2013 Sepang GP2 Series round

2013 Sepang GP2 round
Round details
Round 1 of 13 rounds in the 2013 GP2 Series season
Layout of the Sepang International Circuit
Location	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.543 km (3.444 mi)
GP2 Series
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]

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	1:44.280	1
2	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	1:44.284	2
3	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	1:44.288	3
4	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	1:44.463	4
5	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	1:44.598	8¹
6	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	1:44.618	5
7	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax Team	1:44.681	6
8	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:44.687	7
9	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	1:44.692	9
10	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	1:44.731	10
11	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	1:44.732	11
12	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	1:44.761	12
13	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	1:44.766	13
14	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	1:44.788	EX²
15	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	1:45.191	14
16	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	1:45.262	15
17	22	Conor Daly	Hilmer Motorsport	1:45.289	16
18	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	1:45.378	17
19	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	1:45.491	18
20	15	Ma Qinghua	Caterham Racing	1:45.497	19
21	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	1:45.522	20
22	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	1:45.593	21
23	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	1:45.662	22
24	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax Team	1:45.662	23
25	23	Pål Varhaug	Hilmer Motorsport	1:45.830	24
26	19	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	1:45.985	25
Source:^[2]

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]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
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
Fastest lap: Sam Bird (Russian Time) — 1:48.777 (on lap 16)
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Stefano Coletti	Rapax	22	40:49.455	6	(15+2)
2	9	Felipe Nasr	Carlin	22	+0.832	5	12
3	6	Mitch Evans	Arden International	22	+8.358	10	10
4	2	Stéphane Richelmi	DAMS	22	+11.935	1	8
5	5	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	Arden International	22	+15.874	12	6
6	19	Simon Trummer	Rapax	22	+17.072	9	4
7	22	Conor Daly	Hilmer Motorsport	22	+17.479	13	2
8	24	René Binder	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+23.726	11	1
9	10	Jolyon Palmer	Carlin	22	+24.326	3
10	25	Kevin Giovesi	Venezuela GP Lazarus	22	+29.020	16
11	12	Tom Dillmann	Russian Time	22	+30.522	14
12	8	Fabio Leimer	Racing Engineering	22	+30.802	8
13	1	Marcus Ericsson	DAMS	22	+31.342	26
14	27	Daniël de Jong	MP Motorsport	22	+32.391	24
15	14	Sergio Canamasas	Caterham Racing	22	+35.336	19
16	4	Daniel Abt	ART Grand Prix	22	+36.339	23
17	26	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	MP Motorsport	22	+37.033	25¹
18	17	Rio Haryanto	Barwa Addax	22	+43.468	20
19	23	Pål Varhaug	Hilmer Motorsport	22	+46.092	15
20	16	Jake Rosenzweig	Barwa Addax	22	+51.244	18
21	20	Nathanaël Berthon	Trident Racing	22	+53.777	22
22	21	Kevin Ceccon	Trident Racing	21	+1 lap	17
Ret	11	Sam Bird	Russian Time	0	Mechanichal	2
Ret	7	Julián Leal	Racing Engineering	0	Contact	4
Ret	3	James Calado	ART Grand Prix	0	Contact	7
DNS	15	Ma Qinghua	Caterham Racing	0	Did not start²	DNS
Fastest lap: Stefano Coletti (Rapax) — 1:50.253 (on lap 5)
Source:^[3]

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]

↑ "Coletti flies to Malaysia maiden pole". GP2Series.com (GP2 Seried Ltd.). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bradley, Charles (23 March 2013). "Leimer wins GP2 opener at Sepang". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Bradley, Charles (24 March 2013). "Sepang GP2: Stefano Coletti denies Felipe Nasr sprint victory". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 24 March 2013.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Kuala Lumpur post qualifying Penalties". GP2Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 22 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "Quaife-Hobbs penalised post-race in Kuala Lumpur". GP2Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 23 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
↑ "Ma Qing Hua confirmed unfit to compete in sprint race". GP2Series.com (GP2 Series Ltd.). 24 March 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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