2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 2-litre Formula Three Dallara single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the second edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship organized by the FIA. The season began at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 March and finished on 20 October at Hockenheimring. The series formed part of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters meetings at seven triple header events, with other triple header events as part of the World Touring Car Championship, the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Superstars Series.


2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The championship was won by 2012 runner-up Raffaele Marciello, driving for Prema Powerteam. Mücke's Felix Rosenqvist finished behind Marciello for the second year in a row, finishing 32.5 points behind. Marciello's teammates Alex Lynn and Lucas Auer finished third and fourth respectively, allowing Prema to clinch the teams' championship. Carlin's driver Harry Tincknell completed the top five with a win at his home round at Silverstone. Non -regular drivers Pascal Wehrlein – prior to moving into the DTM – and Daniil Kvyat were the only drivers outside the top five, who took a race win.


2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Calendar
A provisional ten-round calendar was announced on 18 November 2012. This was modified on 19 December 2012, after DTM organisers moved the Norisring event back by a week to avoid a clash with the German Grand Prix. To accommodate the change of date, the Zandvoort meeting was moved from July to September. On 1 June 2013, the Le Castellet round was removed from the calendar, and was ultimately replaced by a round at Vallelunga.


2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
The third race at Monza was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.


2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Ravenol Team Trophy
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – are nominated to score teams' championship points.


2013 FIA GT Nogaro round
The 2013 FIA GT Nogaro, also known as 2013 Easter Cup (French: Coupes de Pâques 2013) was the first of six rounds in the 2013 FIA GT Series season. It took place at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in France between 30 March – 1 April 2013. The race was the first race under the newly renamed FIA GT Series after the FIA GT1 World Championship name was discontinued due to no GT1-spec cars competing.


2013 FIA GT Nogaro round
The most notable entrants are nine-times World Rally Championship champion Sébastien Loeb racing with his own team and former professional football goalkeeper Fabien Barthez competing racing in the Gentleman Trophy with SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion. Also competing in the race is reigning FIA GT3 European Championship Teams champions HTP Gravity Charouz as well as one of the reigning Drivers' champions from 2012 Maximilian Bühk who will enter in the Pro Cup. His team mate last season Dominik Baumann also competes in the series for Grasser Racing in the Pro-Am Cup.


2013 FIA GT Nogaro round, Qualifying, Qualifying result
Qualifying took place on Saturday 30 March and determined the grid for the Qualifying Race the next day. Rather than the usual knockout qualifying sessions seen in the past series, there were two qualifying sessions for all twenty-four cars. The fastest ten times from the two combined sessions would go through to the Superpole session where they would compete for pole position. Seeing as the first session was partly wet, everybody set their fastest time in session two. As a result, the fastest ten drivers from session two went through to the Superpole session.


2013 FIA GT Nogaro round, Qualifying, Qualifying result
René Rast set the fastest time in the Superpole session for Belgian Audi Club Team WRT and would start in pole position for the Qualifying Race.


2013 FIA GT Series
The 2013 FIA GT Series was the first season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. The series underwent changes in 2013, retaining GT3 cars as the mainstay, but creating sub-classes for Pro, Pro-Am and Gentleman driver line-ups. All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport did not return to defend their Teams' World Champions, instead moving to the World Touring Car Championship with one of the Drivers' World Champions Marc Basseng beside René Münnich, team director of All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport, and defending 2012 WTCC champion Rob Huff.


2013 FIA GT Series, Calendar
The series commenced at the Circuit Paul Armagnac in France on 1 April and ended at Baku World Challenge in Azerbaijan on 24 November. The six-event calendar contained largely the same events as FIA GT1, with the addition of a race at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The final round was originally scheduled to be held at a venue in the Middle East before organisers came to an agreement to hold the race on the streets of Baku in Azerbaijan instead.


