The 2013 Monza GP3 Series round was a GP3 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 September 2013 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the seventh round of the 2013 GP3 Series. The race supported the 2013 Italian Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Daniil Kvyat took his maiden GP3 pole position in qualifying, half a second ahead of his teammate Robert Vișoiu. Kvyat held the lead at the start of the race, avoiding a large incident at the first corner; Dino Zamparelli cut across the grass and hit Tio Ellinas, who in turn collided with Carlos Sainz Jr. and Conor Daly. Kvyat won the race with a gap of over five seconds to Nick Yelloly, putting himself into the title fight.
Patric Niederhauser lined up in pole position for the reverse grid race 2. However, he stalled at the start and was hit from behind by Alex Fontana, giving Jack Harvey the lead. Kvyat gained six positions during the race and began to challenge for the lead, but Harvey held him off to win the race with a gap of just nine tenths, with Lewis Williamson in third. Facu Regalia kept the lead in the drivers' championship going into the final round, with Kvyat seven points behind.
Qualifying Driver Team Time 1 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 1:36.933 1 2 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1:37.444 2 3 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 1:37.526 3 4 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 1:37.580 4 5 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 1:37.602 5 6 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 1:37.619 6 7 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1:37.708 7 8 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 1:37.715 8 9 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 1:37.723 9 10 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 1:37.942 10 11 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 1:37.991 11 12 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 1:38.111 12 13 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 1:38.113 13 14 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 1:38.141 14 15 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 1:38.338 15 16 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 1:38.419 16 17 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 1:38.450 17 18 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 1:38.495 18 19 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 1:38.522 19 20 24 David Fumanelli Trident 1:38.566 20 21 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 1:38.606 26 22 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 1:38.615 21 23 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 1:38.660 22 24 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 1:38.934 23 25 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 1:39.312 24 26 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.474 25 27 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 1:40.218 27Source:
Aaro Vainio was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous round.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 17 28:10.516 1 31 () 2 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 17 +5.352 5 18 3 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 17 +8.084 8 15 4 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 17 +8.694 10 12 5 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 17 +10.683 4 10 6 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 17 +12.426 9 8 7 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 17 +13.557 12 6 8 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 17 +23.166 13 4 9 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 17 +28.336 6 2 10 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 17 +30.410 15 1 11 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 17 +30.779 16 12 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 17 +31.301 17 13 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 17 +32.192 21 14 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 17 +33.913 23 15 24 David Fumanelli Trident 17 +34.447 20 16 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 17 +42.557 26 17 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 17 +1:10.797 25 18 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 17 +1:40.461 27 19 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 16 +1 lap 14 20 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 16 +1 lap 24 Ret 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 4 Retired 18 Ret 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 2 Retired 19 Ret 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 1 Retired 7 Ret 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 1 Retired 2 Ret 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 3 Ret 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 11 DNS 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 0 Did not start 22Fastest lap: Daniil Kvyat (MW Arden) — 1:38.359 (on lap 16)Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Jack Harvey ART Grand Prix 17 29:24.152 2 15 2 6 'Daniil Kvyat MW Arden 17 +0.915 8 12 3 20 Lewis Williamson Bamboo Engineering 17 +1.559 5 10 4 2 Facu Regalia ART Grand Prix 17 +3.144 6 8 5 28 Kevin Korjus Koiranen GP 17 +4.691 3 6 6 9 Alexander Sims Carlin 17 +5.332 4 4 7 21 Melville McKee Bamboo Engineering 17 +6.742 12 2 8 1 Conor Daly ART Grand Prix 17 +7.466 23 3 () 9 4 Carlos Sainz Jr. MW Arden 17 +8.000 9 10 5 Robert Vișoiu MW Arden 17 +13.426 22 11 14 Tio Ellinas Marussia Manor Racing 17 +13.673 24 12 26 Patrick Kujala Koiranen GP 17 +17.479 10 13 27 Aaro Vainio Koiranen GP 17 +17.896 16 14 25 Emanuele Zonzini Trident 17 +21.467 14 15 10 Samin Gómez Jenzer Motorsport 17 +38.077 17 16 19 Josh Webster Status Grand Prix 17 +42.320 25 17 22 Carmen Jordá Bamboo Engineering 17 +49.997 18 18 24 David Fumanelli Trident 17 +1:19.459 15 19 7 Luís Sá Silva Carlin 16 +1 lap 26 20 18 Adderly Fong Status Grand Prix 15 +2 laps 19 DNF 17 Jimmy Eriksson Status Grand Prix 2 Retired 13 DNF 8 Nick Yelloly Carlin 2 Retired 7 DNF 11 Patric Niederhauser Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 1 DNF 12 Alex Fontana Jenzer Motorsport 0 Retired 21 DNF 23 Giovanni Venturini Trident 0 Retired 11 DNF 15 Ryan Cullen Marussia Manor Racing 0 Retired 20 EX 16 Dino Zamparelli Marussia Manor Racing 0 Excluded EXFastest lap: Conor Daly (ART Grand Prix) — 1:38.237 (on lap 15)Source:
Luís Sá Silva was given a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision in race 1. Dino Zamparelli was excluded from the race for causing a serious collision in race 1.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Facu Regalia 138 3 2 Daniil Kvyat 131 1 3 Kevin Korjus 107 2 4 Conor Daly 104 2 5 Jack Harvey 96
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 338 2 MW Arden 240 3 Koiranen GP 183 1 4 Carlin 127 1 5 Marussia Manor Racing 105
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2013 Italian Grand Prix 2013 Monza GP2 Series round
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