The 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 24 and 25 August 2013 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. It was the sixth round of the 2013 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2013 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification Summary

Alexander Sims returned to the grid, this time for Carlin. He replaced Eric Lichtenstein, whose contract was terminated for non-payment.

MW Arden locked out the front row of the grid for race 1, with Carlos Sainz Jr. beating Daniil Kvyat to take his first pole position. Kvyat got a better launch than Sainz, taking the lead into La Source. The first of three safety cars was called on the opening lap when Emanuele Zonzini and Josh Webster collided at turn one. On the restart, Adderly Fong and Patric Niederhauser also crashed in turn one. Then, with four laps remaining, Jack Harvey collided with Sainz, the impact with the barriers splitting Harvey's car in half. The race ended under safety car, with Kvyat taking his first win of the season.

Tio Ellinas started from pole for race 2. Sims had a good launch from fourth on the grid, taking the lead into turn 1 as Ellinas and Melville McKee collided. Sims pulled an eight-second gap over Conor Daly and Facu Regalia to win the race. Another weekend of poor results for Ellinas meant Regalia took the lead of the championship, fourteen points ahead of Daly.

Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 2:04.125 1 2 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 2:04.518 2 3 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 2:04.518 3 4 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 2:04.524 4 5 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 2:04.856 5 6 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 2:04.972 6 7 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 2:05.027 7 8 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 2:05.066 8 9 25 David Fumanelli Trident 2:05.255 9 10 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 2:05.308 10 11 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 2:05.334 11 12 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 2:05.382 12 13 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 2:05.486 13 14 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 2:05.509 19 15 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 2:05.541 14 16 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 2:05.576 15 17 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 2:05.760 16 18 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 2:06.127 17 19 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 2:06.432 18 20 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 2:06.537 20 21 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 2:06.645 21 22 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 2:06.871 22 23 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 2:07.291 23 24 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 2:07.582 24 25 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 2:08.434 26 26 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 2:09.095 27 27 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport No time 27Source:

Lewis Williamson and Ryan Cullen were both given five-place grid penalties for forcing a driver off the track in the previous round.

Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 13 32:40.446 2 27 2 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 13 +0.413 4 18 3 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 13 +1.160 8 15 4 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 13 +1.772 7 12 5 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 13 +4.628 11 10 6 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 13 +4.965 6 8 7 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 13 +5.713 13 6 8 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 13 +5.978 5 4 9 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 13 +6.869 12 2 10 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 13 +7.760 14 1 11 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 13 +8.569 10 12 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 13 +8.895 23 13 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 13 +9.585 18 14 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 13 +10.225 19 15 24 David Fumanelli Trident 13 +11.039 9 16 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 13 +11.640 20 17 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 13 +12.374 22 18 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 13 +13.052 26 19 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 13 +13.560 25 20 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 13 +15.162 16 21 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 13 +35.157 27 Ret 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 9 Retired 3 Ret 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 9 Retired 1 Ret 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 2 Retired 17 Ret 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 2 Retired 15 Ret 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1 Retired 21 Ret 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 0 Retired 24Fastest lap: Daniil Kvyat (MW Arden) — 2:06.456 (on lap 6)Source:

Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 13 27:45.036 4 17 () 2 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 13 +8.314 7 12 3 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 13 +10.773 6 10 4 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 13 +15.100 3 8 5 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 13 +16.251 5 6 6 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 13 +18.230 8 4 7 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 13 +18.963 10 2 8 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 13 +20.051 9 1 9 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 13 +21.799 23 10 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 13 +24.203 14 11 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 13 +25.019 11 12 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 13 +27.531 21 13 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 13 +29.280 22 14 24 David Fumanelli Trident 13 +32.874 15 15 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 13 +35.087 17 16 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 13 +47.162 26 17 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 13 +47.784 18 18 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 13 +52.127 24 19 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 13 +1:31.826 19 20 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 13 +1:38.328 13 21 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 12 +1 lap 12 22 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 12 +1 lap 20 23 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 12 +1 lap 25 DNF 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 10 Retired 16 DNF 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 6 Retired 2 DNF 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 5 Retired 27 DNF 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 2 Retired 1 Fastest lap: Alexander Sims (Carlin) — 2:07.134 (on lap 11)Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Facu Regalia 115 4 2 Conor Daly 101 2 3 Tio Ellinas 95 1 4 Kevin Korjus 93 3 5 Daniil Kvyat 88

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 291 2 MW Arden 168 3 Koiranen GP 195 4 Marussia Manor Racing 105 5 Carlin 95

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also 2013 Belgian Grand Prix 2013 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

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