2013 Porsche Supercup

The 2013 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season was the 21st Porsche Supercup season. It began on 12 May on Circuit de Catalunya and finished on 3 November at Yas Marina Circuit, after nine races, all of which were support events for the 2013 Formula One season. A new car was introduced for the season as the Porsche 991 – the internal designation for the seventh-generation Porsche 911 – replaced the Porsche 997.[1]

2013 Porsche Supercup
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Racing scene from Belgium

Three-time champion René Rast did not return to defend his title, opting to focus on the ADAC GT Masters, the FIA GT Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series, where he would compete for Belgian Audi Club WRT. BTCC champion and former WTCC driver Alain Menu joined the series with his own team, FACH Auto Tech.

Ahead of the final round of the series in Abu Dhabi, Monégasque-based British[2] driver Sean Edwards held a championship lead of eighteen points over Denmark's Nicki Thiim, with Michael Ammermüller of Germany the only other driver to remain within contention for winning the title.[3] Edwards was killed on 15 October 2013 at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, Australia, while instructing a member of the public at a private test session.[4] Thiim ultimately won the championship, after he won both races in Abu Dhabi; Edwards ended up second overall, finishing three points ahead of Ammermüller.

Changes for 2013

Technical

Teams and drivers
Team No. Drivers Rounds
Attempto Racing[5] 1 Kévin Estre[5] All
2 Nicki Thiim[5] All
Lechner Racing[6] 3 Michael Ammermüller[6] All
4 Štefan Rosina[6] 1
Jeroen Bleekemolen[7] 2–3, 5–8
Jaap van Lagen[8] 4
FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS[6] 5 Robert Lukas[6] All
6 Klaus Bachler[6] All
MRS GT-Racing[6] 7 Esteban Gini[6] 1–4
Philipp Eng[9] 7
Kenji Kobayashi[10] 8
8 Roar Lindland[6] 1–2, 4–8
Karl Leonard[11] 3
9 Jean-Karl Vernay[6] All
Team Bleekemolen[12] 10 Ben Barker[12] All
17 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen[12] All
18 Jeroen Mul[12] All
VERVA Racing Team[13] 11 Patryk Szczerbiński[13] All
12 Kuba Giermaziak[13] All
Team Allyouneed by Project 1[14] 14 Sean Edwards[14][N 1] 1–7
15 Sean Johnston[14] All
16 Sébastien Ogier[15] 2
Jeffrey Schmidt[11] 3–4
Andreas Mayerl[16] 6
Nonô Figueiredo[9] 7
Lechner Racing Academy[6] 19 Clemens Schmid[6] All
20 Markus Pommer[6] All
DAMS[17] 21 Michael Christensen[17] All
22 Richie Stanaway[17] All
MOMO-Megatron[18] 23 Alessandro Zampedri[18] 1–3, 5, 7
Dylan Derdaele[18] 4, 6, 8
24 Jochen Habets[18] All
FACH Auto Tech[19] 25 Carlo Lusser[20] 1
Christian Engelhart[19] 2–8
26 Alain Menu[19] 1–2
Martin Ragginger[11] 3, 6–7
Florian Spengler[8] 4
Earl Bamber[21] 5, 8
GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East[22] 30 Zaid Ashkanani[10] 8
31 Antonio Giancola[10] 8
32 Hannes Waimer[10] 8
Porsche AG[23] 88 Sébastien Loeb[23] 1–2
Emanuele Pirro[9] 7
Notes
  1. Edwards ran under a British licence for the first two meetings of the season before changing to a Monegasque one for Silverstone.[2]

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Circuit de Catalunya 12 May Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Team Allyouneed by Project 1
2 Circuit de Monaco 26 May Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Team Allyouneed by Project 1
3 Silverstone Circuit 30 June Nicki Thiim Michael Christensen Nicki Thiim Attempto Racing
4 Nürburgring 7 July Michael Christensen Michael Ammermüller Michael Christensen DAMS
5 Hungaroring 28 July Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Sean Edwards Team Allyouneed by Project 1
6 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 25 August Kuba Giermaziak Kuba Giermaziak Klaus Bachler FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS
7 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 8 September Nicki Thiim Kévin Estre Nicki Thiim Attempto Racing
8 R1 Yas Marina Circuit 2 November Earl Bamber Earl Bamber Nicki Thiim Attempto Racing
R2 3 November Nicki Thiim Nicki Thiim Nicki Thiim Attempto Racing

Championship standings
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th
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Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver CAT
 MON
 SIL
 NÜR
 HUN
 SPA
 MNZ
 YMC
 Points
1 Nicki Thiim 2 8 1 2 8 8 1 1 1 140
2 Sean Edwards 1 1 4 4 1 2 5 118
3 Michael Ammermüller 3 3 2 5 14 5 2 6 8 115
4 Kévin Estre DNS 6 6 3 4 7 3 5 2 107
5 Kuba Giermaziak 4 2 5 Ret 3 11 6 3 6 105
6 Michael Christensen 5 25 3 1 10 3 8 10 7 95
7 Klaus Bachler 7 10 21 9 5 1 7 7 21† 73
8 Christian Engelhart 5 8 Ret 2 12 4 9 12 69
9 Jeroen Bleekemolen 4 11 9 6 10 8 3 67
10 Ben Barker 10 9 9 6 16 9 12 4 9 66
11 Robert Lukas 6 15 Ret 7 19 4 Ret 14 11 44
12 Richie Stanaway 9 7 13 10 Ret 13 Ret 17 4 43
13 Jean-Karl Vernay 12 11 20 11 11 14 9 Ret DSQ 29
14 Jeroen Mul 8 19 15 Ret 13 10 13 11 Ret 27
15 Markus Pommer 19 17 14 16 7 20 22 12 13 25
16 Patryk Szczerbiński 15 14 10 Ret 6 Ret 19 18 15 24
17 Clemens Schmid 14 12 12 Ret 12 15 15 16 Ret 21
18 Sebastiaan Bleekemolen 18 18 18 8 21 18 18 Ret 10 15
19 Martin Ragginger 7 17 11 14
20 Sean Johnston 17 20 17 19 18 16 Ret 13 14 9
21 Jochen Habets 20† Ret 22 17 Ret 21 17 20 16 4
22 Alessandro Zampedri 16 23 16 17 16 3
23 Roar Lindland Ret 22 18 20 23 20 21 Ret 2
24 Esteban Gini Ret 24 23 20 0
25 Alain Menu Ret 21 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Earl Bamber 15 2 5 0
Sébastien Loeb 11 16 0
Jaap van Lagen 12 0
Jeffrey Schmidt 24 13 0
Štefan Rosina 13 0
Sébastien Ogier 13 0
Florian Spengler 14 0
Philipp Eng 14 0
Zaid Ashkanani 15 17 0
Dylan Derdaele 15 19 19 Ret 0
Hannes Waimer NC 18 0
Antonio Giancola 22 19 0
Karl Leonard 19 0
Kenji Kobayashi 23 20 0
Nonô Figueiredo 21 0
Andreas Mayerl 22 0
Emanuele Pirro 23† 0
Carlo Lusser Ret 0
Pos Driver CAT
 MON
 SIL
 NÜR
 HUN
 SPA
 MNZ
 YMC
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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