The2013 European Le Mans Series season was the tenth season of theAutomobile Club de l'Ouest'sEuropean Le Mans Seriesenduranceauto racing series. It is the first season of the European Le Mans Series under the control of the ACO's Le Mans Endurance Management, replacing former organisers Peter Auto.^[1] Championships are open to four categories, two of which are forLe Mans Prototypes while the other two aregrand tourers. The season contested over five races starting at theSilverstone Circuit,United Kingdom on 13 April and ended atCircuit Paul Ricard,France on 28 September.

During the2012 season several planned races were cancelled due to low interest from teams, leading the series to adopt several changes for the 2013 calendar. All race weekends have been shortened to two days, with practice and qualifying on Friday and the race on Saturday. Races have also been shortened from six hours to three. The European Le Mans Series will also share its weekends with several other international racing series, including theFIA World Endurance Championship,World Series by Renault, andFFSAGT Tour.^[1]

TheSilverstone Circuit,United Kingdom returns to the European Le Mans Series for the first time since2011, serving as part of a Super Endurance weekend as the ELMS race will be a precursor to the6 Hours of Silverstone for the World Endurance Championship the following day. TheAutodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari inImola,Italy also returns to the European Le Mans Series calendar, joined by the GT Tour series. TheRed Bull Ring inSpielberg,Austria is new to the European Le Mans Series, while theHungaroring,Hungary is another circuit with ELMS history. The season finale is atCircuit Paul Ricard,France is the only event carried over from 2012. The Circuit layout used at this event was to have the full length of the Mistral straight without the chicanes. The final three races of the season are all shared with the World Series by Renault.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	3 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit,Silverstone,United Kingdom	13 April
2	3 Hours of Imola	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari,Imola,Italy	18 May
3	3 Hours of Red Bull Ring	Red Bull Ring,Spielberg,Austria	20 July
4	3 Hours of Hungaroring	Hungaroring,Mogyoród,Hungary	14 September
5	3 Hours of Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard,Le Castellet,France	28 September
Source:[2]

The entry list for the 2013 season was released on 8 February, and included eleven LMP2 and three LMPC cars, ten LMGTE entries, and five GTC cars, bringing the full grid up to twenty-nine entrants.^[3] However, only 23 cars turned up for the opening race of the season, the 3 Hours of Silverstone.^[4]

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Thiriet byTDS Racing	Oreca 03	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	1	Pierre Thiriet[3]	All
					Jonathan Hirschi[5]	1
					Mathias Beche[6]	2–5
Greaves Motorsport	Zytek Z11SN	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	3	Chris Dyson[7]	1
					Michael Marsal[7]	1
					David Heinemeier Hansson[7]	2
					Tom Kimber-Smith[7]	2
Boutsen Ginion Racing	Oreca 03	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	4	John Hartshorne[7]	1–2, 4
					Bastien Brière[7]	1–2
					Thomas Dagoneau[7]	1–2
					Thomas Holzer	3
					Dominik Kraihamer	3
					Alex Kapadia[8]	4–5
					Khaled Al Mudhaf[8]	4
					Renaud Kuppens	5
					James Swift	5
Murphy Prototypes	Oreca 03	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	18	Brendon Hartley[3]	All
					Mark Patterson[7]	1–2
					Jonathan Hirschi	3–5
HVMStatus GP	Lola B12/80	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	30	Tony Burgess[6]	2
					Jonathan Hirschi[6]	2
Race Performance	Oreca 03	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	34	Michel Frey[3]	All
					Patric Niederhauser[3]	1–4
					Marcello Marateotto	5
SignatechAlpine[9]	Alpine A450	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	M	36	Nelson Panciatici[9]	All
					Pierre Ragues[3]	All
SMP Racing	Oreca 03	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	37	Maurizio Mediani	3–5
					Sergey Zlobin	3–5
Jota Sport	Zytek Z11SN	NissanVK45DE 4.5 L V8	D	38	Simon Dolan[3]	All
					Oliver Turvey[3]	All
DKR Engineering	Lola B11/40	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	39	Romain Brandela[5]	1–2
					Olivier Porta[3]	1–2
					Stéphane Raffin	1
					Bernard Delhez[6]	2
Morand Racing	Morgan LMP2	Judd HK 3.6 L V8	D	43	Natacha Gachnang[3]	All
					Franck Mailleux[7]	1–3
					Christian Klien[10]	4–5
Source:[11]

