2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship

2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship
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The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across England. The championship features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers competing in 2 litre Formula Renault single seat race cars that conform to the technical regulations for the championship. The 2013 season was the 19th British Formula Renault Championship organized by the British Automobile Racing Club and the second season as the premier Formula Renault 2.0 championship in the United Kingdom. The season began at Donington Park on 14 April and ended on 29 September at Silverstone Circuit. The series will form part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded from fourteen to sixteen rounds at six events all held in England, with four triple header events.

The series has undergone rebranding after the BARC Championship became the prominent Formula Renault Championship in the United Kingdom. The series took the name Protyre Formula Renault Championship, dropping the BARC tag after its growth into one of the leading national single seater championships in Great Britain.^[1]

Teams and drivers

All teams were British-registered.

2013 Entry List
Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Mtech Lite[2]	2	Alex Gill[3]	6
	7	Joe Ghanem[2]	1–5
	13	Shahan Sarkissian[2]	All
	37	Matias Galetto[2]	1–5
	88	Edward Brand[2]	1–5
Scorpio Motorsport[4]	3	Henrique Baptista[4]	2–6
	5	Ivan Taranov[4]	1–3, 6
	9	Piers Hickin[3]	6
Jamun Racing Services[2]	4	Diego Menchaca[2]	1–3, 5
	77	Pietro Fittipaldi[2]	All
Fortec Motorsports[5]	6	Weiron Tan[5]	All
	8	Hongwei Cao[5]	All
	11	Wei Fung Thong[5]	All
	50	Sam MacLeod[5]	All
Core Motorsport	9	Piers Hickin	2–4
	22	Ashley Crossey[3]	6
Hillspeed[6]	10	Matthew Rao[6]	All
	25	Jake Cook[6]	All
MGR Motorsport[7]	14	Tom Oliphant[7]	1–5
	15	Matteo Ferrer[7]	All
	16	Chris Middlehurst[7]	All
	17	Jorge Cevallos[7]	All
Fortec Competition[8]	21	Leo Yee[8]	5–6
Cliff Dempsey Racing	23	Jesse Antilla[8]	4–5
SWB Motorsport	27	Atte Lehtonen[8]	2, 4–6

Race calendar

The series formed part of the BARC club racing meetings and expanded to sixteen rounds at six events, with four triple header events. A championship calendar was released on 14 December 2012, with the final round once again in support of the 2013 British Touring Car Championship.^[1] All rounds will held in England.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Donington Park (National Circuit, Leicestershire)	14 April	Sam MacLeod	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R2			Sam MacLeod	Ivan Taranov	Jorge Cevallos	MGR Motorsport
2	R3	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit (200 Circuit, Norfolk)	11 May	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R4		12 May	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	Sam MacLeod	Fortec Motorsports
	R5			Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
3	R6	Thruxton Circuit (Hampshire)	1 June	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R7		2 June	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
	R8			Chris Middlehurst	Weiron Tan	Chris Middlehurst	MGR Motorsport
4	R9	Croft Circuit (North Yorkshire)	6 July	Hongwei Cao	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R10		7 July	Weiron Tan	Sam MacLeod	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R11			Hongwei Cao	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
5	R12	Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	10 August	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R13		11 August	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Weiron Tan	Fortec Motorsports
	R14			Weiron Tan	Matteo Ferrer	Hongwei Cao	Fortec Motorsports
6	R15	Silverstone Circuit (National Circuit, Northamptonshire)	28 September	Ivan Taranov	Jake Cook	Ivan Taranov	Scorpio Motorsport
	R16		29 September	Wei Fung Thong	Wei Fung Thong	Ivan Taranov	Scorpio Motorsport

Championship standings

A driver's best 15 scores counted towards the championship, with any other points being discarded.

