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.

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.

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.

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.

Pos. No. Driver 1 Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Superpole Grid
Driver 2
1 12 Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1:35.718 1:27.107 1:26.091 1
Germany René Rast
2 9 France Sébastien Loeb France Sébastien Loeb Racing 1:29.359 1:26.840 1:26.210 2
Portugal Álvaro Parente
3 13 Sweden Edward Sandström Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1:30.780 1:27.000 1:26.528 3
Germany Frank Stippler
4 11 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 1:30.530 1:26.670 1:26.779 4
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
5 14 Portugal César Campaniço Portugal Team Novadriver 1:30.795 1:27.174 1:26.862 15
Portugal Carlos Vieira
6 0 Brazil Cacá Bueno Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil 1:30.247 1:27.601 1:27.110 5
Brazil Allam Khodair
7 35 United Kingdom Alex Buncombe United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 1:31.272 1:27.145 1:27.436 6
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
8 5 Belgium Anthony Kumpen Germany Phoenix Racing 1:31.138 1:27.774 1:27.474 7
Belgium Enzo Ide
9 10 France Mike Parisy France Sébastien Loeb Racing 1:30.290 1:26.804 no time 8
Austria Andreas Zuber
10 1 Germany Maximilian Bühk Germany HTP Gravity Charouz 1:29.166 1:27.797 no time 9
Israel Alon Day
11 21 Brazil Sérgio Jimenez Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil 1:30.344 1:27.860 10
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
12 28 India Karun Chandhok Germany Seyffarth Motorsport 1:31.815 1:27.920 11
Germany Jan Seyffarth
13 25 Austria Dominik Baumann Germany Grasser Racing 1:32.278 1:28.147 12
Austria Hari Proczyk
14 7 Brazil Cláudio Ricci Portugal Rodrive Competições 1:29.976 1:28.334 13
Brazil Matheus Stumpf
15 2 Russia Sergey Afanasyev Germany HTP Gravity Charouz 1:29.359 1:28.397 14
Sweden Andreas Simonsen
16 32 Belgium Wolfgang Reip United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN 1:31.794 1:29:050 16
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy
17 6 France Julien Jousse Spain BMW Sports Trophy Team India 1:31.391 1:29.145 17
India Armaan Ebrahim
18 31 France Fabien Barthez France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion 1:39.046 1:29.426 18
France Gérard Tonelli
19 16 Germany Daniel Keilwitz Germany Dörr Motorsport 1:29.990 1:29.463 19
Germany Niclas Kentenich
20 30 France Soheil Ayari France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion 1:34.513 1:29.656 20
France Jean-Luc Beaubélique
21 8 Brazil Raijan Mascarello Portugal Rodrive Competições 1:38.768 1:31.522 21
Brazil Felipe Tozzo
22 3 Czech Republic Petr Charouz Germany HTP Gravity Charouz 1:41.527 1:39.063 22
Czech Republic Jan Stoviček
DNS 51 Italy Fabio Onidi Italy AF Corse no time no time 23
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda

Race results

Class winners in bold.

Qualifying Race

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 Pro 9 France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Sébastien Loeb
Portugal Álvaro Parente
McLaren 39
2 Pro-Am 12 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Germany René Rast
Audi 39 +5.323
3 Pro 1 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Germany Maximilian Bühk
Israel Alon Day
Mercedes-Benz 39 +5.511
4 Pro 5 Germany Phoenix Racing Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Belgium Enzo Ide
Audi 39 +25.257
5 Pro-Am 14 Portugal Team Novadriver Portugal César Campaniço
Portugal Carlos Vieira
Audi 39 +25.928
6 Pro 28 Germany Seyffarth Motorsport India Karun Chandhok
Germany Jan Seyffarth
Mercedes-Benz 39 +41.088
7 Pro 0 Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil Brazil Cacá Bueno
Brazil Allam Khodair
BMW 39 +47.646
8 Pro 21 Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil Brazil Sérgio Jimenez
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
BMW 39 +49.278
9 Pro 7 Portugal Rodrive Competições Brazil Cláudio Ricci
Brazil Matheus Stumpf
Ford 39 +58.852
10 Pro 10 France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Mike Parisy
Austria Andreas Zuber
McLaren 39 +59.938
11 Pro-Am 6 Spain BMW Sport Trophy Team India France Julien Jousse
India Armaan Ebrahim
BMW 39 +1:04.496
12 Pro-Am 25 Germany Grasser Racing Austria Dominik Baumann
Austria Hari Proczyk
Lamborghini 39 +1:07.981
13 Pro-Am 2 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Russia Sergey Afanasyev
Sweden Andreas Simonsen
Mercedes-Benz 39 +1:09.067
14 Pro-Am 32 United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Belgium Wolfgang Reip
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy
Nissan 39 +1:19.144
15 Gent. 31 France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion France Fabien Barthez
France Gérard Tonelli
Ferrari 38 +1 Lap
16 Pro 11 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Audi 38 +1 Lap
17 Gent. 8 Portugal Rodrive Competições Brazil Raijan Mascarello
Brazil Felipe Tozzo
Ford 37 +2 Laps
18 Gent. 3 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Czech Republic Petr Charouz
Czech Republic Jan Stoviček
Mercedes-Benz 37 +2 Laps
19 Pro-Am 35 United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
Nissan 36 Mechanical
DNF Pro 16 Germany Dörr Motorsport Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Niclas Kentenich
McLaren 18 Mechanical
DNF Pro 13 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Sweden Edward Sandström
Germany Frank Stippler
Audi 17 Electrical
DNF Pro-Am 30 France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion France Soheil Ayari
France Jean-Luc Beaubélique
Ferrari 1 Mechanical
DNS Pro-Am 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Fabio Onidi
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda
Ferrari   Collision Damage