2013 FIA GT Series, Entry list
The SRO released the entry list for Nogaro on 22 March.


2013 FIA GT Series, Championship standings
Championship points were awarded for the first six positions in each Qualifying Race and for the first ten positions in each Championship Race. The pole-sitter in the qualifying race also received one point, entries were required to complete 75% of the winning car's race distance in order to be classified and earn points. Individual drivers were required to participate for a minimum of 25 minutes in order to earn championship points in any race.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina was the eighth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the maiden running of the FIA WTCC Race of Argentina. It was held on 4 August 2013 at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
Race one was won by Yvan Muller for RML while race two was won by local driver José María López on his debut weekend in the World Touring Car Championship while driving for Wiechers-Sport.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
Muller was leading the drivers' championship by 122 points over Michel Nykjær who was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
The Honda Civic WTCCs, SEAT León WTCCs and BMW 320 TCs lost all additional ballast when the compensation weights were re-calculated. The Chevrolet Cruzes retained their 40 kg of ballast while the Lada Grantas remained 20 kg below the baseweight.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
José María López joined Wiechers-Sport for the round, substituting for regular driver Fredy Barth. Following heavy damage sustained in the previous round, Tom Boardman and the Special Tuning Racing team elected to skip the Race of Argentina to repair the car before shipping to the United States.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
Campos Racing's Hugo Valente came to the event with a 10–place grid penalty for race one after ignoring yellow flags in race one in Portugal.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller led an RML 1–2 in Friday's test session, López was eleventh quickest in his first WTCC session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller and teammate Tom Chilton were first and second once again in free practice one, Tiago Monteiro was third for Honda and fourth placed López was the quickest independent driver. The session had been red flagged early on when a technical failure cut off the timing and video systems.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
Chilton led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in free practice two ahead of Muller and bamboo-engineering's Alex MacDowall. The session was red flagged when René Münnich got his Münnich Motorsport SEAT stuck in a gravel trap. His teammate Robert Huff stopped on the track three minutes from the end as a result of a suspected turbocharger failure. Münnich Motorsport were forced to change the engine in Huff's car after free practice two, earning the reigning champion a penalty which would see him start at the back of the grid for race one. Monteiro would also be sent to the back of the grid for race one following an engine change.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
Nykjær led the cars out at the start of Q1, Muller then went to the top of the times straight away while MacDowall was the first driver to go off the track. López was running as high as third during the session while for a brief time both Lukoil Lada Sport cars were inside the top twelve before Mikhail Kozlovskiy was bumped down the order by improvements for other drivers, notably James Nash and Marc Basseng.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
After lengthy repairs, Huff left the pits in time to do one flying lap which was only good enough for 14th, putting him out of qualifying. Valente was the only SEAT driver to get through to Q2 when Basseng was displaced by Nash while López was the only BMW driver to do so. A misunderstanding between the ROAL Motorsport pair of Tom Coronel and Darryl O'Young saw the pair eliminated from qualifying in the first session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
After a short break, Q2 began and Muller went to the top of the times once again. A group of cars formed up for a final flying lap at the end of the session with both Muller and Chilton improving their times; Muller stayed on top while Chilton was second despite an off at the final corner. Pepe Oriola was the other driver to go off on the final tour. López had caught up with the back of the train of cars which was driving slowly around the circuit before going off on a final fast lap but he still finished tenth to secure pole position for race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Muller, Chilton, Nash, MacDowall, Tarquini, Monteiro and Oriola were called to the stewards to explain the slow train of cars at the end of Q2 but no further action was taken. Kozlovskiy was lost all his lap times for a breach of parc fermé regulations when a laptop was connected to his car.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Warm-Up
López was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning, edging out the Chevrolet of MacDowall. Huff was third while Kozlovskiy was fourth for Lada.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
Muller was on pole position for the first race, the first attempt at the rolling start was aborted when second placed Chilton failed to drive through the grid boxes. The race was started when the cars came around again, Chilton ran wide at the first corner and lost places to Nykjær and Oriola. On lap five Chilton reclaimed second place ahead of Oriola. Michelisz lost his front splitter following collisions with Nykjær and Nash which caused the three of them to slow down allowing Tarquini to move past the group into fourth place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
López was also able to catch up with them having run in a distant 8th place and he picked them off one–by–one to finish 5th. Oriola passed Chilton at the end of the race to split with RML cars, Muller won by a comfortable margin of 4.9 seconds ahead of Oriola. López in fifth was the Yokohama Trophy winner in his first WTCC race while Huff and Monteiro came through from the back of the grid to score points in 8th and 10th respectively.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
López started on pole position for the second race and maintained his first place at the start, at the end of the first lap he had built up a lead of 1.8 seconds ahead of Monteiro. Nykjær separated the Hondas as Tarquini was running fourth, by the end of the second lap Muller had closed in on the trio fighting for second place. Tarquini tried a move on Nykjær at turn thirteen, he ran wide and Nykjær did likewise trying to defend which allowed Muller and Nash through while Tarquini was now battling with Oriola and Michelisz for 6th place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
On lap three Nykjær tried to dive up the inside of Nash at turn seven but the pair collided and allowed Tarquini through while MacDowall and Chilton collided further back. Monteiro was running second ahead of Muller on lap five and the pair were closing in on López when Muller ran into the back of him in the braking area for turn five, putting Monteiro off the road and dropping the Honda driver down to ninth once he had recovered to the track.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
On the same lap Huff was disputing sixth place with Michelisz; there was light contact between the pair before Huff dropped back slightly into Thompson who then bumped the SEAT and broke its front left suspension causing Huff to go off into the gravel. On lap seven Muller was issued with a drive–through penalty for his collision with Monteiro which was served immediately. O'Young and Valente came together on lap nine, they had been contesting eighth place until Valente tapped the back of the ROAL BMW and O'Young spun off the circuit. Thompson had been running behind them but one lap later he slowed down with technical problems. At the end of lap eleven López passed the checkered flag to take his first overall WTCC victory and the first WTCC victory for an Argentine driver, Tarquini and Oriola completed the podium.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the fifth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on 19 May 2013 at the Salzburgring in Salzburg, Austria.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
Both races were won from pole position with Michel Nykjær taking victory in the first race for NIKA Racing and James Nash won race two, the first victory in the World Touring Car Championship for both himself and the bamboo-engineering team. This was the first time in WTCC history that both races in a weekend were won by drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
The round is best remembered for a qualifying incident where all twelve cars in the second part of qualifying drove slowly around the lap before what was supposed to be their final flying lap. The cars drove slowly around the lap in order to ensure themselves a slipstream for the next lap but all of them missed the checkered flag. A total of fourteen drivers were penalised after the session which drastically reshuffled the grid.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
Coming into the Austrian round Yvan Muller was leading the world drivers' championship and Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg of ballast when the compensation weights were revised, pulling them on the maximum ballast of 1,190 kg equal to the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts. The SEAT León WTCCs gained 10 kg to take their weight up to 1,160 kg and the BMW 320 TCs returned to their base weight of 1,150 kg.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
Special Tuning Racing elected to miss the Austrian and Russian rounds in order to fix their car which had been plagued with issues since the Race of Morocco.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
Following his crash in Hungary, Gabriele Tarquini was allowed by the FIA to run a new engine in his Honda Civic without a penalty.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Free practice
Muller topped the opening practice session leading a Chevrolet 1–2–3 ahead of Tom Chilton and Alex MacDowall. Robert Huff was the fastest SEAT in fourth and Norbert Michelisz was fifth in his Zengő Motorsport Honda while the works drivers were both outside the top ten. Darryl O'Young did not set a time during the session due to a turbo problem on his ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Free practice
Muller led Huff in the second free practice session, Nash in third was the fastest independent driver. James Thompson didn't set any times and spent the entire session in the pit lane while Hugo Valente stopped on track with five minutes to go.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
Chilton led the first session which had seen a number of incidents. Tom Coronel locked up and avoided hitting Pepe Oriola. Oriola then had a collision with the rear of Charles Ng with both sustaining minor bodywork damage. Many of the drivers were trying to get into the slipstream of other cars and towards the end of the session, a group of cars led by Tarquini were slowed as they came round to start a flying lap with Coronel being caught out by the slow moving cars ahead and being launched over the Campos Racing SEAT of Valente. Thompson had parked his car on the exit of the first corner due to steering problems. At the end of the session, Marc Basseng went wide at the final corner and clipped the barriers on the outside before spinning to a halt in front of the pit entry.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
All twelve cars formed up for a final flying lap in Q2 with Chilton at the front. Chilton had been going around the lap slowly and with the cars behind looking for a slipstream, nobody overtook. None of the cars made it around to the start line before the checkered flag came out, some of cars dived straight into the pits while others carried on. Coronel had continued and lost the rear of his BMW on one of the fast corners and went backwards into the tyre wall. At the end of the session with an RML 1–2 with Muller ahead of Chilton. Huff was third and MacDowall in fourth was the leading independent. Nash was tenth and claimed the pole position for race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
After the session, fourteen drivers were called the stewards. All the drivers who took part in Q2 bar Nykjær plus O'Young, Valente and Mikhail Kozlovskiy were summoned. Twelve drivers were deemed to be guilty of unsporting behaviour. Tarquini lost twelve places, Oriola lost eight places and Coronel dropped fifteen places. Muller, Chilton, Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro lost twelve places, Huff received a ten place penalty, MacDowall moved down eight places while Stefano D'Aste, O'Young and Valente all lost five places on the grid. WTCC General Manager Marcello Lotti commented on the incident during the warm–up session the following morning and confirmed the penalties would be applied to race one only.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying the Honda cars were found to be running illegal rear wings, Tarquini, Monteiro and Michelisz were sent to the back of the grid for race one.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Warm-Up
Thompson was quickest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning. D'Aste ended his session in the gravel early on. Nash suffered a puncture and Kozlovskiy spun but neither sustained damage to their cars and continued in the session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race One
Nykjær led away from pole position at the rolling start with Nash challenging him for the lead. Nykjær, Nash and Bennani broke away from the rest of the field while Kozlovskiy who had started fourth was dropping back and was soon behind teammate Thompson. Fredy Barth held fifth place after a number of attempts by MacDowall to get past. Barth was passed and then regained the position twice, first on the back straight and then at the first chicane. Another attempted pass by MacDowall on the back straight allowed Muller to take the pair of them.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race One
Muller set off after the leaders and eventually caught Bennani who was demoted to fourth place. Muller's teammate Chilton was battling over the final four points positions with Huff, Thompson and Coronel and he came out ahead in seventh place. There was a coming together between the Liqui Moly Team Engstler cars in the final laps when Ng tried to go up the inside of Engstler in the final sector, they made contact which spun Engstler around who then collided with O'Young.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race One
The third sector was covered by yellow flags for the final few laps, reducing passing opportunities for the leaders who were running close together. By the final lap Muller had caught the leading pair and they were bumper to bumper but he couldn't make a move, Nykjær won ahead of Nash and Muller. Thompson finished ninth behind Chilton and Huff to secure his second points finish of the year with Coronel coming from nineteenth to tenth.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race Two
Nash was on pole position but he was overtaken my Michelisz before the first corner but retook the lead before the end of the lap. Chilton retired in the pit lane after a collision at the first chicane. MacDowall and Thompson were also caught out and ran through the escape road to return to the circuit. Nash was leading Michelisz and Monteiro but Muller who had started tenth was closing in on the Hondas.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race Two
His first attempt at passing Monteiro was unsuccessful but with the Chevrolet's superior speed on the back straight the RML driver was able to make the pass stick the following lap. Tarquini had dropped back down the field and was defending eighth place from Huff who was unable to pass the Honda driver. Monteiro in fourth was defending his position from Nykjær in the final laps while on the penultimate lap Muller passed Michelisz; he couldn't catch Nash who claimed his first overall WTCC victory and the first for bamboo–engineering.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of China was the eleventh round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was held on 3 November 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China
