast 600, Sydney 500
- Three-race events: Phillip Island 360
- Four-race events: Auckland 400, Austin 400
Drivers' Championship
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Bold – Pole position Results count toward the Endurance Cup.
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Pirtek Enduro Cup
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Bold - Pole position |
Teams championship
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Bold - Pole position Results count towards the Endurance Cup.
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Notes:
- ‡ — Denotes a single-car team.
Footnotes
- Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in support of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, but these races do not form a part of the championship and no points were awarded.
- ^ Scott Pye was ruled out of the third event of the championship at Pukekohe Park Raceway after crashing heavily at Symmons Plains Raceway.[51] The damage to his car was so extensive that Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport were unable to repair it in time for the race.[52]
- Nissan Motorsportwas divided into two separate teams: "Jack Daniel's Racing", which was made up of car #7 and car #15; and "Norton 360 Racing", which was made up of car #36 and car #360.
- Coates Hire Ipswich 360.[152]
See also
- V8 Supercars
- 2013 V8 Supercar season
- 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
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