2013 European Le Mans Series

During the 2012 season several planned races were cancelled due to low interest from teams, leading the series to adopt several changes for the 2013 calendar. All race weekends have been shortened to two days, with practice and qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday. Races have also been shortened from six hours to three. The European Le Mans Series will also share its weekends with several other international racing series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship, World Series by Renault, and FFSA GT Tour.^[1]

The Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom returns to the European Le Mans Series for the first time since 2011, serving as part of a Super Endurance weekend as the ELMS race will be a precursor to the 6 Hours of Silverstone for the World Endurance Championship the following day. The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy also returns to the European Le Mans Series calendar, joined by the GT Tour series. The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria is new to the European Le Mans Series, while the Hungaroring, Hungary is another circuit with ELMS history. The season finale is at Circuit Paul Ricard, France is the only event carried over from 2012. The Circuit layout used at this event was to have the full length of the Mistral straight without the chicanes. The final three races of the season are all shared with the World Series by Renault.^[1]

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Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	3 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom	13 April
2	3 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy	18 May
3	3 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria	20 July
4	3 Hours of Hungaroring	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary	14 September
5	3 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	28 September
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The entry list for the 2013 season was released on 8 February, and included eleven LMP2 and three LMPC cars, ten LMGTE entries, and five GTC cars, bringing the full grid up to twenty-nine entrants.^[3] However, only 23 cars turned up for the opening race of the season, the 3 Hours of Silverstone.^[4]

LMP2

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Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Thiriet by TDS Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	1	Pierre Thiriet[3]	All
					Jonathan Hirschi[5]	1
					Mathias Beche[6]	2–5
Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	3	Chris Dyson[7]	1
					Michael Marsal[7]	1
					David Heinemeier Hansson[7]	2
					Tom Kimber-Smith[7]	2
Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	4	John Hartshorne[7]	1–2, 4
					Bastien Brière[7]	1–2
					Thomas Dagoneau[7]	1–2
					Thomas Holzer	3
					Dominik Kraihamer	3
					Alex Kapadia[8]	4–5
					Khaled Al Mudhaf[8]	4
					Renaud Kuppens	5
					James Swift	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	18	Brendon Hartley[3]	All
					Mark Patterson[7]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi	3–5
HVM Status GP	Lola B12/80	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	30	Tony Burgess[6]	2
					Jonathan Hirschi[6]	2
Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Michel Frey[3]	All
					Patric Niederhauser[3]	1–4
					Marcello Marateotto	5
Signatech Alpine[9]	Alpine A450	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	36	Nelson Panciatici[9]	All
					Pierre Ragues[3]	All
SMP Racing	Oreca 03	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	37	Maurizio Mediani	3–5
					Sergey Zlobin	3–5
Jota Sport	Zytek Z11SN	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	38	Simon Dolan[3]	All
					Oliver Turvey[3]	All
DKR Engineering	Lola B11/40	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	39	Romain Brandela[5]	1–2
					Olivier Porta[3]	1–2
					Stéphane Raffin	1
					Bernard Delhez[6]	2
Morand Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	43	Natacha Gachnang[3]	All
					Franck Mailleux[7]	1–3
					Christian Klien[10]	4–5
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LMPC

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Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Algarve Pro Racing Team	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	46	Nicky Catsburg	3–4
					C. O. Jones	3–4
Team Endurance Challenge	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	M	47	Alex Loan[5]	1–3
					Matthieu Lecuyer[5]	1–2
					Nico Verdonck	3
				48	Soheil Ayari[5]	All
					Anthony Pons[5]	All
				49	Paul-Loup Chatin[12]	All
					Gary Hirsch[12]	All
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LMGTE

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Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ram Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	52	Matt Griffin[3]	All
					Johnny Mowlem[3]	All
				53	Gunnar Jeannette[3]	All
					Frankie Montecalvo[5]	All
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	54	Jean-Marc Bachelier[3]	All
					Howard Blank[3]	All
					Yannick Mallégol[3]	All
				55	Marco Cioci[7]	All
					Federico Leo[7]	All
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7]	All
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini[3]	All
					Joël Camathias[3]	All
IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	67	Patrice Milesi[3]	All
					Wolf Henzler[13]	1
					Patrick Long[6]	2
					Jean-Karl Vernay	3–5
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	75	François Perrodo[7]	All
					Sébastien Crubilé[7]	1–2
					Emmanuel Collard[7]	1, 3–5
Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	77	Christian Ried[5]	All
					Gianluca Roda[5]	1–3
					Nick Tandy[5]	1, 3–5
					Paolo Ruberti[6]	2
					Klaus Bachler	4–5
				88	Klaus Bachler[8]	3
					Horst Felbermayr Jr.	3
					Horst Felbermayr Sr.	3
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GTC

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Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Kox Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini CEH 5.2 L V10	M	60	Peter Kox[3]	2–5
					Nico Pronk[3]	2–5
					Dennis Retera[8]	4–5
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	62	Lorenzo Casé[7]	All
					Stefano Gai[7]	All
					Andrea Rizzoli[7]	All
Momo Megatron DF1	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi BUJ 5.2 L V10	M	65	Raffi Bader[5]	1–2
					Dylan Derdaele[5]	1–2
					Kuba Giermaziak[5]	1–2
SMP Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	68	Yury Evstigneev[6]	2
					Alexander Frolov[6]	2
					David Markozov[6]	2
					Anton Ladygin	5
					Boris Rotenberg	5
					Mika Salo	5
				69	Fabio Babini[6]	2–5
					Kirill Ladygin[6]	2–5
					Viktor Shaytar[6]	2–5
				72	Boris Rotenberg[6]	2
					Maurizio Mediani[6]	2
					Sergey Zlobin[6]	2
					Alexander Frolov[6]	3–5
					David Markozov[6]	3–5
					Luca Persiani	3–5
Ecurie Ecosse[14]	BMW Z4 GT3	BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8	M	79	Ollie Millroy[14]	All
					Andrew Smith[14]	1–3, 5
					Alasdair McCaig[14]	1, 3–4
					Joe Twyman[14]	2, 4
					Phil Quaife	5
Easyrace	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	83	Fabio Mancini[8]	4
					Tommaso Rocca[8]	4
					Diego Romanini[8]	4
DKR Engineering	BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011)	BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8	M	85	Thomas Accary	5
					Dimitri Enjalbert	5
					Matthieu Lecuyer	5
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8	M	86	Steeve Hiesse	5
					Cédric Mézard	5
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Points System^[16]