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Algarve Pro Racing Team	Oreca FLM09	ChevroletLS3 6.2 L V8	M	46	Nicky Catsburg	3–4
					C. O. Jones	3–4
Team Endurance Challenge	Oreca FLM09	ChevroletLS3 6.2 L V8	M	47	Alex Loan[5]	1–3
					Matthieu Lecuyer[5]	1–2
					Nico Verdonck	3
				48	Soheil Ayari[5]	All
					Anthony Pons[5]	All
				49	Paul-Loup Chatin[12]	All
					Gary Hirsch[12]	All
Source:[11]

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Ram Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	52	Matt Griffin[3]	All
					Johnny Mowlem[3]	All
				53	Gunnar Jeannette[3]	All
					Frankie Montecalvo[5]	All
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	54	Jean-Marc Bachelier[3]	All
					Howard Blank[3]	All
					Yannick Mallégol[3]	All
				55	Marco Cioci[7]	All
					Federico Leo[7]	All
					Piergiuseppe Perazzini[7]	All
JMW Motorsport	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	D	66	Andrea Bertolini[3]	All
					Joël Camathias[3]	All
IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	PorscheM97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	67	Patrice Milesi[3]	All
					Wolf Henzler[13]	1
					Patrick Long[6]	2
					Jean-Karl Vernay	3–5
Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	PorscheM97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	75	François Perrodo[7]	All
					Sébastien Crubilé[7]	1–2
					Emmanuel Collard[7]	1, 3–5
Proton Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	PorscheM97/74 4.0 L Flat-6	M	77	Christian Ried[5]	All
					Gianluca Roda[5]	1–3
					Nick Tandy[5]	1, 3–5
					Paolo Ruberti[6]	2
					Klaus Bachler	4–5
				88	Klaus Bachler[8]	3
					Horst Felbermayr, Jr.	3
					Horst Felbermayr, Sr.	3
Source:[11]

Entrant/Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Kox Racing	Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	M	60	Peter Kox[3]	2–5
					Nico Pronk[3]	2–5
					Dennis Retera[8]	4–5
AF Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	62	Lorenzo Casé[7]	All
					Stefano Gai[7]	All
					Andrea Rizzoli[7]	All
Momo Megatron DF1	Audi R8 LMS ultra	AudiDAR 5.2 L V10	M	65	Raffi Bader[5]	1–2
					Dylan Derdaele[5]	1–2
					Kuba Giermaziak[5]	1–2
SMP Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	68	Yury Evstigneev[6]	2
					Alexander Frolov[6]	2
					David Markozov[6]	2
					Anton Ladygin	5
					Boris Rotenberg	5
					Mika Salo	5
				69	Fabio Babini[6]	2–5
					Kirill Ladygin[6]	2–5
					Viktor Shaytar[6]	2–5
				72	Boris Rotenberg[6]	2
					Maurizio Mediani[6]	2
					Sergey Zlobin[6]	2
					Alexander Frolov[6]	3–5
					David Markozov[6]	3–5
					Luca Persiani	3–5
Ecurie Ecosse[14]	BMW Z4 GT3	BMWP65B44 4.4 L V8	M	79	Ollie Millroy[14]	All
					Andrew Smith[14]	1–3, 5
					Alasdair McCaig[14]	1, 3–4
					Joe Twyman[14]	2, 4
					Phil Quaife	5
Easyrace	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	83	Fabio Mancini[8]	4
					Tommaso Rocca[8]	4
					Diego Romanini[8]	4
DKR Engineering	BMW Z4 GT3 (Spec 2011)	BMWP65B44 4.4 L V8	M	85	Thomas Accary	5
					Dimitri Enjalbert	5
					Matthieu Lecuyer	5
Scuderia Villorba Corse	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	FerrariF136 4.5 L V8	M	86	Steeve Hiesse	5
					Cédric Mézard	5
Source:[11]