Race one was won by Tom Chilton of RML and race two was won by Tiago Monteiro for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Background
Yvan Muller secured the drivers' title at the previous round in Japan. James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Background
When the weights were re-calculated, the Honda Civic WTCCs gained 20 kg of ballast to equal them with the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts on 1,190 kg. The SEAT León WTCCs, BMW 320 TCs and Lada Granta WTCCs remained on 1,130 kg. The Volvo C30 received 20 kg of ballast to set it at 1,170 kg.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Background
Rickard Rydell returned to the championship with NIKA Racing, replacing Hiroki Yoshimoto who had other commitments. Fredy Barth returned to Wiechers-Sport with the displaced Yukinori Taniguchi moving to Campos Racing alongside Fernando Monje and Hugo Valente. Volvo Polestar Racing entered a Volvo C30 for 2013 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship champion Thed Björk for a one–off appearance.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Testing and free practice
Yvan Muller set the pace in Friday's test session by almost two tenths of a second ahead of Tom Coronel, with Chilton completing the top three placings.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Testing and free practice
Thed Björk set the pace in free practice one, his first two laps of the session were both quickest. Gabriele Tarquini in second and Rickard Rydell in third were the only other drivers to break through the 1 minutes 55 seconds barrier. Pepe Oriola failed to set a timed lap due to power steering issues while Mehdi Bennani had a broken driveshaft on his Proteam Racing BMW.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was ahead in free practice two with Björk a close second, Chilton was third ahead of James Thompson. Bennani suffered once again with technical problems which limited his running.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Qualifying
Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4–5–6 in qualifying, RML teammate Chilton was second with the Tuenti Racing car of Oriola third. The bamboo-engineering pair of James Nash and Alex MacDowall were next up followed by series returnee Rydell in sixth. Norbert Michelisz was the leading Honda in seventh ahead of outgoing champion Robert Huff. The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team pairing of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro were ninth and tenth ensuring they would lock out the front row for race two. Franz Engstler made it through to Q2 and finished 11th fastest. Franz Engstler was one place ahead of Björk who was ineligible to score points in the nationally homologated Volvo and was therefore required to sit out Q2.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Björk's Volvo was found to be underweight and he was given a five–place grid penalty.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Warm-Up
Björk was quickest in Sunday morning's warm–up session, pole sitter Muller was seventh.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race One
The track was damp after earlier rainfall and the decision was taken to start the race behind the safety car, some cars elected to run on wet tyres. The safety car went in and the race started on lap three, Oriola was the leading car on wet tyres and he passed Chilton and Muller to take the lead on the first lap. Hugo Valente went off into the gravel after being tagged and spun across in front of Engstler.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race One
Rydell moved up to fifth at the expense of MacDowall and was then able to pass Nash to move up to fourth. At the back of the field Mak Ka Lok spun on the back straight but continued without incident while up ahead the cars on wet tyres were not getting a consistent advantage. Huff had a moment on the entry of turn 1 but he was soon closing in on the Bamboo Engineering pair, he passed MacDowall on lap 5. MacDowall got 6th place back from Huff, Tarquini was now within range of Huff on lap 6.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race One
On lap 7 the advantage went back to the cars running on slick tyres, Muller and Chilton were closing the gap to Oriola, the three had built up a healthy gap to Rydell in fourth. Muller used the extra grip from his tyres to retake the lead before the end of lap 7, Chilton did so a few corners later at the start of lap 8. Nash briefly took fourth back from Rydell but the NIKA Racing driver soon retook the position, the two were at the head of a long train of cars.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race One
At the end of the back straight Nash, MacDowall and Tarquini passed Rydell at the hairpin while Huff and Michelisz were running close, they came together at the first corner on lap 9. By lap 10 Rydell had dropped out of the points while Oriola was in an increasingly distant third place. Thompson used the straightline advantage of his Lada to take 9th on Monteiro who was now under attack from the SEAT of Tom Boardman.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race One
Oriola's third place was also  under threat from Nash on the final lap while Boardman tapped the back of Monteiro and went through into the final points position. Muller and Chilton were close as they headed down the back straight for the last time, the two ran side by side at the final corner with Chilton claiming victory at the line by one hundredth of a second. Nash and MacDowall moved into third and fourth on the last lap, Nash taking the Yokohama Trophy victory. In the Eurosport Asia Trophy, Taniguchi claimed victory with 21st place ahead of Felipe De Souza in one of the naturally aspirated Chevrolets.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race Two
Monteiro retained his lead while there was a collision with Coronel and Rydell at turn one. Michelisz in third was defending from Huff with Nash and Muller close behind. On lap four yellow flags were out in the final sector for the car of Jerónimo Badaraco which had stopped near the finish line. Muller had been chasing down Nash for a couple of laps when he passed around the outside of the Bamboo Chevrolet at the first corner of lap 7, elevating Muller to 5th place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of China, Report, Race Two
Barth and Darryl O'Young came together at the final hairpin at the end of lap 7, the incident also delayed MacDowall who had dropped downt he field after a slow start. Nash lost another position to Coronel at the end of lap 8 while just up the road Muller was attacking Huff who was in turn trying to pass Michelisz for third place. Muller had a close battle with Huff on the final lap but Huff held on to take fourth while Monteiro led a Honda 1–2–3 across the line. Nash took his second independents' victory of the day and Taniguchi claimed his second Asia Trophy victory of the day.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the fourth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 5 May 2013 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
Race one was won by Yvan Muller of RML from pole position. Race two was won by Robert Huff for ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, the first win in the World Touring Car Championship for the team and Huff's first victory as the reigning champion.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
After three rounds, Muller was leading the world drivers' championship and James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
The compensation weights were revised for the Hungarian rounds with the SEAT León WTCCs gaining 10 kg (22 lb) of ballast and the Honda Civic WTCCs gaining 30 kg (66 lb) of ballast.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Background
Campos Racing expanded to two cars with Hugo Valente returning to the championship to drive alongside Fernando Monje.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Free practice
Gabriele Tarquini was the quickest driver in the first free practice session on Saturday morning with Tiago Monteiro in second making it a Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 1–2. Muller was third ahead of the third Honda of Norbert Michelisz. Valente was the quickest SEAT driver in fifth and Slovakia race two winner Tom Coronel was seventh. Charles Ng was black flagged for exceeding the track limits repeatedly.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Free practice
Chevrolets filled the top three positions at the end of the free practice two with Muller leading teammate Tom Chilton and bamboo-engineering's James Nash. Huff was the top SEAT driver in fourth ahead of Michelisz and Coronel. Tarquini and Monteiro and seventh and eighth both set fastest lap times of 1:55.547. James Thompson was ninth in the best placed Lukoil Lada Sport car. A number of drivers were warned for exceeding the track limits but Stefano D'Aste was black flagged for doing so repeatedly.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini was quickest in the first part of qualifying. Fredy Barth set his best lap late in the session which knocked Pepe Oriola out of the top twelve. Nash and Mehdi Bennani were the final two drivers who would go through to Q2 and both were in the pits but Oriola was unable to beat their times for earlier on. Thompson had earlier in the session been running in the top ten but ended the session sixteenth having been called in for weighing near the end of the session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Michelisz held the fastest time briefly until Muller demoted him moments later, a time the rest of the Q2 participants couldn't beat it. The RML driver took pole position ahead of local driver Michelisz and the two works Honda drivers. Tarquini aborted his first lap and at the end of the session and returned to the track near the end of the session to set a time to put him third on the grid ahead of Monteiro. Nash was the quickest independent driver in seventh while his teammate Alex MacDowall in tenth would take the pole position when the grid was reversed for race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Qualifying
Tom Boardman had all his times removed when his car failed the ride height check after Q1, he would start at the back of the grid for both races.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Warm-Up
Michelisz was fastest in warm–up ahead of Huff and Muller. Franz Engstler was black flagged for repeatedly exceeding the track limits.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
Muller retained his lead at the rolling start with Michelisz and Tarquini remaining second and third respectively. Further down the field at turn two a number of drivers were caught out by a pileup. Darryl O'Young ran into the back of Monje who then collided with Barth while O'Young hit Thompson who retired on the spot with a broken right rear suspension. Oriola also retired at the second corner while Barth returned to the pits for repairs.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
A number of other drivers were also delayed by the incident including Monteiro who suffered a puncture on the pit straight at the start of lap two and collided with the tyre wall on the outside of the first corner when he was unable to stop. Muller and Michelisz distanced themselves from the rest of the field where Tarquini was running third ahead of Huff. Chilton had been running behind them early on before Bennani ran wide at the penultimate corner allowing Coronel through.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race One
Coronel battled with Chilton for a number of laps until the RML driver made a mistake that let both Coronel and Bennani through. Coronel quickly caught up to fourth placed Huff but was unable to take the place, the pair had made light contact on several occasions before Coronel made a mistake and Bennani re–passed the ROAL Motorsport driver. Michelisz had been closing in on Muller in the final laps but couldn't pass and Muller took the win. The battle between Huff and Coronel had allowed Tarquini to break away into a safe third place and Bennani finished fifth to take the independents' victory.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Before the start of the race the Honda Civic of Monteiro was being repaired following the crash in race one but problems with starting the car meant he was not able to get going before the end of the repair time, he therefore started the race from the end of the pit lane. MacDowall was on pole position for the standing start but he was passed straight away by Bennani who took the lead while Huff put himself up into second place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
On the exit of the second corner, Tarquini was turned around across the front of Muller's car and was launched into the barriers before coming back across the track in front of Michelisz and then collecting Engstler. The safety car came out while the cars were cleared from the track and Tarquini received medical assistance. The race distance was extended by two laps and Bennani led away at the restart on lap five but Huff took the lead around the outside at the first corner. Having been given a drive–through penalty, Barth then stopped in the pit entry three laps from the end. Huff won the race with Bennani close behind while the Bamboo cars of MacDowall and Nash finished third and fourth ahead of Muller.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary, Report, Race Two
Tarquini and Engstler were taken to Budapest's military hospital following their collision, Engstler was discharged later in the day while Tarquini was kept in overnight while still suffering neck pains.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy (formally the 2013 FIA WTCC Bet–At–Home Race of Italy) was the opening round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the ninth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held on 24 March 2013 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
Both races were won by Yvan Muller of RML. Tom Chilton and Alex MacDowall both finished on the podium for the first time in their World Touring Car Championship careers in race one, the NIKA Racing team finished on the podium for the first time in race two with their driver Michel Nykjær.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Background
All the cars started on an equal base weight of 1,150 kg, with the exception of the championship winning Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts which ran with the additional maximum compensation ballast of 40 kg.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Free Practice
RML Chevrolet driver Muller set the pace in the first free practice session. Tiago Monteiro second was the fastest Honda, Pepe Oriola in third was the fastest SEAT driver, James Thompson in seventh was the fastest Lada and Tom Coronel was the best placed BMW driver in ninth. Liqui Moly Team Engstler driver Charles Ng spun off at and hit the barriers at the Della Roggia chicane, damaging the front of his BMW 320 TC but he was able to return to the pits.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Free Practice
Chevrolets filled the top five places at the end of the final practice session. Muller led bamboo-engineering's MacDowall in second and James Nash fourth. Chilton was third and the NIKA Racing car of Nykjær was fifth.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Qualifying
Muller took pole position for race one, leading an RML 1–2. The first part of qualifying saw multiple incidents with reigning champion Robert Huff colliding Fredy Barth less than three minutes into the session. The incident broke Huff's suspension and the session was stopped while the SEAT was removed from the circuit. When the session resumed, the two Ladas collided with Aleksei Dudukalo missed the braking point for the first chicane and went straight into the side of Thompson's car. Thompson was already through to Q2 and he returned to the pits for repairs. Honda driver Gabriele Tarquini tapped René Münnich into a spin just before the end of the session and the getting a black and white flag. His team–mate Monteiro failed to get through to the second session while the Zengő Motorsport car of Norbert Michelisz 21st having suffered from brake problems.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Qualifying
