The 2013 3 Hours of Silverstone was an auto racing event held at the Silverstone Circuit near Silverstone, England, on 12–13 April 2013. The event was the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series season, in a weekend shared with the FIA World Endurance Championship and the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. Heavy rains during the race forced the event to be cut short, with only two and a quarter hours being run before Britons Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey of Jota Sport were declared the winners. Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons led the LMPC category, Christian Ried, Gianluca Roda, and Nick Tandy won the LMGTE class, and Andrew Smith, Ollie Millroy, and Alisdair McCaig were the GTC class victors.

Qualifying

Qualifying result Pole position winners in each class are marked in bold.

Pos Class Team Driver Lap Time Grid 1 LMP2 No. 38 Jota Sport Oliver Turvey 1:48.032 1 2 LMP2 No. 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley 1:48.863 2 3 LMP2 No. 36 Signatech Alpine Nelson Panciatici 1:49.063 3 4 LMP2 No. 34 Race Performance Patric Niederhauser 1:50.010 4 5 LMP2 No. 43 Morand Racing Franck Mailleux 1:50.139 5 6 LMP2 No. 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Jonathan Hirschi 1:50.157 6 7 LMP2 No. 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Bastien Brière 1:52.072 7 8 LMP2 No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Chris Dyson 1:52.529 23 9 LMPC No. 49 Team Endurance Challenge Paul-Loup Chatin 1:54.102 8 10 LMPC No. 48 Team Endurance Challenge Soheil Ayari 1:54.721 9 11 LMP2 No. 39 DKR Engineering Olivier Porta 1:55.634 10 12 LMPC No. 47 Team Endurance Challenge Alex Loan 1:58.310 11 13 LMGTE No. 52 RAM Racing Johnny Mowlem 2:02.358 12 14 LMGTE No. 77 Proton Competition Nick Tandy 2:02.653 13 15 LMGTE No. 75 Prospeed Competition Emmanuel Collard 2:02.685 14 16 LMGTE No. 55 AF Corse Federico Leo 2:02.731 15 17 LMGTE No. 66 JMW Motorsport Joël Camathias 2:03.015 16 18 GTC No. 65 Momo Megatron DF1 Kuba Giermaziak 2:03.484 17 19 GTC No. 79 Ecurie Ecosse Andrew Smith 2:03.737 18 20 GTC No. 62 AF Corse Lorenzo Casé 2:04.233 19 21 LMGTE No. 53 RAM Racing Franck Montecalvo 2:04.412 20 22 LMGTE No. 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollégol 2:05.198 21 23 LMGTE No. 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrice Milesi 2:08.745 22

- The No. 3 Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan was moved to the back of the grid for not using the tires previously allocated for qualifying.

Race

Race result Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 LMP2 38 Jota Sport Simon Dolan Oliver Turvey Zytek Z11SN 48 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 2 LMP2 34 Race Performance Michel Frey Patric Niederhauser Oreca 03 48 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 3 LMP2 1 Thiriet by TDS Racing Pierre Thiriet Jonathan Hirschi Oreca 03 48 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 4 LMP2 36 Signatech Alpine Pierre Ragues Nelson Panciatici Alpine A450 48 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 5 LMGTE 77 Proton Competition Christian Ried Gianluca Roda Nick Tandy Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 48 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 6 LMGTE 52 Ram Racing Johnny Mowlem Matt Griffin Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 47 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 7 LMGTE 53 Ram Racing Gunnar Jeannette Frankie Montecalvo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 47 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 8 LMGTE 66 JMW Motorsport Andrea Bertolini Joël Camathias Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 47 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 9 LMPC 48 Team Endurance Challenge Soheil Ayari Anthony Pons Oreca FLM09 46 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 10 GTC 79 Ecurie Ecosse Andrew Smith Ollie Millroy Alisdair McCaig BMW Z4 GT3 46 BMW P65B44 4.4 L V8 11 LMP2 4 Boutsen Ginion Racing Bastien Brière Thomas Dagoneau John Hartshorne Oreca 03 46 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 12 LMGTE 75 Prospeed Competition François Perrodo Emmanuel Collard Sébastien Crubilé Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 46 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 13 GTC 62 AF Corse Andrea Razzoli Stefano Gai Lorenzo Casè Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 46 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 14 LMGTE 67 IMSA Performance Matmut Patrice Milesi Raymond Narac Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR 44 Porsche M97/74 4.0 L Flat-6 15 LMP2 39 DKR Engineering Olivier Porta Romain Brandela Stéphane Raffin Lola B11/40 43 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 16 LMGTE 55 AF Corse Piergiuseppe Perazzini Marco Cioci Federico Leo Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 43 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 17 LMGTE 54 AF Corse Yannick Mollégol Jean-Marc Bachelier Howard Blank Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 42 Ferrari F136 4.5 L V8 18 LMP2 18 Murphy Prototypes Brendon Hartley Mark Patterson Oreca 03 41 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 19 LMPC 49 Team Endurance Challenge Paul-Loup Chatin Gary Hirsch Oreca FLM09 37 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 20 GTC 65 Momo Megatron DF1 Dylan Derdaele Raffi Bader Kuba Giermaziak Audi R8 LMS ultra 33 Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 DNF LMP2 3 Greaves Motorsport Chris Dyson Michael Marsal Zytek Z11SN 23 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 DNF LMP2 43 Morand Racing Natacha Gachnang Franck Mailleux Morgan LMP2 22 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 DNF LMPC 47 Team Endurance Challenge Alex Loan Matthieu Lecuyer Oreca FLM09 0 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8

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