Rnd.	Circuit	LMP2 Winning Team	LMPC Winning Team	LMGTE Winning Team	GTC Winning Team	Results
		LMP2 Winning Drivers	LMPC Winning Drivers	LMGTE Winning Drivers	GTC Winning Drivers
1	Silverstone	No. 38Jota Sport	No. 48Team Endurance Challenge	No. 77Proton Competition	No. 79Ecurie Ecosse	Report
		Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey	Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons	Christien Ried Gianluca Roda Nick Tandy	Alisdair McCaig Ollie Millroy Andrew Smith
2	Imola	No. 1 Thiriet byTDS Racing	No. 49Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52Ram Racing	No. 69SMP Racing	Report
		Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
3	Red Bull Ring	No. 1 Thiriet byTDS Racing	No. 49Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52Ram Racing	No. 69SMP Racing	Report
		Mathias Beche Pierre Thiriet	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
4	Hungaroring	No. 36SignatechAlpine	No. 49Team Endurance Challenge	No. 77Proton Competition	No. 69SMP Racing	Report
		Nelson Panciatici Pierre Ragues	Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch	Klaus Bachler Christian Ried Nick Tandy	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
5	Paul Ricard	No. 18Murphy Prototypes	No. 48Team Endurance Challenge	No. 52Ram Racing	No. 69SMP Racing	Report
		Brendon Hartley Jonathan Hirschi	Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons	Matt Griffin Johnny Mowlem	Fabio Babini Kirill Ladygin Viktor Shaytar
Source:[15]

Points System^[16]

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Total
1	#36SignatechAlpine	4	2	2	1	4	85
2	#1 Thiriet byTDS Racing	3	1	1	6	8	77
3	#38Jota Sport	1	Ret	4	3	3	71
4	#18Murphy Prototypes	7	6	7	2	1	64
5	#43Morand Racing	Ret	3	3	5	2	58
6	#34 Race Performance	2	4	5	Ret	7	46
7	#4Boutsen Ginion Racing	5	7	Ret	7	5	32
8	#37SMP Racing			6	4	6	28
9	#3Greaves Motorsport	Ret	5				10
10	#39DKR Engineering	6	Ret				8
11	#30 HVMStatus GP		8				4
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Total
1	#49Team Endurance Challenge	2	1	1	1	2	115
2	#48Team Endurance Challenge	1	2	4	2	1	98
3	#47Team Endurance Challenge	Ret	3	2			33
4	#46Algarve Pro Racing Team			3	Ret		16
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Total
1	#52Ram Racing	2	1	1	2	1	114
2	#77Proton Competition	1	5	8	1	3	80
3	#55AF Corse	7	2	4	3	4	63
4	#53Ram Racing	3	3	3	6	5	63
5	#66 JMW Motorsport	4	4	2	Ret	2	61
6	#75Prospeed Competition	5	Ret	5	4	6	40
7	#67IMSA Performance Matmut	6	6	7	5	7	38
8	#54AF Corse	8	7	9	Ret	8	16
9	#88Proton Competition			6			8
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Team	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Total
1	#69SMP Racing		1	1	1	1	100
2	#62AF Corse	2	2	2	3	7	76
3	#79Ecurie Ecosse	1	3	3	Ret	4	67
4	#72SMP Racing		4	5	2	2	59
5	#68SMP Racing		5			5	21
6	#65Momo Megatron DF1	3	Ret				16
7	#86 Scuderia Villorba Corse					3	15
8	#60Kox Racing		Ret	4	Ret	Ret	13
9	#83 Easyrace				4		12
10	#85DKR Engineering					6	8
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Driver	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Total
1	Nelson Panciatici	4	2	2	1	4	85
	Pierre Ragues	4	2	2	1	4
2	Pierre Thiriet	3	1	1	6	8	77
3	Oliver Turvey	1	Ret	4	3	3	71
	Simon Dolan	1	Ret	4	3	3
4	Jonathan Hirschi	3	8	7	2	1	69
5	Brendon Hartley	7	6	7	2	1	64
6	Mathias Beche		1	1	6	8	62
7	Natacha Gachnang	Ret	3	3	5	2	58
8	Michel Frey	2	4	5	Ret	7	46
9	Patric Niederhauser	2	4	5	Ret		40
10	Franck Mailleux	Ret	3	3			30
11	Christian Klien				5	2	28
12	Maurizio Mediani			6	4	6	28
	Sergey Zlobin			6	4	6
13	Alex Kapadia				7	5	16
14	John Hartshorne	5	7		EX[N 1]		16
	Bastien Brière	5	7
	Thomas Dagoneau	5	7
15	Mark Patterson	7	6				14
16	Renaud Kuppens					5	10
	James Swift					5
17	David Heinemeier Hansson		5				10
	Tom Kimber-Smith		5
18	Romain Brandela	6	Ret				8
	Olivier Porta	6	Ret
	Stéphane Raffin	6
19	Marcello Marateotto					7	6
20	Tony Burgess		8				4
21	Khaled Al Mudhaf				7[N 2]		0
22	Chris Dyson	Ret					0
	Michael Marsal	Ret
23	Thomas Holzer			Ret			0
	Dominik Kraihamer			Ret
24	Bernard Delhez		Ret				0
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Driver	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Points
1	Gary Hirsch	2	1	1	1	2	115
	Paul-Loup Chatin	2	1	1	1	2
2	Anthony Pons	1	2	4	2	1	98
	Soheil Ayari	1	2	4	2	1
3	Alex Loan	Ret	3	2			33
4	Nico Verdonck			2			18
5	C. O. Jones			3	Ret		16
	Nick Catsburg			3	Ret
6	Matthieu Lecuyer	Ret	3				15
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Driver	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Points
1	Johnny Mowlem	2	1	1	2	1	114
	Matt Griffin	2	1	1	2	1
2	Christian Ried	1	5	8	1	3	80
3	Nick Tandy	1		8	1	3	70
4	Marco Cioci	7	2	4	3	4	63
	Piergiuseppe Perazzini	7	2	4	3	4
	Federico Leo	7	2	4	3	4
5	Frankie Montecalvo	3	3	3	6	5	63
	Gunnar Jeannette	3	3	3	6	5
6	Andrea Bertolini	4	4	2	Ret	2	61
	Joël Camathias	4	4	2	Ret	2
7	Klaus Bachler			6	1	3	48
8	Emmanuel Collard	5		5	4	6	40
	François Perrodo	5	Ret	5	4	6
	Gianluca Roda	1	5	8
9	Patrice Milesi	6	6	7	5	7	38
10	Jean-Karl Vernay			7	5	7	22
11	Jean-Marc Bachelier	8	7	9	Ret	8	16
	Howard Blank	8	7	9	Ret	8
	Yannick Mallégol	8	7	9	Ret	8
12	Sébastien Crubilé	5	Ret				10
	Paolo Ruberti		5
13	Wolf Henzler	6					8
	Patrick Long		6
	Horst Felbermayr, Jr.			6
Sources:[17][18]