After repairs, Thompson was able to get out in the second session to finish ninth and a front row start on the reversed grid for race two behind the ROAL Motorsport car of Darryl O'Young. At the end of the ten-minute shoot–out Muller led an RML 1–2 with Chilton second and MacDowall third the leading independent driver in the Bamboo Chevrolet. Oriola was the best placed SEAT in fourth with Tarquini fifth after another eventful session. The best placed ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport driver Marc Basseng was eighth on his debut in the World Touring Car Championship. Nykjær had stopped on the circuit near the end of the session with a puncture.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Qualifying
After the session two drivers were given grid penalties for the first race, Tarquini was issued with a five–place grid penalty for spinning Münnich while Dudukalo was given a five–place grid drop for his collision with Thompson.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Warm-Up
Stefano D'Aste topped the wet warm–up session on Sunday morning with pole sitter Muller fourth. Jean-Philippe Dayraut did not take part in the session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Warm-Up
Lukoil Lada Sport withdrew both of their cars prior to the races as neither could be repaired in time after their qualifying crash.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race One
The race was started behind the safety car with Muller on pole position. The race got off to a slow start with very few places changing hands. Nykjær returned to the pits on lap three with a driveshaft failure but he returned to the track after repairs. D'Aste spun on exit of Ascari on lap four and hit the barriers, skating over the track and then hitting the barriers on the other side before coming to a halt.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race One
Further up the field Basseng and Tarquini engaged in battle for 6th place before the safety car came out at the end of the lap 5 while the stricken BMW of D'Aste was removed. The race resumed on lap seven and Tarquini got past Nash to take fifth while Monteiro was also moving up the order. By lap eight Huff had made his way up the field to tenth place, displacing Tom Boardman from the final points position. Oriola ran wide at the second Lesmo with Tarquini moving up to fourth, Basseng then went through the gravel moments later.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race One
Boardman and Huff came across the line side–by–side at the start of lap nine but Huff failed to stop for the first corner and used the cut through for the second time during the race. Basseng was then issued with a drive–through penalty for not having all his wheels down on the grid at the three-minute warning. Barth touched O'Young on lap nine and the ROAL Motorsport car went off the track and through the gravel but returned to the track. Huff moved further up the order on lap ten, taking sixth place from Nash.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race One
Nash and Boardman then came together on lap eleven, breaking the steering arm on the SEAT and forcing Boardman to stop on the track. The race was completed with yellow flags in the second sector, Muller took the first win of the season with Chilton second to take his first podium result in the WTCC. MacDowall also finished on the outright podium for the first time and took the independents' victory. The factory Hondas of Tarquini and Monteiro finished fourth and fifth.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race Two
Huff and Boardman started from the pit lane after their cars were repaired. Tarquini jumped up to second at the start behind pole sitter O'Young, he then took the lead at Curva Grande while Basseng was in third. Basseng then passed O'Young to go up to second. Nykjær and Muller then passed O'Young before the end of the first lap. Münnich went into the pits at the end of the first lap.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race Two
Dayraut, Mehdi Bennani, Fernando Monje and MacDowall all took the escape round at the first chicane on lap three due to the slippery conditions at the end of the pit straight. On the same lap Muller moved up to third attempted a move on Basseng at the Parabolica. Basseng ran deep at the first chicane the following lap and this allowed Muller to take second place, the RML driver then taking the lead from Tarquini the same lap. Bennani was issued with a drive–through penalty on lap five for exceeding track limits.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Italy, Report, Race Two
Further back Nash was defending his fifth place from Oriola and Chilton behind and soon after Oriola missed the chicane and allowed Chilton to move up to sixth behind Nash. Nearer the front, Basseng missed the first chicane and dropped down to fourth behind Nykjær. The NIKA Racing driver was now closely following Tarquini on lap seven and succeeded in moving up to second by the end of the lap. Tarquini then retook the place on lap eight before Nykjær moved back in front once again. Basseng was closing in on third placed Tarquini in the final laps and the two were running nose–to–tail. Tarquini narrowly ended up third at the finish line where Muller had finished first ahead of Nykjær who was the independent victor.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2013 FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the tenth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held on 22 September 2013 at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City, Japan.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race one was won by Norbert Michelisz of Zengő Motorsport and race two was won by Tom Coronel of ROAL Motorsport.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Yvan Muller secured his fourth World Touring Car Championship Drivers' Championship title by finishing third in race one, he became the first driver to win the title without the support of a manufacturer.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
Race two was the 200th World Touring Car Championship race to be run since the series began in 2005.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
Muller was leading the drivers' championship, he had his second opportunity to secure a fourth world title during the weekend. Michel Nykjær and James Nash were jointly leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
Before the start of the season the new Eurosport Asia Trophy was launched for drivers entered on a race–by–race basis for the three Asian rounds at the end of the season, starting in Japan. Points would be awarded to the top eight finishers in class with additional points for any World Championship points scored.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
The Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts continue to be the benchmark cars, retaining their 40 kg maximum ballast to set them at 1,190 kg. The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg after their strong showing in the United States to take them up to 1,170 kg. The Honda of Takuya Izawa was set at the base weight of 1,150 kg on its first appearance of the season, this was the test car previous used by Tiago Monteiro in 2012 which was homologated under 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship regulations. Both the SEAT León WTCCs and BMW 320 TCs dropped to the minimum weight of 1,130 kg, the same as the Lada Granta WTCCs. The Chevrolet Cruze LTs and the BMW 320sis making their first appearances of the season started on the base weight of 1,150 kg.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team added a third car for local driver Takuya Izawa. Franz Engstler was unable to take part in the event due to illness, his replacement was local racer Masaki Kano. This ended Engstler's run of 138 consecutive race entries. Liqui Moly Team Engstler entered a naturally aspirated BMW 320si for Macanese driver Henry Ho. In the week leading up to the race, Yokohama Trophy joint leader Michel Nykjær lost his drive at NIKA Racing due to financial issues, his replacement was Hiroki Yoshimoto.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Background
Campos Racing reduced their entry to a single car for Fernando Monje with Hugo Valente not participating. China Dragon Racing joined the grid with a pair of Chevrolet Cruze LTs for Felipe De Souza and Kin Veng Ng, the Son Veng Racing Team ran another naturally aspirated Cruze for series debutant Jerónimo Badaraco. Wiechers-Sport ran Yukinori Taniguchi as the replacement for Fredy Barth who was unable to participate due to other commitments. RPM Racing entered a BMW 320si for Mak Ka Lok.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller led Pepe Oriola at the end of the first test session on Friday which saw a number of red flags. Souza spun his China Dragon Racing Chevrolet at turn eight, Mikhail Kozlovskiy was the next to get stuck in the gravel while Norbert Michelisz put his Zengő Motorsport Honda also ended his session in the gravel traps.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
Monteiro headed a Honda 1–2 in free practice one with Izawa second fastest, championship leader Muller was third. Marc Basseng was black flagged having been towed out of the gravel trap at Turn 8.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was on top in free practice two, Alex MacDowall was second having led the session earlier on. Tom Chilton had a near–miss with his RML team–mate and had to go off the track onto the grass to avoid collecting Muller.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
The four Honda cars led by Gabriele Tarquini were the first out on track at the start of Q1. Chilton was fastest earlier on in the session with MacDowall third. Monteiro went to the top of the times 8 minutes in before he was deposed by the fellow Honda of Michelisz. Muller moved to the top of the times with 3 minutes remaining, James Thompson moved into the top 12 at the expense of Charles Ng. Izawa was outside the top 12 and made a last attempt to get through to the second part of qualifying but a trip out onto the grass meant he failed to improve his time, ensuring Robert Huff in 12th was safely through to the next session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
Early on in Q2, Michelisz led the RML drivers in the times while Thompson opted not to go out straight away. At the halfway point of the session all the drivers were it the pit lane, Oriola and MacDowall went out before Thompson went out for the first time with just under four minutes left of the session. Oriola looked to be setting a quick lap but failed to improve in the last sector, MacDowall went up to second with Thompson on his first timed lap did not improve from 12th.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Qualifying
Muller had a slide at turn one while Tarquini went off a Turn 3 and narrowly avoided the tyre wall. At the end of the session Michelisz stayed on top to secure his first pole position of the season, MacDowall in second was the best placed independent driver while Mehdi Bennani finished tenth to take pole for race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Warm-Up
Michelisz was fastest in the warm–up session on Sunday morning with Monteiro second.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race One
Michelisz got away from pole position well to keep MacDowall behind him while Monteiro leapt up to third. At the end of the first lap Monteiro attempted to pass MacDowall but ran wide and dropped back behind the RML cars. On lap 4 Pepe Oriola tapped the back of Tarquini, as the Honda driver tried to regain control Nash went up the inside and moved up ahead of Oriola. Lap 8 saw Yoshimoto run wide at Turn 1.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race One
At half distance, Michelisz had built up a healthy lead over MacDowall who had the close company of Muller and Chilton; there was a gap to the rest of the field behind them led by Tarquini. Monteiro was right behind Oriola on lap 19 and trying to take seventh place, he tapped the back of Oriola who recovered but then Monteiro tried to go up the inside of Oriola at Turn 7, crashing into the tyre stack on the apex. At the same time Tarquini went off the track with a left–front puncture which released Nash into fifth place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race One
Monteiro went into the pits for repairs as Oriola was issued with a drive–through penalty for squeezing Monteiro off the track. Oriola failed to serve his penalty; he returned to the pits where he retired his car. Michelisz claimed the victory while MacDowall held on to second after defending from Muller and Chilton on the last lap. Muller secured his fourth World Drivers' Championship title with third place.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
Bennani lined up on pole position for the 200th race in the history of the WTCC. Bennani held the lead while contact further back between Michelisz and Muller flung Muller off into the wall and out of the race, Michelisz suffered a broken front left suspension. The incident left polystyrene on the pit straight. With the yellow flags out in the first sector, overtaking opportunities were limited as the leading pair of Bennani and Coronel pulled away from the Hondas of Tarquini and Monteiro.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
Tom Boardman tried an overtake up the inside of Kozlovskiy at Turn 1, Kozlovskiy was tapped and ran wide and Boardman went through. Coronel also tried a move on Bennani at the first corner shortly after and then again on lap 10 with no success. Mak went off into the gravel in the second sector while Monteiro got past his team–mate. On lap 13 Kozlovskiy and Oriola were issued with drive–through penalties for jump starts.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
Charles Ng was defending from Robert Huff who made a move on the pit straight and went onto the grass to complete the move into the first corner. On lap 17 Coronel went into the lead, passing Bennani at the first corner when the Proteam Racing driver ran out wider than usual. Two laps from the end, MacDowall went off at Turn 1 and dropped from 9th to 13th when he returned to the track. Coronel claimed his third victory in Japan, Bennani was second and the independent winner.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Japan, Report, Race Two
After the race, Basseng was given a 30–second penalty for a move on Thompson, which dropped him out of the points to 12th.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the second round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held on 7 April 2013 at the Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
Both races were won by first time victors in the World Touring Car Championship, race one was won by Michel Nykjær of NIKA Racing and race two was won by Pepe Oriola of Tuenti Racing Team who also became the youngest winner of a WTCC race.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
After the first round at Monza, RML driver Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship. James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Background
After the qualifying incident at Monza, Lukoil Lada Sport replaced Aleksei Dudukalo with series rookie Mikhail Kozlovskiy. Jean-Philippe Dayraut and the ANOME team were not on the entry list for Marrakech.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
