2013 Sepang GP2 Series round
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Round 1 of 13 rounds in the
2013 GP2 Series season |
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 Layout of the Sepang International Circuit |
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| Location | Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi) |
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| Feature race | |||
| Date | 23 March 2013 | ||
| Laps | 30 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |  Stefano Coletti |
Rapax | |
| Time | 1:44.280 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |  Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering | |
| Second |  James Calado |
ART Grand Prix | |
| Third | Stefano Coletti |
Rapax | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Sam Bird |
Russian Time | |
| Time | 1:48.777 (on lap 16) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 24 March 2013 | ||
| Laps | 22 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Stefano Coletti |
Rapax | |
| Second |  Felipe Nasr |
Carlin | |
| Third |  Mitch Evans |
Arden International | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver | Stefano Coletti |
Rapax | |
| Time | 1:50.253 (on lap 5) | ||
The 2013 Sepang GP2 Series round is a GP2 Series motor race held on March 23 and 24, 2013 at Sepang International Circuit, Malaysia. It is the first round of the 2013 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix.
Stefano Coletti started the feature race from pole,[1] which was ultimately won by Fabio Leimer.[2] Coletti went on to win the sprint race.[3]
Contents
Classification
Qualifying
Notes
- ^1 — Sam Bird was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Johnny Cecotto Jr. during Cecotto's final flying lap.[4]
- ^2 — Johnny Cecotto Jr. was excluded from qualifying and moved to the back of the grid for forcing Bird off the circuit in retaliation for blocking him, which race stewards described as "an unacceptable reaction".[4]
Feature race
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 8 | Fabio Leimer |
Racing Engineering | 31 | 57:49.385 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 3 | James Calado |
ART Grand Prix | 31 | +2.045 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 18 | Stefano Coletti |
Rapax | 31 | +11.271 | 1 | (15+4) |
| 4 | 9 | Felipe Nasr |
Carlin | 31 | +12.810 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 7 |  Julián Leal |
Racing Engineering | 31 | +28.837 | 11 | 10 |
| 6 | 10 | Jolyon Palmer |
Carlin | 31 | +34.209 | 22 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Sam Bird |
Russian Time | 31 | +41.183 | 8 | (6+2) |
| 8 | 2 | Stéphane Richelmi |
DAMS | 31 | +58.941 | 15 | 4 |
| 9 | 19 | Simon Trummer |
Rapax | 31 | +1:02.853 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | Mitch Evans |
Arden International | 31 | +1:13.730 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | 24 |  René Binder |
Venezuela GP Lazarus | 31 | +1:16.137 | 7 | |
| 12 | 5 |  Johnny Cecotto Jr. |
Arden International | 31 | +1:18.357 | 26 | |
| 13 | 22 |  Conor Daly |
Hilmer Motorsport | 31 | +1:20.096 | 17 | |
| 14 | 12 |  Tom Dillmann |
Russian Time | 31 | +1:21.812 | 10 | |
| 15 | 23 |  Pål Varhaug |
Hilmer Motorsport | 31 | +1:23.754 | 24 | |
| 16 | 25 |  Kevin Giovesi |
Venezuela GP Lazarus | 31 | +1:35.775 | 25 | |
| 17 | 21 | Kevin Ceccon |
Trident Racing | 31 | +1:37.928 | 18 | |
| 18 | 16 | Jake Rosenzweig |
Barwa Addax | 31 | +1:43.252 | 23 | |
| 19 | 14 |  Sergio Canamasas |
Caterham Racing | 31 | +2:00.257 | 12 | |
| 20 | 17 |  Rio Haryanto |
Barwa Addax | 30 | +1 lap | 7 | |
| 21 | 15 |  Ma Qinghua |
Caterham Racing | 30 | +1 lap | 19 | |
| Ret | 20 | Nathanaël Berthon |
Trident Racing | 19 | Mechanichal | 17 | |
| Ret | 4 |  Daniel Abt |
ART Grand Prix | 9 | Off course | 21 | |
| Ret | 27 |  Daniël de Jong |
MP Motorsport | 3 | Contact | 20 | |
| Ret | 26 | Adrian Quaife-Hobbs |
MP Motorsport | 3 | Contact | 14 | |
| Ret | 1 |  Marcus Ericsson |
DAMS | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
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Fastest lap: Sam Bird (Russian Time) — 1:48.777 (on lap 16)
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Sprint race
Notes:
- ^1 — Adrian Quaife-Hobbs was given a twenty-five second penalty for causing an avoidable accident in the feature race, demoting him to twenty-fifth place on the grid for the sprint race.[5]
- ^2 — Ma Qinghua was ruled unfit to take part in the sprint race.[6]
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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External links
| Previous round: 2012 Marina Bay GP2 Series round |
GP2 Series 2013 season |
Next round: 2013 Bahrain GP2 Series round |
| Previous round: 2012 Sepang GP2 Series round |
Sepang GP2 round | Next round: TBA |