Pos	Driver	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC	Points
1	Fabio Babini		1	1	1	1	100
	Kirill Ladygin		1	1	1	1
	Viktor Shaytar		1	1	1	1
2	Andrea Rizzoli	2	2	2	3	7	76
	Lorenzo Casé	2	2	2	3	7
	Stefano Gai	2	2	2	3	7
3	Andrew Smith	1	3	3		4	67
	Ollie Millroy	1	3	3	Ret	4
4	Alexander Frolov		5	5	2	2	57
	David Markozov		5	5	2	2
5	Luca Persiani			5	2	2	47
6	Alasdair McCaig	1		3	Ret		40
7	Boris Rotenberg		4			5	23
8	Raffi Bader	3	Ret				16
	Dylan Derdaele	3	Ret
	Kuba Giermaziak	3	Ret
9	Joe Twyman		3		Ret		15
	Steeve Hiesse					3
	Cédric Mézard					3
10	Peter Kox		Ret	4	Ret	Ret	13
	Nico Pronk		Ret	4	Ret	Ret
11	Fabio Mancini				4		12
	Tommaso Rocca				4
	Diego Romanini				4
	Phil Quaife					4
12	Anton Ladygin					5	11
	Mika Salo					5
13	Yury Evstigneev		5				10
14	Thomas Accary					6	8
	Dimitri Enjalbert					6
	Matthieu Lecuyer					6
Sources:[17][18]

• Official website

• 2013 European Le Mans Series season
• 2013 in motorsport
• 2013 in European sport
• European Le Mans Series seasons

• Official website not in Wikidata