A test session had been scheduled for Friday afternoon but was cancelled along with activities for the support races when heavy rain flooded the circuit, the lost half–hour session would not be replaced.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller led the dry first free practice session on Saturday morning with teammate Tom Chilton third, the pair separated by the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini who had set the pace earlier on. Norbert Michelisz was fourth in the independent Honda ahead of James Thompson in the leading Lada. Tom Coronel was sixth as the fastest BMW while Fernando Monje in tenth was the quickest SEAT. There were no improved times in the final minutes of the session due to yellow flags at the final hairpin brought out by Tom Boardman who had stopped on the circuit.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller led an RML 1–2 in the second practice session with Alex MacDowall making it three Chevrolets at the top of the times. There was a small fire on Michelisz's car in the pit lane while SEAT drivers Boardman and Robert Huff completed a limited number of laps due to car problems.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Qualifying was delayed by an hour as a result of the cancellation of all Friday running for the support races.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini took the first pole position for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team ahead of the bamboo-engineering Chevrolet of Nash. The first part of qualifying was led by Tarquini, whose teammate Tiago Monteiro brought out the red flags halfway through the session when he hit one of the walls at the second chicane. The ROAL Motorsport drivers collided towards the end of the session, Darryl O'Young had given Tom Coronel a tow to get the Dutch driver through to Q2, Coronel then got his braking wrong at turn ten and ran into the back of O'Young. Thompson collided with one of the walls on the street circuit and damaged his front left corner, although he was through to the second session he would not be able to set a time due to the damage sustained.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini spent most of Q2 at the top of timing pages, Chilton looked set to take pole position when he came across the slow moving Campos Racing car of Fernando Monje who had just left the pits. Chilton and the train of cars behind him were forced to abandon their flying laps. The grid order was therefore decided by times set earlier in the session, Tarquini was ahead of five Chevrolets with Nash second, Muller and Michel Nykjær on row two with Chilton and MacDowall on row three. The ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport cars of Huff and Marc Basseng were on row four, Pepe Oriola was ninth and Monje in tenth would start on pole position for race two. Coronel and Thompson didn't set times in Q2.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Warm-Up
Chilton led the warm–up session on Sunday morning. The red flags came out twice, firstly when Nykjær clipped the kerbs at the second chicane and stopped in the middle of the track. The second stoppage brought warm–up to an early end when Boardman appeared to suffer a brake failure, clipping the front of MacDowall's Chevrolet and colliding head–on with the barriers at the final chicane.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Warm-Up
Boardman was later ruled out of the races as a result of the damage sustained in the warm–up crash.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Tarquini led away from pole position while Nykjær moved into second place ahead of Nash. Huff had moved up to fifth place behind Muller and eventually managed to pass the RML driver, the pair then spent the next couple of places fighting over the position. Muller eventually got ahead at the final hairpin and Huff lost more places. Chilton pulled into the pit lane on lap six due to overheating resulting for damage.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race One
Nykjær and Nash were disputing second place behind Tarquini, Nykjær was then able to pass Tarquini moments before the yellow flags came out after Monteiro crashed into one of the barriers and the safety car was deployed. Nash ignored the yellow flags and passed Tarquini for second place, he then tried to hand the position back on the main straight behind the safety car but it wasn't until the following lap when the pair swapped positions. The race resumed with two laps to go, the main battle was for the final podium spot with Muller chasing Nash. Muller made a number of attempts to take the place but Nash successfully defended the place to take his first podium finish. Up ahead Nykjær claimed his first overall victory in the WTCC ahead of Tarquini.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
Monje was on pole but was passed on the opening lap by Oriola. Monje was involved a collision with the Lada of Thompson although both cars were removed under yellow flags. Towards the end of the first lap, Huff made contact with Monje and broke his right front suspension. Monje was then out on lap two when he collided with the Lada of Thompson. The safety car came out on lap nine when Tarquini lost control of his car over the kerbs at one of the chicanes and collided with MacDowall, putting both out of the race. The race resumed on the final lap with Oriola holding off Muller and Chilton to claim his first WTCC victory and become the youngest winner and the championship's history, Nash in fourth was the independents' winner.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco, Report, Race Two
After the race, Monje was given a five–place grid penalty at the next race in Slovakia for his collision with Thompson.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal was the seventh round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season, the seventh running of the FIA WTCC Race of Portugal and the final European round of the season. It was held on 30 June 2013 at the Circuito da Boavista street circuit in Porto, Portugal.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal
Race one was won from pole position by Yvan Muller for RML. The second race was won by James Nash driving for bamboo-engineering.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Background
At the halfway point of the season, Yvan Muller was leading the drivers' championship and Michel Nykjær was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Background
The Honda Civic WTCCs dropped 30 kg when the compensation weights were revised after the previous round. The BMW 320 TCs received an extra 20 kg of ballast, making them the second heaviest cars on the grid behind the Chevrolets.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Background
Pepe Oriola switched from his SEAT León WTCC to a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T leased from RML and run by Tuenti Racing Team. Hugo Valente was originally scheduled to miss the Portuguese round but rejoined Campos Racing when a third car was made spare by Oriola's switch to Chevrolet. Tom Boardman also rejoined the field having missed the Austrian and Russian rounds.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Free practice
ROAL Motorsport's Tom Coronel was fastest in free practice one, leading the Chevrolet pair of Muller and Oriola. The Honda trio led by Gabriele Tarquini were fourth, fifth and sixth while Robert Huff was the leading SEAT driver in seventh. Mikhail Kozlovskiy and Tom Chilton had brushes with the walls during the session while Hugo Valente crashed head–on into the barriers at turn four after missing his braking point.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Free practice
Muller was the quickest driver in free practice two, over five–tenths quicker than Tarquini in the Honda. The session interrupted early on when Tiago Monteiro suffered an engine problem on his Honda Civic and came to a stop at turn thirteen. Several drivers held the fastest time before Muller put in his best time a few minutes from the end of the session. Kozlovskiy spent much of the session in the pits when he damaged his rear–left wheel while Nikolay Karamyshev crashed at turn twenty at the end of the session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Qualifying
With the Circuito da Boavista being a street circuit, Q1 was extended from 20 minutes to 30 minutes and Q2 was extended from 10 minutes to 15 minutes. Alex MacDowall lost control of his Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet during Q1 and spun into one of barriers, he damaged both ends of his car but was able to drive back to the pits. Monteiro was still suffering from turbo problems which had brought his running in free practice two to an early end, he got out in Q1 but ended the session 17th.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Qualifying
Fernando Monje had a small collision with a tyre wall which cause some minor damage to the side of his Campos Racing SEAT, Mehdi Bennani had a slow-speed head-on collision in the same place at the end of the session. Kozlovskiy didn't set a time with his car being stuck in the garage for the duration of qualifying due to a damaged subframe.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Qualifying
Q2 was interrupted by a red flag early on when Oriola crashed at turn three. James Thompson had got through to Q2 and on his only run during the session put himself fifth on the grid. Norbert Michelisz was the last driver to set a quick lap but cut a chicane meaning the lap wouldn't count, he ended up fourth on the grid as the quickest Honda. At the end of the session, Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 with Chilton second and Nykjær third. Coronel was tenth in Q2 which would secure him pole position for race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Qualifying
The results of qualifying were later amended after a transponder error recorded the wrong times for Tarquini and Oriola in Q2. Tarquini moved up one place to 5th while Oriola moved up from 12th to 6th. Thompson dropped two places to seventh while Huff, Marc Basseng, James Nash and Coronel each dropped one place. This put Nash on pole position for race two. An engine change for Monje sent the Campos Racing driver to the back of the grid for race one.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Warm-Up
Following the alterations to the qualifying results on Saturday evening, Coronel elected to miss Sunday morning's warm–up session in protest. The ROAL Motorsport team were informed of the change outside of the one-hour window in which they would have been allowed to protest the result.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Warm-Up
Zengő Motorsport driver Michelisz led a Honda 1–2 in the fifteen-minute session, factory driver Monteiro was second. Fredy Barth was seventh, he had to pull over early on when the bonnet of his BMW blew open when he left the pit lane.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race One
Muller led away from pole position ahead of teammate Chilton, Tarquini and Oriola were soon past Michelisz while Huff got ahead of Thompson. Further around the lap, Boardman tried to pass Bennani at the turn 6 chicane but lost control under braking, cutting across the chicane and collecting Bennani who later retired. Huff was now after Michelisz's sixth place although, on lap two Michelisz ran wide and crashed into the barriers with Huff close behind avoiding the accident.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race One
Michelisz attempted to return to the pits to get the car repaired but he struggled with broken suspension on the right side of his car and pulled off further around the lap. Tarquini who had been running fourth dropped out of the race late on with turbo problems, after trying to return to the pits he stopped at turn 13.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race One
A recovery truck was out on circuit to recover the stranded car of Tarquini, Barth spun when trying to avoid it while Franz Engstler didn't see the vehicle around the corner at turn 12 and ran into the back of it. The safety car was deployed on lap  The race resumed on the last lap, Monteiro passed Nash to take the final points position while Boardman and O'Young collided with Boardman going into the barriers. Up ahead of them, Basseng lost out to Coronel and D'Aste. At the end of the race Muller led a Chevrolet 1–2–3–4 ahead of Chilton, Nykjær and Oriola; Nykjær in third took the independents' victory.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race One
After the race, Valente was given a 30–second time penalty and 10–place grid penalty for the first race in Argentina for ignoring yellow flags and causing a collision. Kozlovskiy and René Münnich were penalised for breaking the speed limit at the rolling start and given a 30–second penalty and a suspended 10–place grid penalty respectively. Boardman was issued with a 30–second penalty and a suspended 10–place grid penalty for his first lap collision with Bennani.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race Two
Nash was under attack from Huff and Basseng from the start but maintained the lead while Chilton jumped ahead of Oriola. Oriola re–passed Chilton at the hairpin allowing Muller, Coronel and Bennani also to get through. Nash and Huff broke away from a train of cars led by Basseng, on lap three Nykjær passed Thompson to take fourth place at the final chicane.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race Two
On lap four Oriola was attempting a pass on Thompson but made a mistake and cut the second chicane, he was required to give the place back on the exit of turn 7, Muller tried to follow Thompson but Oriola shut the door on the RML driver when the pair arrived side–by–side at turn 9. At the end of lap 4 Nykjær took third place from Basseng while lap 5 saw Monje retire with broken suspension along the Avenida Da Boavista.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race Two
By lap 6 Nykjær was trailing Huff who was staying ahead despite cutting chicanes on a number of occasions, something for which he was later investigated for. On lap eight Oriola passed Thompson just before the final chicane to take fifth place, Thompson then cut the chicane when he was tapped from behind by Muller. Oriola then moved up to fourth on lap 10 when Basseng ran wide across the grass at turn two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal, Report, Race Two
Also on that lap, Barth collided head on with one of the barriers at turn eight; his car was left there covered by yellow flags for the remainder of the race. At the end of the race one lap later, Nash took the overall and independents' wins with Huff second and Nykjær third.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia (formally the 2013 FIA WTCC Lukoil Race of Russia) was the sixth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the maiden running of the FIA WTCC Race of Russia. It was held on 9 June 2013 at the Moscow Raceway in Volokolamsk, Russia, 97 kilometres (60 miles) from Moscow.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia
Race one was won by Yvan Muller of RML who started from pole position. Race two was won by Michel Nykjær for NIKA Racing.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
After the last round in Austria, Yvan Muller was leading the world drivers' championship and James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
The SEAT cars were allowed a 10 kg weight reduction under the compensation weights system after the Austrian round, taking their weight down to 1,160 kg. The Chevrolet and Honda cars remained at their maximum weights of 1,190 kg while the BMW 320 TCs maintained their base weight of 1,150 kg. The Lada cars continued to be the lightest cars on the grid at 1,130 kg for their home race.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Background
European Touring Car Cup regular Nikolay Karamyshev joined Campos Racing for his home race, replacing Hugo Valente on a two race deal for Russia and the following round in Portugal.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was the quickest driver in Friday's test session which took place on a drying track. Gabriele Tarquini was third having topped the times in the first half of the session, Tom Coronel was second fastest.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Testing and free practice
Coronel was fastest in the first free practice session on Saturday morning ahead of Robert Huff and Muller. Karamyshev was tenth quickest. Muller then led an RML 1–2 in the second practice session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
Coronel had been fastest in the first part of qualifying which remained dry despite a threat of rain. A number of drivers were close to dropping out of qualifying in the first session with Huff and Norbert Michelisz getting through after late improvements. The first driver to drop out in Q1 was Fredy Barth who was just over one–hundredth of a second off Michelisz's time. Tiago Monteiro was 22nd after a water pump problem on his Honda Civic.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