Pos Driver DON SNE THR CRO ROC SIL Points 1 Chris Middlehurst 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 7 2 2 3 2 Ret Ret 408 2 Weiron Tan 3 Ret 7 Ret 5 13 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 3 12 331 3 Jorge Cevallos 11 1 6 6 4 3 Ret 7 6 3 4 6 7 3 5 4 307 4 Hongwei Cao 7 6 11 13 Ret 2 8 5 2 4 15 3 4 1 4 3 296 5 Jake Cook 12 4 2 3 2 Ret 3 3 4 5 6 4 6 Ret 2 Ret 292 6 Sam MacLeod 2 13 18 1 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 2 169 7 Joe Ghanem 4 5 5 7 Ret Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 3 Ret 14 4 166 8 Pietro Fittipaldi Ret 9 17 5 Ret 6 12 Ret 7 Ret 16 7 12 6 6 6 163 9 Henrique Baptista Ret 4 8 4 6 6 11 6 5 15 11 Ret Ret Ret 158 10 Shahan Sarkissian 9 11 12 12 Ret 11 10 10 10 Ret 13 12 15 9 8 8 146 11 Matias Galetto 6 Ret 3 Ret 9 5 Ret 4 Ret 11 8 5 Ret Ret 141 12 Ivan Taranov Ret 3 4 14 DSQ Ret 5 DSQ 1 1 140 13 Tom Oliphant Ret 10 8 8 Ret 12 11 9 12 Ret 7 9 9 7 135 14 Matteo Ferrer 5 7 9 16 6 DNS DNS DNS 15 9 10 Ret Ret 5 10 Ret 133 15 Matt Rao 8 8 14 17 3 9 7 DNS 8 Ret Ret 10 10 Ret Ret DNS 128 16 Wei Fung Thong Ret DNS 13 9 10 Ret Ret Ret 5 14 Ret 11 5 Ret 14 5 117 17 Ed Brand 10 12 10 Ret 7 10 Ret DNS 13 7 9 13 Ret Ret 100 18 Diego Menchaca Ret DNS 16 10 11 7 Ret 8 Ret 13 8 78 19 Piers Hickin 15 11 DSQ 8 Ret Ret Ret 12 12 7 11 74 20 Atte Lehtonen 19 15 Ret 16 13 14 14 16 10 12 10 71 21 Leo Yee 8 8 Ret 11 Ret 38 22 Jesse Anttila 14 10 11 DNS DNS DNS 28 23 Ashley Crossey 9 7 28 24 Alex Gill 13 9 20 Pos Driver DON SNE THR CRO ROC SIL Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup

The 2013 Protyre Formula Renault Autumn Cup will be the 16th British Formula Renault Winter Series and the second all BARC championship only winter series. The series will be held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 16 and 17 November. The meeting will take a two-day format with one qualifying and two races held each day, creating a four race championship.^[9]

It becomes a place of only the 16 November was scheduled for more than changed, the race was changed to three races.

Teams and drivers

Team	No.	Driver
MGR Motorsport	2	Alex Gill[10]
Fortec Motorsports	7	Martin Kodric[10]
	8	Hongwei Cao[10]
	9	Yosuke Yamazaki[10]
	14	Ben Barnicoat[10]
Jamun Racing Services	77	Pietro Fittipaldi[10]

Race calendar and results

The calendar was announced by the championship organisers on 2 September 2013, with all rounds held at Rockingham Motor Speedway in England.^[9]

Circuit	Date	Race	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
Rockingham Motor Speedway (International Super Sports Car Circuit, Northamptonshire)	16 November	R1	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports
		R2	Ben Barnicoat	Ben Barnicoat	Hongwei Cao	Fortec Motorsports
		R3	Ben Barnicoat	Martin Kodric	Ben Barnicoat	Fortec Motorsports

Championship standings

Pos	Driver	ROC			Points
1	Ben Barnicoat	1	2	1	96
2	Hongwei Cao	3	1	4	79
3	Martin Kodric	4	4	2	74
4	Alex Gill	2	3	5	73
5	Yosuke Yamazaki	5	6	6	56
6	Pietro Fittipaldi	NC	5	3	45
Pos	Driver	ROC			Points

References

1. "Protyre Formula Renault expands to 16 rounds for 2013". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. "Exciting eighteen car grid confirmed for Protyre Formula Renault season opener". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
3. "Results 2013 Rounds 15&16 Silverstone". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
4. "Former Protyre FR Champions Scorpio confirm initial two-car squad". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
5. "Fortec reveals four car line-up for Protyre Formula Renault". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
6. "Famous Cook name returns to Formula Renault with Hillspeed". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
7. "Middlehurst, Oliphant & Ferrer sign for MGR Motorsport". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
8. "Results 2013 Rounds 12,13&14 Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 10 August 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
9. "Protyre Formula Renault 'Autumn Cup' Announced". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
10. "Results 2013 Autumn Cup Rockingham". Renaultsport UK. Renault Sport. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2013.

External links

• The official website of the Protyre Formula Renault Championship