Championship Race

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired
1 Pro 13 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Sweden Edward Sandström
Germany Frank Stippler
Audi 35
2 Pro 11 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Monaco Stéphane Ortelli
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor
Audi 35 +8.041
3 Pro 1 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Germany Maximilian Bühk
Israel Alon Day
Mercedes-Benz 35 +8.950
4 Pro 5 Germany Phoenix Racing Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Belgium Enzo Ide
Audi 35 +10.085
5 Pro-Am 14 Portugal Team Novadriver Portugal César Campaniço
Portugal Carlos Vieira
Audi 35 +15.248
6 Pro-Am 12 Belgium Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Austria Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Germany René Rast
Audi 35 +18.050
7 Pro-Am 35 United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN United Kingdom Alex Buncombe
Spain Lucas Ordóñez
Nissan 35 +18.637
8 Pro-Am 25 Germany Grasser Racing Austria Dominik Baumann
Austria Hari Proczyk
Lamborghini 35 +31.438
9 Pro 0 Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil Brazil Cacá Bueno
Brazil Allam Khodair
BMW 35 +34.599
10 Pro 28 Germany Seyffarth Motorsport India Karun Chandhok
Germany Jan Seyffarth
Mercedes-Benz 35 +35.056
11 Pro 10 France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Mike Parisy
Austria Andreas Zuber
McLaren 35 +36.407
12 Pro 9 France Sébastien Loeb Racing France Sébastien Loeb
Portugal Álvaro Parente
McLaren 35 +41.035
13 Pro 21 Brazil BMW Sport Trophy Team Brasil Brazil Sérgio Jimenez
Brazil Ricardo Zonta
BMW 35 +53.581
14 Pro-Am 32 United Kingdom Nissan GT Academy Team RJN Belgium Wolfgang Reip
Russia Mark Shulzhitskiy
Nissan 35 +1:08.461
15 Pro-Am 7 Portugal Rodrive Competições Brazil Cláudio Ricci
Brazil Matheus Stumpf
Ford 35 +1:15.160
16 Pro-Am 2 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Russia Sergey Afanasyev
Sweden Andreas Simonsen
Mercedes-Benz 35 +1:23.670
17 Pro 16 Germany Dörr Motorsport Germany Daniel Keilwitz
Germany Niclas Kentenich
McLaren 35 +1:24.393
18 Pro-Am 6 Spain BMW Sports Trophy Team India France Julien Jousse
India Armaan Ebrahim
BMW 34 +1 Lap
19 Pro-Am 30 France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion France Soheil Ayari
France Jean-Luc Beaubélique
Ferrari 34 +1 Lap
20 Gent. 31 France SOFREV Auto Sport Promotion France Fabien Barthez
France Gérard Tonelli
Ferrari 34 +1 Lap
21 Gent. 3 Germany HTP Gravity Charouz Czech Republic Petr Charouz
Czech Republic Jan Stoviček
Mercedes-Benz 33 +2 Laps
22 Gent. 8 Portugal Rodrive Competições Brazil Raijan Mascarello
Brazil Felipe Tozzo
Ford 33 +2 Laps
DNS Pro-Am 51 Italy AF Corse Italy Fabio Onidi
Czech Republic Filip Salaquarda
Ferrari   Collision Damage
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