The weather changed in Q2 with rain starting to fall meaning there were very few flying laps. Muller set the benchmark time of 1:45.335 with the fastest times being slower in the session as the rain got heavier. Coronel was second ahead of Huff, Michelisz and Tarquini. James Thompson was sixth at Lada's home race. Mehdi Bennani was tenth to secure pole position on the reversed grid for race two, he would then start alongside Liqui Moly Team Engstler's Charles Ng. Yokohama Trophy points leader missed out on the reversed grid in eleventh ahead of his former teammate Tom Chilton in twelfth.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, both of the Campos Racing cars had their lap times removed. Karamyshev failed to stop and get his car weighed after the session while his teammate Fernando Monje's car failed the scrutineering check. Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team driver Monteiro received a grid penalty for race one when the team decided to change the engine as a precaution after experiencing overheating issues.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Warm-Up
Thompson led the warm–up session on Sunday morning. Ng ended his session stuck in one of the gravel traps while Tarquini had a minor collision with a tyre wall which ended his running.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
Muller led away from pole, there was some light contact with Coronel at the first corner while Barth and Ng behind collided, putting both out of the race on the spot. Karamyshev was clipped by Ng's car as he tried to avoid the incident and returned to the pits for repairs. Darryl O'Young was also caught out by the collision and returned to the pits for repairs to his suspension. The safety car came out as the debris was cleared up, the race was then red flagged on lap four.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
The rescue vehicle that was recovering the stricken BMW of Ng broke down and the marshals were required to remove the car manually. When the recovery vehicle had been removed, the race was restarted with the recovery vehicle still in place when it could not be removed, the race continued with a permanent yellow flag at the first corner. Further back there was a close battle between Monteiro, Marc Basseng, Alex MacDowall and Mikhail Kozlovskiy. Up at the front, Coronel had closed in on Muller while Huff was still trying to take the final podium place off Michelisz.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
Throughout the field there was generally very little overtaking with the best overtaking spot at turn one unavailable. Coronel was close but was unable to pass Muller who won, Michelisz was third after holding off Huff's advances. Thompson in fifth secured Lada's best ever result in the World Touring Car Championship.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race One
After the race, Oriola, Basseng and Karamyshev were issued with 30–second penalties when the three drivers were deemed to have made false starts. With Oriola losing his eighth place, Stefano D'Aste was promoted into the final points paying position.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Before the race, Ng was dropped to the back of the grid when Engstler Motorsport broke parc ferme regulations to repair his car. This promoted Nykjær to the front row alongside Bennani. Bennani had a fast start from pole position and quickly distanced himself from the rest of the field. Oriola passed Tarquini on the opening lap, the Honda then went to retake the position but tapped Oriola and spun him. On the second lap Nykjær began to close in on Bennani, setting the fastest lap of the race.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
On lap three Tarquini and Coronel were disputing third place, the two made contact while allowed Thompson to make it a three-way battle. Going up the pit straight at the start of lap four, Huff made it a four-way battle and the quartet ran side by side until Coronel spun around the front of Tarquini's car and collided with Thompson at the first corner.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Russia, Report, Race Two
Nykjær had caught up with Benanni at the end of lap four and looked likely to take the lead, Bennani stayed up the inside of the Chevrolet at the final corner, Nykjær ran out wide and Bennani retained the lead. Nykjær took the lead on lap seven. At the end of lap nine Huff attempted a pass on Bennani at the final corner, the move did not stick and it allowed Bennani and Muller who had been close behind to get in front of the SEAT. At the end of lap eleven Huff made another attempt to pass Bennani and pulled it off when Bennani spun on the exit of the corner, dropping the Proteam Racing driver to fourteenth. Nykjær held on to win ahead of Muller and Huff.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia was the third round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia. It was held on 28 April 2013 at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring in Orechová Potôň, Slovakia.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia
The first race was won by Gabriele Tarquini who took the first win for the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team and the Honda Civic WTCC. Tom Coronel won race two for ROAL Motorsport.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
Yvan Muller was leading the world drivers' championship while James Nash was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
The compensation weight system came into force after the first two rounds, the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts continued with the 40 kg maximum ballast to maintain their weight of 1,190 kg. The BMW 320 TCs and Lada Grantas lost 20 kg to drop to 1,130 kg while the Honda Civic WTCCs and SEAT León WTCCs remained at their base weights of 1,150 kg. The BMWs were allowed to run with three carbon fibre doors to reduce their weight with the original drivers' door remaining the same.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Background
Fernando Monje came into the round with a five–place grid penalty for the first race after his collision with James Thompson at the Race of Morocco.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Free practice
Tarquini led a Honda 1–2 in the first free practice session with Tiago Monteiro second. Coronel was the fastest BMW driver in third ahead of the RML pair of Muller and Tom Chilton. Fredy Barth ended his session early when he got his Wiechers-Sport BMW stuck in the gravel at turn three while an exhaust fire hindered Zengő Motorsport's Norbert Michelisz.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Free practice
Tarquini was quickest once again the second practice session, leading Muller and Chilton. Robert Huff was the quickest SEAT driver in fourth and Michelisz was seventh after his problems in the morning session.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
Having led both practice sessions, Tarquini took his second consecutive pole position of the season, leading a Honda 1–2–3 with Monteiro and Michelisz behind. Tom Boardman stopped just after leaving the pit lane for the first time when his engine misfired, he had already had a new engine fitted after his crash in Marrakech and then required another new engine after free practice two. Five minutes into the first part of qualifying, Darryl O'Young ran wide, crashed his ROAL Motorsport BMW into the barriers at turn nine and brought out the red flags.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
The session resumed half an hour later once the barriers had been repaired and after Huff topped the times before the stoppage, Tarquini went to the top of the times by the end of Q1. Thompson, Fernando Monje and Marc Basseng failed to get through to the second session for the first time in 2013.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
Tarquini was quickest in Q2 with team–mate Monteiro ensuring a Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team front row lockout. Michelisz in third shared the second row with championship leader Muller. Coronel ended up tenth to secure the race two pole position on the reversed grid.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Qualifying
Huff failed the ride height check after qualifying and received a ten–place grid penalty for race one as a result.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Warm-Up
Michelisz was fastest in Sunday morning's warm–up session, the yellow flags were out briefly when Chilton crashed his RML Chevrolet at turn two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race One
Tarquini started on pole position and built up an early lead with Monteiro and Michelisz behind being pursued by Muller. Chilton made contact with Fredy Barth and then went off at turn six on the second lap and got stuck in the gravel trap. Nash held off Coronel for the first eight laps until the bamboo-engineering ran wide at turn eight and allowed Coronel through. Towards the end of the race Michelisz attempted to take second place off Monteiro but did not succeed and the two factory Hondas finished first and second. Four cars were fighting for the final points position with Mehdi Bennani securing tenth spot and Barth beating Stefano D'Aste to eleventh by five thousandths of a second at the line.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race Two
Coronel started at the front of the grid and got away from the rest of the field at the start, Pepe Oriola retained his second place and Huff was third. Michel Nykjær didn't get away at the start but the rest of the field avoided him, Nash went out of the race on the opening lap when he ran into one of the gravel traps. On lap two Muller tapped Monteiro out of fourth place and went through.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of Slovakia, Report, Race Two
At half distance Huff was able to pass Oriola and Muller also went through into the podium position with Tarquini going down the other side of the SEAT. Muller, Oriola and Tarquini ran three abreast into the next corner where Oriola and Tarquini touched with Oriola dropping down to sixth. Huff and Muller resumed their battle for position until Huff ran wide at turn one allowing both Muller and Tarquini through, Huff was now fourth ahead of Monteiro. Oriola was sixth and battling with Chilton, Michelisz was also involved until he dropped to the back of the field in the final laps. Coronel claimed the win, his first since the 2011 Race of Japan, Muller was second with race one winner Tarquini third.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States
The 2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States was the ninth round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of the United States. It was held on 8 September 2013 at the Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, California, United States.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States
Race one was won by Tom Chilton of RML, his first victory in the World Touring Car Championship. Race two was won by Gabriele Tarquini of the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team. Honda secured the 2013 Manufacturers' Championship in race two.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Background
Muller was leading the drivers' championship by 132 points over Michel Nykjær. Muller had his first mathematical opportunity to secure a fourth world title in race two. Nykjær was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Background
The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kg under the compensation weight re-calculation to take them up to 1,160 kg. The SEAT León WTCCs lost 10 kg of weight to take them to 1,140 kg, below the base weight of 1,150 kg. The Chevrolets, BMWs and Ladas were not changed.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Background
Fredy Barth returned to Wiechers-Sport, replacing José María López while Tom Boardman returned with Special Tuning Racing.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Testing and free practice
Tiago Monteiro was quickest in Friday's warm–up session, Robert Huff was second. James Thompson  damaged his suspension early on and went on to finish 17th.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Testing and free practice
Pepe Oriola led a Chevrolet 1–2–3 in free practice one ahead of Chilton and Yvan Muller. The session was stopped early on when the ROAL Motorsport car of Tom Coronel crashed into the barriers at turn 11.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was on top in practice two ahead of Norbert Michelisz and Hugo Valente. The session was briefly stopped with Valente's Campos Racing teammate Fernando Monje crashed into the barriers at turn 9.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Qualifying
Monteiro was the first driver out of the pits at the start of qualifying. Alex MacDowall lost the rear of his Chevrolet Cruze on the exit of turn one and went off the track but he quickly recovered to the circuit, Fernando Monje and Chilton also had similar excursions off the track at the first corner during Q1. Muller was now quickest with the three Honda drivers his nearest challengers until Oriola moved up to third.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Qualifying
Marc Basseng put in a quick lap at the end of the session to move into the top twelve and Mehdi Bennani was another late improver at the expense of Coronel. Muller was still quickest at the end of the session with the Hondas of Monteiro and Michelisz second and third.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Qualifying
Monteiro was the first to post a lap time in Q2 which was quickly beaten by Muller, Chilton then slotted into second. After their first runs most of the cars headed back to the pits while Nykjær headed out onto the track to set his time. Tarquini set only one quick lap and went tenth to secure pole position for race two, Chilton then went quickest ahead of Muller to take his first pole position in the WTCC.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, the seat positions of NIKA Racing's Nykjær and the Campos Racing pair of Monje and Valente were found not to comply with the regulations. All three drivers lost their qualifying times and were sent to the back of the grid for both races. Michelisz would start race one from the back of the grid following an engine change before qualifying.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Warm-Up
Michelisz was fastest in the morning warm–up session ahead of Thompson, Chilton was sixth.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race One
Chilton led away from the rolling start while Monteiro passed Muller to move into second place. By the end of the lap Muller was under pressure from the MacDowall. Bennani spun on lap two with Barth having to avoid the spinning BMW, both dropped to near the back of the field as a result. Darryl O'Young came in to the pits after two laps for repairs. On lap three Monteiro began to challenge Chilton for the lead while further back Coronel was challenging Huff for seventh.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race One
By lap eight there was a train of cars building up behind Huff with his team-mate Basseng attacking Coronel. On lap ten Coronel was able to pass Huff with a small tap on the back bumper of the SEAT. Chilton successfully converted his first WTCC pole position into his first WTCC victory, leading home Monteiro and Muller complete the podium. Monje and Barth were side–by–side at the finish line with Monje narrowly ahead, ahead of them Nykjær finished 13th having started at the back of the grid.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race One
After the race, Boardman and Monje were given 30–second penalties for speeding during the rolling start, dropping them from 12th and 16th to 21st and 23rd respectively.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race Two
Tarquini took the lead from Bennani at the second corner while Rene Munnich went off the track. Further behind Muller was beginning his move up the field and took sixth off Monteiro. On lap two Huff slowed down with a right front puncture and returned to the pits. Muller had now caught up with Nash who was keeping the Frenchman at bay and allowing Monteiro to keep up with the Chevrolets. Muller made a pass on lap four at the first hairpin, Monteiro then pulled off a similar move on Nash at the final corner.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race Two
On lap five Coronel also passed Nash who was now in seventh place having run fourth the previous lap. Charles Ng had a spin at turn 6 and after kicking up plenty of dust he was able to continue. Bennani in second was being challenged by Michelisz while Barth passed Nash on lap nine after two laps of trying to overtake. Basseng was tenth with race one retiree O'Young was trying to make a move on the SEAT with race one winner Chilton behind O'Young.


2013 FIA WTCC Race of the United States, Report, Race Two
On lap 11 Michelisz was beginning to struggle with the pressure of having Muller behind him, the loose rear end of his car producing puffs of smoke from his tyres at several corners around the lap. Chilton had a slide at turn two at the start of lap 12, narrowly avoiding O'Young as he came across the track. Tarquini claimed the victory with Bennani taking second and the independents' victory having suffered from steering problems throughout the race, Michelisz held onto third place ahead of Muller. Honda secured the world manufacturers championship.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship
The 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season was the second season of the FIA World Endurance Championship auto racing series, co-organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The series was open to Le Mans Prototypes and grand tourer-style racing cars meeting four ACO categories. World Championships were awarded to drivers and to LMP1 category manufacturers, and several World Cups and Endurance Trophies were awarded for the series' other categories. The eight race championship began in April at the Silverstone Circuit and ended in November at the Bahrain International Circuit. The season was marred by the death of Allan Simonsen in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Calendar
An initial calendar was published by the FIA World Motor Sport Council on 28 September 2012. Seven of the eight races on the schedule are carried over from 2012, although several events have had their dates changed. The 6 Hours of Silverstone now begins the season in April before Spa in May and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. In order to save costs and utilize shipping by sea instead of air, the non-European events have all been grouped at the end of the season.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Calendar
São Paulo remains as the first post-European event, while the new 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas replaces the 12 Hours of Sebring as the American round of the series. Fuji and Shanghai are moved forward on the calendar, leaving Bahrain to now close the season in November, allowing cooler temperatures than its September date in 2012.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Calendar
The Silverstone race weekend was shared with the European Le Mans Series, while the Austin weekend was held in conjunction with the American Le Mans Series, although unlike the 2012 12 Hours of Sebring, both series ran separate races.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
An additional World Cup was awarded for the 2013 season, with drivers in both LMGTE categories having a unified championship. Further, the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories had FIA Endurance Trophies awarded for their drivers. The qualifying format of the race weekend was also changed, with teams requiring two drivers each to set two timed laps. The qualifying results were determined based on an average of the four total laps. The new qualifying format has been met with much criticism from drivers. The pre-race warm-up session has also been eliminated from the series, except in instances where extra practice may be necessary.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Regulation changes
The LMP2 category saw several rule changes in order to lower costs, including the issuing of balance of performance updates during the course of the season. A limit was also be set on the price of upgrade kits for 2012 cars for teams not purchasing 2013 chassis, while the number of engines and tyres they can utilize over the course of the season have been restricted. Diesel engines were allowed in the LMP2 category for the first time. Limits on tyres was also be set in the LMGTE Am category.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Entries
The World Endurance Championship received entries in four classes, including Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1), Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2), Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance — Professional (LMGTE Pro) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance — Amateur (LMGTE Am). The entry list for the 2013 season was released by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest on 1 February, and included six LMP1 and twelve LMP2 cars, six LMGTE Pro entries, and eight LMGTE Am cars, bringing the full grid up to thirty-two entrants. Two LMP2 teams, Starworks Motorsport and HVM Status GP later withdrew their full-season entries citing a lack of funding.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The highest finishing competitor entered in the World Endurance Championship is listed below. Invitational entries may have finished ahead of WEC competitors in individual races.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Race results
Entries are required to complete the timed race as well as to complete 70% of the overall winning car's race distance in order to earn championship points. A single bonus point is awarded to the team and all drivers of the pole position car for each category in qualifying. For the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the race result points allocation was doubled. Due to the 6 Hours of Fuji not completing 75% of the race time, half points were awarded in all championships.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championships
Four titles are awarded to drivers in the 2013 season. A World Championship is reserved for LMP1 and LMP2 drivers. A World Cup is available for drivers in the LMGTE categories. Further, two FIA Endurance Trophies are also awarded to drivers in the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championships, FIA World Endurance Championship — Drivers
Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Loïc Duval won the Championship at the 6 Hours of Shanghai.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championships, FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers
Gianmaria Bruni won the FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers
Bertrand Baguette, Martin Plowman and Ricardo González earned the Trophy for LMP2 Drivers at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
Jamie Campbell-Walter and Stuart Hall secured the Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturers' Championships
Two manufacturers' championships are held in the FIA WEC, one for sports prototypes and one for grand tourers. The World Manufacturers' Championship is only open to manufacturer entries in the LMP1 category, and points are only awarded to the highest scoring entry from each manufacturer for each event. The World Cup for GT Manufacturers allows entries from both LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am to participate, and allows the top two finishing cars from each manufacturer to earn points toward their total. Audi secured their second consecutive World Manufacturers' Championship at the 6 Hours of Fuji. Ferrari won their second consecutive World Cup at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams Championships
Teams in each of the four FIA WEC categories are eligible for their own FIA Endurance Trophies. Each car is scored separately, unlike 2012 in which team results were combined.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams
The FIA Endurance Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams was open only to private teams competing in LMP1 without manufacturer support. Following Strakka Racing's withdrawal mid-season, Rebellion Racing were the only team to complete the championship.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Teams
The Trophy for LMP2 Teams was won by the No. 35 car of OAK Racing at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Pro Teams
The Trophy for LMGTE Pro Teams was won by the No. 51 car of AF Corse at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Teams Championships, FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams
The No. 81 car of 8 Star Motorsports won the Trophy for LMGTE Am Teams at the 6 Hours of Bahrain.


2013 FIBA 3x3 World Tour
The 2013 FIBA 3x3 World Tour was an international 3x3 basketball between 3x3 basketball teams. The tournament is organized by FIBA.


2013 FIBA 3x3 World Tour, Finals Qualification
Five Masters Tournaments were held in five cities in five countries. 12 teams participated in the finals which was held in Istanbul, Turkey on October 4–5. Two best teams from each masters tournament qualified for the finals.


2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women
The 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women was the 21st FIBA Africa Championship for Women, played under the rules of FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, and the FIBA Africa thereof. The tournament was hosted by Mozambique from September 20 to 29, with games played at the Pavilhão do Maxaquene in Maputo.


2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women, Final standings
Angola rosterAstrida Vicente, Catarina Camufal, Clarisse Mpaka, Felizarda Jorge, Fineza Eusébio, Luísa Tomás, Madalena Felix, Nacissela Maurício, Nadir Manuel, Ngiendula Filipe, Sónia Guadalupe, Whitney Miguel, Coach: Aníbal Moreira


2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship for Women.


2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (28th edition), is an international basketball tournament  held in Sousse, Tunisia from December 12 to 21, 2013. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Étoile Sportive du Sahel was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of six, the top four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semifinals and final.


2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Club Sportif Constantinois ES Sahel Ferroviário da Beira LPRC Oilers Sporting Club Alexandria Tali Basket-ball


2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Al-Ahly Benghazi Kano Pillars Malabo Kings Primeiro de Agosto Recreativo do Libolo Urunani


2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Primeiro de Agosto rosterAgostinho Coelho, Armando Costa, Cedric Isom, Edmir Lucas, Edson Ndoniema, Felizardo Ambrósio, Francisco Machado, Hermenegildo Santos, Islando Manuel, Joaquim Gomes, Mário Correia, Mutu Fonseca, Coach: Paulo Macedo


2013 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2013 FIBA Africa Club Championship.


2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
The 2013 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U16) was the 3rd U-16 FIBA Africa championship, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and qualified for the 2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was held from June 28 to July 7 in Antananarivo, Madagascar, contested by 9 national teams and won by Angola.